According to sources in the US intelligence community, bin Laden was near/in Islamabad, Pakistan. He was with family in a compound. Leads from Pakistan ISI — that’s right — ISI, led US forces and intel to the site.*** The US used own sources to confirm and “received clearance to strike from Pakistan.
Military sources have told me that Osama bin Laden was killed about one week ago in a drone strike. This seems to be something some are raising doubts about — but both stories are out.
After the relentless pounding of Tora Bora caves and tunnels and hiding space by a massive American assault, US military personnel went to body after body punching a special device into the various cadavers found to do field-based testing of the DNA of the remains of those found against the held and known DNA of…
Tonight I am attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as the guest of Talking Points Memo and Joshua Micah Marshall.
Behind the scenes, Fatah and Hamas have been working and talking for years about terms of reconciliation.
David Rothkopf wins the house pool. Leon Panetta will be the next SecDef. Months ago Rothkopf and I met to discuss who might succeed Bob Gates as Secretary of Defense.
Last night and this morning, Pocantico Hills was covered in very thick fog — much like that which dominated the scenes in Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Didn’t see Ichabod Crane — but wouldn’t have been surprised.
(Northern California coastline; photo: Steve Clemons; click image for a much larger version) I like this picture a lot; taken from my car driving South along Northern California coast a couple of weeks go.
In a long, fascinating interview that Syria President Bashar al-Assad did with the Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon in January, Assad spoke extensively about reform.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I was off at the movies last night seeing the quite good Water for Elephants when my iPhone text messages began buzzing, buzzing more, and then buzzing again. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.