Biden hails lack of leaks on bin Laden raid

Vice President Joe Biden hailed Tuesday the lack of leaks in the lead-up to the commando raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, though several lawmakers had been in the loop for months.

"There were as many as 16 members of the Congress who were briefed on it; not a single, solitary leak," Biden glowed in an address to the Atlantic Council think-tank.

"There was such of an overwhelming desire to accomplish this mission.

"The world is a safer place today not only for the American people but for all people," he told a crowd on the heels of the daring weekend raid in Pakistan announced by President Barack Obama.

Bin Laden was killed by US forces in Abbottabad, a leafy town about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
 

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