Checked your links, Jim.

Link 1 – June, 2008 – during the Bush administration.

Link 2 – Amnesty International "SUSPECTS." But no proof. Amnesty International is a generally good organization and one that I support, but they are often given to erring on the side of suspicion. Not a bad characteristic in such an organization. But you've got to do better than "suspect," JIM. You can't convict on "suspicion." And people "suspect" a lot of things. Conspiracy theories and baseless accusations are built on "suspicions."

LINK 3 – Unable to open. Link incomplete.

Link 4 – I read that some time back. Two things:   The map does not indicate flights going through Shannon;.   The dates indicate that this was also information from during the Bush administration.

Obama indicated that he was going to put an end to such practices.

Now, I cannot verify that it's not still going on. Nor can you prove that it is. But "enhanced interrogation" is not the ONLY way the intelligence services have of getting the information they seek, nor is it necessarily all that reliable. I have already mentioned in previous posts the imaging capabilities of satellites—and of drones. The drones are used far more for reconnaissance than they are as attack weapons. And a compound like the one bin Laden occupied would obviously draw attention to itself as a place to watch very carefully.

And I would also suggest, as others here have done, that you acquaint yourself with the laws and agreements between countries having to do with various kinds of hostile situations.

Don Firth

P. S. By the way:   60 Minutes interview with Barack Obama this past Sunday evening regarding the Osama bin Laden operation. Well worth watching if you wish to be well informed as to the decisions and planning behind it, and WHY certain choices were made.

P. P. S.   "Take your head out of your arse Don. . . ."

Really, Jim! In addition to being pointless, that's unworthy of you!