After nearly ten years of diligent CIA intelligence work, U.S. Navy SEALs tracked 9-11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden to his compound in Pakistan and killed him. It was an attack that resonated around the world and is now portrayed in the movie, Zero-Dark-Thirty. Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes discusses the facts and the myths in Hollywood’s telling of the fateful events leading to the death of the notorious al Qaeda leader.
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Separating Facts from Fiction In <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>
Benjamin Wittes
Benjamin Wittes
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Editor-in-Chief
- Lawfare
@benjaminwittes
January 25, 2013