Death of Osama bin Laden
Special Ops group attacks Obama over alleged security leaks, Bin Laden
A new ad campaign against President Barack Obama includes former U.S. intelligence and special forces operatives attacking the president for boasting about killing Osama bin Laden and accuses him of leaking material from the White House.
Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Struggles to Return to Civilian Life
This past Veteran’s Day, President Obama reassured vets that his administration was doing everything it could to help them find jobs and readjust to civilian life. “We know the most urgent task most of you face is finding a new way to serve,” he said. “That’s why we’ve made it a priority to help you […]
Obama’s Secret Wars, from The Situation Room to The Front
To be a fly on the wall in The White House Situation Room. To watch as President Obama and his cabinet await news on Osama Bin Laden’s compound raid, or plan “Olympic Games,” the code name given to an American cyber attack on Iranian nuclear facilities – an attack that went terribly wrong. David E. Sanger chronicles these events […]
‘Manhunt’ Examines the Decade-Long Search for Bin Laden
Just over 15 years ago, a young producer accompanied CNN reporter Peter Arnett to an isolated mud hut in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The man they found there became the most notorious terrorist of all time. Osama bin Laden wasn’t particularly well known in 1997, but he certainly made headlines when he declared jihad on […]
Bin Laden’s Death, One Year Later
Tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversary of the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s complex in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In the immediate aftermath of the al Qaeda leader’s death, many wondered how the organization would be affected. A year later, with al Qaeda now under the leadership of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Gideon Rose, the editor of Foreign Affairs, […]