The White House retreated Tuesday from its most provocative assertions about the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, acknowledging that the al Qaeda leader was neither armed nor hiding behind a female human shield when U.S. commandos fatally shot him during a predawn raid. The disclosures put the Obama administration on the defensive about whether it had exaggerated elements of earlier accounts for propaganda gain. At the same time, additional details surfaced Tuesday that depict a mission begun amid far greater political and operational uncertainty than had been revealed/Greg Miller, Joby Warwick, Washington Post. More here.

Question: Does it bother you that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot to death?