Top Brass Watch The Operation

As you've likely heard, Osama Bin Laden was killed during a firefight with American forces in Pakistan on Sunday. President Obama and his national security team wait for updates from the operation.
The New York Times reports President Obama rejected bombing the compound, preferring the much more risky shooting mission so the White House could be certain "whether Bin Laden was really hit".
The paper also says Bin Laden "resisted" before being shot; one of his wives identified his body and a Navy SEAL took a picture to scan through facial recognition software; and, before leaving, the commandos blew up a malfunctioning helicopter to prevent it from "falling into the wrong hands."
Bin Laden had been living in that location for "up to six years." More details have emerged about the firefight that ended in Bin Laden's death: The woman who died in the firefight was not the terrorist's wife, despite reports he had used her as a human shield; Bin Laden died of two gunshot wounds—one to the head and one to the chest—and, according to CNN, did not use a weapon. All in all, 5 people died in the operation (22 were in the compound), which ended with the coded message "Geronimo-E KIA."

The White House still hasn't decided whether or not to make photographs of Bin Laden's body available to the public, but the AP reports that the Pentagon will release video of the terrorist leader's burial at sea.