Bin Laden raid intel yields leads on al Qaeda No. 2 al Zawahiri

By: Pat Milton
Topics: Terrorism

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Ayman al Zawahri headshot, chief deputy to Osama bin Laden, in an undated photo from Khost, Afghanistan.

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The intelligence community has obtained "positive intelligence" from the materials taken from Osama bin Laden's compound which is helping narrow down the locations of core al Qaeda leadership including the whereabouts of Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's former No. 2 man and a candidate to succeed bin Laden.

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The intelligence source said that there are "numerous" leads giving them locations but cautioned that they are fluid as al Qaeda leaders may be on the run, changing their locations.

"It's not as easy as going to an address. They may not be there anymore but it helps a point of reference," the source said.

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Analysts are working around the clock scrutinizing the documents and 2.7 terabytes of computer data, knowing that the information may be perishable.

The tribal of Pakistan targeted in the strike is called the Datta Khel, where senior al Qaeda leadership is suspected of operating their training camps.

Pat Milton
Pat Milton is a CBS News investigative producer

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by ammo17 June 11, 2011 4:03 PM EDT: what are the odds that he is in pakistan?; Reply to this comment


by Forty-Four May 10, 2011 8:27 AM EDT: Yes, put this story mainstream for all to see. While it is soothing to me, if they haven't left yet, they probably will after seeing this, which should be kept secret until action has/or is about to be taken.; Reply to this comment


by larryjodaniel May 9, 2011 6:25 PM EDT: If we really have "positive intelligence" then why violate every intel guideline in the book and tell the whole world about it? Are these people really serious about getting these guys?; Reply to this comment

by CleophisFlyJuice May 9, 2011 12:44 AM EDT

I would like to point out something that
the lap dog media wouldn't dare. And that
is, what an amateurish publicity vvhore
Obama is with NO regard to his true duty...
Protecting the American people.

A REAL President would have captured UBL
and dumped him in a hole in Gitmo and NOT
TOLD A SOUL that "we got'em".

A REAL PresIdent would have exhausted
ALL of the "treasure trove" of intel first
before patting himself on the back like a
teenager in high school who scored his
first touchdown.

After Obama made his victory lap, any
terrorist that had connection to UBL has
been notified by the narcissist in chief
that it's time to burn the cel, burn the
credit cards, switch IDs and of course
switch location.

Thank you "President" Obama for making
useless ALL of UBLs intel that just possibly
could have thwarted the next Bali, Madrid,
London or even the next 9-11... Just
because your poll numbers were sagging
and you want people to forget raising gas
and food prices as well as the disaster of
your "stimulus".

"Never forget" is what you said at your
shameless photo op at ground zero...

WE WILL NEVER FORGET the day you chose
to try to save your floundering presidency
over the opportunity to stop the next
terrorist attack.

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by Forty-Four May 10, 2011 8:36 AM EDT: Do you even listen to yourself before you say some things?

By stopping bin Laden, he DID prevent other possible attacks. Key word: "possible," because I have no doubt that they can do this without him. The truth is, you don't know what he is doing with that intel because that information is likely classified. Just like the fact that you had no idea that we were onto bin Laden until after the fact. A REAL president is elected into office by popular vote; and last I checked, Obama was. Obama was not the one who was personally there, so Obama did not have the choice to capture or not capture him. The SEALS were not even told who the target was and perceived bin Laden as a threat before even realizing who it was.


by Pouncekitty May 8, 2011 11:44 PM EDT: He already looks like he has a hole in his head. Premonition?; Reply to this comment


by baileyccc May 8, 2011 9:46 PM EDT: I love it, we are sending out disinformation and making those towel heads scramble. They don't have time to think they are worried about their own hides. LOL...may they soon be with their leader.; Reply to this comment


by tim2012 May 8, 2011 6:23 PM EDT: We missed him because we advertised the intel we recieved at bin ladens compound then he got out of dodge wouldn't you? maybe obama could wait to brag about killing osama after we used the information to get a couple more?; Reply to this comment

by assphuqer May 8, 2011 5:11 PM EDT

A multitude of different inside sources both publicly and privately, including one individual who personally worked with Bin Laden at one time, told us directly that Osama's dead corpse has been on ice for nearly a decade and that his "death" would only be announced at the most politically expedient time.

http://www.infowars.com/inside-sources-bin-ladens-corpse-has-been-on-ice-for-nearly-a-decade/

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by brian_norwood May 8, 2011 5:35 PM EDT: You better check your tinfoil hat. I think it may be leaking radiation that may have damaged your precious fluids.


by democracy5 May 8, 2011 5:42 PM EDT: A bunch of BS speculation!


by tim2012 May 8, 2011 6:30 PM EDT: What asylum did you escaped from?


by clintoon-2009 May 8, 2011 1:58 PM EDT: Since he 'was' a US citizen, he should be taken alive, tried as a traitor in a military trial taking no longer than 45 minutes, hanged by the neck until dead and buried in an unmarked grave along side dead animals.; Reply to this comment


by JoeAstroturf May 8, 2011 1:29 PM EDT: If Obama (Bambi the Bower)kept a lid on it we would have got them for sure. He gave Osama Bin Laden a Muslim burial we wish we had a leader like you Brits had in Gen. Horatio Kitchener who defeated the Mahdist forces at Obama (Bambi the Bower) gave Osama Bin Laden a Muslim burial we should have had a leader like the Brits had in Gen. Horatio Kitchener who defeated the Mahdist forces at Omdurman, he killed more than 10,000 of them pervert losers and only lost 48 men. He got retaliation on them for killing and cutting off Charles Gordon Gordon's head and to break the Mahdi's spell - Kitchener destroyed the Mahdi's ornate tomb, exhumed the body, cut off the head, threw the bones into the Nile and (much to Queen Victoria's horror) for a time kept the skull as a souvenir. Our own Major Pershing stopped the Huk uprising by capturing 20 Huks, lining 19 up against a wall and shooting them while the one remaining Huk observed. Major Pershing made sure that the survivor observed and understood that each of the bullets used to kill the 19 captives had been dipped in pigs blood before they were fired. After the 19 captives had been killed by pig-infused bullets, their 19 bodies were buried in a common grave filled with pig bodies, entrails and blood. Major Pershing made sure that the one survivor understood that the 19 bodies had been buried in pig remains. To all you Muslims that are mad at Obama remember he's working on having one of your terrorist loving Imam's have a Mosque at ground zero.

Please Check out song called teapartiers I can't hear you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfboOindCo

Here's a verse

Doctors are retiring earlier but we're getting 17000 new IRS
This is how Obama creates health care jobs I guess
For 234 years this country's been God's blessing.
Now he's following Cloward and Piven's to bankrupt the country I'm guessing
If Obamacare gives Grandma and Grandpa a scare
Think how when their rationed and die earlier we'll save on healthcare; Reply to this comment