Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Introduction 4
World Map 10
Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Assassination of Osama bin Laden
1 Al Qaeda: Osama bin Laden's Terrorist Organization Mathieu Guidère 13
2 Terror Memos Authorized Harsh Interrogation Techniques Warren Rickey 25
3 SEALs Assassinate Bin Laden in Pakistan Nicholas Schmidle 31
4 The US President Announces Bin Laden's Death Barack Obama 44
5 Pakistan's Parliament Condemns the Raid: Senate of Pakistan and National Assembly 51
6 The Abbottabad Commission Report Is Leaked to the Media: South Asian Media Network 55
Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Assassination of Osama bin Laden
1 Harsh Interrogation Techniques Helped the United States Find Bin Laden Michael B. Mukasey 61
2 Harsh Interrogation Techniques Are Ineffective and Immoral John McCain 68
3 Who Actually Killed Bin Laden Is Unclear Rupert Cornwell 77
4 Bin Laden's Death Brings Welcome Closure David Paul Kuhn 84
5 Osama bin Laden's Perverted Legacy Harlan Ullman 91
6 Bin Laden's Killing Raises Many Legal Issues Thomas Darnstädt 96
7 Bin Laden's Killing Was Lawful Harold Hongju Koh 103
8 The Fight Against Bin Laden Cost Much and Yielded Little Tim Fernholz Jim Tankersley 109
9 Mission Impossible: Bin Laden's Death Shows That the War on Terror Was Always a Fraud Andrew J. Bacevich 121
10 Years After Bin Laden's Death, al Qaeda Remains a Threat Graeme Green 129
Chapter 3 Personal Narratives
1 Bin Laden's Wives Describe the Raid: Abbottabad Commission Report 136
2 An Abbottabad Resident Live-Tweets the Raid Sohaib Athar Jolie O'Dell 144
3 President Obama Nervously Watches the Raid Barack Obama, interviewed Steve Kroft 151
4 The Bin Laden Situation Room Revisited-One Year Later Jamie Crawford 164
Chronology 174
For Further Reading 179
Index 183