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When he was asked about his “fears” of being seen as the new Jimmy Carter if the kill bin Laden operation failed the way Carter’s Operation Eagle Claw had, Barack Obama didn’t hesitate in his answer. “I thought about it,” he “admitted” as he acknowledged there would be “political ramifications” that could ruin his chances of reelection if the bin Laden mission had been a disaster. Nevertheless, the Prince of Frauds stressed, “There were doubts voiced in the Situation Room. But there was no doubt in my head.” According to the “official narrative” Barack Obama was the one who fought...

Given this sequence of events, it is more than reasonable that King has asked for an investigation. There is no evidence of a explicit release of classified data, but the January 13 2011 variety article and Dowd Op-Ed pieces both make mention of classified access. And, the actions of the Hurt Locker team to solidify funding and settle on actors just before OBL was killed, after the project languished for years, is suspect. Would it surprise anyone that an over anxious Obama election team would use knowledge of OBL's whereabouts to hint to a leading movie director of the genre...

(CBS) Shortly after 9/11, the Pentagon ordered a top secret team of American commandos into Afghanistan with a single, simple order: kill Osama bin Laden. It was America's best chance to eliminate the leader of al Qaeda. The inside story of exactly what happened in that mission, and how close it came to its objective has never been told until now.

Filed at 8:53 a.m. ET ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan said Wednesday it will capture Osama bin Laden if it finds him in the country, despite the government's recent peace deal with Islamic militants in a remote, violence-battered region on the Afghan border. ''Pakistan is committed to its policy on war on terror, and Osama caught anywhere in Pakistan would be brought to justice,'' the country's top army spokesman told The Associated Press. Pakistan's government and militants -- believed to support bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network and the Taliban militia -- on Tuesday signed a peace deal with the government,...