Mission's Intent Was to Kill bin Laden and Not Capture Him

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The U.S. special forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al Qaeda mastermind, not capture him, a U.S. national security official told Reuters.

"This was a kill operation," the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan.

It appears the people in charge realized as I do that holding bin Laden as a prisoner would have been a disaster.