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May 17, - Senator John Kerry announces that Pakistan will return the tail of the US helicopter damaged during the raid. May 26, - A team of CIA forensic specialists is granted permission by the Pakistani government to examine the compound.

June 15, - Pakistan's intelligence agency arrests several people suspected of assisting the CIA before the raid. July 11, - Pakistani security forces detain a doctor suspected of helping the CIA attempt to collect the DNA of bin Laden's family members through a vaccination drive. October 6, - Pakistan's information ministry says the doctor suspected of helping the CIA target bin Laden will be charged with treason.

Also, bin Laden's compound will be turned over to city officials. February - Pakistani authorities begin to demolish the compound. May 9, - Citing that it is of national security interest, a federal judge has denies Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information request regarding the release of bin Laden death photos. May 21, - A three-judge federal appeals court panel rejects an appeal from a conservative legal group, ruling that the release of post-mortem images of bin Laden's body could result in attacks on Americans.

October 31, - Adm. May 10, - In a published report, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about the circumstances surrounding the killing of bin Laden. The White House later dismisses the report as "baseless. May 20, - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May March 1, - A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI.

Included in the materials are bin Laden's personal letters and will. August - Bissonnette agrees to pay the US government all past and future proceeds of the book "No Easy Day," settling a lawsuit by the government for "breach of contract" by violating a non-disclosure agreement. ET NOW. Brand Solutions. Video series featuring innovators. ET Financial Inclusion Summit.

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Other case studies show that the elimination of terrorist leaders affected neither the rate of terrorist attacks nor the likelihood of organizational collapse. And however careful the targeting, such strikes can produce civilian casualties, provoke anger, and incite further terrorist attacks in revenge. The jihadists vowed revenge for bin Laden's death, but there have been no centrally directed attacks in the United States since In fact, the jihadists weren't gaining many adherents anyway.

Local jihadist terrorist plots still occur but, apart from drawing inspiration from al Qaeda's exhortations via the Internet, these have not been connected directly to al Qaeda. Today's al Qaeda is clearly a diminished threat and the killing of bin Laden certainly contributed to that, but the emergence of the Islamic State has in many ways filled the terrorist void.

With thousands of Western nationals in its ranks, the Islamic State supported the most recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels and now poses the bigger immediate threat. Homegrown terrorists seem indifferent to the division. Some declare their attacks on behalf of al Qaeda like the assault on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in January , while others declare them to be on behalf of the Islamic State like one of the attackers in last December's attack in San Bernardino.

Was al Qaeda hurt by the demise of its charismatic leader? Is the world a safer place because of it? Probably not. Brian Michael Jenkins is a senior adviser to the president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and author of numerous books, reports, and articles on terrorism-related topics, including Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?