Its seems to me that Obama opposed these techniques, and if he had had his way they never would have been used and Bin Laden would not have been killed.
Therefore Obama deserves no credit for the killing of Bin Laden.
As FReeper Lancelot Jones pointed out in his excellent post on another thread Bin Laden Death Will Not Boost Obama: Expert, #37, he kind of does deserve a "credit," in a negative sort of way:
It was his failure to deliver his own campaign promised that allowed the men and women of the greatest military in the world to gather the necessary intelligence to find bin Laden and terminate him (as well as anyone within shooting distance) with extreme prejudice. The killing of OBL has been, without a doubt, the most spectacularly successful unintended consequence of one of a long list of Obama's failures to date. ..... I wish to thank President Obama for NOT going through with his campaign promises to shut down Guantanamo, and pull the troops out of the Middle East.
That's the sort of negative credit, backhanded praise that I would like see conservative / Republican politicians adopt and use more often, especially dealing with the media. The style makes the point(s) well and is difficult to criticize, and Rummy and Condi Rice were experts at this. Watching many Republicans or conservatives speaking publicly is often impossible without cringing.