US was concerned Pakistan ‘might alert the targets’

US OFFICIALS were concerned that Pakistan could jeopardise the Osama bin Laden operation and “might alert the targets,” CIA director Leon Panetta admitted yesterday.

In an interview with Time magazine, Panetta said his aides had 60%-80% confidence that bin Laden was in the compound.

The CIA ruled out working with Pakistan on the raid because “it was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardise the mission: They might alert the targets,” Panetta said.