It wouldn't surprise me, but I would expect it to have nothing to do with the election. Bush is entering the last days of his presidency, and I would bet that his ego demands that he not leave office without some final grandstand event. I'd bet that he does not want the history of his time in office to include that he did not bother to, or was unable to, capture the man behind 9/11. I'd also bet that bin Laden's capture could have been orchestrated many times over during these last years.