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azurnoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 02:14 PM
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9. Yes there is but it is unclear if anyone will recieve it
Though Osama bin Laden is dead, it is unclear if anyone will receive any of the $25 million reward for his capture. That's due to the confidentiality of the Rewards for Justice Program, an interagency program administered by the State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

"Given the importance of confidentiality to the Rewards for Justice Program, we can't comment on whether anyone has been nominated for a reward or in this or in any given case," said Harry Edwards, a spokesperson for the State Department.

Since its beginning, the program has paid more than $100 million to more than 60 people with information that "prevented international terrorist attacks or helped bring to justice those involved in prior acts," according to the Rewards for Justice website. Most of that money has been paid since the attacks on Sept. 11.

The law that started the program, the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, states that "no reward…may exceed $25,000,000, except as personally authorized by the Secretary of State."

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/osama-bin-ladens-death-25-million-reward-remain-secret/story?id=13526284
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