Calif. salvage diver to hunt for bin Laden body

Osama bin Laden sits on a floor with his AK-47 rifle in one of his hideouts in Afghanistan Nov. 8, 2001. / STR-AUSAF NEWS PAPERF/AFP/Getty Images

Conducting one-man manhunts of the world's most-wanted terrorist is so 2010. Well, by land at least.

In a possible ploy to one-up the Colorado construction worker arrested last year in Pakistan with a pistol, a sword and night-vision equipment while hunting by himself for Osama bin Laden, a California man reportedly plans to search the Arabian Sea to find the now-dead terrorist's body.

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Salvage diver Bill Warren, 59, told the New York Post in an article posted to the tabloid's website Sunday that he wants to photograph bin Laden's body and show the world evidence of the al Qaeda founder's death.

U.S. Navy SEALs killed bin Laden during a raid on his Pakistani compound May 2 and then buried his body at sea. President Obama first told "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft that he had seen pictures of bin Laden's body and decided not to release them to the public.

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Warren, who the Post reports has found more than 200 shipwrecks, disagreed with Mr. Obama's decision.

"The Obama administration should have released the photo, like we did with Billy the Kid, or [John] Dillinger, or even Saddam Hussein," Warren told the Post. "I have a Russian girlfriend, and she tells me that over there, in intelligence circles, they don't believe bin Laden's really dead."

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Warren's quest won't be cheap. He told the Post he plans to set sail for two weeks in July and will likely spend about $400,000 total on the hunt, including the $10,000-per-day cost of renting a ship in India and the $1,000 daily charge for a remote-controlled submarine.

[imnho]

The Indian ocean is very big and the GPS coordinates are classified so how is he even going to know where to start. His bod was in all likely hood wighted down and dropped off someplace very deep. By now the fish have strpped it clean. This guy sounds like he is many braain cells short of a working mind..He has almost no chance of finding whats left.

[parisdakar]

I doubt the Navy dumped the body where it could be found that easily. Plus the sea critters have already made lunch out of it. You got your 15 mins of fame, dude, now go away.

[aubfmet]

It is very good that he is putting his money into circulation. Many will profit from it.

[bceugene]

$1,000 a day for a remote sub seems way too cheap, plus how the hell is going to know where to look. A waste of time and money.

[stupa5]

When the shark bites & the crabs munch!
You don't think the NAVY puts some bait for the crabs & sharks!

[thetruthwillout]

My question is why? Either someone has entirely too much time on his hands and/or he doesn't believe Bin Laden is dead. Either way, this idiot's on his own. If he gets captured by pirates ... too bad. I certainly hope we won't spend taxpayer money to rescue him.

[bantamei]

Some people are so effing stupid.

[James_for_Today]

This self-aggrandizing jerk needs to get close to some month-old newspapers. Even Al Quaida acknowledged bin Laden was dead. Since he probably believes the earth is flat, too, I hope he doesn't sail off the edge of it.

Though actually I believe it's a ploy to find the gaggle of virgins unused.

[WillMunny1]

He's wasting his time. Osama's body has got to be in a freezer in some hidden military facility being stored as a prized trophy. It would seem dumb to dispose of at he most wanted man and terrorist's body after hunting for him for 10 years the next day after all that time. Of course Obama is pretty stupid concering eveything he does.
It was worth 25 million!!!

[hsinco-2009]

At least that cash won't end up in GOP coffers.