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U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit the Central Intelligence Agency on Friday to express his gratitude to CIA officers for their role in bringing down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The visit comes in the wake of the successful military operation on May 2, which resulted
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The recently obtained documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) demonstrate the significant information gained by "enhanced interrogation techniques," which ultimately led to the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. The documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, reveal that detainees
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President Obama's insistence on a substantial force size for the assault team hunting down Osama bin Laden was a crucial decision that demonstrated his willingness to take calculated risks to ensure the mission's success. The administration's planning and preparation for the high-stakes operation reveal
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The Obama administration's stance on war crimes, particularly in relation to the killing of unarmed enemy combatants, has raised questions about the nation's adherence to international humanitarian laws. In a May 4 Senate testimony, Attorney General Eric Holder defended the killing of Osama bin Laden as
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The United States' greatest enemy in the Af-Pak region is not al Qaeda, but Pakistan, Afghanistan's former spy chief Amrullah Saleh claimed in a CBS News interview. Saleh, who has been the CIA's lead source on Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for years, stated
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CIA Director Leon Panetta has cautioned Americans that the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is unlikely to end the terrorist network's activities. Panetta made his comments in the wake of a daring raid by a US strike team on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where bin
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Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi businessman-philanthropist, has been linked to several high-profile terrorist attacks and is considered the single most dangerous security threat in the world. In the 1980s, he was a key US ally in expelling Soviet troops from Afghanistan, but his views have since radicalized, and he
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The United States is vulnerable to attacks in retaliation for its bombing of Afghanistan and Sudan, warns a Penn State expert in national security policy. Stephen Cimbala, professor of political science, believes that an attack is "about as sure as the sunrise" and that the US has global
