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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.”
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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 …
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.
New York Times:
Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden — President Obama and members of his national security team receiving an update on Sunday. A classified document in front of Hillary Rodham Clinton was blurred before this photo was released. More Photos » — WASHINGTON — For years …
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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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Asif Ali Zardari / Washington Post:
Pakistan did its part — Pakistan, perhaps the world's greatest victim of terrorism, joins the other targets of al-Qaeda — the people of the United States, Britain, Spain, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Algeria — in our satisfaction …
Maggie Fox / NationalJournal.com:
Did DNA Finger bin Laden? — Osama bin Laden in 2001. Can DNA prove that he died in a shootout near Islamabad? — His face is one of the most recognizable in the world, but in the end, could it have been DNA fingerprinting that proved to U.S. officials that they had finally nailed Osama bin Laden?
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Washington Post:
Obama's victory lap — The White House advance team put the presidential podium at an odd angle in the East Room, so that an oil painting showing George Washington would be in the shot behind President Obama. This made it appear from a certain view that Washington was patting Obama on the back.
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The Express Tribune:
Hundreds join Quetta rally to honour bin Laden — Hundreds took to the streets of Quetta on Monday to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said. — Angry participants belonging to a religious party in Quetta …
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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 …
TPMDC:
‘Minutes Passed Like Days’ As WH Watched Osama Bin Laden Operation Unfold — 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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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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Fars News Agency:
MP: Bin Laden Killed for Fear of Intelligence Leakage
MP: Bin Laden Killed for Fear of Intelligence Leakage
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Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan's bin Laden Connection Is Probed
Pakistan's bin Laden Connection Is Probed
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Emptywheel:
The Osama bin Laden Trail Shows Waterboarding Didn't Work
The Osama bin Laden Trail Shows Waterboarding Didn't Work
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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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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
KEITH URBAHN'S TWEET HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
KEITH URBAHN'S TWEET HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
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Tim Ross / Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden killed after tip-offs from Guantanamo
WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden killed after tip-offs from Guantanamo
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Guardian, Michelle Malkin, National Review and Pajamas Media
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Dianne Feinstein: Bin Laden Was At Pakistan Compound For Up To Six Years
Dianne Feinstein: Bin Laden Was At Pakistan Compound For Up To Six Years
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Washington Post, Mediaite and Hot Air
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Joy Behar and Barbara Walters Politicize Bin Laden Death: Just Cancel 2012 Election Now
Joy Behar and Barbara Walters Politicize Bin Laden Death: Just Cancel 2012 Election Now
David Sirota / Salon:
“USA! USA!” is the wrong response
“USA! USA!” is the wrong response
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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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David Weigel / Weigel:
Osama bin Trutherism is Born
Osama bin Trutherism is Born
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Melissa Clouthier / RedState:
Osama Bin Laden's Death: Proving Liberals Really Don't Mean Their Rhetoric
Osama Bin Laden's Death: Proving Liberals Really Don't Mean Their Rhetoric
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minx.cc, Reuters, Washington Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Right Wing News and The Moderate Voice
Polling Matters:
History Suggests a Rally in Obama's Job Approval Rating as a Result of Bin Laden's Death
History Suggests a Rally in Obama's Job Approval Rating as a Result of Bin Laden's Death
The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security …
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security …
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Guardian, New York Times and Politics
Washington Post:
Complications after a night of jubilation
Complications after a night of jubilation
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Boston Globe, Opinion L.A., Don Surber, NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers and The Huffington Post
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Right Rushes To Praise Bush For Obama's Order To Kill Bin Laden
Right Rushes To Praise Bush For Obama's Order To Kill Bin Laden
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Associated Press:
One Unwary Phone Call Led US to Bin Laden Doorstep
One Unwary Phone Call Led US to Bin Laden Doorstep
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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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J. Michael Waller / Big Peace:
Display Bin Laden's Body At Ground Zero. Then Destroy The Al Qaeda Legacy.
Display Bin Laden's Body At Ground Zero. Then Destroy The Al Qaeda Legacy.
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Patrick Brethour / Globe and Mail:
Tories sweep to majority, NDP to Opposition in historic election — Canadian voters have radically redrawn the country's political landscape, handing the Conservative Party its long-sought majority in an election that decimated the Bloc Québécois and humbled the Liberals.
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CBC News:
Harper: Majority win turns page on uncertainties — Layton seizes Opposition; Duceppe, Ignatieff defeated in ridings as parties decimated — Beginning of Story Content — Canadians can now “turn the page on the uncertainties and repeat elections of the past seven years,” …
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Conservatives in Canada Expand Party's Hold — OTTAWA — The Conservative Party will again govern Canada, this time with a majority, following the country's fourth election in seven years. — In addition, incomplete results late Monday night clearly indicated that the New Democratic Party …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
2012 Republican race gets wake-up call — Donald Trump and birtherism won't disappear. There will still be talk about the creeping threat of Sharia law. — But the dramatic killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden by American commandos will immediately reorder a Republican presidential contest …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Treasury pushes deadline for raising the debt ceiling to August — The Treasury Department on Monday said it has extended the deadline for raising the federal debt ceiling to Aug. 2. — Treasury said it is beginning extraordinary maneuvers to keep the U.S. out of default in anticipation …
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Extra Tax Revenue to Delay Debt Crisis
Extra Tax Revenue to Delay Debt Crisis
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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.
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USA Today:
Levee blasted along Mississippi River to spare Cairo, Ill. — The Army Corps of Engineers blasted a large hole in an earthen levee along the Mississippi River on Monday night to divert rising floodwaters across Missouri farm fields to save the town of Cairo, Ill., from flooding.
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