Why is Osama still on the FBI's 10 most wanted list?

MOS95B · 1 year

Since it's a government agency, I'd be willing to bet real money that there is a process involved that takes several days.

Or, the phone lines are still open for voting on the new number 10....

schlitz100 · 1 year

They keep him up there as a warning to the other 9.

Hachi-Machi · 1 year

YOU FOOL! That was the loose thread in the government's conspiracy. Now that you've unraveled it the whole system comes crashing down. All the lies will finally be revealed and this day will be remembered as the day where joetromboni uncovered the greatest secret of all.

PurpleSfinx · 1 year

I'm disappointed the rest of that list wasn't aliens. I feel the makers of The X-Files owe me.

Also - from the profile of someone else on the FBI's top ten most wanted list:

Brown speaks fluent French and has a Masters Degree in International Business. He is an avid golfer, snowboarder, skier, and dirt biker. Brown enjoys being the center of attention and has been known to frequent nightclubs where he enjoys showing off his high-priced vehicles, boats, and other toys. He has been described as possibly having bisexual tendencies.

FBI most wanted list? Or DATING SITE?!

randomredhead · 1 year

Is it just me, or do the other 9 seem like petty thieves next to Bin Laden?

rampop · 1 year

$25 million reward for his apprehension... Looks like I'm renting me some scuba gear.

lostandblind · 1 year

Here's a Chicago Tribune article that briefly details the process of filling his spot on the Ten Most Wanted:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0507-most-wanted-gallery-pg,0,4599240.photogallery

nsub1 · 1 year

Because it takes time to pick a new one.

MrMoustachio · 1 year

Their profiles read like a dating site:

Brown speaks fluent French and has a Masters Degree in International Business. He is an avid golfer, snowboarder, skier, and dirt biker. Brown enjoys being the center of attention and has been known to frequent nightclubs where he enjoys showing off his high-priced vehicles, boats, and other toys. He has been described as possibly having bisexual tendencies

YYURYYUBICURYY4ME · 1 year

Wait, what? Bin Laden's been dead a week? I must be living in a cave or something....

FadieZ · 1 year

How come they don't mention the WTC attacks in his description?

webspacker · 1 year

With all the radiation from Japan that may have leaked into the ocean, the burial at sea might result in a Godzilla-style comeback.

cranberrysaus · 1 year

Because they haven't decided who to replace him with yet. I read somewhere that it may take weeks or months before they decide on someone to put there.

Miss_Thing · 1 year

At least they have him marked as deceased.

cookieSLO · 1 year

Here`s one they captured yet left her on the list - http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wcc maybe so that people will stop looking for her :)?

Livinlarge1988 · 1 year

"He is left handed and walks with a cane."

The profile of any villain.

bbotticus · 1 year

Because he's not dead!!!!

dannyr · 1 year

I've submitted a tip telling them that he's at the bottom of the ocean and can prove it. To do so I linked to their own press release. I wonder if I'll get any reward....

gloomdoom · 1 year

Clearly you are not familiar with how the government works.

I really, really hope this is a joke post.

aikapig · 1 year

he was 6' 4" to 6' 6"??? holyshit.

lambast · 1 year

They killed A Osama bin Laden, not THE Osama bin Laden.

UPSguy · 1 year

We just wanted to spike the football a little bit.

Kumivene · 1 year

Read that as "Obama"... Made it quite confusing.

AgentBarcode · 1 year

They never charged him with the 9/11 attacks, even after he confessed he was involved.

SkepticJoker · 1 year

Does anybody else think the first guy looks a helluva lot like this guy?

[deleted] · 1 year

And why wasn't he wanted for 9/11? Isn't that what the war was sold on?

TheHappyRogue · 1 year

Government officials like their vacations. Their celebratory hangover isn't over yet

TheBakedPotato · 1 year

"Usama" died too, apparently.

TiltedPlacitan · 1 year

We're too busy busting online poker right now to keep our list straight. Obey, Citizen!

bay_wolf · 1 year

Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.

Anyone else find it odd that they didn't mention he was wanted for September 11th attacks... Get the tinfoil hats!

obliviouswhiteguy · 1 year

Because, as Fox keeps pointing out, we killed 'Usama'.

El_Snuffy · 1 year

It's like finding a new pope. It takes a little while to decide.

rudesasquatch · 1 year

They wanted him dead or alive but got neither.

aricene · 1 year

They know something we don't.

theCHENRY · 1 year

They're braggin'

HumerousMoniker · 1 year

Does anyone else think that both Glen Stuart Godwin and Victor Manuel Gerena look like slightly different versions of Ben Stiller?

itchy118 · 1 year

Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.

Apparent they only want him for the embassy bombings in 1998.

[deleted] · 1 year

because the site is run on amazon cloud servers

casc1701 · 1 year

You want the truth? YOU CAN´T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Camca · 1 year

Maybe they are looking for a new person to take his place, and once a new top ten is found he will be taken off.

lazynothin · 1 year

For some reason, we feel the need to brag about it. Kinda silly considering everyone gets all upset when other nations make a big deal about killing one of us.

justguessmyusername · 1 year

So that people who check the list daily but don't follow the news know that he is actually dead and not just absent from the list.

booninvailable · 1 year

They miss his company and want him back?

SenTedStevens · 1 year

You know, many of those 10 most wanted people don't seem that bad. Most on the list have a RICO or murder charge and an unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. That doesn't seem worthy of being put on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. Business must be slow in the justice department.

HowToPaintWithFerret · 1 year

In case of sea zombies.

92037 · 1 year

Because the FBI have not caught him yet ;-)

dissidentrhetoric · 1 year

Phone the FBI and ask them and post the conversation.

mandelbratwurst · 1 year

I want to know if that courier is getting the $25 mil. And I also want an AMA for someone who has gotten a reward for information leading to a capture. And a pony.

MrTapir · 1 year

They are all too hungover from the after-party to update it.

ANewMachine615 · 1 year

Because the Most Wanted list is mostly a public-awareness/propaganda tool. It exists to publicize what the FBI wants to publicize, and right now they're publicizing "We got 'im!"

notahippie76 · 1 year

Why do Americans insist on referring to bin Laden as "Osama"? Do we really want to put arguably our greatest national enemy on a first name basis? Isn't it a little like saying, "Hey, did you hear? They finally got Craig!"

eyeforgotmyname · 1 year

Zombie Osama is a bad bad man.

Shaftershafter · 1 year

Usama

pr01etar1at · 1 year

REWARD: The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden. An additional $2 million is being offered through a program developed and funded by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.

He's in an ocean. Give me my money.

Tenneh · 1 year

With everything in the government making changes takes a while and many people.

SpacemanGrey · 1 year

They want his ghost.

ConfusedVirtuoso · 1 year

Gotta comb that ocean for the body now huh?

provides_apparatus · 1 year

Dude, let them gloat for a while. They deserve it.

finnyG · 1 year

They obviously didn't mean to dump him in the ocean. They're hoping for a floater...

ESJ · 1 year

Maybe because, unlike Spinal Tap's amps, the list doesn't go up to 11? Do they even have someone ready to move up the list?

cheebsmagoo · 1 year

the real question is how many pigs does it take to find a new fugitive and update the site?

simulacrumcake · 1 year

You have to leave someone caught or killed on the list for a few days to bask in the glory, so to speak. To show something has been done. How fast do you want to see new faces on the list? Within seconds? I say we give them this one for a few weeks. It's Osama Bin Laden.

Arronwy · 1 year

Because they have not found a replacement yet. This was said on NPR, it will be a couple weeks to find a replacement for the list.

caserock · 1 year

I like how he's not wanted for anything concerning 9/11.

wait what...

Counterkulture · 1 year

Uh oh, spiking the football!!!

HideousInfant · 1 year

He set the high score.

epicviking · 1 year

Because they got Obama Bin Landen instead, dont you remember?

nunpincer · 1 year

Haven't you seen a house for sale sign on a property, that has a "Sold" sticker on it. You leave that shit up for as long as possible to show off.

pixielove · 1 year

My question is why is Sean Penn on there?

mk2vrdrvr · 1 year

F.B.I has horrible Photoshop skills.

kentrel · 1 year

You can have completed an item on your todo list, and struck it off.. but isn't it nice to just keep it there, as a reminder that you've done it

InGordWeTrust · 1 year

The either want to hunt down his ghost, or in case the mother fucker respawns.

pdxtone · 1 year

Competition for the #10 slot is still in progress. Are you a bad enough dude to be wanted by the FBI?

senik · 1 year

Isn't this the kind of question people go to Yahoo! Answers for?

Randompaul · 1 year

Zombie Osama.

Myrkull · 1 year

we lost him in the ocean

TrisLaw · 1 year

Usama?

TheOutlawJoseyWales · 1 year

Wanted: Dead or alive

d0ctafung1 · 1 year

Fuck!!! We killed OSAMA bin laden, NOT fucking USAMA. Somebody in accounting fat fingered that shit like whoa.

Felt_Ninja · 1 year

Long weekend?

bobby45 · 1 year

Zombie?

[deleted] · 1 year

Because the FBI never got to the body. The CIA did. And now he's sleeping with the fishies.

mathematical · 1 year

TIL Osama Bin Laden walked with a cane.

TheCodexx · 1 year

It's easier to only have 9 "Most Wanted" criminals on the loose. It makes them look like they're not incompetent.

layingthesmackdown · 1 year

they haven't found a better replacement yet?

aestirh · 1 year

lazy webmaster

TimDave · 1 year

I DEMAND TO SEE A DEATH CERTIFICATE!

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