Apparently, some people on social media were upset [1] that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [2] tweeted about the Osama Bin Laden raid which resulted in his assassination. Why would the murder of a mass murdered be upsetting?
To mark the 5th anniversary of the Usama Bin Ladin operation in Abbottabad we will tweet the raid as if it were happening today.#UBLRaid [3]
— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016 [4]
The following tweet included a staged photo of the raid [5], when the government admitted that there was no live video feed of the raid, contrary to what the photo insinuated:
3:30 pm EDT – @POTUS [6] watches situation on ground in Abbottabad live in Situation Room#UBLRaid [3] pic.twitter.com/59KPF7eUTr [7]
— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016 [8]
3:53 pm EDT – @POTUS [6] receives tentative confirmation of positive identification of Usama Bin Ladin#UBLRaid [3]
— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016 [9]
7:01 pm EDT – @POTUS [6] receives confirmation of high probability of positive identification of Usama Bin Ladin#UBLRaid [3]
— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016 [10]