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2:45 AM ET, May 3, 2011

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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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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Radley Balko / The Agitator:
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 …
Steve Coll / News Desk:
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:
Fars News Agency:
MP: Bin Laden Killed for Fear of Intelligence Leakage  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- The US has killed the Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, in a bid to prevent any possible leakage of intelligence and information about the US-Al-Qaeda joint terrorist operations, a senior Iranian legislator underscored on Monday.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
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 …
Fox News:
Bin Laden Given Religious Funeral Prior to Sea Burial  —  Usama bin Laden was given a religious funeral prior to his burial at sea, senior military officials told Fox News.  —  Religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier at about 1:10 a.m. Monday in the Persian Gulf.
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
The Express Tribune:
Hundreds join Quetta rally to honour bin Laden
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the U.S. found and finished Bin Laden
Discussion: The Smoking Gun
David Weigel / Weigel:
Osama bin Trutherism is Born
Discussion: Swampland
David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Stop Questioning Obama's Legitimacy Now?
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Dianne Feinstein: Bin Laden Was At Pakistan Compound For Up To Six Years
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama is now Warrior in Chief
Michael Murray / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Dead: The Navy SEALs Who Hunted and Killed Al Qaeda Leader
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Thank God for President Obama’
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Guardian:
Sea burial of Osama bin Laden breaks sharia law, say Muslim scholars
Discussion: Battleland and Global Spin
Associated Press:
US official: New tape may be last from bin Laden
Discussion: The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Gawker
Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's wife used as human shield
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Alyssa Rosenberg / Yglesias:
Comparing Voldemort and bin Laden
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Hollywood Reporter
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.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
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
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Ensign's Farewell: Apology and Achievements
Discussion: MyFox Orlando
 
 
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Osama Gone, And Now...  This is, of course, a great day for the world …
Discussion: Eunomia
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Cindy Sheehan: 'If you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid.'