Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Osama bin Laden typically wore a cowboy hat while tending his garden . Its broad brim obscured his features from the view of pesky eyes or satellite cameras that might blow his cover while he was hiding out in Pakistan , according to a report first published widely in Pakistani media . The 337-page leaked report details the domestic life of one of the world 's most wanted men in his final days of life . Bergen : bin Laden 's life on the run . It also bashes Pakistani authorities for failing to keep the al Qaeda leader out of the country , and for failing to prevent the U.S. raid by Navy SEALs that killed him in May 2011 . The report bears the names of a former top diplomat , a supreme court justice and former officers of the military and police . A senior government official who was closely associated with the commission that produced the report confirmed its authenticity to CNN . Citing a news piece by Al Jazeera , the first to report the story , the official said the documents being discussed in the news are part of a report that was submitted to the prime minister 's office . Bin Laden 's death : How the story unfolded . Veggie growing contest . The famous terrorist 's life was speckled with quirky measures designed to keep him under the radar , the report said . Al Qaeda 's No . 1 spent lots of time doting on his some dozen children and grandchildren in the six years he spent in his walled compound in the city of Abbottabad , said terror expert Peter Bergen , commenting on the report . They could not pass time watching TV or surfing online , because bin Laden had no Internet connection and no satellite television hook-up . He also did n't have a phone line , all measures to avoid detection . For the same reason , the children were not allowed to play with other kids in the neighborhood . They spent the bulk of their lives within the compound 's walls . When bin Laden was not personally giving them religious instruction , he took them out into the yard . He would award them prizes if they grew particularly good vegetables in the garden . Opinion : From bin Laden to Boston . Faking deafness . Bin Laden fled to Pakistan a month after the September 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks on the United States , moving from the south to the north and then hopping from town to town before landing in Abbottabad in 2005 . While he was on the run , one of his wives gave birth four times and had to be taken to local hospitals , but it was obvious that she was not from the region . She spoke Arabic instead of Urdu , Pakistan 's official language . Bin Laden 's family feared this might raise suspicions . So , they told doctors she was deaf and mute . While on the run in the restive tribal region of the Swat Valley , bin Laden shaved off his recognizable beard , according to the report . Men helping him told others not to ask any questions about the tall stranger , who spoke Arabic . While in Swat , police once pulled bin Laden 's driver over , but he quickly settled the matter before the officer had a chance to get a closer look at the clean-shaven man riding with him . After arriving in Abbottabad , a woman living in the same building with bin Laden recognized him from his image shown on cable TV . Her husband , who was helping bin Laden , went into a panic , the report said . He told her to mind her own business and forbade her and all other women in the house from watching TV anymore . Opinion : Who really killed bin Laden ? The assassination raid . The measures kept bin Laden from being recognized for years in a city also home to one of Pakistan 's largest military complexes . The CIA eventually suspected he was there and recruited a Pakistani doctor to run a vaccination program in Abbottabad in an attempt to find bin Laden by locating his children through their DNA . Eventually the United States did find the al Qaeda leader and assassinated him during a special forces raid on his compound . He was later buried at sea , the U.S. military said . Although the SEALs were within Pakistan 's borders for three hours , its military did not detect them . `` The radar systems were not looking for that kind of intrusion from the Afghan side of the border , '' terror expert Peter Bergen said . He feels sure that will change now . The report also dedicated 22 pages to fighting terrorism and keeping people like bin Laden from taking refuge in the country again . The report 's authors blast Pakistani authorities at every level of government , intelligence and the military for not stopping the U.S. mission , calling it `` a story of complacency , ignorance , negligence , incompetence , irresponsibility , and possibly worse at various levels inside and outside the government . '' Pakistan 's government considers the assassination operation a violation of its sovereignty , basically an act of war . No public release of bin Laden death photos . CNN 's Melissa Grey contributed to this report .
NEW : A senior government official confirms the report 's authenticity . Report : At the hospital , bin Laden 's wife faked being deaf and mute so people would n't ask questions . She was later found out to be a CIA agent who had been sent by her husband to spy on him. The most wanted terrorist once shaved his beard to avoid recognition .