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  • Intelligence analyst Fred Burton says he believes the key to the bin Laden operation's success was a human asset, a person or persons in Pakistan who provided information to the U.S. intelligence agents.

    Informant's Tip was Crucial to bin Laden Operation, Says Analyst 2011

  • Turkey is a NATO member and was vocal is seeking transfer of the air operation's command from the U.S. and French-led coalition that first imposed the Libyan no-fly zone.

    Turkey Nudges Gadhafi Regime Marc Champion 2011

  • Some object to the operation's cost amid record deficits, others gripe about Mr. Obama's reflexive bow to the "international community," while still others are responding to a part of the GOP cable-TV and Internet base that wants fewer foreign interventions after Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Obama, Libya and the GOP 2011

  • Intelligence analyst Fred Burton says he believes the key to the bin Laden operation's success was a human asset, a person or persons in Pakistan who provided information to the U.S. intelligence agents.

    Informant's Tip was Crucial to bin Laden Operation, Says Analyst 2011

  • Veterans of relief efforts and experts on the process say there's a disconnect between an operation's effectiveness and what people see on TV.

    U.S. military boosts aid to quake-ravaged Haiti 2010

  • Morbid Metaphors dead doubles The operation's code name, Ghost Stories, stems from a number of the spies using a technique known among counter-intelligence investigators as "dead doubles"—taking the identities of people who have died.

    Week in Words Erin McKean 2011

  • Obama and Biden met with the operation's full force and awarded the units a Presidential Unit Citation, the highest such honor that can be given to such groups.

    Spies Piece Together al Qaeda Playbook Adam Entous 2011

  • There's no indication that the mission to take out bin Laden relied on the Patriot Act, which was designed after the Sept. 11 attacks to find terrorists inside the U.S. But the afterglow of the operation's success shined new light on the nature of the terrorist threat nearly a decade after the attacks bin Laden inspired.

    Bin Laden death sparks new talk over Patriot Act 2011

  • Smith is not the only Fox host to raise questions about the operation's legality.

    Shep Smith: Bin Laden Killing 'Illegal' (VIDEO) 2011

  • Intelligence analyst Fred Burton says he believes the key to the bin Laden operation's success was a human asset, a person or persons in Pakistan who provided information to the U.S. intelligence agents.

    Informant's Tip was Crucial to bin Laden Operation, Says Analyst 2011

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