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Published 10:09 2 May 2016 BST
Updated 12:06 2 May 2016 BST
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Elsewhere, the CIA marked the occasion by "live-tweeting" the 2011 raid as it unfolded...
https://twitter.com/CIA/status/726801623750574081
...which earned the agency a lot of flak:
https://twitter.com/Hanksingle/status/726830935484698625
https://twitter.com/zippyman818/status/726876467951489026
But the anniversary of Bin Laden's death is also an opportunity to revisit one of the day's more enduring mysteries:
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/726840442881454081
"JUST GOT WORD..."
https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/64877987341938688
WHO IS YOUR SOURCE, DWAYNE?
https://twitter.com/theroostarr/status/726966594526547968
https://twitter.com/scottbwalters/status/723174451450372096
https://twitter.com/suzannishly/status/687102559308374017
So just how did The Rock seem to learn the news before everyone else outside of the US government?
In 2011, 'The Village Voice' noted how The Rock's tweet came soon after this message by former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff (and Navy Reserve intel officer) Keith Urbahn (as opposed to Keith Urban):
https://twitter.com/keithurbahn/status/64877790624886784
The newspaper further speculated:
"Our best guess in reference to The Rock's info comes from the fact that his subsequent tweets praise the Navy SEALs and he's been known to visit troops overseas. Being an action star and all, he's probably trained for roles with the military. The common thread between The Rock and Urbahn seems to be a SEALs connection."This would seem to line up with what the big man himself told Moviefone in February 2012:
"I got my sources. I got friends in high places and low places. I knew the President was going to give his speech; I thought he was going to give it at a certain time and so I thought, 'I think it's appropriate that I tweet 'I'm damn proud to be an American' and keep it in that space without giving away too much information'. And then I got a call saying, 'Now the President will give his speech in a couple of hours.' So we had about two hours of Rock tweets out there."Hmm, maybe this is the real truth and The Rock was just having some fun with us? https://twitter.com/JohnMartin929/status/726958214470766592 https://twitter.com/jfh2c/status/726856711722680320 Whatever the explanation, there are sure to be many people out there who would agree with this guy's view that The Rock's involvement marks "Twitter's greatest moment": https://twitter.com/HeyMyNameIsWill/status/711945824574554112


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