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10:00 AM ET, May 5, 2011

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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden dead: Blackout during raid on bin Laden compound  —  The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events.  —  Leon Panetta, director of the CIA …
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts  —  Before an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALs executed a daring raid that took down Osama bin Laden, the commandos were able to silently sneak up on their elusive target thanks to what aviation analysts said were top secret …
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president's role in Osama Bin Laden strike for ‘victory lap’: source  —  WASHINGTON - George W. Bush won't be at Ground Zero with President Obama Thursday in part because he feels his team is getting short shrift in the decade-long manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.
Wall Street Journal:
Signs Point to Pakistan Link  —  U.S. Probe of Aid to bin Laden Likely to Focus on Islamabad's Military and Spy Services  —  U.S. and European intelligence officials increasingly believe active or retired Pakistani military or intelligence officials provided some measure of aid …
Reuters:
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW  —  Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.  —  The photos, taken …
Mark Halperin / Reuters:
Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing  —  Aftermath can be heck.  —  The White House's brilliant conceptualization and execution of the plan to bring Osama bin Laden to justice has, in the last 48 hours, been complicated by mistakes.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In Bin Laden's Compound, Seals' All-Star Team  —  WASHINGTON — There were 79 people on the assault team that killed Osama bin Laden, but in the end, the success of the mission turned on some two dozen men who landed inside the Qaeda leader's compound, fought their way to his bedroom and shot …
Quinnipiac University:
Obama Gets 6-Point Spike After Bin Laden Dies, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Score On Economy And Reelection Unchanged  —  American voters approve 52 - 40 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his highest score in almost two years and up from a 46 …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos  —  In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday's 60 Minutes, President Obama says he won't release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death.  —  Video of the comments will appear on the CBS “Evening News” on Wednesday.
New York Times:
Account Tells of One-Sided Battle in Bin Laden Raid  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama decided Wednesday not to release graphic photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse, as new details emerged about the raid on Bin Laden's fortified compound that differed from the administration's initial account of the 40-minute operation.
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Michael Moore: Bin Laden Wasn't Killed, He Was Executed  —  Osama bin Laden wasn't killed by a Navy SEAL team — he was straight up executed, Michael Moore told TheWrap on Wednesday.  —  The “Fahrenheit 9/11” director has been setting Twitter aflame Wednesday afternoon urging the Obama administration …
Discussion: Mediaite
Laura Caroe / The Sun:
Hero dog helped snare Osama
Discussion: Right Wing News and Gothamist
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton: Administration will stand by Pakistan
Discussion: CNN
Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden's wife recovering in hospital
Discussion: New York Times, Guardian and FrumForum
Russell Berman / The Hill:
No House resolution honoring military's bin Laden mission
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat?
Discussion: American Glob
CNN:
Senators misled by likely fake bin Laden photos
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Budget talks: Republicans offer to seek common ground with Democrats  —  Senior Republicans conceded Wednesday that a deal is unlikely on a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare and offered to open budget talks with the White House by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as cutting farm subsidies.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP, White House Talk Deal on Debt  —  GOP leaders and the White House are discussing a deal that would enact strict deficit targets and some spending cuts to win Republican votes for lifting the ceiling on how much the federal government can borrow.  —  The deal would defer contentious decisions …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:   Biden's debt talks open Thursday with parties split on new taxes
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Joe Biden Steps Into Debt Ceiling Void As Outlines Of Deal Materialize
Discussion: CRFB.org and Hullabaloo
Diane Webber / The Politico:
Eric Cantor: I'm still with Paul Ryan on Medicare
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile  —  The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive.  —  The plan is a part of the administration's …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
CUNY Blocks Honor for Tony Kushner  —  In a rare move, the trustees of the City University of New York have voted to shelve an honorary degree that one of its campuses, John Jay College, planned to award to Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of “Angels in America.”
Discussion: Salon, Israel Matzav and The Agitator
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The Jewish Week:
Tony Kushner Responds to CUNY Board Decision
Fox News:
GOP Hopefuls Get Ready to Rumble in First 2012 Presidential Debate  —  Republicans jockeying for position to challenge President Obama next year will have their first showdown Thursday night in South Carolina, a state that has held the first presidential primary in the South since 1980 …
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Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Mike Huckabee's Ready-Made Campaign  —  Jon Huntsman has had one for months.  Mitch Daniels effectively has one, too.  And as it turns out, so, now, does Mike Huckabee.  It's become the strangest phenomenon of the 2012 GOP primary: The campaign-in-waiting.  —  The reasons they've formed are varied.
 
 
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
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Times of India:
India had twice told US about Osama's likely presence close to Islamabad
Sean D. Naylor / Army Times:
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