Finding Osama bin Laden by Gillespie et al provides a seemingly valid point in their research on the whereabouts of bin Laden. The article provides many statistical data along with the process and results of their research. By using many satellite imagery sources such as Landsat ETM+, Shuttle Radar Topography, and Quickbird, they were able to predict the location of bin Laden by overlaying their findings onto a map, and using a distance-decay model, were able to deduce the probabilities bin Laden’s current location based on reports of where he was last seen. Based on their findings, Gillespie et al believed that bin Laden was residing in Kurram as the distance-decay model was applied using his last known location of Tora Bora and gave a 98%
