Remember Osama bin Laden? Skinny, cowardly bearded guy responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 people on Sept. 11?

Well, CIA Director Porter Goss has told Time magazine he has a pretty good idea of where he is.

Apparently there’s some international political wrangling to be done before we can find him, though, according to the CIA director.

The Goss interview is a small news item, tucked into a Q&A in the magazine’s current issue.

But when you take that into consideration with news that the FBI is apparently not all that concerned with hiring top dogs who have much experience in anti-terrorism, it makes you wonder what kind of priority we’ve really put on finding the most wanted terrorist in the world.

In the weeks and months after that terrible September day, finding Osama bin Laden was a singular American goal. We were thirsty to see him in custody, to see him brought to justice for his horrendous crimes.

But after months of war in Iraq and our own problems here at home, finding bin Laden seems to have become somewhat of a backburner issue.

Through a combination of tighter security measures, cutting off terror networks and finances and enforcing tougher policies, we’ve been blessed not to have seen another Sept. 11 in the nearly four years since that day.

But with Osama bin Laden still out there somewhere, the threat is very much alive.

The CIA and FBI need to show not only the American people how important that once-singular goal really is. We need leaders in the FBI who are trained to counteract terrorism and tougher diplomacy from the CIA in dealing with any nation that might be harboring this dastardly criminal.