MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the German Bild am Sonntag newspaper, BND provided US intelligence services with information of “fundamental importance” to catch the terrorist leader.
Osama bin Laden
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The CIA was reportedly tipped off about bin Laden’s whereabouts by a Pakistani agent who had worked for the BND for years.
The German intelligence agency also monitored telephone and e-mail traffic in northern Pakistan from a base in the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling, Bild am Sonntag reported on Saturday.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which almost 3,000 people were killed, US authorities conducted a nearly 10-year-long manhunt for bin Laden. The al-Qaeda leader was found and shot dead in Pakistan in the spring of 2011.
