Photo of Osama Bin Laden (Image by Hamid Mir (cc:by-sa))
Not long after it was announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by US forces, the internet began to fill with rumors and conspiracies that Bin Laden was still alive. Spencer Ackerman, senior reporter for Wired.com’s Danger Room blog, and Pam Belluck, of The New York Times, examine evidence.
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