Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Erin McClam / NBC News A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who served as an al-Qaida spokesman and warned Americans after Sept. 11 that “the storm shall not stop” pleaded not guilty Friday in a civilian court to plotting to kill Americans. Handcuffed [...]
Source: Greg Miller and Peter Finn / The Washington Post A former spokesman for al-Qaeda and son-in-law of its founder, Osama bin Laden, has been captured overseas and is being brought to the United States, where he is expected to face trial in New York, U.S. officials said. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was initially detained in Turkey but was taken into [...]
Source: Jamie Gumbrecht / CNN He’s the man who rolled into a bedroom in Abbottabad, Pakistan, raised his gun and shot Osama bin Laden three times in the forehead. Nearly two years later, the SEAL Team Six member is a secret celebrity with nothing to show for the deed; no job, no pension, no recognition outside a small [...]
Roland Martin, Will Cain, McKay Coppins, Soledad O’Brien discuss the controversy surrounding the new film “Zero Dark Thirty” and if national security was compromised as a result of the movie.
A Navy SEAL who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the terrorist apparently was shot in the head as he looked out his bedroom door, contradicting previous official accounts. AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier explains. (Aug. 29)
Source: CNN A book company said Wednesday that it will release on September 11 a firsthand account of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Christine Ball, director of marketing and publicity for Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin Group USA, said the book was written by a Navy SEAL under a pen [...]
A group of former special forces officers accuse President Obama of taking too much credit for Osama bin Laden’s death.
Source: Russell Goldman / ABC News A group of former special operations soldiers has launched a media campaign aimed at accusing President of wrongly taking credit for the mission that killed al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden. “Mr. President, you did not kill Osama bin Laden, America did,” Navy SEAL Ben Smith says in a short film [...]
Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite he first trailer for the controversial new action movie Zero Dark Thirty has finally hit the web. Before Osama bin Laden was killed by SEAL Team 6 in the wee hours of May 2, 2011, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) was working on a movie about the manhunt for the terrorist leader. After bin Laden’s killing, [...]
Source: The Huffington Post Between the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death and an Obama campaign ad that highlights the President’s success in bringing the terrorist down, the 24-hour TV news circuit has been having a field day discussing whether or not the bragging is appropriate. So on Tuesday night’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart broke out a [...]