Osama Bin Laden's Death Leaked Via Twitter

Twitter fairly exploded Sunday with the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.

President Obama confirmed just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday night that a U.S. operation was responsible for bin Laden's death.

But word of the mission was already spreading virally via Twitter before the president's announcement.

According to the New York Times, the first tweeter to leak credible word of bin Laden's death was Keith Urbahn, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff.

View Urbahn's tweet, written at 10:25 p.m. on Sunday (below). To see more reactions from tweeters, click here.

For more on bin Laden's death, visit our live blog.

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So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet ReplyKeith Urbahn
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Comments

[kasv]

10:55 AM on 05/09/2011

The GOP leaks only information that true patriots would not.

[JFD8]

11:36 AM on 05/02/2011

Twitter also leaked the deaths Justin Bieber, Jackie Chan, William Shatner, and the typewriter.

[Jeany]

05:48 AM on 05/02/2011

No surprise in where that leak came from.

[majestic7usa]

04:37 AM on 05/02/2011

Well, I Guess OL Benny gonna get his 12 Virgins Now huh?
He has to get his 12 virgins.. Its gonna be 12 Catholic NUNS with 12 guage Shotguns and they gonna kill him 12 More times!!!

[Gene130]

08:36 AM on 05/02/2011

Lets see. One is Helen Thomas, another is Janet Reno, another is,,,,,,,,,,

[PtaRay]

04:04 AM on 05/02/2011

Death is not a great thing, never something you want really, but justice is never a bad thing, so I think the justice in this, explains the happiness and feelings of releif from almost 10 years of man-hunt finding resolution.
The scourge of the entire peoples of this globe smile tonight just a little bit in the name of justice.
America WILL do the right thing eventually , just like we say we will.
TO JUSTICE!!

[huffy04]

11:32 AM on 05/02/2011

For UBL death is great and I hope he suffered extremely!!!!!

[sensiblethoughts4u]

03:08 AM on 05/02/2011

I'm wondering what those SMU students were missing? Thanking Bush? He didn't go after him! There is video evidence that he wasn't worried about catching him!

[majestic7usa]

04:39 AM on 05/02/2011

You sir are a Liar. Bush spent 8 years of His Presidency Fighting terrorism and Hunting Bin laden.. He Started the war on terror after 9 11. Why would you disrespect him like that?

[sydfynch]

11:09 AM on 05/03/2011

You mean like when he wouldn't take daily briefings/meetings with his own security team about terrorism? Or do you mean like when he ignored the memo that said: "Bin Laden Determined to Attack inside U.S." and it went on to say they would probably use airplanes...or do you mean when his own Vice President illegally outted a CIA agent because of a political grudge....or do you mean when he dismantled the very security team that was tasked with finding Bin Laden and told the press on live TV that "he wasn't worried about Bin Laden and doesn't spend much time on finding him."???

Is that what you mean by "fighting terrorism and hunting Bin Laden?"

[allisonisa39e]

02:58 AM on 05/02/2011

It is likely that one of bin Laden's top lieutenants tipped off The US that following the couriers would lead to his location.
Watch to see who takes bin Laden's place.
Assassination was the route used after the death of Muhammad in order to gain power, and reportedly bin Laden and his followers are devout followers of Muhammad.

[ThisAlreadyHappened]

02:54 AM on 05/02/2011

Only 3 people care about this. I am not one of them, I just came on to point it out. Honest!

[Raymond Coutray]

02:21 AM on 05/02/2011

good thing this idiot was kept out of the loop

[blasterofparis]

02:20 AM on 05/02/2011

Not surprising one of Rumsfeld's people would go public with a leak. Unprofessional, yet so predictable.

[Carlo St Jules Jr]

02:08 AM on 05/02/2011

The Rock posted this news at 10:24 on facebook