Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in World War II, World War II is simply not comprehensible.

Most Muslims don't want to live in some Taliban-style utopia, which is what bin Laden and allied groups are offering.

So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.

At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.