Senate Intel Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): Torture did not yield the intelligence that lead U.S. to bin Laden.
Pakistan coming under harsh scrutiny in the wake of the bin Laden compound raid.
Did key intelligence in finding bin Laden come from torture? Apparently not. But that’s not stopping people from claiming it did.
As a more general matter it’s important to recognize that torture could easily have produced the key information. It just seems not to have in this case. You can be doctrinaire in opposing torture without being doctrinaire in assuming that it can’t produce any good intelligence, which would be foolish.
White House counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan says the administration believes bin Laden had been living in his compound for 5 or 6 years.
The White House is backing off today’s account from Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan’s which suggested that bin Laden had used one of wives as a human shield in the final moments of his life.
House Ethics Committee hires new staff director after four month impasse.
Some powerful photos of tense moments yesterday in the White House situation room as the President and his top advisors watched the operation unfold.
US officials say there’s apparently another bin Laden tape, recorded prior to the attack, in the pipeline and expected to be released soon.
Man who promised not to shave until bin Laden was killed or captured finally shaves off very long beard.