CIA balked at chance to kill bin Laden in '99, Polish ex-spy Specific Action:ys:
The story - the centerpiece of "Ferreting out bin Laden," a book by former spy Alexander Makowski that was published in Poland in June but isn't yet available in English - offers previously unknown details about how the United States missed warning signs of the deadliest foreign attack ever on U.S. Soil. Ref. Source 1
Osama bin Laden paid bribe for permit to build Pakistan hideout:
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden bribed a Pakistani land registrar to allow the construction of the fortified compound where he was killed by the US special forces last year, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Ref. Source 9
Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials, a senior congressman said, calling it a "Very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaeda. Ref. USAToday
Iraq: Has al-Qaeda issued a Bin Laden banknote?:
An extremist group operating in Iraq and Syria seems to have made a banknote bearing the image of Osama Bin Laden, in an apparent effort to declare sovereignty over areas in their control. Ref. Source 2Specific Action:-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-Specific Action:
Obama claimed Osama died to claim glory for himself: Investigative Journalist:
It is alleged that the Pakistani government had been holding the 9/11 mastermind in his Abbottabad compound - located in a residential area known to be vastly populated by military officials - for years. Ref. Source 3
Forget forming an Islamic state and focus on killing Americans, Osama bin Laden said in documents taken by Navy SEALs.
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an unprecedented number of documents from what U.S. Officials have described as a treasure trove picked up by the SEALs at bin Laden's compound in Pakistan when he was killed in May 2011. Ref. CNN