There is, admittedly, a specific problem with China: freely floating the yuan would be risky so long as Chinese banks are laden with bad debts and the financial system is fragile.

ECONOMIST: Asian currencies

But we are right now less than 24 hours after this operation, so we are talking with the Pakistanis on a regular basis now, and we're going to pursue all leads to find out exactly what type of support system and benefactors that bin Laden might have had.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Brennan said Monday it is "inconceivable" that bin Laden did not have some kind of support system in Pakistan that allowed him to live in hiding there.

CNN: Bin Laden killing caps decade-long manhunt

He says the hijackers used the public address system to praise suspected terrorist ringleader Osama bin Laden, who is believed to head al Qaeda.

CNN: Similarities seen between Indian Airlines, U.S. hijackings

According to this new theory, heart attacks are not simply caused by clogged arteries but also by an immune system gone haywire trying to repair cholesterol-laden vessels but making matters much worse.

FORBES: Prevention Puzzle

An obvious explanation that she acted of her own volition because she was disillusioned with the system seemed too implausible for the conspiracy-laden world of Russian politics.

ECONOMIST: The Khodorkovsky case

Since then, bin Laden and his allies have sought to carry out acts designed to strike at our global system of security, safety and economy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Make no mistake-- this is war

While the Bin Laden money trail currently points to correspondent banking abuses and to hawala (an ancient Islamic system of transferring cash), a string of 1990s scandals revealed that a lot of dirty money has historically been laundered by private banking.

FORBES: Private Banking: R.I.P.

The U.K. has been targeted in attacks inspired by Mr. bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist organization, including the deaths of 56 people in an attack on the London transport system in 2005.

WSJ: World Cheers Bin Laden Killing, Prepares for Strikes