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US says wants access to 3 bin Laden widows amid questions over whether Pakistan harbored him

The United States says it wants to talk to the three widows of Osama bin Laden, who are in Pakistani custody. National security adviser Tom Donilon says information from them could help answer questions about whether Pakistani authorities helped hide the al-Qaida leader while he was on the run. He made the comments in an interview broadcast on Sunday NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

 

U.S. releases videos seized from bin Laden compound

U.S. releases videos seized from bin Laden compound

Intelligence officials today unveiled five different videos of Osama bin Laden confiscated during the raid at his Pakistan compound. One of the videos shows the al Qaeda leader watching footage of himself.

 

Al Qaeda had U.S. trains in its sights, U.S. officials say

Evidence collected in the Osama bin Laden killing in Pakistan indicates that the terrorist network considered attacking America's rail system.Evidence collected from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan indicates that Al Qaeda considered launching a terrorist strike against America's rail system, U.S.

 

Only one of five people killed during bin Laden raid was armed

As the story of the raid continues to unfold, new information from the cache of computers seized from the bin Laden compound emerges.

 

Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden

Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden

Pakistan's Washington lobbyists have launched an intense campaign on Capitol Hill to counter accusations that Islamabad was complicit in giving refuge to Osama bin Laden.

 

Pakistan's Zardari says bin Laden raid was not joint operation

Pakistan's Zardari says bin Laden raid was not joint operation

The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces was not a joint operation with Pakistan, the president of Pakistan said in an opinion column published on Monday.

 

Analysis: Turning point for U.S., Pakistan

The death of Osama bin Laden could prove to be a turning point in United States-Pakistani counterterrorism cooperation.

 

Man unknowingly liveblogs Bin Laden operation

A computer programmer, startled by a helicopter clattering above his quiet Pakistani town in the early hours of the morning Monday, did what any social-media addict would do: he began sending messages to the social networking site Twitter.

 

NJ: The secret team that killed bin Laden

Were it not for this high-value target,  the killing of Osama bin Laden at his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday might have been a routine mission for the specially trained and highly mythologized SEAL Team Six.

 

Osama bin Laden is dead

Osama bin Laden is dead

The founder and spiritual figurehead for al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is dead. President Barack Obama said in an address from the White House that a small team of Americans carried out the operation to kill bin Laden in Pakistan, and that cooperation from Pakistani authorities was crucial.

 

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