Osama "Bin Laden may have been losing his grip on control of the terror group [al Qaeda]. According to other materials in the treasure trove of documents found at his Abottabad [Pakistan] lair during the May 2 [2011] raid, he was often ignored by his henchmen. 'What we found was that he was very isolated, and it is clearly the case he was struggling to continue to hold on to the type of influence and to direct operations in ways he may have been able to do in the past,' a U.S. official said."
– Amy Oliver and Daniel Bates, “Osama Bin Laden was Planning to Shoot Down Air Force One with Obama Inside,” Daily Mail, July 15, 2011,