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May 2, 2016

CIA Sparks Criticism by Live-Tweeting bin Laden Raid 5 Years Later
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The CIA has sparked widespread criticism by marking the fifth
anniversary of the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting the
operation as if in real time. For six hours Sunday, the CIA tweeted
play-by-play details of the raid on bin Laden's hideout in the Pakistani
city of Abbottabad. The reaction on Twitter was overwhelmingly negative,
with people calling the move "grotesque" and "embarrassing." The Obama
administration has been accused of giving a false account of the hunting
and killing of Osama bin Laden.


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