"When we saw the compound where the brothers lived, we were shocked by what we saw -- an extraordinarily unique compound," one senior administration official said. "The compound sits on a large plot of land in an area that was relatively secluded when it was built. It is roughly eight times larger than the other homes in the area."

Noting that the courier and his brother had no discernible source of wealth to live at such a property, intelligence analysts concluded the compound was "custom-built to hide someone of extraordinary significance," the official said, adding: "Everything was consistent with what experts thought Osama bin Laden's compound would look like."

Let me get this straight.

Experts thought Osama was living in a large compound and they had an idea about what that compound would look like.

A compound fitting that description had been constructed many years ago in Pakistan.

The compound is visible on Google Maps.

The compound appears to have been custom built to hide someone of extraordinary significance?

Is it unreasonable to ask why this building wasn't investigated sooner? How many private compounds like this could there possibly be in Pakistan?

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