Pakistan's Osama bin Laden report: al-Qaeda leader feared to set foot outside compound He was killed by a team of US Navy Seals in May last year at the age of 54. His presence in the town of Abbottabad, barely 30 miles from the Pakistani capital Islamabad, was deeply embarrassing for the country's leaders. In recent months it even emerged that bin Laden had fathered four children while on the run. Critics in the US immediately accused Pakistani officials of knowing more about bin Laden's presence than they were letting on. A senior government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they would find few answers in the commission's report. "At the end of the day it really doesn't tell us much more than we already knew," he said. It's a disappointment for those who thought this episode might represent a turning point for Pakistan's relationship with extremist groups. He added that the investigation had spent more time considering infringements of Pakistan's sovereignty by the US Seals than probing how such a well-known fugitive evaded detection. Christine Fair, a Pakistan watcher at Georgetown University, said that although leaders of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency may not have known about bin Laden's presence, someone among the country's retired generals, Military Intelligence or local police must have known something. "If Pakistan had taken this breach of sovereignty seriously - by which I mean the head of al-Qaeda sitting in a cantonment so close to the capital - we should have seen a very vigorous investigation," she said. This was a joke. The five-member judicial commission submitted its report to the government last week. It is understood the report also concludes that stealth technology used by the US helicopters enabled them to enter Pakistani airspace without being detected.