<snark> Another Failure of Obama's Antiterror Policy </snark>

They have captured the Taliban's military chief and 2^nd in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi, Pakistan:

The Taliban’s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence forces, according to American government officials.

The commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is an Afghan described by American officials as the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the American-led war in Afghanistan started more than eight years ago. He ranks second in influence only to Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban’s founder and a close associate of Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks.

(emphasis mine)

After 911, he was running around for about 6½ years under Bush. Obama got him after only a bit more than 1 year.

&lt;tinfoil hat>I'm beginning to wonder if Bush and His Evil Minions^™ made a political decision not to capture bin Laden because it kept people scared, and scared voters are Republican voters.&lt;/tinfoil hat>