This is from the Asia Times, which must sometimes be read with a grain of salt, but apparently:
Both the US and concerned Pakistani authorities are positive that in the coming days we shall be around Osama bin Laden," a senior Pakistani official told Asia Times Online in an exclusive interview, speaking on condition of anonymity. The potential breakthrough in the hunt for bin Laden follows the arrest of al-Qaeda operative Abu Faraj al-Libbi in Pakistan last week, and an important lead he divulged during interrogation. Abu Faraj was interrogated by various agencies, including Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, Britain's MI6 and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There is another interesting story here, which is greatly over-shadowed by the news of Bin Laden, and that is the discrepancy between MI6 and the US' reading of al Libbi's significance to intelligence efforts on al Qaeda:
MI6 also interrogated al-Libbi separately, and they are also of this opinion, that al-Libbi is little more than a foot soldier and no way eligible to be named as an operational chief. However, US interrogators have a different opinion and they call al-Libbi the catch of the year," the official said.
They are actually arguing where they should try to arrest Bin Laden !!!
The official believes that a breakthrough will come soon, but this carries problems. "After that [bin Laden's apprehension] a new debate will start on whether Osama should be arrested in Pakistan's tribal areas or not," said the official.
read the whole story at:
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GE14Df04.html