Obama: bin Laden had support network

WASHINGTON (AP):

Osama bin Laden benefited from "some sort of support network" inside Pakistan, President Barack Obama said in a broadcast interview yesterday, but he added it is not clear whether government officials knew the terrorist leader was living inside their country when United States commandos killed him in a raid last weekend.

"We don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that's something that we have to investigate and, more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate," Obama said in an interview for CBS' '60 Minutes'.

Bin Laden was living in a high-security compound in Abbottabad, a Pakistani city with a strong military presence, when US Navy SEALs raided his compound in the middle of the night and killed him. The terrorist leader's body was quickly buried at sea.

Public opinion polls have shown a boost in Obama's support in the days since the raid, and his re-election campaign was eager to draw attention to the interview.