Introduction

He was initially located after U.S. intelligence officials tracked one of his couriers after almost two decades of the manhunt. After the CIA found the Bin Laden hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, President Obama met with national security top advisers to formulate a plan of action. During the next six weeks, he and the advisors met four times. One of the visits was extremely important; it involved Vice Admiral William H. McRaven, the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command commander. Initially, according to the various sources (not officially confirmed), the initial plan was to release (up to) 32 2,000 lb. bombs on the compound using B-2 Stealth bombers. Still, it was rejected because President Obama felt a raid would provide the proof needed to know definitively that America’s enemy number one, Osama bin Laden was located. A raid also would minimize possible civilian casualties.