and his people saw them. they thought that this is it. they could vm to get him and they were about to speak the code word that would have led to his suicide and their suicide. then suddenly the guys turned away and didn t actually know what they were looking for. it was just a coincidence. how key is it that bin laden apparently stayed away from all technology to try to avoid his capture? he didn t have a phone. he had a computer but no internet access. did that make all of the difference? it certainly made a difference because the cia, the the national security agency, the american intelligence community is the best in the world. at tracking electronics signals and all kinds of ways. some of which i m sure pretty scary. and they were able to hone in on all of his top lieutenants whenever those top lieutenants would make contact with the outside world. that s how they nailed mohammed in 2003.