A top advisor to President Barack Obama defended the administration's decision to bury the body of Osama bin Laden at sea, saying appropriate steps had been taken.
John Brennan said in a news briefing Monday that Pakistan remains a strategic ally in the Middle East, and that appropriate authorities were present at the burial.
"We consulted the appropriate specialists and experts and there was unanimity that this would be the best way to handle it," he said.
Bin Laden, the chief mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in a Pakistan mansion. Obama made the announcement late Sunday night. DNA evidence proves the man who was killed is bin Laden, the White House said Monday.
The death of bin Laden comes almost 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the start of the war in Afghanistan.
The death of bin Laden comes almost 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the start of the war in Afghanistan.
Bin Laden is also wanted by the FBI in connection with a trio of bombings on U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The attacks, which killed more than 200, occurred on Aug. 7, 1998.
The FBI advertised a $25 million reward for information leading to Bin Laden's capture.
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