NATIONAL SECURITY

Looking Back: Reactions to the bin Laden Raid--VIDEO

Updated: May 3, 2012 | 11:50 a.m.
May 3, 2012 | 11:11 a.m.

With the Thursday release of documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, shedding new light on the May 2, 2011, raid in which the Qaida leader and mastermind was killed, National Journal takes a look back at some to the first moments and reactions after bin Laden's death.

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