US intelligence services have interrogated three of Osama bin Laden’s widows who were picked up in a US raid that saw the al Qaeda leader killed, CNN said on Thursday, citing US and Pakistani sources. The women were reportedly interviewed as a group, despite US wishes to interview them separately, and were openly “hostile” to US officials interviewing them, said CNN, quoting a Pakistani government official and two US officials close to matter.
The eldest of the wives spoke for all them in the interview, which was also attended by members of the ISI. “The US has questioned Osama’s widows, but they are not particularly forthcoming yet,” a US official with knowledge of the investigation said. The White House later confirmed getting access to Osama bin Laden’s wives.
“The US has gained access to Osama bin Laden’s wives held by Pakistan,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
