Aerial shot of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (Courtesy of NGA)U.S. Will Not Pay $25 Million Osama Bin Laden Reward, Say Officials -- ABC News
No one will receive the $25 million reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden, say U.S. officials, because the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in Pakistan on May 2 was the result of electronic intelligence, not human informants.
"We do not expect a reward to be paid," said a senior U.S. official familiar with the bin Laden hunt, meaning that the $25 million bounty offered by the U.S. under the Rewards for Justice program after the 9/11 terror attacks will probably remain uncollected.
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My Comment: I suspect that many a bounty hunter (and probably a few neighbors of Bin Laden's home in Pakistan) .... are all probably kicking themselves on this lost opportunity.
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