The CIA lost track of Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks ever took place, and still has no good idea of where he is, the nation�s spy chief admitted yesterday.

In a rare assessment on the war on terror, CIA Director Leon Panetta conceded that the United States hasn�t had good intelligence on bin Laden�s location since 2000.

�It�s been very difficult to get any intelligence on his exact location,� he said.

�He is, as is obvious, in very deep hiding . . . He�s in an area of the tribal areas of Pakistan.�

It�s been a decade since officials had �the last precise information about where [bin Laden] might be located,� Panetta said.

(Source: NY Post)