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		rtsil on Sept 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How We Found Bin Laden: The Basics of Foreign Sign... They don't claim that NSA found Bin Laden. They say that they were part of a multi-agency effort that took 9 years to find him. And they say that human intelligence led them to who the courier was.

hindsightbias on Sept 20, 2024 [–]

> 9 years

Given all the resources, I guess we all need to keep our expectations low.

knowaveragejoe on Sept 20, 2024 | [–]

This is a massive understatement of how difficult finding someone like that actually is.

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