Sir: I am writing in reference to a news report, ‘It’s a great victory’ (Daily Times, May 3, 2011). When the Prime Minister of Pakistan was asked if it was embarrassing for the government to discover that Bin Laden had been living within the easy reach of the capital, Gilani said, “It’s an embarrassment for the whole world because despite the high-tech intelligence, they could not reach that gentleman for the last seven years.” One wonders if he considers the following embarrassing: i) Two helicopters flew from Afghanistan to Abbottabad, home of the nation’s prestige military academy, so close to the nation’s capital and not terribly far from Kahuta nuclear research facilities, but the nation’s security systems failed to take any notice and no fighter plane was scrambled. ii) The helicopters were heard and seen by a number of local people as reported in the press, but the local police and the security staff at the Kakul Military Academy paid no attention. iii) A fierce fight, including gunfire and explosions, went on for 40 minutes but no one from any branch of the national, provincial or local security rushed to the compound. iv) At least one helicopter was heard and seen flying back towards Mansehra, but still no fighter plane from Chaklala was in air to go in hot pursuit, nor any radar system tracked the helicopter as it flew back to Afghanistan. C M NAIM Chicago, USA