Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Death Of Osama Bin Laden -- News Roundup May 5, 2011



Intelligence Agencies Assess al-Qaida Papers -- Seattle Times

U.S. intelligence agencies are racing to exploit a trove of documents and computer files that Navy SEALs collected from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan before other al-Qaida groups or leaders can change communication methods or move to safe houses.

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are racing to exploit a trove of documents and computer files that Navy SEALs collected from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan before other al-Qaida groups or leaders can change communication methods or move to safe houses.

Many files are written in multiple languages, and some appear in code, U.S. officials said.

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More News On The Death Of Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden Operation Full Coverage - U.S. Department of Defense
Bin Laden Operation Full Coverage -- BBC
Bin Laden Operation Full Coverage -- Washington Post
Bin Laden Operation Full Coverage -- Stars and Stripes
Bin Laden Operation Full Coverage -- Christian Science Monitor

Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Officials: SEALs thought bin Laden went for weapon -- Yahoo News/AP
Shot dead 'with money sewn into his clothes': Bin Laden was captured alive and then executed, 'claims daughter, 12' -- Daily Mail
Osama bin Laden ‘resisted’ assault but was unarmed, U.S. officials say -- Washington Post
Osama bin Laden dead: Blackout during raid on bin Laden compound -- The Telegraph
Osama bin Laden had cash, was ready to flee -- Politico
‘Emir’ bin Laden oversaw al Qaeda from compound -- The Telegraph
Commandos told to kill Osama bin Laden because of fears he was wearing suicide vest -- The Telegraph
Osama bin Laden's surrender wasn't a likely outcome in raid, officials say -- L.A. Times

Bin Laden computers a 'gold mine' for US -- Yahoo News/AFP
CIA Working on ‘Robust’ Trove of Material from bin Laden Compound -- Voice of America
Will 'treasure trove' of intelligence from Bin Laden mansion lead U.S. hit squad to Al Qaeda's No2? -- Daily Mail

White House goes silent on bin Laden raid -- Washington Post
Carney: "In Terms Of Further Details Of The Operation, I Don't Have Any For You" -- Real Clear Politics

Bin Laden at Pakistan compound last 5-6 years
-- CBS
Bin Laden discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’ -- Washington Post
US 'alerted to Bin Laden compound in 2009' -- Independent
Bin Laden, the terror godfather next door: Pakistan alerted U.S. to 'suspicious' terror compound in 2009 -- Daily Mail
Bin Laden’s neighbors in disbelief -- Washington Post
Behind High Walls, Model Neighbors Were Harboring a Fugitive -- New York Times

Courier Hid Osama Bin Laden Well -- ABC News
Trail to Bin Laden began with CIA detainee, officials say -- L.A Times
Osama bin Laden dead: trusted courier led US special forces to hideout -- The Telegraph
How profile of bin Laden courier led CIA to its target -- MSNBC
Detective Work on Courier Led to Breakthrough on Bin Laden -- New York Times
Phone call by Kuwaiti courier led to bin Laden -- AP
Bin Laden's Courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, Had Several Responsibilities -- NPR
Abu Ahmad: The Courier Who Led America to Osama bin Laden -- Time
Papers Shed Light On Courier Who Led To Bin Laden -- NPR

Guantanamo torture was the key: Detainees led the CIA to Bin Laden's hideout -- Daily Mail
Intelligence break led to bin Laden’s hide-out -- Washington Times
Bush-Era Interrogations Provided Key Details on Bin Laden's Location -- FOX News
Bin Laden data not had by torture, Feinstein says -- SFGate

Americans yearn to talk to SEALs in bin Laden raid -- Yahoo News/AP
In Bin Laden’s Compound, Seals’ All-Star Team -- New York Times
Bin Laden killing shows off agency cooperation -- USA Today
SEALs are standing taller after secret raid -- Washington Times
Navy SEALs Who Captured, Killed Osama Bin Laden Return to United States -- ABC News
No House resolution honoring SEAL's bin Laden mission -- The Hill

Osama bin Laden death: Pakistan has questions to answer, says David Cameron -- The Telegraph
Special report: Why the U.S. mistrusts Pakistan's spy agency -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Signs Point to Pakistan Link -- Wall Street Journal
Tensions Rise As U.S. Officials Press Pakistan For Answers -- New York Times

Osama bin Laden's burial at sea upsets relatives of Sept. 11 victims -- L.A Times
Congress to Examine "Inappropriate" and "Devastating" Use of "Geronimo" Codename in bin Laden Mission -- ABC News

Obama refuses to release bin Laden photos -- Yahoo News/AFP
Obama decides not to release bin Laden photos -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Obama refuses to release Bin Laden death photos - but graphic images are published of three men killed alongside terror chief -- Daily Mail
Obama will not release bin Laden photos, White House says -- Washington Post

Was Bin Laden's Killing Legal? -- Analysis by Thomas Darnstädt, Spiegel Online
Will Bin Laden's sea burial backfire? Radical Muslims already name location 'Martyr's Sea' -- The Daily Mail
Tours of Bin Laden towers and 'souvenirs' already on sale... but will Pakistan death site become a shrine? -- Daily Mail

Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis

Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing -- Mark Halpern, Time
Farewell to Geronimo -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Who Needs Pictures? -- Major Garrett, National Journal
Interrogation Not Litigation Led to Osama -- Jan LaRue, American Thinker
When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat? -- Jocelyn Noveck, Examiner
Was Bin Laden Really 'Off the Grid'? -- FOX News
Next threat? Counterstrikes with nukes, bioweapons -- Sen. Richard G. Lugar, The Washington Times
Al-Qaeda to splinter with power vacuum: author -- Colin Freeze, Globe And Mail
Opinion: Bin Laden assassinated not martyred -- Parag Khanna, CNN
After Osama bin Laden -- L.A. Times editorial
Bin Laden dies, but the terror threat lives on -- Lolita C. Baldor, Houston Chronicle/AP
The Monster Lives On -- Yassin Musharbash, Spiegel Online
Assassinating Osama bin Laden was not only legal, it was right – and President Obama should man up and admit this was a 'kill operation' -- Toby Young, The Telegraph
The Long-Awaited News -- New York Times editorial
Why Did It Take So Long to Find Bin Laden? -- New York Times
Why I would’ve released the bin Laden photos -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
On Bin Laden, Muslim Brotherhood Makes Different Statements in English and in Arabic -- Sami al-Abasi , Pajamas Media
No Class: Obama snubs Bush, praises himself -- Washington Times editorial
Editorial: SEALs 1, al-Qaeda 0 -- USA Today editorial
Did Wikileaks force the attack on Osama 18 months before the election? -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
Is the ISI Al-Qaeda? -- Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media
Bin Laden Fallout -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Intel Analysis from Stratfor, Others on Bin Laden -- John Ransom, Townhall
OBL's Death a Victory for the Adults -- C. Edmund Wright, American Thinker
Does death of bin Laden signal a new Obama? -- Ricahrd Cohen, Washington Post
Obama’s victory lap -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post

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