MOVIE · 2012
The Hunt for Bin Laden
Documentary92 min
Using interviews with the intelligence and military figures at the center of the operation, this documentary traces the two-decade hunt for Osama bin Laden. It follows the surveillance, counter-terror strategy, and interagency work behind one of the largest manhunts undertaken by the United States, from Al-Qaeda’s rise to the final effort to confirm bin Laden’s whereabouts in Pakistan. The focus stays on the people involved in the search, detailing how scattered leads, intelligence analysis, and military planning gradually narrowed the target.
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