Describe The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Osama Bin Laden

to America, the regime change operations against elected governments in Iran, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile and other places, the domestic eavesdropping, known as Operation Chaos , the illegal Iran-Contra operations; and now the executing, secret detention and sadistic torture programs. These comprise nothing less than crimes against humanity (Kornbluh, 2014). The 2nd of May 2011 was a remarkable day for the US, when Osama Bin Laden was assassinated in Pakistan through a covert operation that required various sources of intelligence. After the 9/11 attacks bin Laden was all the time being hunted. The key to this success was the identification of bin Laden’s most trusted courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti (Bergen 2012, pp.95-107). Abu Ahmed al- Kuwaiti received a call from an old friend questioning his absence. When al- Kuwaiti said that he was back with

The information collected on the compound through HUMINT, SIGINT and GEOINT was processed and one could identify abnormal aspects such as- that this compound had no internet or phone access, it had twelve-foot high walls, and many of the windows were blocked out. The lack of technology was meant to prevent interception through digital means. This had its advantages and disadvantages for the US. It proved that there was something suspicious going on in the compound, however it made it more difficult to identify the ‘what’. When this information was analysed together with other factors (which were raising suspicions) such as al-Kuwaiti driving miles out of his way to make phone calls or use Internet cafes and the residence of the compound burning their trash, it was concluded that al-Kuwaiti was visiting Osama bin Laden living in that compound (Smithsonian Channel, 2012). This therefore identifies the number of sources required to carry out a covert operation. Open sources consisted of human intelligence, signal intelligence,