The driver is the first case. And he's lucky he went first. They very well couldn't give him forty years. It wouldn't leave them any room to sentence the more important people coming up next. Kind of like handing out 9.9s early in a gymnastics competition.
This kid was trusted enough to be Bin Laden's driver. That says something about how dangerous he could be. You can bet he wasn't from Rajistan India and recruited from a taxi stall in Bangalore. He did cooperate with authorities fingering the bigger fish so I hope that is taken into consideration.
If people are asking whether the Bush administration made mistakes, I'd answer have you ever heard of the terms 'snafu" and "fubar"? In real life things don't go like on paper. Humans have a way of wandering and sticking their fingers where they shouldn't. Anyone seen
The Bank Job? There's a movie that shows what happens when people get involved with an idea. Some of them were lucky to get out alive.
