I have to first complex !

IHTBFC is a serious condition that affects journalist and government officials in record numbers, take the newest round of "breaking" news that has been circulated since Sunday night.

Osama (Usama) Bin Laden is dead, he has been dead for a couple of days now, that's all we really know for sure, if we even know that. Many details about the raid have come out, mostly reported by people who have no idea what happened or how it happened.

All of this has been reported all in the name of IHTBFC, and then recanted and revised when actual facts come to light. Many times though, these new facts turn out to be more cases of IHTBFC rearing it's ugly head.

The main symptom of IHTBFC is the inability to fact check before you open your mouth or type on your keyboard.

Sunday night as I watched the news, the scroll across the bottom of the screen said that the raid took place a week earlier and that the news was just being released after DNA testing was complete. Later is was said that the operation had taken place only hours before. (Classic IHTBFC behaviour).

It has been said that UBL's wife was among the dead after being used as a rather ineffective human shield, now maybe she's only wounded and she may or may not have been used as a shield. UBL engaged the SEALS...or maybe he didn't (Also reported both ways !)

As a retired military guy I can speculate on what happened and how things came to pass. The fact is the only folks who can tell you what happened are not allowed to and of course, Bin Laden who is in no condition to report on the events.

The fact is that this was a covert military operation and we may never know the details and quite frankly, the details may be none of our business.