Analyst's note: Since this was not Vice President Joe Biden speaking, I'm confident that this information was not released to the public regarding Shakil Afridi simply by mistake. So we ask, "Why?" and "Why now?" I don't expect to find out, but these are fair questions.
"Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.
[....] Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence in the compound. He has since been charged by Pakistan with treason. Panetta said he is "very concerned" for the doctor. [....]"
