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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 …
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Limbaugh: ‘We Need To Open The Program Today By Congratulating President Obama’ (UPDATE) — 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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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 …
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 …
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New York Times:
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says — WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
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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 …
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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.
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Corpse handled in ‘Islamic practice’ — The United States is treating Osama bin Laden's body in “accordance with Islamic practice,” a White House official says. — President Obama announced Sunday night that American forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan and that they took his body afterward.
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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.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Yes, Bin Laden's Death Will Help Obama, but for How Long? — Osama bin Laden is dead. — I got the news on Twitter while in a taxi back from J.F.K. Airport. I told my cabbie, who was in disbelief at first, to turn the radio on. We took in the story together. I'm as patriotic as the next guy: it was a nice moment.
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.
David Sirota / Salon:
“USA! USA!” is the wrong response — There is ample reason to feel relief that Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to the world, and I say that not just because I was among the many congressional staffers told to flee the U.S. Capitol on 9/11. I say that because he was clearly …
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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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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
40 Minutes That Changed the World: Inside the Operation That Brought Bin Laden Down — Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is shown in Afghanistan, in this April 1998 file photo. A person familiar with developments on Sunday, May 1, 2011 says bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body.
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Steve Coll / News Desk:
Notes on the Death of Osama bin Laden
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NationalJournal.com:
TEXT: President George W. Bush's Statement on Osama Bin Laden's Death
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The Note:
Osama Bin Laden Body Headed for Burial at Sea, Officials Say
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The Note:
Donald Trump Congratulates Obama On Osama Bin Laden Killing, Asks For End To ‘Party Politics’ Debate …
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Dean Schabner / ABCNEWS:
Osama bin Laden Killed by U.S. Strike
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Orange County Register:
News resounds across O.C.: Bin Laden dead
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Here's the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Pakistanis Stunned and Angered at News of Osama's Death
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Reuters:
U.S. team's mission was to kill bin Laden, not capture
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The Atlantic Online:
Osama Bin Laden's Compound Already Mapped on Google
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Limbaugh commends Obama for getting bin Laden and bringing back proof
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Graham questions decision to dispose of bin Laden's body
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Cheney, Rumsfeld laud Obama
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Forces Kill 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
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New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God For President Obama’ (VIDEO)
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Sources: Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Yglesias:
Kathryn Bigelow's bin Laden Movie-And Everyone Else's
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Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report:
New York Islamists: Congratulations to Sheikh Osama bin Laden on His Martyrdom!
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Ktvtphil / CBS Dallas:
Bush Home Buzzing After Bin Laden Killing
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Joe Lieberman: Be On The Lookout For Homegrown Terrorists — Even In Your Own Family
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Tim Lister / CNN:
Abbottabad — The military town where bin Laden hid in plain sight
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Barney Frank: Bin Laden Killing ‘Strengthens The Case’ For Withdrawal From Afghanistan
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Elliott Abrams / Pressure Points:
Bin Laden, Obama, and the Arab Spring
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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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Ryan Brenizer:
Osama is Dead; Photos from a historic party at Ground Zero — On a gorgeous September day almost ten years ago, I had just started my morning as the editor-in-chief of an upstate newspaper when one of my reporters told me a plane had hit the World Trade Center.
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