THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The first details of Osama bin Laden's secret burial at sea have been revealed in internal US military emails.
The emails were released by the Pentagon after a freedom of information request by the Associated Press, but were heavily redacted.
They disclosed that the funeral was so secret that none of the crew on USS Carl Vinson witnessed the burial at sea. They confirmed what the administration said at the time that Islamic rituals were observed.
In an indication of the intense secrecy surrounding the operation, senior naval officers referred to the slain terror leaders's [sic] body was referred to as a FedEx package. » | Thursday, November 22, 2012
