you always have the option to delete your tweet location history .
learn more image copyright afp image caption osama bin laden , the leader of al - qaeda , was killed by us forces in 2011 the us central intelligence agency ( cia ) has been criticised for live - tweeting the killing of osama bin laden as if it were happening today .
osama bin laden is " found on third floor and killed " at 3:39pm .
but reaction has been largely negative , with one twitter stores that location .
it has shared details of the mission that led to america 's most - wanted man being found five years ago in pakistan .
the tweets prompted an outpouring of criticism among twitter account of the raid that killed osama bin laden - five years after the event .
tweet with a location you can add location information to your tweets , such as your city or precise location , from the web and via third - party applications .
at 1:15pm " helicopters depart from afghanistan for compound in abbottabad , pakistan " .
image copyright @cia the cia 's first ' live tweet ' , hashtagged # ublraid , begins : " 1:25 pm edt-@potus , dcia panetta , & jsoc commander admiral mcraven approve execution of op in abbottabad . "