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The Daily Beast - The Morning Scoop - May 2, 2011
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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER
BURIED AT SEA
1. Bin Laden Dead: What's Next for al Qaeda?
Nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama confirmed that
U.S. agents killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight deep
inside Pakistan on Sunday. He has since been buried at sea. Who was
hiding the terror mastermind in Pakistan's heartland? And who will lead
in the post-Arab spring era? Bruce Riedel, Peter Beinart, Asra Q.
Nomani, and more Daily Beast contributors weigh in on the historic
moment. Plus, photos of bin Laden's secret compound and celebrations
around the world.
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INTELLIGENCE
2. How We Found Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was not hiding in a cave, as was popularly imagined, but
a mansion just two hours from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. How did we
find him there? After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. began gathering
intelligence on Bin Laden's couriers. Six years later, in 2007, the U.S.
learned the name of one man of particular interest; when they found his
base of operations in Abbottabad in August 2010, "we were shocked," one
security official tells MSNBC. It was a mansion roughly eight times
larger than any other home in the area, surrounded by 12 foot by 18 foot
walls, no Internet or telephone service, and no windows facing the road.
Residents there burned their trash. It was "custom built to hide someone
of significance," and intelligence soon revealed that, in addition to
the courier and his brother, a third family was living there that
matched the profile of bin Laden's family. This conclusion was reached
in February, and President Obama held five meetings in March to plan for
the operation before giving the order on Friday.
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
3. Bush: A 'Momentous Achievement'
President Bush broke his post-presidency silence in Texas to hail the
death of Osama Bin Laden as a "momentous achievement." "This momentous
achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace
around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11,
2001," Bush said in a statement. "The fight against terror goes on, but
tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it
takes, justice will be done." President Obama called President Bush at
9:04 p.m., before the official announcement of Bin Laden's death, to
tell him of the news. The two spoke for four minutes. Bin Laden's May 1
death comes exactly seven years after Bush's "Mission Accomplished
speech" (and, coincidentally, on the same day as the announcement of
Hilter's death.)
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TERRORISM
4. U.S. Warns of Reprisals over Bin Laden
News that Osama Bin Laden had been killed lifted Americans' spirits -
celebrations broke out at Ground Zero, Times Square, and in front of the
White House - but they should raised their guards as well: The State
Department has put U.S. embassies on alert and warned Americans abroad
over possible reprisals. The reins of Al Qaeda now belong to Ayman
al-Zahiri, previously the terrorist organization's Egyptian-born number
two. He is believed to be hiding on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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WHO KNEW?
5. Man Live-Tweets Bin Laden Attack
It turns out that the attack on Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad was
live-tweeted by a Pakistani man - although he didn't realize the
significance of the events he witnessed. Sohaib Athar, an IT consultant,
tweeted at 1 a.m. local time Sunday that a helicopter was overhead, a
"rare event" for the location. "Go away helicopter - before I take out
my giant swatter :-/" he tweeted next; then, " "A huge window shaking
bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something
nasty :-S". Soon, he began piecing things together: "the few people
online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not
Pakistani…"; "Since taliban (probably) don't have helicpoters, and since
they're saying it was not 'ours', so must be a complicated
situation#abbottabad." After concluding that the helicopter noise and
President Obama's address "are connected," Athar was annoyed: "I guess
Abbottabad is going to get as crowded as the Lahore that I left behind
for some peace and quiet. *sigh*". And after discovering he had
thousands of new followers, he wrote, "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who
liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."
Read it at The Wall Street Journal:
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BUSINESS
Facebook IPO Could Exceed $100B
As business growth surpasses forecasts.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/cht6
MEDIA
Lara Logan Details Sexual Assault
In '60 Minutes' special.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/cht7
TELEVISION
Ann Curry to Replace Vieira on 'Today'
NBC expected to announce on Monday.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/cht8
ROYALTY
Will, Kate Plan Tropical Honeymoon
Likely in Indian Ocean.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/cht9
FILM
Tarantino Plans Next Film
'Django Unchained' will be spaghetti western.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/cht10
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BLOGS & STORIES
FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS
The War on Terror Is Over
by Peter Beinart
Bin Laden's death gives the U.S. a golden opportunity to bury the war on
terror - a distraction, Peter Beinart argues, that distorted America's
foreign policy for too long.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/fea1
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Obama Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death
by Howard Kurtz
The president's announcement that a U.S. team assassinated Osama bin
Laden, nearly 10 years after 9/11, is a morale boost for the U.S. - and
will likely stand as Obama's greatest achievement.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNvrDpB7SwhTB8axZlNsjV9oiM/fea2
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Osama bin Laden Dead: Watch Obama's Speech
by The Daily Beast
Late Sunday evening, President Obama delivered the historic news: al
Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was dead. Speaking from the East Room
of the White House, the president revealed that, earlier in the day,
U.S. intelligence had launched a targeted operation against bin Laden's
compound deep in Pakistan, killing the terrorist in a firefight. WATCH
VIDEO of the momentous address.
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