Relations with Pakistan could get rough — they had to know bin Laden was there (in Abbottabad) His million-dollar compound was less than 40 miles from Pakistan’s capital. That’s like escaping Washington, D.C. by hiding out in Baltimore. …And it turns out bin Laden was hiding out just 1,000 yards from the prestigious Kakul Military Academy, the ‘West Point of Pakistan.’ Now, in (the Pakistanis’) defense, the compound had very high walls, so they may have seen their neighbor only from the eyes up — like Wilson, from Home Improvement.