The Canberra Times have explained that the plan to find, and kill, Osama Bin Laden was brought forward due to the Guantanamo Bay leaks. The government have refused to comment on whether this is true or not. However, it has been revealed that some of the Guantanamo detainees were a link in finding Bin Laden. Apparently, although not confirmed, the government believed that the release of the cables could jeopardise their plans to find Bin Laden. The government seem to remain very secretive over ideas that WikiLeaks has helped in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
The Canberra Times explained that; ‘the Government would not say if it had been briefed more recently about the WikiLeaks Guantanamo Bay files or if the bin Laden operation was affected by them’ (Canberra Times, 2011). This spurs from ideas that Obama had information on Bin Laden’s whereabouts presented to him over the summer last year, but had to bring his plans to a head earlier than expected because of the cables, also because the government seemed to act fairly fast after the cables had been released into the media.
Could these files have pushed forward the date of Osama’s demise? Either way, it seems like a coincidence that within a week of the release Bin Laden was shot dead by U.S forces.
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