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Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
The Secret Team That Killed bin Laden — From Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan, the modified MH-60 helicopters made their way to the garrison suburb of Abbottabad, about 30 miles from the center of Islamabad. Aboard were Navy SEALs, flown across the border from Afghanistan, along with tactical signals …
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New York Times:
Detective Work on Courier Led to Breakthrough on Bin Laden — WASHINGTON — After years of dead ends and promising leads gone cold, the big break came last August. — A trusted courier of Osama bin Laden's whom American spies had been hunting for years was finally located in a compound 35 miles north …
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TPMDC:
White House: Osama Bin Laden Used Wife As Human Shield — The President and his national security team spent Sunday afternoon and evening huddling in the West Wing of the White House filled with anxiety while they followed in real time the covert operations of an elite team …
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Washington Post and Little Green Footballs
Tim Ross / Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden ‘protected’ by Pakistani security — Pakistani security forces allegedly helped Osama bin Laden evade American troops for almost 10 years, according to secret US government files. — American diplomats were told that one of the key reasons why they had failed …
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The Daily Beast, National Review and Pajamas Media
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Limbaugh: ‘We Need To Open The Program Today By Congratulating President Obama’ — Amidst all the revelry on Twitter last night, tons of people were voicing their concerns that the death of Osama bin Laden would inevitably be twisted for political gain, that some person would force …
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Adam Goldman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Officials: CIA interrogators at secret prisons developed first strands that led to bin Laden — WASHINGTON - Officials say CIA interrogators in secret overseas prisons developed the first strands of information that ultimately led to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Killing of bin Laden: What are the consequences? — The killing of Osama bin Laden is one of those events which, especially in the immediate aftermath, is not susceptible to reasoned discussion. It's already a Litmus Test event: all Decent People — by definition — express unadulterated ecstacy …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Joe Scarborough: Obama's Base Didn't Want Him To Catch Bin Laden — With the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death last night, President Obama secured a decade-long goal in eliminating a mass murderer and global terrorist. While his leadership behind the accomplishment has spurred …
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House Officials Debate Releasing Photographs of Bin Laden's Corpse — The Obama administration has photographs of Osama bin Laden's dead body and officials are debating what to do with them and whether they should be released to the public, officials tell ABC News.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Meet The Deathers: Andrew Brietbart Website Pushing Conspiracy Theory That Osama Might Not Be Dead — Mere hours after President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, supported by incontrovertible DNA evidence, the conspiracy theorists are hard at work.
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Alex Jones' Infowars, Big Peace, Little Green Footballs, Foreign Policy, Daily Kos and msnbc.com
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
KEITH URBAHN'S TWEET HEARD AROUND THE WORLD — 'I don't credit myself with the story. I credit Twitter,' Keith Urbahn said. POLITICO Screengrab — Keith Urbahn, chief of staff for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, is being credited with first reporting, via Twitter Sunday night …
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The Blaze
David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Stop Questioning Obama's Legitimacy Now? — So much to say about the long-awaited visiting of justice upon Osama bin Laden. — But there's one effect on US domestic politics that deserves a thought: — Here's hoping that we have at last seen the end of this ugly insinuation …
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Voice of America and Outside the Beltway
Radley Balko / The Agitator:
He Won — In The Looming Tower, the Pulitzer-winning history of al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11, author Lawrence Wright lays out how Osama bin Laden's motivation for the attacks that he planned in the 1990s, and then the September 11 attacks, was to draw the U.S. and the West into a prolonged war …
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Democracy in America, Outside the Beltway and The Moderate Voice
Steve Coll / News Desk:
Notes on the Death of Osama bin Laden — No doubt there will be time to reflect more deeply about the news announced by President Obama last night. For now, I thought it might be useful to annotate some of the initial headlines. — On where he was found:
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Muslim world reaction mixed — Reaction to Osama bin Laden's killing was mixed in the Muslim world, including in Pakistan, where former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said that the United States should not have executed a mission within his country's borders.
David Sirota / Salon:
“USA! USA!” is the wrong response
“USA! USA!” is the wrong response
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Washington Post, National Review, Firedoglake, Opinion L.A. and AmSpecBlog
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
40 Minutes That Changed the World: Inside the Operation That Brought Bin Laden Down
40 Minutes That Changed the World: Inside the Operation That Brought Bin Laden Down
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
What Obama does next will help define the legacy of Osama Bin Laden.
What Obama does next will help define the legacy of Osama Bin Laden.
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Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's wife used as human shield
Bin Laden's wife used as human shield
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Outside the Beltway
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Graham questions decision to dispose of bin Laden's body
Graham questions decision to dispose of bin Laden's body
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The Hill, Telegraph, Ballot Box, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared and NO QUARTER
The Note:
Donald Trump Congratulates Obama On Osama Bin Laden Killing, Asks For End To ‘Party Politics’ Debate …
Donald Trump Congratulates Obama On Osama Bin Laden Killing, Asks For End To ‘Party Politics’ Debate …
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The Politico, Los Angeles Times, timpawlenty.com, Inside TV, Political Punch and ABCNEWS
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Osama Bin Laden's Death Could Be a Great Time To Declare Victory In The “War On Terror”
Osama Bin Laden's Death Could Be a Great Time To Declare Victory In The “War On Terror”
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Reuters, New York Times, Hullabaloo, Moonbattery, theblogprof and National Review
Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:
Arabs Riot in Jerusalem Over Bin Laden's Demise, Hamas Angry
Robert W. Johnson / Politics:
Meet The ‘Seal Team 6’, The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama Bin Laden
Meet The ‘Seal Team 6’, The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama Bin Laden
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Reuters, Aljazeera, Telegraph, Clusterstock and AmSpecBlog
Elizabeth Flock / Reuters:
Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden are from the elite ‘Team 6’
Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden are from the elite ‘Team 6’
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Wonk Room and melissaclouthier's Diary
Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Corpse handled in ‘Islamic practice’
Corpse handled in ‘Islamic practice’
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Here's the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden
Here's the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden
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India Real Time, Guardian, Mediaite, Reuters, Big Journalism and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama is now Warrior in Chief
Obama is now Warrior in Chief
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Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Sami Aboudi / Reuters:
Islamic leader condemns bin Laden sea burial
Islamic leader condemns bin Laden sea burial
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The White House, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, TigerHawk and Israel Matzav
Ashfaq Ahmed / Gulf News:
World | Other World Stories — Compound in Pakistan was once a safe house
World | Other World Stories — Compound in Pakistan was once a safe house
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Pajamas Media, Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
NationalJournal.com:
TEXT: President George W. Bush's Statement on Osama Bin Laden's Death
TEXT: President George W. Bush's Statement on Osama Bin Laden's Death
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The White House, White House.gov Blog, The Hill, Aljazeera, Facebook, Fabius Maximus, News Desk, Politics and CNN
New York Times:
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Obama's Bin Laden Speech Misses Mark
Obama's Bin Laden Speech Misses Mark
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down
Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Cheney, Rumsfeld laud Obama
Cheney, Rumsfeld laud Obama
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Weekly Standard, The Caucus and Guardian
The Atlantic Online:
A Defense of Pakistan — I'm receiving a good deal of mail …
A Defense of Pakistan — I'm receiving a good deal of mail …
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Ben Smith's Blog and News Desk
Reuters:
U.S. team's mission was to kill bin Laden, not capture
U.S. team's mission was to kill bin Laden, not capture
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Fox News, The Huffington Post, The Volokh Conspiracy and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
Obama's rivals now look like Lilliputians to his Gulliver | Jonathan Freedland
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’ — You heard that right: “Thank God for President Obama,” Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Monday afternoon. — “Ladies and gentlemen, we need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama,” Limbaugh said Monday afternoon at the start of his show.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
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New York Times, The Note and CNN
Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
Brown heading for Afghanistan — UPDATED — Senator Scott Brown issued a statement this morning saying he has requested to conduct his annual National Guard training in Afghanistan. … Brown has been in the Guard since 1979, but he has never been deployed to a war zone.
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The Politico and Hot Air