Seized documents prompted U.S. officials to issue a warning that Al Qaeda had considered attacks on U.S. railroads. The C.I.A. also had Bin Laden’s compound under surveillance.
A 2007 raid in Afghanistan that could have been former President George W. Bush’s last chance to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden did not materialize.
The shifting narrative of the raid of Osama bin Laden’s may have distracted from the accomplishments of the Seal team and raised suspicions of the operation.
The decision to pull back shows the difficulties involved in trying to address the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.
A Republican congressman from Wisconsin — or at least his deficit-shrinking initiative —may be giving a Democratic New Yorker hope in a special election.
Syrian forces arrested scores of people in a broad campaign against men between the ages of 18 and 50, rights groups said.
Fashion companies leapt into action to copy Kate Middleton’s wedding gown, but surprisingly, customers want copies of the bridesmaid’s gown, too.
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