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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Two-Way

Presence Of His Family Likely Helped Bring Down Bin Laden

May 17, 2011 "One of the signatures of bin Laden's presence was an extended family and I think that's one of the building blocks that built the evidentiary case to find him," says journalist and bin Laden expert Peter Bergen.

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Monday, May 16, 2011

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What Panetta Told McCain About Bin Laden And 'Enhanced Interrogation'

May 16, 2011 "There was no one essential ... piece of information that led us" to the al-Qaida leader, the CIA chief said in a letter. And some detainees subjected to "enhanced interrogation" lied about key information — the identity of a bin Laden courier.

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Kerry Seeks To Smooth Fraught U.S.-Pakistan Ties

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (left) shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a meeting in Islamabad on Monday.

May 16, 2011 With American-Pakistani relations at a crossroads, U.S. Sen. John Kerry attempted Monday to calm the fury generated in Pakistan when U.S. forces landed undetected and killed Osama bin Laden. Kerry said a stalled dialogue had at least restarted, with candor.

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Report: U.S., Pakistan Agree To Work Together Against 'High Value Targets'

May 16, 2011 Relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have been more strained than ever since a team of American commandos swept into Abbottabad, Pakistan, two weeks ago and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Pakistan was not told of the raid.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

One Last Battle: Spinning Bin Laden's Legacy

A still image from video footage released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows Osama bin Laden watching himself on TV.

May 14, 2011 Almost as important as finding and killing the al-Qaida leader was what came afterward: telling the story of the operation in such a way that U.S. interests were advanced. Strategic communication efforts have not always been handled all that skillfully, and managing this story was no exception.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

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Pornography Found At Bin Laden's Compound, Sources Tell Reuters

May 13, 2011 The wire service says it was told that the pornography "consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive" and that the sources "said they did not know if bin Laden himself had acquired or viewed the materials."

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Key Republican: Success In Afghanistan May Mean Including Taliban

Corporal Daniel Wheeler, Bravo Co. 1/5 Marines, walks through a waist high wheat field on a patrol in Sangin District near the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan earlier this month.

May 13, 2011 The U.S. goal should be stability and that might mean giving the Taliban control or influence in the southern part of the country, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) says. President Obama is known to listen to the influential senator.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

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Inhofe Adds Details About What's Shown In Bin Laden Death Photos

May 12, 2011 The senator says he has seen nine "pretty graphic" photos. Less graphic images of the al-Qaida leader's remains being prepared for burial at sea should be released, he says. Administration officials fear the photos could be used as propaganda tools.

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Reports: Bin Laden's Notes Show Preoccupation With Killing Americans

An image from an undated video released by the Department of Defense on May 7, 2011. Videos of Osama bin Laden and other materials were seized during the raid on his compound in Pakistan, during which the al-Qaida leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

May 12, 2011 As intelligence analysts go through the materials collected from bin Laden's compound, they're learning more about his thinking and plans.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Report: Bin Laden Was Killed 'Relatively Early' In Raid

Among the evidence seized at bin Laden's compound were videos — including one showing the al-Qaida leader watching TV. The Pentagon released this image from one of the videos on May 7, 2011.

May 11, 2011 The al-Qaida leader's death came about 20 minutes into the 40 minutes that U.S. forces were at bin Laden's compound, CBS News reports. Commandos spent considerable time gathering evidence before departing.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Bin Laden Son Who Rejects Violence Condemns Father's 'Arbitrary Killing'

Omar bin Laden in 2008.

May 10, 2011 His father should have been "arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world," Omar bin Laden says in a statement sent to The New York Times.

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News Media, Advocacy Groups Press For Release Of Bin Laden Photos

A still image from video released Saturday (May 7, 2011) by the US Department of Defense shows Osama bin Laden. The video was obtained during the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

May 10, 2011 Arguing that the pictures and videos have news value and that national security concerns do not outweigh the interests of the public, The Associated Press and others have made Freedom of Information Act requests. Should they be given the materials?

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U.S. Was 'Braced For Fights' With Pakistanis, 'New York Times' Reports

Pakistani military and police officials cordon off a street leading to the final hideout of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Monday (May 9, 2011).

May 10, 2011 President Obama pushed for more commandos to be sent into Pakistan in case there was a confrontation with local police or military personnel, sources tell the Times. There was no such clash.

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Monday, May 09, 2011

Is Obama Following In Bush's Footsteps?

President Obama speaks about the efforts to coordinate American charitable aid to the   earthquake victims in Haiti as former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton (not pictured) listen in the Rose Garden of the White House Jan. 16, 2010.

May 9, 2011 There's been a lot of debate about whether George W. Bush deserves much — or any — credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden. But analysts across the political spectrum say that in general, President Obama has followed Bush's foreign policy more closely than his 2008 campaign seemed to suggest he would.

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