At or around 10pm, reporters covering President Obama were told to return to the White House for a major announcement concerning national security that did not deal with Libya. Obama would be making a major press conference at 10:30.
Most 24-hour news channels went in to hyper drive.
At or around 10:45, a Congressional Intelligence Committee aide confirmed to a CBS reporter that Osama bin Laden has been killed and the US has the body.
Over the past 20 minutes, every American news agency has reported that he was killed by American forces.
The press conference has been pushed back and CNN is reporting that the press conference is being delayed as top government leaders are informed of the news.
CNN reporting that the American military was told to go to a higher level of security due to an expectation of possible attacks earlier today.
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