A CIA team in a nearby house watched the Bin Laden compound for months before the SEALs moved in.
They fitted their rented safe house with mirrored glass so they could spy on the suspects without being seen.
The spies used long-lens cameras, infrared imaging equipment and hi-tech bugs to try to prove Bin Laden was hiding in the house.
They also used satellite radar to check for escape tunnels from the compound.
The CIA team had several sightings of a tall man striding through the courtyard of the compound.
They were never able to confirm that the man they dubbed "The Pacer" was Bin Laden.
But Obama gave the go-ahead for the raid anyway, in a decision aides said was one of the bravest a US president had ever made.
As they worked, the CIA agents had to make sure they were not spotted - either by the terrorists or the Pakistani authorities.
The fact they were able to work without being seen is yet another embarrassment for the security services in Pakistan.
They are already facing awkward questions over how Bin Laden was able to live undiscovered in Abbottabad - a major army garrison town - for as long as five years.
But I think the thing that irks Americans the most is the sanctimonious, self-righteousness of obama. He preaches all of the left winged propaganda lines then sends in a hit squad. He tells the nation about a forty plus min firefight that never happen.
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