Washington Tweets: Special Bin Laden Killed Edition

Washington tweets. A lot. The Washington Tweets column is a collection of the most interesting, recent Washington-area tweets. These tweets reveal a candid and fascinating portrait of what is on our collective minds: Twitter gives a snapshot of what we're doing, thinking and hoping for as a group. Washington Tweets is Washington in the raw. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.

This is a special edition of Washington Tweets: Bin Laden is dead and Washington, DC is tweeting about it.



The singing crowd outside the White House is pretty cool. #DC

Epic night in dc. The white house was rockin. History in the making

Son, Take your ass to DC and party in front of the white house with the rest of em.

THE PPL ARE GOING CRAZY IN DC BY THE WHITE HOUSE!!

in DC staying 1 block from the White House the day Bin Laden had been killed. The car horns and people cheering USA is unbelievable.

What a night to be in Washington DC

Director will in DC: MarineOne shuttling back and forth between the white house and pentagon. Big day for the President and Pentagon brass!

You got some great pics. RT @davasiys Some photos from early morning celebration in front of the White House #OBL #DC http://goo.gl/XGt50

I'm wondering also how the "crowds" got to ground zero and the white house so fast...the nyc subway and dc metro are efficient but Damn...

Osama Bin Laden is killed and - Crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington DC, chanting "USA, USA" after the news emerged. Wow.

LMAO YOOOO these ppl are tryna organize a group trip to DC to celebrate at the white house...gotta love it

They were out in front of the White House at least till about 3:30/4:00am.

Watching young Americans celebrate in front of the White House and at Ground Zero is simply moving and inspiring.

Got lots of shots with Canon #7D and iPhone. Here is an iPhone snapshot of the crowd outside White House in DC http://yfrog.com/h8r1ospj Crowd celebrates bin Laden's death outside White House

I love you Yanks: "Crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington DC, chanting "USA, USA" after the news emerged."

Wish I had gone to the White House last night to celebrate...it's not as if I got any sleep anyway.

U can break in somebody's house in DC right now nobody's home they all in front of the white house ...LOL

Does anyone else find it moving hearing people singing our national anthem outside the white house gates? I do.


Just landed in LA from DC. I wanna turn the plane around and celebrate in front of the white house! Wow!

So surreal! I was at the White House when bin Laden's death came on the news! RT @lucki_duck87: arent you in DC right now? How crazy is it??

Leaving DC for home. People were still in front of the White House at 6am

People outside White House "Ding dong the bad guys dead, the bad guys dead, the bad guys dead.."

I actually gathered at the white house because I live in dc...quite amazing