"A Gapped Timeline [Timeline corrected, thanks to A.]
The bin Laden raid is reported to have occurred overnight April 30-May 1, 2011, with the killing early on May 1 (for this timeline the kill-time is assumed to be Abbottabad at 2AM, May 1 and Washington DC at 5PM April 30. Presumbably the White House was informed by DoD and the CIA soon after the raid. CIA Director Panetta was reported to have been at CIA headquarters during the raid observing it in real time.
Based on the time of these photos taken from their EXIF data, the White House was discussing the raid by 2:24PM May 1, (kill + 21:24 hours) viewed a recording of the raid at 4:05PM (kill +23:05 hours) and had follow-up discussions four hours later at 8:03PM and 8:44PM (kill + 27:03-27:44 hours).
Then Obama, bathed and dressed, made alert calls at 10:11PM (kill + 29:11 hours) and worked on his announcement at 10:43PM (kill + 29:43 hours).
The national security team, apparently not bathed and still wearing the day's dress, awaited the announcement at 29:41PM (kill + 30:41 hours).
Obama made his accouncement at 11:42PM (kill +30:42 hours) and was congratulated by his team at 11:45PM (kill + 30:45 hours)."
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