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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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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Osama bin Laden raid yields trove of computer data — The assault force of Navy SEALs snatched a trove of computer drives and disks during their weekend raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, yielding what a U.S. official called “the mother lode of intelligence.”
TPMDC:
White House: Osama Bin Laden Used Woman 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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Dan Wheat / The Daily Astorian:
Teacher who vowed not to shave until bin Laden was caught or killed finally shaves — EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. - A teacher who vowed nearly 10 years ago not to cut his beard until Osama bin Laden was captured or proven dead said he cried Sunday night upon hearing of the terrorist's death.
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Mediaite, iOwnTheWorld.com and Runnin' Scared
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.
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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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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:
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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Killing of bin Laden: What are the consequences? — (updated below) — 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 …
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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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Osama bin Laden dead: Yes, SEALs were in on the raid, but aides hail Obama's office bravery — According to another one of those White House briefings of reporters designed to suck up all available credit for good news, President Obama's homeland security advisor reveals that it was a really tense …
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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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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.
Paul Joseph Watson / Alex Jones' Infowars:
Inside Sources: Bin Laden's Corpse Has Been On Ice For Nearly a Decade — A multitude of different inside sources both publicly and privately, including one individual who personally worked with Bin Laden at one time, told us directly that Osama's dead corpse has been on ice for nearly a decade and that his …
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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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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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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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Santorum's Response To Bin Laden's Death Is To Accuse Obama Of Not Defending American Freedom
Santorum's Response To Bin Laden's Death Is To Accuse Obama Of Not Defending American Freedom
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Reuters:
Skeptics say bin Laden lives
Skeptics say bin Laden lives
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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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Dick Cheney Says ‘Obama Deserves Credit’ for Osama Bin Laden's Death
Dick Cheney Says ‘Obama Deserves Credit’ for Osama Bin Laden's Death
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the U.S. found and finished Bin Laden
How the U.S. found and finished Bin Laden
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David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Stop Questioning Obama's Legitimacy Now?
Can We Stop Questioning Obama's Legitimacy Now?
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Michelle Malkin / Media Matters for America:
Right-Wing Media Accuse Obama Of Making Bin Laden Death All About Himself
Right-Wing Media Accuse Obama Of Making Bin Laden Death All About Himself
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’
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Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:
Arabs Riot in Jerusalem Over Bin Laden's Demise, Hamas Angry
Arabs Riot in Jerusalem Over Bin Laden's Demise, Hamas Angry
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Associated Press:
US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
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MEMRI:
Indian Media Reports on Osama bin Laden's Killing: ‘Osama was Killed in an ISI Safehouse’; …
Indian Media Reports on Osama bin Laden's Killing: ‘Osama was Killed in an ISI Safehouse’; …
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Obama Approval Rating Likely To Rise After Osama Bin Laden Killing
Obama Approval Rating Likely To Rise After Osama Bin Laden Killing
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Sami Aboudi / Reuters:
Islamic leader condemns bin Laden sea burial
Islamic leader condemns bin Laden sea burial
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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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Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh Claims Obama Took Credit For “Single-Handed[ly] ... Securing The Death Of Osama Bin Laden” …
Limbaugh Claims Obama Took Credit For “Single-Handed[ly] ... Securing The Death Of Osama Bin Laden” …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Osama bin Trutherism is Born
Fox News:
Bin Laden Given Religious Funeral Prior to Sea Burial
Bin Laden Given Religious Funeral Prior to Sea Burial
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Guardian:
Sea burial of Osama bin Laden breaks sharia law, say Muslim scholars
Sea burial of Osama bin Laden breaks sharia law, say Muslim scholars
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Yglesias:
Comparing Voldemort and bin Laden
Comparing Voldemort and bin Laden
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The Hill:
White House: ‘Inconceivable’ bin Laden had no Pakistani support
White House: ‘Inconceivable’ bin Laden had no Pakistani support
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
How Will Osama Bin Laden Death Impact Kathryn Bigelow's ‘Kill Bin Laden’ Movie?
How Will Osama Bin Laden Death Impact Kathryn Bigelow's ‘Kill Bin Laden’ Movie?
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Michael Murray / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Dead: The Navy SEALs Who Hunted and Killed Al Qaeda Leader
Osama Bin Laden Dead: The Navy SEALs Who Hunted and Killed Al Qaeda Leader
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Muslim world reaction mixed
Muslim world reaction mixed
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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Claim: Krugman is top prognosticator; Cal Thomas is the worst — Romenesko Misc. — A Hamilton College class and their public policy professor analyzed the predicts of 26 pundits — including Sunday morning TV talkers — and used a scale of 1 to 5 to rate their accuracy.
Erika Gudmundson / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Secretary Geithner Sends Debt Limit Letter to Congress — Today, as Members return from recess, Secretary Geithner sent the following letter to Congress regarding the debt limit, which we estimate will be reached on May 16. He also details the extraordinary measures that Treasury …
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