Meskipun beberapa negara dan agen intelijen membantah laporan tersebut, dan mengatakan bahwa tidak ada bukti untuk menyatakan Bin Laden meninggal dunia, ataupun tidak ada satu petunjukpun mengenai keberadaan Bin Laden.
Though several governments and intelligence agencies rebutted that report, saying they had no evidence to suggest bin Laden had died, nor did they have any clue to where he was.