GET TOGETHER, FELLAS - AT 11:57 A.M. ET:  More confusion from the administration, whose thought processes are so deep and wonderful that no mistakes can possibly be made.  From AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) - National security adviser James Jones said Sunday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden still spends some time inside Afghanistan.

Most recent U.S. estimates have placed bin Laden inside Pakistan. But Jones, a retired general, said the best estimate is that bin Laden "is somewhere in North Waziristan, sometimes on the Pakistani side of the border, sometimes on the Afghan side of the border."

Jones described it as "very, very rough, mountainous area. Generally ungoverned and we're going to have to get after that to make sure that this very, very important symbol of what al-Qaida stands for is either, once again, on the run or captured or killed."

Now wait.  Let's just wait.  The story goes on to say this:

Earlier, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. hasn't had any good intelligence for years on bin Laden's whereabouts. He said he couldn't confirm reports that bin Laden had been seen recently in Afghanistan.

COMMENT:  Do these boys talk to each other?  Exchange e-mails?  Valentine cards?   Before administration officials talk to the press, they should sit down and get their stories straight.

December 6, 2009