U.S. officials have said the identity of the courier was established in early Monday . Once the courier was known the U.S. began a path to the house where bin Laden lived . Al Qaeda operated a network of guest houses ( or safe houses ) in Afghanistan and Pakistan before and immediately after the 9/11 attacks . Kuwaiti unable to establish whether the courier was at the compound during raid . bin Laden was killed by Pakistan forces 2007 .
U.S. officials have said the identity of the courier was established in early Monday . Once the courier was known the U.S. began a path to the house where bin Laden lived . Kuwaiti unable to establish whether the courier was at the compound during raid . bin Laden was killed by Pakistan forces 2007 .