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6:10 PM ET, May 2, 2011

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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 …
TPMDC:
White House: Osama Bin Laden Used Wife 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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Blaze
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 …
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.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Yes, Bin Laden's Death Will Help Obama, but for How Long?
Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:   Arabs Riot in Jerusalem Over Bin Laden's Demise, Hamas Angry
Elizabeth Flock / Reuters:
Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden are from the elite ‘Team 6’
Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's wife used as human shield
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama is now Warrior in Chief
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Associated Press:
US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says
Ktvtphil / CBS Dallas:
Bush Home Buzzing After Bin Laden Killing
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Cheney, Rumsfeld laud Obama
The Atlantic Online:
A Defense of Pakistan  —  I'm receiving a good deal of mail …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and News Desk
The Atlantic Online:   What Bin Laden's Death Means: Seven Observations
Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:   Obama's rivals now look like Lilliputians to his Gulliver | Jonathan Freedland
The Hill:   White House: ‘Inconceivable’ bin Laden had no Pakistani support
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’  —  You heard that right: “Thank God for President Obama,” Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Monday afternoon.  —  “Ladies and gentlemen, we need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama,” Limbaugh said Monday afternoon at the start of his show.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Limbaugh commends Obama, sort of
Discussion: The Note and CNN
New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God For President Obama’ (VIDEO)
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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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Cindy Sheehan: 'If you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid.'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sen. Ensign apologizes in final floor speech
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