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Osama Bin Laden was the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. He was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. For some analysis, Renee Montagne talks to counterterrorism expert David Kilcullen of the Center for a New American Security. He is also CEO of Caerus Associates and author of the books The Accidental Guerilla and Counterinsurgency.

Marines in Afghanistan welcomed the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, seeing it as a breakthrough in their mission.

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and leader of al-Qaida has been killed. But as Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation notes, his death is a sobering reminder of how the war on terror has impacted all U.S. citizens. It is also an opportunity to end that war.

On Sunday President Obama announced that the U.S. forced had engaged in a firefight at the home of Osama bin Laden, killing the al-Qaida leader. William Kristol of The Weekly Standard offers his congratulations to all those involved in the mission.

At play could be the same delicate diplomatic balance of official denial and private complicity the countries have shared after U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan.

The mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, is dead. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of Foreign Policy argues that al-Qaida is still a dangerous enemy, made more so by the fact that the U.S. has never devoted enough resources to understanding the group's strengths.

News of the death of Osama Bin-Laden is having an effect on financial markets. Stocks are up Monday morning in New York and the price of commodities like oil are down slightly.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a blunt warning to followers of Osama bin Laden, especially Taliban members in Pakistan and Afghanistan: You cannot wait us out. You cannot defeat us.

The military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports U.S. service members reacted with "shock and awe" to the death of Osama bin Laden. Photos on the paper's website are from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. One shows troops solemnly watching the news. Another, shows Brigadier Gen. Tom Cosentino, who was in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, shaking hands with another officer — both smiling broadly.

The hunt for Osama bin Laden goes back to former President Bill Clinton. So his death is a big victory for the White House and will dominate the news for some time, NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson tells Renee Montagne. Obama will most likely use the theme of "unity" in his future speeches, Liasson says.