Osama Bin Laden Death

Doctor Who Helped US Find Bin Laden Sentenced To Prison

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT and RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.24.2012

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced...

What Al Qaeda Thinks Of U.S. Media Outlets And Journalists

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 05.03.2012

Materials taken from Osama bin Laden's compound following his death in May 2011, which revealed that al Qaeda has major issues with Fox News, were pub...

Osama bin Laden Documents Uncovered In Raid Released

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.03.2012

On Wednesday, West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) released a "treasure trove" of documents recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound in the ...

Osama Bin Laden Death: A Look Back One Year Later

Posted 05.01.2012

One year after Osama bin Laden's death, President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday. HuffPost's Jennifer Bendery re...

No Medium, No Message, No Closure?

Jody LyneƩ Madeira | Posted 05.01.2012

Jody LyneƩ Madeira

If the federal government had the capacity to successfully arrange a secure broadcast of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001, then surely it could arrange for a secure viewing of a select number of images of bin Laden's corpse now.

Who Is More Macho? Why Obama Made the Right Call on bin Laden and the Wrong Call on His Fearmongering Ad

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.02.2012

Arianna Huffington

The Obama administration has every reason to celebrate the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing, as does the country. Less laudable is Obama's attack ad questioning whether Mitt Romney would have made the same call to go after the man behind the 9/11 attacks.

PHOTOS: How Newspapers Covered Osama bin Laden's Death

Posted 05.01.2012

Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. Few Americans will forget where they were when they heard the news. Reports of ...

Bin Laden's Compound Rubble Goes On Sale

Posted 05.01.2012

What to do with remnants of the world's most loathed terrorist leader's final home? Sell them, naturally. In February, heavy machinery tore down ...

Dan Froomkin

Torture Didn't Help Find Bin Laden, U.S. Senators Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.01.2012

Two senators privy to classified information angrily dispute the claim by a former CIA official that the Bush administration's coercive interrogation ...

LOOK: On Bin Laden Anniversary, Al Qaeda Most Wanted

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

By The Associated Press -- On May 2, 2011, Navy SEALs shot and killed al-Qaida leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in his home in Abbotta...

Mike Sacks

Bin Laden Raid: 'Obama Made The Decision'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.29.2012

WASHINGTON -- White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan appeared on three separate Sunday morning programs to discuss the administration's eff...

New Book Reveals Details Of Bin Laden's Last Days

Posted 04.27.2012

Not only was family life a source of solace for Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader strongly believed polygamy was a religious obligation. The...

Anniversary Of Bin Laden's Death Prompts Terror Bulletin

Posted 04.26.2012

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released a bulletin Wednesday warning of possible terror attacks on the one year anniversary of Osama bin ...

Their Eyes Were Watching The President

Connie Cuellar | Posted 05.16.2012

Connie Cuellar

The union hall for UAW Local 400 in Sterling Heights, Mich. was packed with supporters to watch the Obama campaign's 17-minute re-election movie, The Road We've Traveled, which debuted Thursday night at more than 300 campaign-organized watch parties across the country.

Al Qaeda's Secret Hate For Fox News

Posted 03.16.2012

Materials taken from Osama bin Laden's compound following his death in May 2011 reveal that Al Qaeda has major issues with Fox News. Columnist Davi...

Defense Secretary: Pakistani Doctor Provided Key Information To U.S. In Advance Of Bin Laden Raid

AP | By ROBERT BURNS | Posted 01.27.2012

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S....

The Most Searched News Story Of 2011

Posted 11.29.2011

Microsoft's search engine Bing released a study on Monday, reporting the top ten most searched news stories of 2011. Bing said the study was based ...

Obama Administration: Photos Of Bin Laden's Body Must Remain Secret

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 11.27.2011

WASHINGTON — Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May by U.S. commandos would damage na...

Al Qaeda Vows To Exact Revenge For bin Laden's Death

AP | By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 10.20.2011

BAGHDAD -- Al-Qaida in Iraq has vowed to carry out "100 attacks" across the country, starting in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to ex...

Watch: U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda On Brink of Collapse

Posted 09.26.2011

The killing of Osama bin Laden and seven years of drone strikes against Al Qaeda's leadership have left the organization near collapse according to U....

Al Qaeda On Brink Of Collapse, U.S. Officials Say

The Washington Post | Greg Miller | Posted 09.25.2011

U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have p...

First Lady Asked What She Knew About Mission That Resulted In Bin Laden's Death

Posted 09.25.2011

First Lady Michelle Obama was asked what she knew about the U.S. mission carried out earlier this year that led to the death of Osama bin Laden in an ...

Federal Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Bin Laden

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 08.17.2011

NEW YORK — Federal authorities used DNA from "multiple family members" and facial recognition technology to identify the body of Osama bin Laden...

Navy Ship That Buried Bin Laden Returns To San Diego

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 08.15.2011

CORONADO, Calif. — Thousands of sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson jubilantly returned to their home port Wednesday, four days before Father's D...

Sources: Pakistan Arrests Multiple C.I.A. Informants Involved In Bin Laden Raid

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and KATHY GANNON | Posted 08.14.2011

WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden's compound before th...