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    Osama bin Laden: Targeted Killings and Torture

    Osama bin Laden is dead. But the way he was killed has led to a UN investigation, and the way he was found has renewed debate over torture. We hear the arguments.

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    By Warren Olney • May 18, 2011 • 50m Listen

    Osama bin Laden is dead. But the way he was killed has led to a UN investigation, and the way he was found has renewed debate over torture. We hear the arguments. Also, the South is soaked by the the swollen Mississippi River. On Reporter's Notebook, is the US Senate's "Gang of Six" on the verge of collapse?

    Banner image: Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Quetta on May 2, 2011 after the killing of Osama bin Laden by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Photo: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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