Osama alive and well, says German spy boss

Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden is alive and continues to exert influence in his al-Qaida network, Germany’s intelligence chief said today

“All indications are that he is alive,” August Hanning said in Berlin. Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service believes that bin Laden is living in the Afghan-Pakistani border area, Hanning said. He did not specify which side of the border.