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Updated: 7:43 AM May 4, 2011
Bin Laden Had Cash, Phone Numbers Sewn Into Clothing
The White House says Osama bin Laden was not armed when a Navy SEAL raiding party confronted him during an assault on his compound in Pakistan.
Posted: 6:37 AM May 4, 2011Reporter: AP/CBS/KKTV |
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More details are continuing to emerge from Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
CBS is reporting that bin Laden had 500 Euros in cash and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothing when he was killed, suggesting he was prepared to flee at a moment's notice. The details were released during a classified intelligence briefing on Capitol Hill.
According to a source who attended the meeting, bin Laden believed his network was strong enough that he could get a heads-up and escape capture. CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the details about the items found on bin Laden to answer a question about why the compound wasn't more guarded.
The White House says bin Laden was not armed when a Navy SEAL raiding party confronted him during an assault on his compound in Pakistan.
White House press secretary Jay Carney acknowledged that bin Laden did not have a weapon even though administration officials have said that bin Laden resisted during the raid.
Carney said resistance does not require a firearm.
Panetta told PBS that bin Laden "made some threatening moves" that "represented a clear threat to our guys," but didn't specify what the moves may have been. Panetta said that the SEAL team's actions were so swift, bin Laden probably didn't have time to say anything before he was shot.
Panetta said that President Obama's team received real-time video and audio of the mission unfolding, but did not actually see the moment bin Laden was killed.
Bin Laden was shot in the head and in the chest during the encounter. Carney said that a woman in the room with bin Laden confronted the U.S. forces and was shot but not killed. All non-U.S. witnesses to survive the raid are in Pakistani custody.


