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Osama bin Laden
( CNN )  Here are some facts about  the death of Osama bin Laden  . On May 2   2011    Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden  is killed by US Special Forces during an early morning ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States ) raid in Abbottabad   Pakistan Facts : Some facts about the compound : - Built in approximately 2006 . - Significantly larger than other homes in the area   and worth a reported $ 1 million . - Lacked telephone and Internet service . - The residents burned their trash rather than having it picked up . - Approximately 24 people lived at the house . - Surrounded by 12 - to 18 - foot walls topped by barbed wire . - Had two security gates . - Bin Laden and his family ' s living quarters were on the second and third levels . - The third floor terrace had a seven - foot privacy wall . - Located only about a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy . US forces retrieved numerous items from bin Laden ' s compound   including 10 hard drives   five computers and more than 100 storage devices   such as disks   DVDs and thumb drives   according to a senior US official . Timeline : 2007 ( approx .) - US intelligence uncovers the name of one of bin Laden ' s most trusted couriers . - Intelligence sources identify the area of Pakistan where the courier and his brother live . August 2010 - US intelligence sources identify the Abbottabad compound as the home of the courier and his brother   men who have no obvious means of affording a $ 1 million home . September 2010 - The CIA informs The CIA informs President Barack Obama that  bin Laden  may be living in the Abbottabad compound .  They  base this on the size and price tag of the compound as well as the elaborate security . February 2011 - The intelligence on the Abbottabad compound is considered strong enough to begin planning action . March 14   2011 - President Obama chairs the first of five National Security Council meetings to discuss an operation to raid bin Laden ' s compound and killing or capturing  bin Laden  . March 29   2011 - Second National Security meeting . April 12   2011 - Third meeting . April 19   2011 - Fourth meeting . April 28   2011 - Last of the National Security Council meetings on the  bin Laden  raid . April 29   2011 - At 8 : 20 a . m . EDT   President Obama gives the order to raid  bin Laden '  s compound in Pakistan . May 1   2011 - Late in the evening ( approximately mid - morning on May 2 in Pakistan )  President Obama addresses the nation and announces that Osama bin Laden has been killed   calling it " the most significant achievement to date in our nation ' s effort to defeat al Qaeda ." May 2   2011 - In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States )  a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan . - They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters . - The operation takes 40 minutes total . - US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where  bin Laden  lived . - The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the  bin Laden  family lives . - In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight   bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head   above the left eye . - Three men   including a son of bin Laden   are killed as well as one woman . - Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States )  a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan .- They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters .- The operation takes 40 minutes total .- US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where bin Laden lived .- The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the bin Laden family lives .- In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight   bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head   above the left eye .- Three men   including a son of bin Laden   are killed as well as one woman .- Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . May 2   2011  - Osama bin Laden  is buried at sea off the deck of the -  He  is buried within 24 hours according to - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law .  Osama bin Laden  is buried at sea off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea .-  He  is buried within 24 hours according to Islamic law . - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law . May 2   2011 - A DNA test is done on a sample from the body   confirming that it is bin Laden . May 3   2011 - Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid " lawful   legitimate and appropriate in every way ." Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid " lawful   legitimate and appropriate in every way ." May 3   2011 - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney offers new details on the raid . He clarifies that the woman killed was on the first floor   not with bin Laden   and was killed in the crossfire . Carney also says that bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance . Carney also says that a woman in the room with bin Laden   believed to be his wife   was shot in the leg when she rushed at US forces . May 3   2011 - A congressional source tells CNN that bin Laden had approximately $ 745 and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothing . May 3   2011 - Two sources tell CNN that   during a briefing   Two sources tell CNN that   during a briefing   CIA Director Leon Panetta said that Pakistani officials either " were involved or incompetent . Neither place is a good place to be ." May 3   2011 - Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed releases a statement   " Obama has not got any strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of  the Sheikh Osama bin Laden  ... And secondly   the closest sources for  Sheikh Osama bin Laden  have not confirmed " the death . May 4   2011 - White House Press Secretary Carney announces that President Obama has decided not to release photos of  bin Laden  ' s body . May 4   2011 - A Pakistani intelligence source tells CNN that there were five fatalities during the raid   all men : Osama bin Laden   bin Laden ' s son and three other men . This conflicts with the White House statement that a woman died during the raid . May 6   2011 - Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden ' s death   in a statement on jihadist forums . May 12   2011 - US officials offer further proof of their belief that  bin Laden  grew complacent living in Pakistan and believed  he  would not be caught . They point out that they have found no evidence that  he  had an escape plan and that  his  security in the compound consisted of only three other men . May 12   2011 - US officials confirm to CNN that US authorities have interviewed three of  bin Laden  ' s wives . May 12   2011 - Retired Retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says in a speech that the killing of  bin Laden  was legally justified . May 13   2011 - It is revealed that a large amount of pornography was seized from the Abbottabad compound during the raid . It is unclear to whom it belonged . May 13   2011 - A US military official tells CNN the Navy Seal team who carried out the bin Laden raid wore helmet - mounted digital cameras that recorded the mission . May 17   2011 - Senator John Kerry announces that Pakistan will return the tail of the US helicopter damaged during the raid . May 18   2011 - Admiral Mike Mullen and Admiral Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates tell reporters there is no evidence that the senior Pakistani leadership knew of  Osama bin Laden '  s presence in Pakistan . May 26   2011 - A team of CIA forensic specialists is granted permission by the Pakistani government to examine the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan . June 15   2011 - Pakistan ' s intelligence agency arrests several people suspected of assisting the CIA before the raid . June 17   2011 - The US Justice Dept . formally drops terrorism - related criminal charges against bin Laden . July 11   2011 - Pakistani security forces detain a doctor suspected of helping the CIA attempt to collect the DNA of bin Laden ' s family members through a vaccination drive . October 6   2011 - Pakistan ' s information ministry says the doctor suspected of helping the CIA target  Osama bin Laden  will be charged with treason . Also    bin Laden '  s compound will be turned over to city officials . February 2012 - Pakistani authorities begin to demolish the compound that  Osama bin Laden  used as a hideout . May 9   2012 - Citing that it is of national security interest   a federal judge has denied Judicial Watch ' s Freedom of Information request regarding the release of bin Laden death photos . May 23   2012 - Shakeel Afridi   the Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down  Osama bin Laden    is fined $ 3   500 for spying for the United States and sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by a tribal court . September 4   2012 - Publication of the memoir " No Easy Day " by former US Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette   written under the name Mark Owen . The Department of Defense is considering pursuing legal action because the book violates Bissonnette ' s non - disclosure agreement . February 11   2013 - Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Esquire magazine reports on an unnamed former Navy SEAL who says he fired the kill shot   not the point man as told in Bissonette ' s book " No Easy Day ." May 21   2013 - A three - judge federal appeals court panel rejects an appeal from a conservative legal group   ruling that the release of post - mortem images of  Osama bin Laden '  s body could result in attacks on Americans . October 31   2014 - Adm . Brian Losey   head of the Naval Warfare Special Command   Adm . Brian Losey   head of the Naval Warfare Special Command   releases an open letter warning Navy SEALs against betraying their promise of secrecy . This is in advance of two upcoming interviews from SEALs involved in the  Osama bin Laden  mission . November 7   2014 - Former Navy SEAL Robert O ' Neill says in an interview with The Washington Post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill  Osama bin Laden  in 2011 . May 10   2015 - In a published report   investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about  the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden  . In a published report   investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about  the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden  . The White House later dismisses the report as " baseless ." May 20   2015 - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . March 1   2016 - A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . Included in the recently declassified materials are  bin Laden '  s personal letters and will .
( CNN )  Here are some facts about  the death of [TGT]. On May 2   2011    Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden  is killed by US Special Forces during an early morning ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States ) raid in Abbottabad   Pakistan Facts : Some facts about the compound : - Built in approximately 2006 . - Significantly larger than other homes in the area   and worth a reported $ 1 million . - Lacked telephone and Internet service . - The residents burned their trash rather than having it picked up . - Approximately 24 people lived at the house . - Surrounded by 12 - to 18 - foot walls topped by barbed wire . - Had two security gates . - Bin Laden and his family ' s living quarters were on the second and third levels . - The third floor terrace had a seven - foot privacy wall . - Located only about a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy . US forces retrieved numerous items from [TGT] s compound   including 10 hard drives   five computers and more than 100 storage devices   such as disks   DVDs and thumb drives   according to a senior US official . Timeline : 2007 ( approx .) - US intelligence uncovers the name of one of [TGT] s most trusted couriers . - Intelligence sources identify the area of Pakistan where the courier and [TGT] brother live . August 2010 - US intelligence sources identify the Abbottabad compound as the home of the courier and his brother   men who have no obvious means of affording a $ 1 million home . September 2010 - The CIA informs The CIA informs President Barack Obama that  bin Laden  may be living in the Abbottabad compound .  They  base this on the size and price tag of the compound as well as the elaborate security . February 2011 - The intelligence on the Abbottabad compound is considered strong enough to begin planning action . March 14   2011 - President Obama chairs the first of five National Security Council meetings to discuss an operation to raid bin Laden ' s compound and killing or capturing  bin Laden  . March 29   2011 - Second National Security meeting . April 12   2011 - Third meeting . April 19   2011 - Fourth meeting . April 28   2011 - Last of the National Security Council meetings on the  bin Laden  raid . April 29   2011 - At 8 : 20 a . m . EDT   President Obama gives the order to raid  bin Laden '  s compound in Pakistan . May 1   2011 - Late in the evening ( approximately mid - morning on May 2 in Pakistan )  President Obama addresses the nation and announces that Osama bin Laden has been killed   calling it " the most significant achievement to date in our nation ' s effort to defeat al Qaeda ." May 2   2011 - In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States )  a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan . - They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters . - The operation takes 40 minutes total . - US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where  bin Laden  lived . - The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the  bin Laden  family lives . - In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight   bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head   above the left eye . - Three men   including a son of bin Laden   are killed as well as one woman . - Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States )  a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan .- They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters .- The operation takes 40 minutes total .- US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where bin Laden lived .- The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the bin Laden family lives .- In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight   bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head   above the left eye .- Three men   including a son of bin Laden   are killed as well as one woman .- Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . May 2   2011  - Osama bin Laden  is buried at sea off the deck of the -  He  is buried within 24 hours according to - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law .  [TGT]is buried at sea off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea .-  [TGT]  is buried within 24 hours according to Islamic law . - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law . May 2   2011 - A DNA test is done on a sample from the body   confirming that it is bin Laden . May 3   2011 - Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid " lawful   legitimate and appropriate in every way ." Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid " lawful   legitimate and appropriate in every way ." May 3   2011 - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney offers new details on the raid . He clarifies that the woman killed was on the first floor   not with [TGT]   and was killed in the crossfire . Carney also says that [TGT] was not armed but did put up resistance . Carney also says that a woman in the room with [TGT]   believed to be [TGT] wife   was shot in the leg when she rushed at US forces . May 3   2011 - A congressional source tells CNN that [TGT] had approximately $ 745 and two telephone numbers sewn into [TGT] clothing . May 3   2011 - Two sources tell CNN that   during a briefing   Two sources tell CNN that   during a briefing   CIA Director Leon Panetta said that Pakistani officials either " were involved or incompetent . Neither place is a good place to be ." May 3   2011 - Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed releases a statement   " Obama has not got any strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of  the Sheikh Osama bin Laden  ... And secondly   the closest sources for  [TGT]have not confirmed " the death . May 4   2011 - White House Press Secretary Carney announces that President Obama has decided not to release photos of  bin Laden  ' s body . May 4   2011 - A Pakistani intelligence source tells CNN that there were five fatalities during the raid   all men : Osama bin Laden   bin Laden ' s son and three other men . This conflicts with the White House statement that a woman died during the raid . May 6   2011 - Al Qaeda confirms [TGT] s death   in a statement on jihadist forums . May 12   2011 - US officials offer further proof of their belief that  [TGT]grew complacent living in Pakistan and believed  [TGT]  would not be caught . They point out that they have found no evidence that  [TGT]  had an escape plan and that  [TGT]  security in the compound consisted of only three other men . May 12   2011 - US officials confirm to CNN that US authorities have interviewed three of  bin Laden  ' s wives . May 12   2011 - Retired Retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says in a speech that the killing of  bin Laden  was legally justified . May 13   2011 - It is revealed that a large amount of pornography was seized from the Abbottabad compound during the raid . It is unclear to whom it belonged . May 13   2011 - A US military official tells CNN the Navy Seal team who carried out the bin Laden raid wore helmet - mounted digital cameras that recorded the mission . May 17   2011 - Senator John Kerry announces that Pakistan will return the tail of the US helicopter damaged during the raid . May 18   2011 - Admiral Mike Mullen and Admiral Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates tell reporters there is no evidence that the senior Pakistani leadership knew of  Osama bin Laden '  s presence in Pakistan . May 26   2011 - A team of CIA forensic specialists is granted permission by the Pakistani government to examine the compound in Abbottabad   Pakistan . June 15   2011 - Pakistan ' s intelligence agency arrests several people suspected of assisting the CIA before the raid . June 17   2011 - The US Justice Dept . formally drops terrorism - related criminal charges against bin Laden . July 11   2011 - Pakistani security forces detain a doctor suspected of helping the CIA attempt to collect the DNA of bin Laden ' s family members through a vaccination drive . October 6   2011 - Pakistan ' s information ministry says the doctor suspected of helping the CIA target  [TGT]will be charged with treason . Also    bin Laden '  s compound will be turned over to city officials . February 2012 - Pakistani authorities begin to demolish the compound that  [TGT]used as a hideout . May 9   2012 - Citing that it is of national security interest   a federal judge has denied Judicial Watch ' s Freedom of Information request regarding the release of bin Laden death photos . May 23   2012 - Shakeel Afridi   the Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down  Osama bin Laden    is fined $ 3   500 for spying for the United States and sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by a tribal court . September 4   2012 - Publication of the memoir " No Easy Day " by former US Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette   written under the name Mark Owen . The Department of Defense is considering pursuing legal action because the book violates Bissonnette ' s non - disclosure agreement . February 11   2013 - Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Esquire magazine reports on an unnamed former Navy SEAL who says he fired the kill shot   not the point man as told in Bissonette ' s book " No Easy Day ." May 21   2013 - A three - judge federal appeals court panel rejects an appeal from a conservative legal group   ruling that the release of post - mortem images of  [TGT]  s body could result in attacks on Americans . October 31   2014 - Adm . Brian Losey   head of the Naval Warfare Special Command   Adm . Brian Losey   head of the Naval Warfare Special Command   releases an open letter warning Navy SEALs against betraying their promise of secrecy . This is in advance of two upcoming interviews from SEALs involved in the  [TGT]mission . November 7   2014 - Former Navy SEAL Robert O ' Neill says in an interview with The Washington Post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill  Osama bin Laden  in 2011 . May 10   2015 - In a published report   investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about  [TGT]. In a published report   investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about  [TGT]. The White House later dismisses the report as " baseless ." May 20   2015 - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . March 1   2016 - A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . Included in the recently declassified materials are  [TGT] '  s personal letters and will .