In reply to paul-1970:
> According to many people, the speed with which OBL's body was 'dealt with' and its burial (if indeed it was buried...)
It's better by far to say that he's been killed, and then buried at sea within 24hrs of being killed, rather than say "we've caught him, and he's in custody", because the latter would lead to all sorts of kidnappings, and hostage taking and threats of terrorism in order to get him released.
So, he may not be dead, but may be in custody, under interrogation somewhere.
That's a pretty nifty conspiracy theory, which I've just made up, but I suspect very strongly that he is, in fact, dead, and was buried at sea.
But if he wasn't, and was really in custody, I wouldn't tell anyone that. Would you?