Top Items:


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.”
RELATED:


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.
Discussion:
Big Government, msnbc.com, skippy the bush kangaroo, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos

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.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Runnin' Scared and iOwnTheWorld.com


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 …


‘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 …
Discussion:
Yahoo! News, Washington Post, The Daily Dish and The Huffington Post

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 …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Balkinization, New York Times, Times of India, msnbc.com, NY Daily News, The Nation, The Politico, protein wisdom, TPMDC, ibnlive.in.com, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Washington Examiner, Patterico's Pontifications, UPI, Guardian, Reuters, UNCOVERAGE.net, Pajamas Media, ProPublica, Mediaite, The Reality-Based Community, TalkLeft, Jack & Jill Politics, Sister Toldjah, Crooks and Liars, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, The Enterprise Blog and Mudville Gazette


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 …
Discussion:
Gawker, ThinkProgress, About.com US Liberal Politics, New York Magazine, The Raw Story, LewRockwell.com Blog and Lynn Sweet


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.
Discussion:
The Foundry, Daily Kos, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Michelle Malkin, The Enterprise Blog, Wall Street Journal, CBS Dallas, ABCNEWS, Politics, theblogprof, National Review, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Firedoglake, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The League of Ordinary …, CBS News, Doug Ross, Sister Toldjah, YID With LID and Power Line


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 …


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:

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 …


WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden killed after tip-offs from Guantanamo — The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, who was interrogated using “torture” techniques, gave the United States the breakthrough that resulted in the killing of Osama bin Laden. — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) …
Discussion:
Guardian and National Review


Santorum's Response To Bin Laden's Death Is To Accuse Obama Of Not Defending American Freedom — ThinkProgress' Igor Volsky contributed to this report from the Family Leader Presidential lecture series in Iowa City, IA today. — President Obama has received praise from Republicans …
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Elliott Abrams, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Democratic Daily and TPMDC

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 …


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 …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch

MP: Bin Laden Killed for Fear of Intelligence Leakage
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Bin Laden Given Religious Funeral Prior to Sea Burial
Discussion:
blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Atlas Shrugs, The Enterprise Blog and Sense of Events

What Obama does next will help define the legacy of Osama Bin Laden.
Discussion:
Yglesias, TPMDC, ThinkProgress, Firedoglake and Danger Room

Joy Behar and Barbara Walters Politicize Bin Laden Death: Just Cancel 2012 Election Now
Discussion:
FiveThirtyEight, Another Black Conservative, New York Times, The Caucus and Hot Air

White House Officials Debate Releasing Photographs of Bin Laden's Corpse
Discussion:
Agence France Presse, CBS News, Mediaite, theblogprof, ABCNEWS, Runnin' Scared, Mudville Gazette and New York Magazine

Right-Wing Media Accuse Obama Of Making Bin Laden Death All About Himself

Obama is now Warrior in Chief
Discussion:
American Power, Ben Smith's Blog and Weasel Zippers

Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden are from the elite ‘Team 6’
Discussion:
Politics, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wonk Room, Scared Monkeys and AmSpecBlog

History Suggests a Rally in Obama's Job Approval Rating as a Result of Bin Laden's Death
Discussion:
American Thinker, The Huffington Post and Outside the Beltway

How the U.S. found and finished Bin Laden
Discussion:
The Smoking Gun

“USA! USA!” is the wrong response
Discussion:
BAGnewsNotes, Weigel, ThinkProgress, Opinion L.A., National Review and AmSpecBlog

One Unwary Phone Call Led US to Bin Laden Doorstep
Discussion:
Emptywheel, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and American Power

Dianne Feinstein: Bin Laden Was At Pakistan Compound For Up To Six Years

Limbaugh: ‘We Need To Open The Program Today By Congratulating President Obama’
Discussion:
The Politico, Media Matters for America, Mother Jones, The Page, Gawker, National Review, Salon, Don Surber and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Display Bin Laden's Body At Ground Zero. Then Destroy The Al Qaeda Legacy.
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Top of the Ticket, Guardian, The Hill, RedState and Little Green Footballs

Can We Stop Questioning Obama's Legitimacy Now?
Discussion:
CNN, Jack & Jill Politics and Outside the Beltway

Osama Bin Laden's Death: Proving Liberals Really Don't Mean Their Rhetoric
Discussion:
minx.cc, Washington Times, Right Wing News, ABC News and Washington Post

Sea burial of Osama bin Laden breaks sharia law, say Muslim scholars
Discussion:
Battleland, Global Spin and CBS News

Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’
Discussion:
The Daily Dish

Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
Discussion:
The Politico, The Note, New York Times, The Huffington Post, National Review, Mediaite and CNN, more at Mediagazer »

Islamic leader condemns bin Laden sea burial
Discussion:
New York Times, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, Hot Air, Israel Matzav and TigerHawk

Official: Bin Laden buried at sea
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Pajamas Media, Mediaite, Ballot Box, Washington Examiner, Danger Room, Theo Spark and FP Passport

Osama Bin Laden Dead: The Navy SEALs Who Hunted and Killed Al Qaeda Leader
Discussion:
Reuters, The Big Picture, The Democratic Daily, Political Punch and Big Peace

Complications after a night of jubilation
Discussion:
Boston Globe, NewsBusters.org, Opinion L.A. and Weasel Zippers

Reaction to Obama's Bin Laden Speech
Discussion:
Religion Dispatches, AMERICAblog News and Washington Monthly

US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Gawker

Bin Laden's wife used as human shield
Discussion:
The Daily Beast

Sen. Ensign apologizes in final floor speech — Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) gave a farewell speech on the Senate floor Monday in which he apologized to his colleagues for having an affair with a campaign aide and warned other senators to guard against the strain of self-importance that led him to stray from his beliefs.
Discussion:
The Politico and CNN
RELATED:

Ensign's Farewell: Apology and Achievements
Discussion:
MyFox Orlando

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.

Let's Hear It For “Cheney's Assassination Squad” — Mark Hemingway reminds us that back in the bad old days of the Bush administration, when the Joint Special Operations Command carried out extra-judicial, theoretically “illegal,” and highly effective raids, liberals referred to them as “Dick Cheney's Assassination Squad:”