Do you believe anything the CIA releases to the media on this subject?
It is none of those things which matter. It is the underlying logic of the attack. First, there has already been an unauthorized release by seal team members of strategies of the assault. If they were getting the wink wink do not worry about the Paki air response, that would be public knowledge. Additionally, there are assets with input on Bin Laden which may not ever be disclosed because of their security, and it is quite possible that those assets contributed to his location, but we will NEVER know because they protect their sources.
So, logically with the attack on the school, this rumor has been alive and well for a few years. However, to say that we were going to trust the security in Pakistan to stand down, when the military is already infiltrated with militants is not a chess move the CIA or military would make......would not be done. President Obama made it clear and contrary to John that he would go into Pakistan to get terrorists without permission on the campaign trail.....this issue was debated in the light of day.
I would put the probabilities at 95% certain that Hersh has a believable fantasy which rumors have been rampant in Pakistan. I do not think the military chain of command would trust the Pakistani line command, unless Chuck Yeager was alive and brokered the deal himself......this is obviously some wishful thinking and poor journalism.