Man Accidentally Live-Tweets Osama bin Laden Raid (No, It Wasn't "The Rock")

IT consultant Sohaib Athar was just "taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops" in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad when he described, in 140 characters or less, a helicopter hovering overhead and a "huge window shaking bang"---accidentally live-tweeting the U.S. raid that ended a decade-long manhunt and killed Osama bin Laden. It's clear from Athar's tweets (@ReallyVirtual) that he had no idea what was going down---as evidenced by his reference to the "abbottabad helicopter/UFO"---but the unusual presence of helicopters and Taliban disclaimer suggested to him that whatever was happening, it "must be a complicated situation." UFO, not so much; situation, definitely. Nor was Athar the only one to discuss the raid on Twitter before President Obama's announcement last night. Keith Urbahn, Donald Rumsfeld's Chief of Staff, tweeted several hours later: "So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. ...