Includes 5TH UPDATE
The news broke Sunday evening, May 1st, 2011. President Obama was going to make a statement on national television later that night. The internet was abuzz with theories of what the President would say at such a late hour on a Sunday. It wasn't long before the wide speculation centered on one man: Osama bin Laden. The consensus was he was either captured or dead. Soon, a leak confirmed that the President would announce that bin Laden had been killed by special forces.
Late that night, President Obama addressed the nation, and lied. Here is the relevant portion the speech:
