DETROIT (AP) A U.S. businessman says he told federal investigators the location of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan years before his killing and is seeking a $25 million reward.
A letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press from a Chicago-based law firm representing Tom Lee says the 63-year-old gem merchant reported the location of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in 2003.
The letter sent by the Loevy & Loevy law firm to FBI Director James Comey in August says a Pakistani intelligence agent told Lee that he escorted bin Laden and his family from Peshawar to Abbottabad.
According to the letter, Lee shared the information with customs and FBI agents. Lee reported that the Pakistani agent "was a member of a family that Mr. Lee had done business with for decades," the letter said, and the agent and his family opposed bin Laden.
A request to speak with Lee and Michael Kanovitz, the attorney who signed the letter, was made to the law firm. The FBI didn't immediately comment.