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