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The plan to kill Osama bin Laden—from the spycraft to the assault to its bizarre political backdrop—as told by the people in the room

Posted by nukeman
Tags: osama bin laden, politics, terrorism, white house, barack obama, usa, afghanistan, history.military, intelligence services, author.garrett m graff, source.politico, long read
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/30/osama-bin-laden-death-white-house-oral-history-484793

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Title
'I'd Never Been Involved in Anything as Secret as This'
Published
Apr 30 2021
Word count
16 894 words

2 comments

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    nukeman
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    Meta: Just a heads up @cfabbro and @deimos, the word count is wayyyy under what it actually is.

    Meta: Just a heads up @cfabbro and @deimos, the word count is wayyyy under what it actually is.

    4 votes
    1. Deimos
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      Thanks, changed it from about 300 to almost 17,000. The method I used to get that was a little sloppy, so it's probably not correct, but definitely a lot closer.

      Thanks, changed it from about 300 to almost 17,000. The method I used to get that was a little sloppy, so it's probably not correct, but definitely a lot closer.

      5 votes