Osama bin Laden: Death in Abbottabad - Official Story of the Navy SEAL Raid into Pakistan, Videos Captured from the Compound, Implications for Future of al Qaeda, Legal and Military Issues (DVD-ROM)

This electronic book on DVD-ROM provides complete coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011 during a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs. In addition to an authoritative compilation of official information on the raid, there is extensive material about the Navy SEAL group and the Navy Special Warfare Command. All five videos of bin Laden captured from the compound and released by the Department of Defense are included on the DVD-ROM. The compilation includes statements and speeches by President Barack Obama, briefings by Defense Department intelligence officials and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, remarks by CIA Director Leon Panetta, and an important background paper by the Congressional Research Service on implications and considerations regarding the death of bin Laden and its effect on the future of al Qaeda. CRS report contents include: Implications of the Death of Osama bin Laden, Congressional Notification, Possible Questions, Legal Considerations, Military Considerations, Command and Control of the Operation, Possible Questions, Al Qaeda, Regional, and Country Implications, Implications for AQ, Affiliates, and Unaffiliated Adherents, Implications of OBL's Death on AQ's Global Affiliates, Pakistan, Implications for the U.S.-Pakistan "Strategic Partnership", Possible Implications for Pakistan-India Relations, Possible Implications for Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Issues in Pakistan's Domestic Setting, Afghanistan, Possible Questions, U.S. Strategy and Security Implications, National Security Considerations, Background, Possible Questions, Possible Implications for the Homeland, Homegrown Jihadists, Possible Questions, FBI Investigations, Possible Implications for U.S. Security Interests, Near Term Implications for U.S. Security Interests, Long Term Implications for U.S. Security Interests, Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East. Another important CRS report on Al Qaeda and its affiliates deals with historical perspectives, global presence, and implications for U.S. policy. There is extensive coverage of al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula (AQAP), North Africa/Sahel: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), East Africa, Somalia, Al Qaeda and Radical Islamist Extremists in Southeast Asia, Al Qaeda's Global Strategy and Implications for U.S. Policy, As a bonus, there is an extraordinary collection of official documents about the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. It reproduces the complete record of the 9/11 Commission, including the "Unfinished Agenda" followup report issued in December 2005 and the complete final report from July 2004. The final report is just one small part of this broad collection with complete coverage of the work of the 9/11 Commission: all 12 hearing transcripts, testimony by key witnesses, and 17 staff reports. The seventeen staff reports covered the following topics in great detail: Entry of the 9/11 Hijackers into the United States; Three 9/11 Hijackers: Identification, Watchlisting, and Tracking; The Aviation Security System and the 9/11 Attacks; The Four Flights; Diplomacy; The Military; Intelligence Policy; National Policy Coordination; Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States Prior to 9/11; Threats and Responses in 2001; The Performance of the Intelligence Community; Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Crisis Management; Overview of the Enemy; Outline of the 9/11 Plot; Improvising a Homeland Defense.