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Bin Laden death live-tweeted

02/05/2016 GMT

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CIA criticised for live-tweeting killing of Osama Bin Laden as if it were happening today

The US Central Intelligence Agency has been criticised for live-tweeting the killing of Osama Bin Laden as if it were happening today.

On the 5th anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's killing, the US Central Intelligence Agency has decided to live-tweet the sequence of events that led to the al-Qaeda leader's death, as if everything was happening today. Some have criticised the move, calling it "grotesque and embarrassing".

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Photo: Osama bin Laden addresses a news conference May 26, 1998 in Afghanistan;
Credits: Getty Images.

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