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Narrator: HE IS THE MOST WANTED TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
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AFTER ALMOST A DECADE,
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U.S. INTELLIGENCE HAS FINALLY TRACKED OSAMA BIN LADEN DOWN
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TO A COMPOUND IN PAKISTAN.
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SEAL TEAM SIX, A U.S. ELITE SPECIAL FORCES UNIT,
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IS TASKED WITH A NOW-HISTORIC CAPTURE OR KILL MISSION.
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THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS CALL FOR YEARS.
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Narrator: THIS IS THE INSIDE ACCOUNT
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OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BLACK OPS MISSIONS OF ALL TIMES.
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Mann: IT GETS MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR,
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AND EVERYBODY STARTS GETTING A LOT MORE SERIOUS.
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"BOARD THE HELOS. WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING NOW.
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WE'RE GOING IN. IT'S GOING IN AT NIGHT."
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Narrator: HOW SEAL TEAM SIX PLANNED THIS HIGH-RISK RAID...
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...AND HOW IT ALMOST FAILED.
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NOW ON "BLACK OPS," TAKING DOWN BIN LADEN.
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-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR.
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TWO BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS
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CARRYING A TEAM OF U.S. NAVY SEALS
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ARE APPROACHING A COMPOUND IN ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN.
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THEY BELIEVE OSAMA BIN LADEN IS HIDING THERE.
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BUT THEN, DISASTER.
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[ CLANKING ]
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IT'S RARE AN OP EVER GOES LIKE IT'S PLANNED.
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP WITHOUT EXPECTING IT.
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CAUSING IT TO HIT THE COMPOUND WALL AND CRASH-LAND.
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THE TOWN'S AWAKE, AND SO THEY'RE THINKING,
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"ANY MINUTE NOW WE CAN BE RUN DOWN WITH,
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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ENEMY FORCES COMING AT US."
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Narrator: THE SEALS HAVE LOST THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
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EVERY SECOND IS NOW CRITICAL.
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THE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM MUST QUICKLY ADAPT
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AND RESPOND TO THE CHANGED SITUATION.
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WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO DO IS MAKE A DETERMINATION
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WHETHER THE OCCUPANTS ARE A THREAT OR NOT A THREAT.
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Narrator: THE SEALS BLOW THEIR WAY INTO THE COMPOUND.
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AND YOU HAVE TO REACT IN AN INSTANT.
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IF THEY'RE A THREAT, THEN YOU ENGAGE.
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[ GUNFIRE ]
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Narrator: THIS ELITE UNIT HAS TRAINED FOR EVERY SCENARIO.
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THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER
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IN THE HUNT TO BRING BIN LADEN TO JUSTICE --
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A HUNT WHICH BEGAN MORE THAN A DECADE EARLIER.
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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ON 9/11, 2001, THE U.S. ENDURES
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THE WORST ATTACKS ON ITS SOIL IN MODERN HISTORY.
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[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
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ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE ARE DEAD.
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PRESIDENT BUSH VOWS TO HUNT DOWN OSAMA BIN LADEN,
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AL-QAEDA'S LEADER AND THE MASTERMIND OF THE ATTACKS,
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AND BRING HIM TO JUSTICE.
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THERE'S AN OLD POSTER OUT WEST, AS I RECALL,
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THAT SAID, "WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE."
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Narrator: IN DECEMBER 2001, U.S. FORCES CHASED BIN LADEN
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TO THE CAVES OF TORA BORA IN AFGHANISTAN,
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BUT HE MANAGES TO SLIP AWAY.
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Townsend: WE WERE ALWAYS ON THE HUNT.
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WE WERE USING EVERY FORM OF INTELLIGENCE GATHERING,
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WHETHER IT WAS HUMAN INTELLIGENCE,
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SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE.
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Narrator: FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS,
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BIN LADEN MANAGES TO ELUDE U.S. FORCES.
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WE STILL HAVEN'T KILLED OR CAPTURED OSAMA BIN LADEN
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AND HIS TERRORIST CADRE.
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DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE HE IS?
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HE MAY BE DEAD. HE MAY BE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
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HE MAY BE IN AFGHANISTAN. HE MAY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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Schmitt: BIN LADEN LEARNS VERY EARLY ON
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THAT HE CAN'T TRUST ANYTHING ELECTRONIC.
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HE ALMOST DIES IN TORA BORA IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN
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FROM USING CELL PHONES,
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AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DOES
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IS BASICALLY GETS RID OF ANYTHING ELECTRONIC
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THAT COULD BE TRACED BACK TO HIM.
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Narrator: MINIMIZING THE USE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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ALLOWS AL-QAEDA'S LEADER AND HIS CLOSE DEPUTIES
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TO OPERATE UNDER THE RADAR.
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Mudd: WE SAW HIS NAME CROP UP SO LITTLE
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BECAUSE VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION.
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I THINK VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION
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KNEW WHERE HE WAS.
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[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
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Narrator: BIN LADEN SEEMS TO HAVE
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DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
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THE ONLY CLUES COME FROM VIDEOTAPES HE RELEASES,
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TAUNTING THE U.S.
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Townsend: YOU WERE LOOKING AT THINGS AS SIMPLE AS
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THE FOLIAGE AND THE LIGHT AND THE TERRAIN
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TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE IT MAY HAVE BEEN TAPED.
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WE LOOKED AT HIS HEALTH.
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DID HE USE PARTICULAR WORDS?
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WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHAT LOOKED LIKE
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JUST A SORT OF MESSAGE TO FOLLOWERS
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MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME EMBEDDED MESSAGE?
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Narrator: OVER THE DECADE,
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THE U.S. DOES ACHIEVE SOME PROGRESS.
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SENIOR AL-QAEDA FIGURES ARE CAPTURED AND INTERROGATED.
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Mudd: THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE BIG PLAYERS IN THE ORGANIZATION,
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THE ARCHETYPAL PLOTTERS IN THE AL-QAEDA ORGANIZATION,
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WAS PARTLY TRYING TO LEARN LOCATIONAL INFORMATION.
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WHERE IS THE MAN?
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SO, THE FIRST QUESTION YOU MIGHT ASK THEM
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MIGHT BE THINGS LIKE, "WHERE'S BIN LADEN?"
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Narrator: DESPITE THESE SUCCESSES,
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PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE REMAINS AT LARGE.
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BY THE TIME PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES OFFICE IN 2009,
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MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE HE'LL NEVER BE CAUGHT.
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BUT AT THE CIA, SOME ANALYSTS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR NEW CLUES.
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Mudd: THE BITS AND PIECES ARE THINGS LIKE TALKING TO DETAINEES.
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HOW DOES THE NETWORK OPERATE?
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WATCHING THEM MOVE.
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Narrator: CASE OFFICERS SUGGEST
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STUDYING THE STRUCTURE OF AL-QAEDA'S NETWORK.
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WHO DOES BIN LADEN USE TO PASS MESSAGES,
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ALLOWING HIM TO REMAIN UNDETECTED?
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THE ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION
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WILL LEAD THEM BACK TO BIN LADEN.
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Mudd: SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING HERE.
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SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING THERE.
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OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS, YOU ACCUMULATE THOSE GRAINS,
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AND SLOWLY A PICTURE COMES INTO FOCUS.
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Narrator: AFTER YEARS OF FRUSTRATION,
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THE ANALYSTS BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING.
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THEY KNEW THERE WAS PROBABLY A COURIER OUT THERE,
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AND IT WAS FROM SOME OF THESE INITIAL INTERROGATIONS
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AT GUANTANAMO BAY AND OTHER PRISONS
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THAT THEY LEARNED OF ONE COURIER IN PARTICULAR.
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Narrator: AL-QAEDA'S DETAINEES
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REVEAL THE COURIER BIN LADEN TRUSTS
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IS SOMEONE WHO'S KNOWN AS AL-KUWAITI --
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THE MAN FROM KUWAIT.
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DIGGING DEEPER, THEY FIND HIS REAL NAME --
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SAEED AHMED.
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IF THEY FIND HIM, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FIND HIS BOSS.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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Dozier: THROUGH INTERCEPTS OF HIS CELLPHONES
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AS HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE GULF AND PAKISTAN,
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THEY FIGURED OUT THAT HE SEEMED TO STILL BE IN TOUCH
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WITH THE HIGHEST RANKS OF AL-QAEDA.
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AND THEY STARTED TRACKING HIM ON THE GROUND IN PAKISTAN.
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Narrator: AS THEY TRACK HIM, CIA OPERATIVES NOTICE
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A HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS PATTERN TO AL-KUWAITI'S BEHAVIOR.
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THEY FOUND THIS VERY STRANGE THING HE WOULD DO
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WAS TO TURN OFF HIS CELLPHONE,
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AND THEN DROP OFF THE MAP FOR A WHILE.
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THINGS THAT MADE THE AMERICANS THINK,
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"THIS IS THE KIND OF EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE
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"THAT THE MOST HUNTED TERRORIST IN THE WORLD MIGHT TAKE.
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LET'S FOLLOW THIS GUY."
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Narrator: THE BREAKTHROUGH COMES
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WHEN THE AGENTS MANAGE TO FOLLOW THE COURIER'S CAR.
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TO THEIR AMAZEMENT,
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IT IS HEADED TOWARD A RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND
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IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF ABBOTTABAD...
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A PAKISTANI ARMY TOWN
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ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE FROM THE CAPITAL, ISLAMABAD.
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Schmitt: IT'S THE HOME OF PAKISTANI'S WEST POINT,
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ONE OF ITS TOP MILITARY ACADEMIES.
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IT'S A GARRISON TOWN.
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Narrator: THE CIA STARTS WATCHING THE COMPOUND.
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SURVEILLANCE REVEALS THAT AL-KUWAITI, THE COURIER,
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LIVES THERE WITH HIS BROTHER AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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BUT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
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HIDDEN BEHIND UNUSUALLY HIGH WALLS,
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THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTS, PERHAPS EVEN ANOTHER FAMILY
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LIVING ON THE TOP FLOOR OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.
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THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THE COMPOUND,
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OF COURSE, IN ABBOTTABAD,
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BUT THEY SUSPECT IT'S SOMEBODY QUITE SENIOR
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EITHER IN AL-QAEDA
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OR ONE OF THE OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
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Narrator: FINDING OUT WHO THAT MYSTERIOUS SENIOR PERSON IS
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WILL NOT BE EASY.
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Townsend: ABBOTTABAD WAS TEEMING WITH MILITARY OFFICIALS,
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LIKELY INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, SECURITY OFFICIALS
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TO PROTECT THE PAKISTANI MILITARY.
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SO IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.
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Narrator: IT'S SO DIFFICULT THAT AT FIRST,
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THE CIA IS FOCUSING THE EFFORT ON SURVEILLANCE FROM SPACE.
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Schmitt: YOU HAD SATELLITES PEERING DOWN NIGHT AND DAY,
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TRYING TO GET AN IMAGE OF WHOEVER WAS WORKING IN THERE.
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YOU HAD ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING EQUIPMENT
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THAT WAS TRYING TO PICK UP ANY SIGNALS,
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BE IT E-MAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, CELLPHONE CONVERSATIONS.
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AND YOU HAD THIS NEW, STEALTHY AIRCRAFT
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THAT WAS FLYING HIGH OVER PAKISTAN
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TRYING TO GET A GLIMPSE OF, AGAIN, WHO'S INSIDE.
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Narrator: AFTER WEEKS OF SATELLITE IMAGERY,
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U.S. INTELLIGENCE TEAMS MANAGE TO IDENTIFY
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A FIGURE WHO OCCASIONALLY TAKES WALKS AROUND THE COURTYARD
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BUT APPEARS TO NEVER LEAVE THE COMPOUND.
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THEY CALL HIM "THE PACER."
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THE PACER IS VERY TALL.
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BIN LADEN IS ABOUT 6'4.
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IT'S A TANTALIZING CLUE
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THAT MAY BRING THEM CLOSER TO TRACKING DOWN BIN LADEN.
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BUT ANY ATTEMPT TO CONFIRM THE PACER'S IDENTITY
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IS FRAUGHT WITH RISK.
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Narrator: ALMOST A DECADE AFTER 9/11,
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AFTER PORING THROUGH INTEL DATA
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AND TRACKING AN IMPORTANT AL-QAEDA COURIER,
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U.S. ANALYSTS THINK THEY MAY HAVE FOUND OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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SURVEILLANCE SHOWS THAT
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A MYSTERIOUS COMPOUND NOT FAR FROM PAKISTAN'S CAPITAL
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IS HOME TO WHAT SPECIAL OPS CALL AN H.V.T. --
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A HIGH-VALUE TARGET.
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THE MYSTERIOUS RESIDENT IS A TALL MAN WHO PACES UP AND DOWN
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BUT NEVER VENTURES OUTSIDE.
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TO TRY AND CONFIRM THEY HAVE THE RIGHT MAN,
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THE CIA ACTIVATES AGENTS ON THE GROUND.
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THEY HAD A SAFE HOUSE OVERLOOKING THE COMPOUND
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WHERE THEY HAD PAKISTANI AGENTS,
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PEOPLE SPYING FOR THE CIA,
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TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT THEY CALL A PATTERN OF LIFE.
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WHO GOES IN? WHO GOES OUT?
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HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE?
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WHO'S INTERACTING WITH THE COMPOUND?
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Narrator: THE AGENTS SOON REPORT ON
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THE UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF THE RESIDENTS.
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Dozier: THE HOUSE ITSELF HAD
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NO REAL CONNECTIONS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
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THERE WAS A SATELLITE DISH, BUT THERE WERE NO PHONE LINES.
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THERE WERE NO HARD WIRES
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BEYOND SOME ELECTRICITY WIRES GOING IN AND OUT.
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IT'S AS IF THESE PEOPLE WANTED TO LIVE OFF THE GRID.
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Panetta: MY FIRST REACTION
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WHEN THEY DESCRIBED THE COMPOUND IN ABBOTTABAD
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WAS THAT WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL.
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Narrator: NEIGHBORS SAY
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THE COMPOUND'S RESIDENTS KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
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OCCASIONALLY, THEY HAVE VISITORS.
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STRANGELY, THEY BURN THEIR TRASH.
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IN WASHINGTON,
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ANALYSTS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE
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WHO IS THE HIGH-VALUE TARGET IN THE COMPOUND.
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BUT IT'S DECIDED THERE'S ENOUGH TO BRIEF THE PRESIDENT.
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Schmitt: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOP
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COUNTERTERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
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GO TO HIM AND SAY, "LOOK, WE THINK WE MAY HAVE
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"THE LOCATION WHERE BIN LADEN IS RIGHT NOW.
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"WE CAN'T BE CERTAIN,
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BUT GIVEN ALL THE OTHER CLUES THAT WE HAVE..."
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OBAMA IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
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THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST SOLID LEAD THEY'VE HAD
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ON THE LOCATION OF BIN LADEN IN YEARS.
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Panetta: ONCE THE INTELLIGENCE REACHED A POINT
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WHERE THERE WAS AT LEAST
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A HIGHER CONFIDENCE LEVEL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY,
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THE NEXT QUESTION WE ASKED WAS WHAT SHOULD WE DO OPERATIONALLY?
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IS CALLED IN TO DISCUSS THE NEW LEAD.
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THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ON HIS MIND.
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Schmitt: "ARE THERE MILITARY OPTIONS?
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"WHAT ARE THE DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS?
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WHAT ARE THE POLITICAL OPTIONS HERE THAT I'M DEALING WITH?"
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AND, SO, HE AND HIS ADVISERS
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BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THOSE KIND OF OPTIONS,
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TASKING THE MILITARY AND THE CIA TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS
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OF HOW YOU DEAL WITH THIS, ASSUMING BIN LADEN'S THERE.
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Narrator: OFFICIALLY,
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THE SITUATION-ROOM MEETINGS DON'T EXIST.
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THE TOP SECRET IS SHARED ONLY WITH
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A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
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Schmitt: WHENEVER THEY HAD THESE MEETINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
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THEY WEREN'T EVEN PUT ON THE DAILY SCHEDULES
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THAT THE TOP NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS GET.
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IT WAS JUST A BLANK SPACE IN THEIR CALENDARS.
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Narrator: THERE'S DANGER THAT
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IF BIN LADEN IS AMONG THE COMPOUND'S RESIDENTS,
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HE MAY SLIP AWAY BEFORE A PLAN IS HATCHED.
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THERE MAY BE ESCAPE ROUTES OR TUNNELS
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LEADING OUT OF THE COMPOUND.
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THEY HAVE TO ACT FAST.
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CIA DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA
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WANTS TO MOVE THINGS TO THE NEXT STAGE.
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HE CALLS IN THE COMMANDER OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES,
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VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM McRAVEN.
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Dozier: BILL McRAVEN IS A BIT OF A LEGEND IN THE COMMUNITY
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FOR A BOOMING VOICE, A LOT OF CHARISMA.
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HIS GUYS LOVE HIM.
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Zinke: HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD-CHARGING,
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A GOOD, CLEAR THINKER,
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AND HAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THAT MODERN WARFARE CHANGES,
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AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS HAS TO BE FLEXIBLE.
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Narrator: McRAVEN OVERSEES JSOC,
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THE JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.
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HE WROTE THE BOOK ON BLACK OPS,
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AND HE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
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IN THE NEXT WEEKS, HIS TEAM WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
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IF THERE IS ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE TO GO AFTER THE TARGET.
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IF SO, WHAT KIND OF AN OPERATION IS FEASIBLE,
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AND WHICH IS THE BEST UNIT TO CARRY IT OUT?
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McRAVEN IS LOOKING AT WHAT OPERATIVES ON THE GROUND FOUND
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THROUGH SURVEILLANCE,
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SATELLITE IMAGERY,
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AND THE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTS.
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AFTER REVIEWING THE INTELLIGENCE,
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HE IS READY TO PRESENT THREE OPTIONS
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TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM.
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THE FIRST OPTION INVOLVES
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A MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN BY A B-2 BOMBER.
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THE ADVANTAGE TO THIS KIND OF CAMPAIGN --
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IT WOULD KILL ANYBODY IN THE COMPOUND.
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THE DOWN SIDE, OF COURSE,
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WAS YOU'D NEVER BE SURE BIN LADEN WAS EVER THERE.
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Narrator: ANOTHER OPTION IS A MORE SURGICAL DRONE STRIKE.
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THEY HAD PROVED EFFECTIVE AGAINST AL-QAEDA BEFORE.
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Dozier: A COUPLE OF THE SENIOR ADVISERS TO THE PRESIDENT
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WERE ALL FOR DROPPING A SMALL MUNITION, A MISSILE,
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ONTO THE COMPOUND.
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BUT OTHERS WERE ARGUING THAT
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THERE WERE A LOT OF CIVILIANS IN THE COMPOUND --
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WOMEN, CHILDREN.
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THAT WOULD PRODUCE MANY CASUALTIES.
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Narrator: AND A DRONE STRIKE WOULD STILL NOT GUARANTEE
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KNOWING IF THEY HAD ACTUALLY KILLED BIN LADEN OR NOT...
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...LEAVING JUST ONE OTHER OPTION.
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[ GUNFIRE ]
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Schmitt: TO ENSURE THAT YOU GET THE MAN THAT YOU'RE GOING AFTER,
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YOU SEND IN A COMMANDO TEAM.
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THIS HAS THE ADVANTAGE, OF COURSE,
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THAT YOU CAN HAVE EYES ON YOUR TARGET.
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YOU CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT HE'S KILLED OR CAPTURED.
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Narrator: THIS IS A JOB MADE FOR
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AN ELITE UNIT LIKE THE NAVY SEALS.
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Mann: WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GET IN THE OP FOR BIN LADEN,
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I MEAN, THEY WERE MORE THAN READY.
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THEY HAD MORE COMBAT EXPERIENCE NOW THAN ANY UNIT IN THE WORLD,
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AND THEY'D BEEN FIGHTING MORE THAN WE'VE EVER FOUGHT
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AS A COUNTRY.
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Dozier: THEY'VE BEEN DOING A DOZEN RAIDS A NIGHT
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NEXT DOOR IN AFGHANISTAN,
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AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
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SO, THEY HAD THE SKILLS.
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THEY WERE CLOSE BY.
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AND THEY'D BEEN HUNTING BIN LADEN FOR A DECADE.
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Narrator: BUT PLANNING AN OPERATION
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BASED ON LIMITED INTELLIGENCE IS RISKY.
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EVEN AFTER MONTHS OF CONCENTRATED EFFORTS,
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THERE'S NO CERTAINTY THAT BIN LADEN
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IS INDEED IN THE COMPOUND.
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RUSHING TO ACTION COULD NEEDLESSLY COST
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THE LIVES OF DOZENS OF U.S. TROOPS.
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Narrator: ALMOST A DECADE SINCE THE TRAIL WENT COLD,
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THE BIGGEST MANHUNT IN HISTORY IS COMING TO A BOIL.
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CIA ANALYSTS ZERO IN ON A COMPOUND IN PAKISTAN.
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THEY THINK OSAMA BIN LADEN IS THERE.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA IS FACING
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THE MOST MOMENTOUS DECISION OF HIS CAREER.
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HE NEEDS TO CHOOSE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION --
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BOMB THE COMPOUND FROM THE AIR,
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SEND IN A BLACK OPS UNIT,
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OR MAYBE WAIT UNTIL HE IS SURE BIN LADEN IS THERE.
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Schmitt: THE PRIORITY WAS TO ENSURE THAT
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YOU EITHER KILL OR CAPTURE OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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AND THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD DO THAT
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WAS TO SEND IN A COMMANDO TEAM TO DO THAT JOB.
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Narrator: AS THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS HIS OPTIONS,
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ONE U.S. SPECIAL OPS TEAM IS ORDERED TO START PREPARING.
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HAND-PICKED FOR THE JOB, THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST --
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THE NAVY'S TOP-SECRET COUNTERTERRORISM FORCE,
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SEAL TEAM SIX.
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Zinke: WELL, HISTORICALLY,
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PEOPLE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SEAL TEAM SIX.
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IS ALL A CLOSE-HELD SECRET.
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Narrator: INSIDE THE NAVY,
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THE UNIT IS ONLY KNOWN AS DEVGRU,
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SHORT FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
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YOU CAN'T REALLY TRAIN ALL THE OTHER TEAMS
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TO QUICKLY DEPLOY TO THE JUNGLE, QUICKLY DEPLOY TO THE DESERT
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OR THE ARCTIC OR AN URBAN.
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SO, YOU HAVE ONE TEAM MADE UP OF THE ELITE,
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WHO CAN DEPLOY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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AND THAT TEAM REALLY IS OUR NATION'S 911 WORLDWIDE CALL.
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Narrator: ONLY SEAL OPERATORS WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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ARE CONSIDERED FOR A JOB WITH THE TEAM.
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YOU HAVE A SCREEN TO BECOME PART OF SEAL TEAM SIX.
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THERE'S ADDITIONAL YEARS OF TRAINING, OF SCREENING,
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OF REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
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Narrator: McRAVEN KNOWS HE CAN RELY ON TEAM SIX.
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HE WAS ONCE A COMMANDER WITH THE UNIT
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AND HELPED SHAPE IT AS
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ONE OF THE BEST COUNTERTERRORISM FORCES IN THE WORLD.
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Zinke: I THINK THE THING THAT SEPARATES SEAL TEAM SIX FROM ALL OTHERS
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IS SEALS JUST DON'T QUIT.
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THEY'RE TRAINED NEVER, EVER QUIT.
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Narrator: OVER THE LAST DECADE, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES
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HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
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Zinke: THOUSANDS OF OPERATIONS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED.
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MANY OF THEM ARE NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE,
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BUT ALMOST ALL HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE
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ON THE DIRECTION OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
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Narrator: ONE OF THE FEW PUBLICLY KNOWN MISSIONS
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WAS THE RESCUE OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE MAERSK ALABAMA
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FROM SOMALI PIRATES WHO HIJACKED HIS BOAT
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NEAR THE HORN OF AFRICA IN 2009.
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Mann: THE HOSTAGES WERE RESCUED.
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THE SNIPERS, YOU KNOW,
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DID THEIR HIT ON THE SOMALI PIRATES.
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FOR EVERY ONE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT,
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THERE'S A HUNDRED SUCCESSES YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT.
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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Narrator: IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
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NIGHTLY RAIDS HAD BEEN PART OF THE SEALS' MISSION.
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THEY ARE READY FOR ACTION.
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THEY WERE GOING TO TRAIN AND TRAIN AND TRAIN
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AND BE READY IF THE PRESIDENT SAID,
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"GET ON THAT PLANE AND GET TO PAKISTAN."
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NOT ONE OF THEM BREATHED A WORD TO THEIR FAMILIES
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OR TO THEIR OTHER SEAL TEAMMATES AT SEAL TEAM SIX.
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Narrator: THERE'S ONE REAL CONCERN ABOUT KEEPING THE MISSION SECRET --
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SHOULD THE U.S. INVOLVE THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT?
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THERE ARE WORRIES ABOUT TRUST.
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Mudd: OVER TIME, WE SAW PROBLEMS
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WORKING WITH PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE --
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INFORMATION GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR, FOR EXAMPLE,
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WHEN WE WERE COOPERATING WITH THEM.
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Schmitt: TOO OFTEN, WHEN THEY GOT A TIP,
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IT TURNED OUT THAT
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AN HOUR BEFORE A RAID, FOR INSTANCE,
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MYSTERIOUSLY, THE TARGET OF THAT RAID WOULD DISAPPEAR.
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HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TIPPED OFF.
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Narrator: THE PRESIDENT DETERMINES THAT
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BRINGING THE PAKISTANIS IN ON THE PLAN
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COULD MEAN LOSING THE ONE CHANCE IN ALMOST A DECADE
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TO GET OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,913
BUT KEEPING THE PAKISTANIS IN THE DARK
432
00:22:28,913 --> 00:22:31,950
MAKES THIS RAID EVEN MORE RISKY.
433
00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:35,420
Mudd: THIS IS CROSSING A BORDER,
434
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:39,156
CROSSING A LARGE TERRITORY OF PAKISTAN,
435
00:22:39,156 --> 00:22:40,290
A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY,
436
00:22:40,290 --> 00:22:42,760
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL SECURITY SERVICES
437
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,129
WITH THE PROSPECT THAT LOCAL POLICE MIGHT GET ONTO YOU
438
00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:46,830
AND START SHOOTING YOU IN ABBOTTABAD.
439
00:22:46,830 --> 00:22:48,932
THE RISK FACTORS HERE WERE INCREDIBLE.
440
00:22:48,932 --> 00:22:52,737
Narrator: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A POTENTIAL DISASTER
441
00:22:52,737 --> 00:22:55,841
WEIGH HEAVY ON THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES.
442
00:22:58,609 --> 00:23:00,377
IN THE BACK OF EVERYONE'S MIND
443
00:23:00,377 --> 00:23:02,579
IS THE FAILED DESERT ONE OPERATION
444
00:23:02,579 --> 00:23:06,216
TO RESCUE HOSTAGES FROM IRAN IN 1980.
445
00:23:06,217 --> 00:23:08,353
EIGHT AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WERE KILLED
446
00:23:08,353 --> 00:23:12,657
WHEN THEIR HELICOPTERS COLLIDED ON THE WAY TO THE MISSION.
447
00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:17,696
IT WAS A CRUSHING BLOW FOR THE CARTER PRESIDENCY.
448
00:23:23,067 --> 00:23:25,970
AND SOME OF THOSE IN THE ROOM WITH OBAMA
449
00:23:25,970 --> 00:23:27,404
ARE STILL HAUNTED BY
450
00:23:27,404 --> 00:23:30,375
WHAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS "BLACK HAWK DOWN,"
451
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,978
A SPECIAL FORCES OPERATION CODE-NAMED "GOTHIC SERPENT"
452
00:23:33,978 --> 00:23:36,580
INTO SOMALIA IN 1993.
453
00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:39,683
MILITANTS SHOT DOWN TWO U.S. HELICOPTERS.
454
00:23:39,683 --> 00:23:43,553
AT THE END OF THE BATTLE, 18 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE DEAD,
455
00:23:43,554 --> 00:23:45,123
THEIR BODIES MUTILATED
456
00:23:45,123 --> 00:23:47,726
AND DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF MOGADISHU.
457
00:23:50,761 --> 00:23:52,629
Schmitt: THESE ARE HIS TOP ADVISERS --
458
00:23:52,630 --> 00:23:54,030
POLICE LIKE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN,
459
00:23:54,030 --> 00:23:56,100
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON,
460
00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,701
DEFENSE SECRETARY BOB GATES,
461
00:23:57,701 --> 00:24:00,070
CIA DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA.
462
00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:03,307
AND THEY'RE ALL GIVING THEIR ASSESSMENTS TO THE PRESIDENT.
463
00:24:03,307 --> 00:24:06,010
SOME ARE MORE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS THAN OTHERS.
464
00:24:06,010 --> 00:24:07,945
JOE BIDEN, FOR INSTANCE, IS A LITTLE MORE SKEPTICAL.
465
00:24:07,945 --> 00:24:11,182
GATES IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT SENDING IN GROUND TROOPS.
466
00:24:11,182 --> 00:24:12,983
HE'S THE ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM THIS GROUP
467
00:24:12,983 --> 00:24:15,285
WHO LIVED THROUGH DESERT ONE.
468
00:24:15,286 --> 00:24:17,454
OTHER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, HOWEVER,
469
00:24:17,454 --> 00:24:21,291
INCLUDING PANETTA, WERE MUCH MORE BULLISH.
470
00:24:21,291 --> 00:24:23,126
WHENEVER YOU'RE ADVISING THE PRESIDENT
471
00:24:23,126 --> 00:24:25,029
ABOUT A PARTICULAR OPERATION,
472
00:24:25,029 --> 00:24:28,098
IT'S HOW CERTAIN DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR TARGET'S THERE
473
00:24:28,098 --> 00:24:30,534
AND THAT YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
474
00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:32,970
TO SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE THAT MISSION
475
00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:35,839
VERSUS WHAT ARE THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES
476
00:24:35,839 --> 00:24:37,975
OR POTENTIAL POINTS OF FAILURE?
477
00:24:40,244 --> 00:24:42,245
Narrator: TO STACK THE ODDS IN HIS FAVOR,
478
00:24:42,246 --> 00:24:45,584
OBAMA ORDERS ADDITIONAL BACKUP.
479
00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:46,983
Dozier: THE PRESIDENT SAID,
480
00:24:46,983 --> 00:24:48,118
"I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
481
00:24:48,118 --> 00:24:50,087
PROTECT THESE GUYS AND GET THEM OUT."
482
00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:55,326
Narrator: THE PRESIDENT WANTS ANOTHER SEAL TEAM READY NEARBY
483
00:24:55,326 --> 00:24:58,261
AS A QUICK-REACTION FORCE.
484
00:24:58,261 --> 00:25:00,897
Schmitt: ONE THING THAT HE PERSONALLY WANTED TO SEE
485
00:25:00,897 --> 00:25:02,032
WAS THE OPTION TO
486
00:25:02,032 --> 00:25:04,301
FIGHT THEIR WAY OUT IF THEY HAD TO.
487
00:25:04,301 --> 00:25:05,769
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE PINNED DOWN.
488
00:25:05,769 --> 00:25:09,007
AND SO, THE MILITARY WENT BACK AND DEVISED SOME BACKUP PLANS
489
00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:11,541
THAT HAD ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS READY
490
00:25:11,541 --> 00:25:13,877
ON A CHANCE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
491
00:25:13,877 --> 00:25:16,114
[ GUNFIRE ]
492
00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:17,582
Narrator: EVEN NOW,
493
00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:19,483
THE PRESIDENT STILL HASN'T DECIDED
494
00:25:19,483 --> 00:25:21,919
WHETHER TO GREEN LIGHT THE OPERATION.
495
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,923
BUT MEMBERS OF SEAL TEAM SIX ARE SENT TO PREPARE
496
00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:28,358
IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NEVADA DESERT.
497
00:25:28,358 --> 00:25:30,828
AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE COMPOUND IS BUILT
498
00:25:30,828 --> 00:25:34,999
ESPECIALLY FOR THEM TO TRAIN FOR EVERY POTENTIAL SCENARIO.
499
00:25:34,999 --> 00:25:36,901
Zinke: YOU COULD HAVE LAND MINES,
500
00:25:36,901 --> 00:25:40,270
OR THE WHOLE BUILDING COULD BE A TRAP,
501
00:25:40,270 --> 00:25:42,906
AND THE MOMENT YOU GET IN THE COMPOUND, YOU KNOW,
502
00:25:42,906 --> 00:25:46,910
4,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES GETS DETONATED.
503
00:25:46,911 --> 00:25:50,382
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ENOUGH TO KILL THE ENTIRE FORCE.
504
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:53,750
THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BUNCH OF CONTINGENCIES
505
00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:55,252
THAT THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR
506
00:25:55,252 --> 00:25:57,855
AND THAT PLANS DON'T ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.
507
00:25:57,855 --> 00:25:58,923
WE HAVE A SAYING -- YOU KNOW,
508
00:25:58,923 --> 00:26:02,793
"PLAN YOUR DIVE AND DIVE YOUR PLAN."
509
00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:05,496
[ GUNFIRE ]
510
00:26:05,496 --> 00:26:07,832
Narrator: FROM THE INTELLIGENCE GATHERED,
511
00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:10,969
THE SEALS LEARN THAT BEHIND THE HIGH WALLS SECURING THE COMPOUND
512
00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:13,471
ARE AT LEAST TWO BUILDINGS.
513
00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:16,074
THE MYSTERIOUS RESIDENTS AND THE COURIER'S BROTHER
514
00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:18,409
SEEM TO BE IN THE MAIN ONE.
515
00:26:18,409 --> 00:26:22,914
THE SMALLER BUILDING HOUSES AL-KUWAITI AND HIS FAMILY.
516
00:26:24,515 --> 00:26:27,951
TO GET TO THEM, THE SEALS WOULD HAVE TO SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS.
517
00:26:27,951 --> 00:26:31,423
ONE WILL LAND IN THE COURTYARD AND SECURE THE PERIMETER,
518
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,391
AND THE OTHER WILL FAST-ROPE TO THE ROOF,
519
00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:35,627
TAKING THE RESIDENTS BY SURPRISE.
520
00:26:38,462 --> 00:26:40,831
Zinke: INTELLIGENCE WAS CRITICAL.
521
00:26:40,832 --> 00:26:44,167
OUR SATELLITE IMAGERY, OUR GROUND INTELLIGENCE --
522
00:26:44,167 --> 00:26:45,969
TO THE DEGREE WE COULD,
523
00:26:45,970 --> 00:26:50,039
WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF AT LEAST THE BATTLEFIELD
524
00:26:50,039 --> 00:26:52,076
EXTERIOR OF THE COMPOUND.
525
00:26:55,311 --> 00:26:57,147
Narrator: AS THE SEALS PREPARE,
526
00:26:57,147 --> 00:26:59,483
THE PRESIDENT CALLS IN MORE EXPERTS.
527
00:26:59,483 --> 00:27:01,885
HE WANTS FRESH EYES ON INTELLIGENCE --
528
00:27:01,885 --> 00:27:04,954
WHAT THE PROS CALL A RED-TEAM EXERCISE.
529
00:27:04,954 --> 00:27:06,624
SENIOR ANALYSTS ARE GIVEN
530
00:27:06,624 --> 00:27:09,594
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GATHERED ON THE CASE.
531
00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:10,827
THEIR JOB IS TO PROVIDE
532
00:27:10,827 --> 00:27:14,197
AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE.
533
00:27:14,198 --> 00:27:17,300
AFTER REVIEWING THE MATERIAL, THE RED TEAM CONCLUDES
534
00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:22,338
THE CHANCES BIN LADEN IS IN THE COMPOUND ARE ONLY 50-50.
535
00:27:22,338 --> 00:27:25,175
TO GET THE 50-50 IN ITSELF I THOUGHT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
536
00:27:25,175 --> 00:27:27,410
THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE LOW ODDS FOR VEGAS.
537
00:27:27,411 --> 00:27:29,012
FOR ME AS AN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL,
538
00:27:29,012 --> 00:27:30,014
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD ODDS.
539
00:27:35,185 --> 00:27:37,520
Narrator: IN THE LAST SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETING,
540
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,858
THE ROOM IS STILL DIVIDED ON THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION.
541
00:27:41,858 --> 00:27:43,560
Schmitt: AS THEY WENT AROUND THE TABLE,
542
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,429
EACH ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS
543
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:48,298
BASICALLY IS PREFACING HIS OR HER REMARKS
544
00:27:48,298 --> 00:27:50,500
BY SAYING, "MR. PRESIDENT, WE KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY
545
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,569
THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION YOU'RE GONNA MAKE."
546
00:27:52,569 --> 00:27:54,204
AND, OF COURSE, IT GOT TO BE A JOKE AS THEY WENT AROUND,
547
00:27:54,204 --> 00:27:56,807
'CAUSE THEY EACH ECHO EACH OTHER AS IF TO KIND OF SHIELD THEM
548
00:27:56,807 --> 00:27:59,576
FROM THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING TO MAKE THIS DECISION,
549
00:27:59,576 --> 00:28:01,479
KNOWING, OF COURSE, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
550
00:28:01,479 --> 00:28:04,949
WILL BE THE ONE WHO DECIDES WHETHER TO GO OR NOT.
551
00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:08,818
Mudd: I THINK MOST OF US WOULD HAVE SAID,
552
00:28:08,818 --> 00:28:10,520
"THE RISK HERE IS HUGE."
553
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,056
AND THE BEST WE COULD TO IS TO SAY,
554
00:28:12,056 --> 00:28:14,259
"BOSS, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A HUGE RISK."
555
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:16,227
THAT SAID, I THINK I WOULD HAVE SAID,
556
00:28:16,227 --> 00:28:17,929
"I'M NOT SURE IT'S GONNA GET ANY BETTER,
557
00:28:17,929 --> 00:28:19,798
AND NOW IT'S ON YOUR BACK."
558
00:28:22,199 --> 00:28:25,001
Narrator: IT'S THE ULTIMATE DECISION FOR THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
559
00:28:25,001 --> 00:28:28,239
IS HE WILLING TO RISK THE LIVES OF AMERICAN TROOPS
560
00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:31,075
BASED ON SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY?
561
00:28:31,075 --> 00:28:34,678
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HE NEEDS MORE TIME TO THINK,
562
00:28:34,678 --> 00:28:37,714
BUT DELAY CARRIES ITS OWN RISK.
563
00:28:37,714 --> 00:28:38,749
Townsend: WHAT HAPPENS IF
564
00:28:38,749 --> 00:28:41,051
YOU WAIT SO LONG TO HAVE IT BE PERFECT
565
00:28:41,051 --> 00:28:43,120
THAT YOU LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY?
566
00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:46,324
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
567
00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:48,858
THE PRESIDENT CALLS HIS TOP ADVISERS.
568
00:28:48,858 --> 00:28:50,861
HE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND.
569
00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:55,266
OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR IS A GO.
570
00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:56,767
Schmitt: IT WAS THE BEST INFORMATION
571
00:28:56,767 --> 00:28:58,469
THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS WAS BIN LADEN,
572
00:28:58,469 --> 00:29:00,503
AND THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE,
573
00:29:00,503 --> 00:29:02,973
THE OPPORTUNITY THEY'D BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR YEARS.
574
00:29:02,973 --> 00:29:04,375
AND THE RISKS WERE WORTH IT.
575
00:29:06,309 --> 00:29:08,778
Narrator: THE RAID IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT DAY,
576
00:29:08,778 --> 00:29:10,582
SATURDAY, APRIL 30th,
577
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,782
WITH SUNDAY, MAY 1st, AS AN ALTERNATIVE
578
00:29:12,782 --> 00:29:15,218
IF THE WEATHER IS BAD.
579
00:29:15,219 --> 00:29:18,823
AS THE SEALS PREPARE FOR THE OPERATION,
580
00:29:18,823 --> 00:29:23,493
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES WITH HIS PLANNED COMMITMENTS.
581
00:29:23,493 --> 00:29:25,295
THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER
582
00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:26,931
IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.
583
00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:30,034
THE PRESIDENT ALWAYS ATTENDS IT.
584
00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:32,369
Schmitt: THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT HERE IN WASHINGTON
585
00:29:32,369 --> 00:29:35,839
WHERE THE PRESIDENT SHOWS UP IN A BLACK TIE.
586
00:29:35,839 --> 00:29:37,073
HE'S USUALLY SUBJECT --
587
00:29:37,074 --> 00:29:38,910
YOU KNOW, HE'S EXPECTED TO GIVE A FUNNY SPEECH.
588
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:42,512
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
589
00:29:42,512 --> 00:29:45,249
Narrator: TO MAKE SURE THE OPERATION REMAINS A SECRET,
590
00:29:45,249 --> 00:29:48,519
EVERYONE HAS TO ACT AS IF IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.
591
00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:52,490
Dozier: THE WHITE HOUSE ADVISERS REALLY DEBATED
592
00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:54,692
"DO WE PRETEND THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SICK?"
593
00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:58,229
"DO WE WANT HIM MAKING JOKES FROM THE PODIUM --"
594
00:29:58,229 --> 00:30:00,663
WHICH IS THE POINT OF THAT PARTICULAR DINNER --
595
00:30:00,663 --> 00:30:03,535
"JUST AS THE RAIDERS ARE HITTING THE COMPOUND?"
596
00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,702
WHAT IF THE HELICOPTERS GO DOWN?
597
00:30:05,702 --> 00:30:08,038
WHAT IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER "BLACK HAWK DOWN" SITUATION
598
00:30:08,038 --> 00:30:11,075
WHERE YOU LOSE A WHOLE TEAM?
599
00:30:14,744 --> 00:30:16,146
Narrator: IN THE LAST MINUTE,
600
00:30:16,146 --> 00:30:19,149
FORECASTS FOR CLOUDY WEATHER DELAYS THE MISSION.
601
00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:20,651
SEAL TEAM SIX
602
00:30:20,651 --> 00:30:23,988
MUST WAIT ANOTHER DAY TO CARRY OUT THE PLAN.
603
00:30:40,770 --> 00:30:43,706
Narrator: 11:00 P.M. IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN.
604
00:30:43,707 --> 00:30:45,976
IT'S A MOONLESS NIGHT.
605
00:30:45,976 --> 00:30:49,145
24 HOURS LATER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED,
606
00:30:49,145 --> 00:30:52,983
TWO BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF FROM A U.S. AIR BASE.
607
00:30:55,986 --> 00:31:00,691
EACH IS CARRYING 12 MEMBERS OF NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX.
608
00:31:00,691 --> 00:31:02,859
THE OPERATION TO GET OSAMA BIN LADEN,
609
00:31:02,859 --> 00:31:05,027
CODE-NAMED NEPTUNE SPEAR,
610
00:31:05,028 --> 00:31:06,264
IS FINALLY UNDER WAY.
611
00:31:08,365 --> 00:31:10,434
Mann: "BOY, THIS IS A LITTLE HAIRY HERE.
612
00:31:10,434 --> 00:31:12,036
"OKAY, WE ARE FLYING INTO PAKISTAN.
613
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:13,971
YEAH, THIS IS A GO. THIS IS DEFINITELY A GO."
614
00:31:13,971 --> 00:31:16,807
AND THEN IT GETS MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR,
615
00:31:16,807 --> 00:31:18,643
AND EVERYBODY STARTS GETTING A LOT MORE SERIOUS.
616
00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:19,777
"WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING NOW.
617
00:31:19,777 --> 00:31:21,578
WE'RE GOING IN. IT'S GOING IN AT NIGHT."
618
00:31:23,247 --> 00:31:25,249
Narrator: ON THE TENSE FLIGHT TO ABBOTTABAD,
619
00:31:25,249 --> 00:31:28,719
THE TROOPS GO THROUGH LAST-MINUTE PREPARATIONS.
620
00:31:28,719 --> 00:31:29,787
Mann: AND THERE WILL BE
621
00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:31,488
A VERY DETAILED PATROL LEADER'S ORDER --
622
00:31:31,488 --> 00:31:33,458
TIME YOU'RE GOING IN, TIME YOU'RE COMING OUT,
623
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:34,791
WHAT GEAR YOU'RE GONNA TAKE,
624
00:31:34,791 --> 00:31:37,127
WHO'S GONNA BE SITTING WHERE IN THE HELOS.
625
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:41,531
Narrator: THESE SEALS WERE HAND-PICKED FOR THE MISSION
626
00:31:41,531 --> 00:31:44,234
BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIALTIES AND EXPERIENCE.
627
00:31:44,234 --> 00:31:48,004
IT'S THE OPERATION THEY'VE LONG BEEN WAITING FOR.
628
00:31:48,005 --> 00:31:52,042
Mann: THE AIR IS SO, SO THICK.
629
00:31:52,042 --> 00:31:54,110
PEOPLE ARE SAYING LAST-MINUTE PRAYERS
630
00:31:54,111 --> 00:31:56,047
AND THINKING ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES,
631
00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:58,015
AND MAKING SURE THEIR WEAPONS LOADED,
632
00:31:58,015 --> 00:31:59,215
DOING PRESS CHECKS,
633
00:31:59,215 --> 00:32:01,351
MAKING SURE THERE'S A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER,
634
00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:03,153
MAKING SURE ALL THE GEAR'S SECURED.
635
00:32:03,153 --> 00:32:05,589
GOING OVER THE LAST-MINUTE NOTES WITH THE BUDDIES,
636
00:32:05,589 --> 00:32:07,524
THINKING OF ALL THE DETAILS.
637
00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:13,596
Narrator: ALSO ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT --
638
00:32:13,596 --> 00:32:15,833
A TRANSLATOR AND A DOG NAMED CAIRO,
639
00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:18,269
MEMBER OF THE K-9 UNIT.
640
00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:21,070
Mann: IF ANTIPERSONNEL AND SNIFFING THINGS OUT --
641
00:32:21,070 --> 00:32:23,506
GO SEARCH SOMETHING FOR SMELL, LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY.
642
00:32:23,507 --> 00:32:27,444
Dozier: CAIRO WAS A VETERAN -- A VETERAN OF MANY RAIDS.
643
00:32:27,444 --> 00:32:30,013
HE'D ACTUALLY BEEN WOUNDED IN A PREVIOUS RAID
644
00:32:30,013 --> 00:32:32,482
AND HAD TAKEN SIX MONTHS OUT TO RECUPERATE.
645
00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:40,391
Narrator: THE SEALS ARE FLYING IN NEW STEALTH HELICOPTERS
646
00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:43,561
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS MISSION.
647
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,265
SEALS HAVE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT,
648
00:32:48,265 --> 00:32:50,535
AND EVERY YEAR, EVERY GENERATION,
649
00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:52,269
THE HELICOPTERS GET A LITTLE FASTER,
650
00:32:52,269 --> 00:32:55,439
A LITTLE LIGHTER, A LITTLE HARDER TO DETECT.
651
00:32:55,439 --> 00:32:58,842
Narrator: THE OPERATION PILOTS ARE THE NIGHT STALKERS,
652
00:32:58,842 --> 00:33:04,080
MEMBERS OF THE ARMY'S ELITE 160th SPECIAL AVIATION REGIMENT.
653
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,515
Magness: WE'RE CALLED "NIGHT STALKERS" FOR A REASON.
654
00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:07,417
WE TEND TO LIKE TO FLY AT NIGHT
655
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:09,920
TO GIVE US THE COVER OF DARKNESS.
656
00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:11,388
FLYING IN THE DARK
657
00:33:11,388 --> 00:33:13,423
IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN FLYING IN THE DAY.
658
00:33:13,423 --> 00:33:14,724
AND SOUND ACTS DIFFERENTLY.
659
00:33:14,724 --> 00:33:16,394
LIGHT OBVIOUSLY ACTS DIFFERENTLY.
660
00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:19,296
THE WHOLE MISSION IS PLANNED TO HIT THE TARGET
661
00:33:19,296 --> 00:33:22,767
FROM AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION AT AN UNEXPECTED TIME.
662
00:33:25,868 --> 00:33:27,971
Narrator: THE JOURNEY TO THE TARGET IN ABBOTTABAD
663
00:33:27,971 --> 00:33:29,706
TAKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES.
664
00:33:29,707 --> 00:33:31,174
THE TWO STEALTH HELICOPTERS
665
00:33:31,174 --> 00:33:35,779
MANAGE TO CROSS THE BORDER TO PAKISTAN UNDETECTED.
666
00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:39,482
Dozier: IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN,
667
00:33:39,482 --> 00:33:42,319
THEY WERE GONNA FAST-ROPE DOWN INTO THE OUTER COURTYARD.
668
00:33:45,888 --> 00:33:48,625
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 2 MINUTES TO LAND THESE GUYS,
669
00:33:48,625 --> 00:33:52,796
AND MAYBE 10 MINUTES IN ALL TO STORM BOTH BUILDINGS.
670
00:33:52,796 --> 00:33:55,432
Narrator: JUST AS HE'S HOVERING ABOVE THE COMPOUND
671
00:33:55,432 --> 00:33:57,367
PREPARING TO LAND...
672
00:33:57,367 --> 00:33:58,402
[ CLANKING ]
673
00:33:58,402 --> 00:34:02,472
...ONE OF PILOTS HITS SERIOUS TROUBLE.
674
00:34:02,472 --> 00:34:05,608
Dozier: THE AIR AS HOTTER THAN ANYONE HAD EXPECTED,
675
00:34:05,608 --> 00:34:11,014
AND THE HELICOPTER LOST CONTROL, 'CAUSE THE AIR WAS THINNER,
676
00:34:11,014 --> 00:34:13,116
AND THE HELICOPTER, THEREFORE, WAS HEAVIER
677
00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:15,719
AND STARTED FALLING A LITTLE BIT THROUGH SPACE,
678
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,922
SLIDING GREASILY BACK AND FORTH.
679
00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:23,960
Narrator: DRONES FLYING OVER THE COMPOUND
680
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,629
STREAM THE UNFOLDING DISASTER
681
00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:29,266
BACK TO VICE ADMIRAL McRAVEN IN JALALABAD,
682
00:34:29,266 --> 00:34:31,601
THE CIA HEADQUARTERS IN LANGLEY,
683
00:34:31,601 --> 00:34:34,237
AND THE SITUATION ROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
684
00:34:36,806 --> 00:34:37,807
Schmitt: YOU'RE ALL, LIKE,
685
00:34:37,807 --> 00:34:40,311
JAMMED IN A VERY SMALL KIND OF ROOM,
686
00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:42,680
LISTENING, WATCHING THE FEED.
687
00:34:44,947 --> 00:34:47,652
Dozier: ALL THEY COULD SEE IS THE HELICOPTER GOING DOWN
688
00:34:47,652 --> 00:34:52,490
AND THEN CRASHING AND WONDERING, HAVE WE JUST LOST THE MISSION?
689
00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:56,193
Narrator: WITH ONE HELICOPTER DOWN
690
00:34:56,193 --> 00:34:57,927
AND A LOSS OF THE SURPRISE ELEMENT,
691
00:34:57,927 --> 00:34:59,663
THE SEALS WILL HAVE TO QUICKLY
692
00:34:59,663 --> 00:35:01,766
ADAPT THEIR MISSION TO THE SITUATION.
693
00:35:20,516 --> 00:35:23,386
Narrator: THE SECRET RAID ON A COMPOUND IN PAKISTAN
694
00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:25,322
WHERE OSAMA BIN LADEN MAY BE HIDING
695
00:35:25,322 --> 00:35:27,791
ENCOUNTERS A SERIOUS COMPLICATION.
696
00:35:27,791 --> 00:35:30,827
ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS CARRYING A NAVY SEAL BLACK OPS UNIT
697
00:35:30,827 --> 00:35:31,929
CRASH-LANDS.
698
00:35:33,864 --> 00:35:37,534
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS TEAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW,
699
00:35:37,534 --> 00:35:40,369
AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE U.S. MISSION TO GET BIN LADEN
700
00:35:40,369 --> 00:35:42,306
IS COMPROMISED.
701
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:43,773
Dozier: YOUR HEART'S IN YOUR THROAT.
702
00:35:43,773 --> 00:35:45,875
YOU DON'T KNOW AT ANY MOMENT
703
00:35:45,876 --> 00:35:49,378
IF THE PAKISTANIS ARE GOING TO COME RUSHING IN.
704
00:35:49,378 --> 00:35:51,348
YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA HEAR
705
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:53,416
THAT THE WHOLE MISSION HAS BEEN LOST.
706
00:35:53,416 --> 00:35:55,552
Narrator: THE WHITE HOUSE ADVISERS
707
00:35:55,552 --> 00:35:58,387
ARE DESPERATE TO HEAR IF THE SEALS SURVIVED THE CRASH.
708
00:35:58,387 --> 00:36:00,824
Dozier: AN EXTREMELY TENSE MOMENT
709
00:36:00,824 --> 00:36:03,927
UNTIL THEY HEARD FROM McRAVEN,
710
00:36:03,927 --> 00:36:05,728
"NOPE, THE GUYS ARE OUT.
711
00:36:05,728 --> 00:36:07,497
"THE GUYS ARE GOOD.
712
00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,599
"AND WE'RE PREPARED FOR THIS.
713
00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:10,867
WE'RE MODIFYING THE PLAN."
714
00:36:12,568 --> 00:36:17,708
WHEN ADMIRAL McRAVEN INDICATED A KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
715
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:18,742
"THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM.
716
00:36:18,742 --> 00:36:20,744
THESE GUYS ARE GONNA DO THE JOB,"
717
00:36:20,744 --> 00:36:23,313
IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE.
718
00:36:23,313 --> 00:36:25,849
Narrator: IN ABBOTTABAD,
719
00:36:25,849 --> 00:36:29,286
THE PILOT BURIES THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER IN THE GROUND.
720
00:36:29,286 --> 00:36:30,753
Magness: IF FAILURE'S NOT AN OPTION,
721
00:36:30,753 --> 00:36:33,257
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION.
722
00:36:33,257 --> 00:36:37,595
Narrator: THE SEALS IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATE PLAN "B."
723
00:36:39,061 --> 00:36:42,565
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, YOU'RE NOT GONNA OVERREACT.
724
00:36:42,565 --> 00:36:43,833
YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST,
725
00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:46,403
AND YOU CAN GET THROUGH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
726
00:36:48,237 --> 00:36:50,206
Narrator: THEY QUICKLY ORGANIZE THEMSELVES
727
00:36:50,206 --> 00:36:52,042
TO STORM THE COMPOUND FROM THE GROUND.
728
00:36:53,811 --> 00:36:55,311
Mann: THE FIRST THING THE GUYS HAVE TO DO
729
00:36:55,311 --> 00:36:58,181
IS GET A FULL HEAD COUNT, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S THERE.
730
00:36:58,181 --> 00:37:01,384
Narrator: BUT THE CRASH HAS CAUSED NOISE.
731
00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:03,920
THE TOWN'S AWAKE, AND SO THEY'RE THINKING,
732
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,355
"ANY MINUTE NOW WE CAN BE RUN DOWN WITH,
733
00:37:06,356 --> 00:37:08,326
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ENEMY FORCES COMING AT US."
734
00:37:14,864 --> 00:37:17,567
Narrator: FEARING THEY'VE LOST THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE,
735
00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:20,905
THEY KNOW EVERY SECOND IS NOW CRITICAL.
736
00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:24,307
AND ONCE YOU'RE AT THE DOOR, THE DOOR'S GOT TO BE BREACHED.
737
00:37:24,307 --> 00:37:25,307
[ GUNSHOT ]
738
00:37:25,307 --> 00:37:26,610
AS SOON AS THE DOOR'S BREACHED,
739
00:37:26,610 --> 00:37:28,878
PEOPLE ARE IN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.
740
00:37:28,878 --> 00:37:31,514
AND THEN YOU MAKE MOVEMENT.
741
00:37:31,514 --> 00:37:34,016
Narrator: THE SEALS MAKE IT TO THE COURTYARD.
742
00:37:34,016 --> 00:37:35,852
NOW THEY MUST GET TO THE MAIN BUILDING
743
00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:38,422
WHERE THEY THINK BIN LADEN MAY BE.
744
00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:41,358
[ GLASS SHATTERS ] [ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
745
00:37:41,358 --> 00:37:43,193
THERE WERE THESE KNOTS OF CHILDREN
746
00:37:43,193 --> 00:37:47,364
WHO WERE TRYING TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT,
747
00:37:47,364 --> 00:37:49,365
TRYING TO AVOID GETTING HIT,
748
00:37:49,365 --> 00:37:51,802
AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO RUN.
749
00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:53,437
[ CHILD CRYING ]
750
00:37:55,105 --> 00:37:58,175
Narrator: THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS IN THE COMPOUND
751
00:37:58,175 --> 00:38:00,177
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ARMED.
752
00:38:04,780 --> 00:38:06,583
Mann: AND THEY'RE JUST MOVING, MOVING,
753
00:38:06,583 --> 00:38:08,851
GOING THROUGH DANGER AREAS, MOVING, MOVING, MOVING,
754
00:38:08,851 --> 00:38:10,353
CHECKING STAIRWAYS,
755
00:38:10,353 --> 00:38:11,989
CLEARING SO PEOPLE CAN GO UP STAIRWAYS.
756
00:38:16,626 --> 00:38:18,228
[ GUNSHOTS ]
757
00:38:19,797 --> 00:38:22,132
Narrator: WHEN SOMEONE OPENS FIRE, THEY ENGAGE.
758
00:38:30,706 --> 00:38:32,108
UGH!
759
00:38:35,278 --> 00:38:37,380
WITH STILL NO SIGN OF BIN LADEN,
760
00:38:37,380 --> 00:38:40,049
THE SEALS MOVE TO CLEAR THE NEXT BUILDING.
761
00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:42,786
THEY FIND THAT MOST ENTRANCES AND PATHWAYS
762
00:38:42,786 --> 00:38:44,987
ARE BARRICADED OR BLOCKED.
763
00:38:44,987 --> 00:38:47,323
Mann: TAKE OUT A CLOSED DOOR.
764
00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:48,759
THEY KNOW TO GET SECURITY ON IT.
765
00:38:48,759 --> 00:38:50,226
PEOPLE BLAST THROUGH THE DOOR.
766
00:38:54,764 --> 00:38:56,732
Narrator: FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS IN LANGLEY,
767
00:38:56,733 --> 00:38:59,036
CIA DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA
768
00:38:59,036 --> 00:39:00,905
IS NARRATING THE ACTION FOR THE PRESIDENT.
769
00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:03,306
Panetta: WE HAD HEARD THAT SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED.
770
00:39:03,306 --> 00:39:06,876
WE REALLY WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
771
00:39:06,876 --> 00:39:11,014
IT WAS A GOOD 15 OR 20 MINUTES OF SILENCE
772
00:39:11,014 --> 00:39:13,416
IN THE SENSE OF WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING ON.
773
00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,990
Narrator: THEY'RE INSIDE THE MAIN BUILDING.
774
00:39:22,726 --> 00:39:24,862
THE YOUNG MAN THEY JUST SHOT
775
00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,465
MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF BIN LADEN'S SON.
776
00:39:29,431 --> 00:39:33,736
THEY ADVANCE UP THE STAIRS LEADING TO THE TOP FLOOR.
777
00:39:33,737 --> 00:39:37,173
OSAMA BIN LADEN POKES HIS HEAD AROUND THE DOORWAY.
778
00:39:39,108 --> 00:39:41,311
ONE OF THE FIRST SEALS IN THE LINE
779
00:39:41,311 --> 00:39:42,913
KNOWS THAT'S BIN LADEN.
780
00:39:42,913 --> 00:39:45,715
Narrator: THE OPERATIONAL SIGNAL FOR SIGHTING THEIR TARGET
781
00:39:45,715 --> 00:39:48,684
IS SENT TO THE COMMAND -- GERONIMO.
782
00:39:48,684 --> 00:39:54,123
THE SIGNALS WERE SET OUT BY ALPHABET -- A, B, C, D.
783
00:39:54,123 --> 00:39:57,126
"G" WAS SECURING OSAMA BIN LADEN.
784
00:39:57,126 --> 00:39:58,561
"G" FOR GERONIMO.
785
00:40:02,699 --> 00:40:05,234
[ GUNSHOTS ]
786
00:40:05,235 --> 00:40:07,070
Narrator: THEY GUN DOWN BIN LADEN
787
00:40:07,070 --> 00:40:09,672
WITH A SIGNATURE DOUBLE TAP --
788
00:40:09,672 --> 00:40:14,610
ONE SHOT TO THE CHEST, AND ONE TO THE HEAD.
789
00:40:14,610 --> 00:40:19,382
IN THE SITUATION ROOM, IT WAS "WE GOT HIM...WE THINK.
790
00:40:19,382 --> 00:40:21,151
"WAIT. MAYBE?
791
00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:22,753
WE HOPE."
792
00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:26,222
THOSE WERE VERY LONG AND TORTUROUS MOMENTS,
793
00:40:26,222 --> 00:40:29,126
WAITING FOR THE WORD.
794
00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:31,394
[ WOMAN SHRIEKING ]
795
00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:31,394
Narrator: THE SEALS MOVE IN
796
00:40:31,394 --> 00:40:34,431
TO CONFIRM THEY GOT THE RIGHT MAN.
797
00:40:34,431 --> 00:40:36,900
A MESSAGE IS SENT BACK.
798
00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:40,704
"E.K.I.A." -- ENEMY KILLED IN ACTION.
799
00:40:40,704 --> 00:40:42,806
[ SHRIEKING CONTINUES ]
800
00:40:42,806 --> 00:40:46,108
ONE OF THEM PUSHES BIN LADEN'S WIDOWS OUT OF THE WAY.
801
00:40:46,108 --> 00:40:49,411
HE HAS TO ASSUME THEY MAY BE WEARING SUICIDE VESTS.
802
00:40:49,411 --> 00:40:52,115
ONE OF THE WOMEN IS BLEEDING FROM GUNFIRE RICOCHETS.
803
00:40:53,949 --> 00:40:56,418
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
804
00:40:56,418 --> 00:40:59,489
THEY COLLECT DNA SAMPLES.
805
00:40:59,489 --> 00:41:02,058
Dozier: THE SEALS STARTED EVIDENCE COLLECTION,
806
00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:04,893
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF BIN LADEN'S FACE
807
00:41:04,893 --> 00:41:06,429
AND SENDING THOSE BACK
808
00:41:06,429 --> 00:41:08,998
SO THAT TWO WAITING TEAMS IN THE CIA
809
00:41:08,998 --> 00:41:11,201
WHO WERE FACIAL RECOGNITION EXPERTS --
810
00:41:11,201 --> 00:41:14,338
MEASURING THE LENGTH OF THE NOSE, THE LENGTH OF THE JAW.
811
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:21,445
Narrator: THE OPERATION IS NOT COMPLETE.
812
00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:24,614
BIN LADEN WAS RUNNING AL-QAEDA FROM THE COMPOUND.
813
00:41:24,614 --> 00:41:26,582
THE EVIDENCE HE LEFT BEHIND
814
00:41:26,583 --> 00:41:30,152
COULD BE USED TO PREVENT FUTURE ATTACKS.
815
00:41:30,152 --> 00:41:32,554
IT TOOK THEM 19 MINUTES TO GET TO BIN LADEN,
816
00:41:32,554 --> 00:41:34,156
AND THEN IN THE REST OF THE TIME,
817
00:41:34,157 --> 00:41:36,659
THEY WERE GOING FROM ROOM TO ROOM,
818
00:41:36,659 --> 00:41:41,565
LOOKING FOR COMPUTERS, CELLPHONES, DOCUMENTS,
819
00:41:41,565 --> 00:41:43,000
ANYTHING THAT MIGHT TELL THEM
820
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,068
WHAT BIN LADEN HAD BEEN DOING THERE FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS
821
00:41:46,068 --> 00:41:47,269
AND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
822
00:41:47,269 --> 00:41:49,306
LEAD THEM TO OTHER PARTS OF THE NETWORK.
823
00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:52,775
Narrator: BUT EVERY MINUTE THEY SPEND GATHERING MATERIAL
824
00:41:52,775 --> 00:41:56,379
PUTS THE TEAMS AT GREATER RISK.
825
00:41:56,380 --> 00:41:59,650
ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS POSITIONED NEARBY
826
00:41:59,650 --> 00:42:02,853
MAKES ITS WAY TO THE COMPOUND TO ASSIST IN EVACUATING THEM.
827
00:42:04,588 --> 00:42:06,356
Magness: WE HAVE EVERYBODY.
828
00:42:06,356 --> 00:42:08,359
WE HAVE THE AIRCRAFT THAT WE'RE EXITING ON THE RIGHT ROUTE.
829
00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:13,963
Narrator: BEFORE TAKING OFF,
830
00:42:13,963 --> 00:42:17,067
ONE TEAM BLOWS UP THE CRASHED HELICOPTER,
831
00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:20,503
MAKING SURE ITS CLASSIFIED DESIGN FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGY
832
00:42:20,503 --> 00:42:23,407
WILL NOT FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
833
00:42:29,646 --> 00:42:31,315
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS,
834
00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:34,518
THE SEAL TEAMS FINALLY MAKE IT BACK TO JALALABAD.
835
00:42:36,219 --> 00:42:38,554
BEFORE BEING TAKEN AWAY,
836
00:42:38,554 --> 00:42:42,859
AL-QAEDA'S LEADER IS IDENTIFIED WITH ALMOST 100% CERTAINTY.
837
00:42:44,827 --> 00:42:49,498
HOURS LATER, HIS BODY WILL ARRIVE AT THE USS CARL VINSON,
838
00:42:49,498 --> 00:42:52,802
AND BIN LADEN WILL BE GIVEN A BURIAL AT SEA.
839
00:42:56,438 --> 00:42:57,773
THE WHITE HOUSE TEAM
840
00:42:57,773 --> 00:43:00,543
IS GETTING READY TO ANNOUNCE THE NEWS TO THE WORLD.
841
00:43:00,543 --> 00:43:04,681
AMERICA'S NUMBER-ONE MOST WANTED TERRORIST IS DEAD.
842
00:43:04,681 --> 00:43:09,585
Dozier: WHEN THE HELICOPTERS GOT BACK OVER THE BORDER INTO AFGHANISTAN
843
00:43:09,585 --> 00:43:13,122
AND IT DAWNED ON THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE SITUATION ROOM
844
00:43:13,123 --> 00:43:16,393
AND THE TOP CIA OFFICIALS THAT, THEY'VE DONE IT.
845
00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:18,293
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT BIN LADEN.
846
00:43:18,293 --> 00:43:21,730
AND ALL THE SEALS AND ALL THE TEAMS SUPPORTING THEM
847
00:43:21,731 --> 00:43:22,932
IS SAFELY OUT.
848
00:43:22,932 --> 00:43:24,166
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE
849
00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:26,269
QUIETLY STARTED POPPING THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES.
850
00:43:32,608 --> 00:43:34,376
GOOD EVENING.
851
00:43:34,376 --> 00:43:38,614
TONIGHT I CAN REPORT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO THE WORLD
852
00:43:38,614 --> 00:43:41,483
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDUCTED AN OPERATION
853
00:43:41,483 --> 00:43:45,688
THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE LEADER OF AL-QAEDA,
854
00:43:45,688 --> 00:43:49,158
AND A TERRORIST WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER
855
00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:52,762
OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
856
00:43:52,762 --> 00:43:53,996
[ CHEERING ]
857
00:43:53,996 --> 00:43:56,165
[ Chanting ] USA! USA!
858
00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:01,871
Narrator: WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA GOES
859
00:44:01,871 --> 00:44:04,140
TO CONGRATULATE THE SEALS WHO TOOK PART IN THE MISSION
860
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:05,574
A FEW DAYS LATER,
861
00:44:05,574 --> 00:44:08,678
THE QUESTION OF THE IDENTITY OF THE SEAL WHO SHOT BIN LADEN
862
00:44:08,679 --> 00:44:10,447
COMES UP.
863
00:44:10,447 --> 00:44:14,050
THEY COLLECTIVELY ANSWER, "WE ALL DID, SIR."
864
00:44:16,152 --> 00:44:17,686
THE TEAM THEN HANDS THE PRESIDENT
865
00:44:17,686 --> 00:44:20,956
AN AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN INSCRIPTION SAYING,
866
00:44:20,956 --> 00:44:25,161
"OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR, MAY 1, 2011,
867
00:44:25,161 --> 00:44:29,633
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY, GERONIMO."
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