# OBL Reward

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obl-reward/619369>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obl-reward/619369 "2012-04-20T03:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obl-reward/619369/1 "2012-04-20T03:56:37Z")

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Has anyone publicly claimed the $10M reward for the eventual capture of Osama Bin Laden? Certainly someone must have tipped off the US of his whereabouts…

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**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obl-reward/619369/2 "2012-04-20T17:05:15Z")

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It was $25 million, and no.

[From ABC News:](http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-reward-paid/story?id=13633236)

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> No one will receive the $25 million reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden, say U.S. officials, because the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in Pakistan on May 2 was the result of electronic intelligence, not human informants.

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**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obl-reward/619369/3 "2012-04-20T17:17:16Z")

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Nobody ratted OBL out.

The discovery of OBLs whereabouts was the result of tedious intelligence work.