Top of the Hour: The Changing Account of Bin Laden’s Capture, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The White House has revised its story on how Osama bin Laden was killed. Initial reports said that the al-Qaida leader had participated in a firefight, using a woman as a shield. However, the revised account is that a Navy SEAL team fought with al-Qaida operatives on the first floor of the compound before finding bin Laden, unarmed, upstairs. White House press secretary Jay Carney said, “Bin Laden’s wife rushed the U.S. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. Bin Laden was then shot and killed. He was not armed.”

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