(Many Radio and Telephone Transmissions from 9/11)
(radio) United 93....
we can't breathe
is this real world? or exercise?
(flight attendant) ... in the cockpit, can anybody get up into the cockpit?
a plane's chrashed into the World Trade Center
(new broadcast) That a plane crashed into the World Trade Center One
(distraught woman on cell phone) I love you.....
(man screaming and sound of second tower being hit)
(woman on phone) are they going to be able to get somebody up here?
(911 operator) they're on the way up ma'am
there's no one here yet and the floor is completely engulfed!
we're on the floor and everybody can't breathe
I'm gonna die, aren't I?
(911 operator) ... no, no, no, no, no... - I think I'm gonna die
I'm dying
ma'am .... stay calm, stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.....
you are doing a good job ma'am, you're doing a good job
it's so hot.... I'm burning up....
(911 operator) can anyone hear me?
oh my God...
(Ammar al-Baluchi passed money and material to the 9/11 hijackers, he's the cousin of one, and his uncle is Kahlid Sheik Mohhamed - KSM, the 9/11 planner)
(CIA agent Dan) I own you Ammar...
you belong to me....
look at me...
you don't look at me when I talk to you, I hurt you!
you step off this mat, I hurt you!
if you lie to me , I gonna hurt you! ... now...
... now, look at me!
look at me, Ammar!
come on...
-nobody talks to him -roger that
we gonna board these windows up or what?
(CIA agent 'Maya' has been working on finding Osama Bin Laden - UBL since 1999)
just off the plane from Washington
hmm, rockin your best suit for your first interrogation
and you get this guy
- it's not always this intense - I'm fine
just so you know
it's gonna take a while, he has to learn how helpless he is
come one, let's get a coffee
no, we should go back in.
you know, there's no shame if you wanna watch from the monitor
all right....
you might wanna put this on
you're not wearing one
is he ever getting out?
Never
let's go
right now
all this is about, simply
is you coming to terms with your situation
it's you and me, bro
I want you to understand that I know you
that I've been studying and following you for a very long time
I could have had you killed in Karachi
but I didn't, I let you live so that you and I.... could talk
then you beat me when my hands are tied
so I won't talk to you
well, life isn't always fair my friend
did you really think
that when we got you I'd be a nice fucking guy?
you are a midlevel guy, you are a garbage man!
in the corporation
why should I respect you, huh?
why!
and you're a money man
paper boy
a disgrace to humanity
you and your uncle murdered 3,000 innocent people
yeah
I have your name
on a $5,000 transfer via Western Union to a 9/11 hijacker (Nawaf al-Hazmi who piloted AA 77 into the Pentagon)
and you got popped
with a 150 kilograms of high explosives
in your house!
and then you dare question me?
come on man, I'm fuckin with ya
I don't wanna talk about 9/11 yet
what I would focus on
is the Saudi group
that there
is Hazamu Al Kashniri
and I know this dude is up to some serious shit, what I want from you
is his Saudi email
Ammar, bro.... I know that you know this dude
just give me his email and I'll give you a blanket
I will give you a blanket and some solid food
I know
that you know him
I've told you before, I won't talk to you
have it your way.... let's go
come on
when you lie to me
I hurt you
(waterboarding is one of 10 EIT's, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, used by the CIA from 2002 until 2009)
(screaming)
grab me the bucket
now?
come on, grab the bucket
put some water in it
come on, let's go
come on, give it to me
Hazamu was a friend of Ramzi Yusef, you guys met in Iran back in the 90's
(screams) I don't know!
fuck you!
gimmie the emails of the rest of the Saudi group
give me ONE email and I will stop this
who is in the Saudi group?
and what's the target?
where was the last time you saw Bin Laden?!!
where was the last time you saw Bin Laden?!! Huh?
you know when you lie to me, I hurt you
this is what defeat looks like, bro.
your Jihad is over
get him up
try to understand the concept here
ok, I have time, you don't
I have other things to do but you don't
It's cool, that your strong and I respect it, I do
but in the end, everybody breaks, bro
it's biology
(after 9/11, Pakistan, who had been cut off from US foreign aid since...)
(1990 because of it's nuclear weapons program, instantly became a major ally in the...)
(War on Terror and has since received $14 Billion in aid and forgiven debt through 2012)
(Pakistan has been designated a major NATO ally and has arrested about 600 Al Qaeda members)
can you open the trunk ma'am?
it's clear
how'd it go the other night?
it was good, I mean, the local cops need a little tactical help, but
He's tier fucking one baby, that's your money maker right there
- and this is the guy that's KSM's nephew? - yeah
- what's his issue? - he's being a dick
if he's trying to outsmart you, why don't you tell him about your PhD?
yeah, no, but I am going to have to turn up the heat on this asshole
he needs to give up the Saudi group now
he's gotta have that, give him the friendly time
he's tight with his uncle, he's got his prints all over 9/11 money
he's got it in his head he needs some scolding
all right
good
Bill, she's good to go, get her the right one tomorrow
was I lying or what?
ah, Maya, this is Joseph Bradley our illustrious station chief
Joe and I did Iraq together
- it's nice to meet you - you too, sir
How's your flight?
fine
and she's been having a great time since she got here, isn't that right?
good, and how do you like Pakistan so far?
it's kinda fucked up
volunteered for this didn't you?
no!
third floor, Northeast corner
you don't think she's a little young for the hard stuff?
- Washington says she's a killer - mmmm
children's crusade, huh?
well they want to put the next generation in the field
listen, I've got a meeting with ISI in 20 minutes
they're slow rolling us with al Houri, you might want to bitch about that
(Maya's home for the next 8 years)
did I tell you this? uh, this dude
in Malaysia tells his Malaysia patient that
his nephew works for a guy
- who knows a guy - ah, here we go
hold on, he goes to a big feast, in Bangkok
about a year ago
guest of honor? Osama... Bin Laden
I said: was Tupac there?
this is worth 5 million bucks
you know we're gonna have to chase it down
exactly
hey that's me man, no job too small
that's why I have a gift for you my friend
everyone, meet Maya, Maya, everyone
please don't ask her how it's going with Amarr because she's not going to fucking tell you
Amarr's witholding
Washington asseses Abu Faraj is officially man number 3
yeah he's the best man for it
ah yeah the London station is already asking if he's contacting anybody in the UK
- like we're just keeping it from them? - no
the Jordainians are being really helpful with Amarr's transit papers
any imminent threats in here?
ummm one Consulate, Marriott some security
and they've got Maj Khan talking about uh gas stations in the US
tonight's a conversation
honestly there's 600 questions in there
I'd do Heathrow, the Saudis
doesn't matter what Farahd thinks about Heathrow
How much latitude does he get to pick the target?
I think he'll give up the Saudis but Heathrow's gonna be tough
anyway, ahhh
anything from last night?
thinks they have a bearing on the Arabs who escaped
they're meeting with ISI this afternoon, hopefully set up a raid down there
great!
and Lahora reporting ISI was painfully slow last night, again
yeah
they're beginning to think it's not incompetence
OK, agree, I spoke to the chief about that
yeah
anything on Bin Laden?
a farmer on the Afghan border near Tora Bora, reports a diamond shaped pattern
in the hills a tall man in the center of the diamond flanked by four guards
consistent with UBL's movements
that's supposed to be his royal guard
no, that's pre 9/11 behaviour
we have no reason to believe he's changed security tactics
we invaded Afghanistan, that's a reason...
hey boss, I've got a guy for 5000 bucks
he can set up a taxi stand, snoop around a bit
nope
don't need him, sorry the diamond stand is bullshit
ah, see if the PAKs will send someone to talk to the farmer
anything else?
no?
all right, let's put some runs on the board against Faraj
OK, talk to the case officers as you see fit to make it today
and.. thank them
Tora Bora? yeah?
- uh huh - good
(the Fajr or dawn call to prayer)
(very loud thrash metal rock music)
(sleep deprivation is another of the approved 10 EIT's)
(music stops... silence)
(forcing the subject to stand or remain in an erect position for many hours through tying is use of the 'stress positions' EIT)
(the goal of stress positions is to force the subject to use one or two muscle groups for a very long time)
here ya go
here we go
ahhh, let's just a
take it easy today, huh?
ya hungry?
food in here sucks so I got you some of this
good, huh?
Richard Ried
ah, man I was thinking about him
how he gets a bomb in a shoe on a plane
unfuckingbelievable
you know him, don't you?
past
I'm glad you said that
anyhow, I got an email from you to him
we were on your comms for years, bro
don't worry
who else was in your Saudi group?
I just handed out some cash for them
I didn't know the guys were....
when you lie to me...
(speaks quietyly) I hurt you.
(whisper) please....
(repeating the 'hurt you' phrase continually puts severe psychological pressure on the subject to expect pain)
I believe you
I do, I believe you
all right
do you want the water again?
or do you want something else?
water
please
just give me a name
I don't
I don't know! I don't know!
come on, let's go
bring him up
here we go
you see how this works?
you don't mind if my female colleage there checks out your junk there, do you?
no? good.
dude, did you shit your pants?
you stay here, I'll be back
(humiliation through being exposed nude, especially to women, was used extensively against Muslim men)
your friend is a man in
please
help me
please
you can help yourself by being truthful
this is a dog collar
NO!... NO!
come on, there ya go...
there ya go
you determine how I treat you
(being treated like a dog is also very humiliating to fundamentalist Muslims... well everyone of course)
huh? come on
I got you
huh?
come on
you're my dog, I gotta walk you
what the fuck do you think is going on, Ammar?
Walid has already told me that you know
hmm?
here we go, yeah we're almost there
here we go
there we go
this box here?
this box sucks
I'm gonna put you in it
(confinement in small spaces is also an EIT)
when is the attack?
(mumbles)
what?
Sunday
Sunday where? whoa whoa whoa Sunday where?
Sunday this Sunday or next Sunday?
where?
(mumbles)
what?
Jesus, come on Ammar, is it Sunday or Monday?
partial information will be treated as a lie, come on, let's go
come on, which day is it?
partial information and you go in the box, huh?
parial information is treated as a lie!
- in the box you go, huh? - (Ammar screaming) Saturday!
- in the box you go - Sunday!
Monday!
Tuesday!
- there we go? - Friday!
all right, let's go, come on
hang on hang on
(Ammar quietly) Monday
shhhhh
thursday
come on, which day is it?
tuesday
which day?
- come on, which day? - thursday
(whispering) friday
(tv announcer) ... attack against westerners and foreigners
when you look at the breakup of casualities you can see...
that non-Muslims were killed and so were Americans
don't worry about Saudi's, they'll take care of business
yeah, now...
you warned them, they didn't take you seiously, this is what happens, it's not on you
well who said that, huh? Zahid? fuck him
this is on me, Ammar is on me...
- and it's on her - no no no no
- we cannot, cannot let this.... - you had what, days? an unresponsive ally?
the way you do this
is look ahead: London, Heathrow, mass casualties
that plan is still active
Ammar doesn't have a clue about what happened
oh, he knows
how?
oh, you really have to be careful with people in KSM's circle, they're devious
it's not like we are talking about attacks on the Homeland
he's gonna withold operational details on the KSM network and probably Bin Laden
but he's been in complete isolation
he doesn't know we failed, we could tell him anything
what, bluff him?
he hasn't slept yet, he's clueless
you don't remember, do you?
short term memory loss is a side effect of sleep deprivation
so it should come back to you
I don't know
how can I remember?
after we kept you awake for 96 hours
you...
gave us the names of some of your brothers
and you helped save the lives of a lot if innocent people
which is the smart thing to do, you are starting to think for yourself
come on, eat up man
some hummus
tabouleh
don't know what that is, some figs
you earned it
so, ah, you flew via Amman to Kabul, yeah?
hang out with your uncle
"Maktar"
how did you know that?
told you man, I know you
all right you got me, you did, you got me, heh
flight manifests
it must be pretty fucked up for you guys after 9/11
what'd you do, umm
what'd you do after the invasion?
before you went back to Pesh?
after 9/11 we had to choose
fight to protect our turf or run
and you chose to fight, yeah?
we wanted to kill Americans
yeah
we tried to get into Tora Bora, but
the bombing was too high, we couldn't cross
I'm sorry, who's the 'we' in that sentence?
me, and some other guys who were hanging around at that time
you know, I can always go and eat with some other dude...
hang you back up to the ceiling...
Hamza Rabya
Habib Al Masri
and Abu Ahmed
who is Abu Ahmed? I've heard of the other guys
he was a computer guy with us at the time
after Tora Bora
I went
back to Pesh as you know
then he went North I think, to Hanur
to Honur
what's his family name?
Abu Ahmed Al Kuwati
Abu Ahmed means father of Achmed, it's kunya
Ammar, I know the difference between a war name and an Arabic name
she got ya there, dude
I swear to you both, I don't know his family name
I would have never asked him something like that
it's not how it worked
I know
my uncle told me he worked for Bin Laden
I did see him once
about a year ago in Karachi
he had a sort of letter from the sheik
a letter?
what'd it say?
cigarette?
it said "come to me with jihad...
...the work will go on for a hundred years"
you and I are gonna talk about some of the guys in training camps, yeah?
OK
some of these brothers have done some bad things
what I want to do is seperate them
from the people like you
definitely, yeah
all right, a guy called Abu Ahmed
from Kuwait
yes, I remember him
a nice guy
how close was he? what was his relationship to the leadership?
I don't know
did he eat with you guys, the good guys, or did he eat with the leadership?
I don't know sir, I have no idea about it
it's something you don't need an idea about
when you met Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
was this one of the facilitators?
is this Abu Ahmed?
yes
KSM? Your boss?
Mukhtar
Mukhtar Potato, you say potato. I say fuckin KSM, you say Mukhtar.
After Mukhtar was captured, what did Abu Ahmed then do?
I think he went to work for the sheik.
name.
Abu Ahmed
- say it again? - Abu Ahmed
Abu Ahmed Abu Ahmed
Abu Ahmed
- How's the needle in the haystack? - Fine
Facilitators come and go, one thing you can count on in life, is that everyone wants money.
You're assuming that Al Qaeda members are motivated by financial rewards
- They're radicals. - correct
You are assuming that greed won't override ideology in some of the weaker members.
money for walk ins worked great in the Cold War, I'll give you that
Thank you.
He says he looks at Abu Ahmed.
Who did he work for?
He was mostly with Al Faraj.
- They were always together. - What did he do for Faraj?
He carried messages from Faraj to Bin Laden and from Bin Laden back to Faraj.
We need to ask him something to see if he is telling the truth.
We don't know if he really knew Faraj
He just told me the names of all of Faraj's children
I think he's telling the truth.
20 detainees recognize that photo of Abu Ahmed.
They say he is part of a inner circle of guys that was hanging out in Afghanistan pre 9/11.
A lot say that after 9/11 he went to work for KSM
When KSM was captured he to work for Abu Faraj
Primarily as a courier from Faraj to Bin Laden.
well, that's good but you still don't...
yeah but we don't know if Abu was on the outside of the network.
a series of cutouts and dead drops, or if he has a direct connection to Bin Laden.
I mean, does Bin Laden invite him into the living room and hand him a letter dierectly, or
or is Abu just the last guy in a long line of couriers and that's why everybody knows him
That's not all you don't know. You don't have his real name and you don't have a clue of where he is...
yes, but we know that he is important.
the fact that everybody has heard of Abu Ahmed, but nobody will tell me where he is...
- suggests that - Maybe.
detainees can withold his location for any number of reasons
perhaps they don't know, perhaps this 'Abu' is actually a cover story and
he's really a fuckin unicorn
the withholding doesn't reveal what you want it to, does it?
No.
And if you did find him, you do not know that he'd be with Bin Laden.
- But we do not know what we do not know. - What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
it's a tautology....
listen, not one single detainee has said that he's been located with big guy
I say that he just delivers messages, am I wrong?
- no - no
it's still good work
Let me know when you get some actual intelligence
Preferably something that leads to a strike
(the 7/7 suicide bombings of mass transit in London killed 52 people and injured 700, and were perpetrated by 4 native UK members of Al Qaeda)
(new announcer) this is what remains of the number 10 bus
which was travelling through Tavistock Square near Houston Station.
There'd been explosions near Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations too
Dozens of the survivors were critically injured.
But many of the wounded were also keen to share their stories
(injured man) We pulled out Edgeway Road.
and next thing I know there was a large flash of light.
I felt a burning sensation on my hands. I put my hands up to my face.
I was on the floor by that point
Yes, we couldn't do anything, when a noise or a bang.
Northern Line, one of the busiest parts of the capital has now been suspended
as just a few yards down the road here they continue to care for the injured
and all around, groups of Londoners are standing on corners asking themselves:
what has happened here, and who could possibly have done this
Come on.
You too. Come on.
you agency guys are twisted
the detainee's ready
Come on... whoa whoa whoa whoa
I want you to understand that I know you.
I've been following you and studying you for a long time.
I chased you in Lahore.
I had you picked up instead of killing you because you are not a violent man
and you don't deserve to die.
Thank you. (this is Hassan Ghul)
but you do have deep ties to Al Queda I want to ask you about
before you get sent to your next location which might be Israel
however, depending on how candid you are here today...
I may be able to keep you in Pakistan.
What do you want to know?
I'm going to ask you a series of question based on your knowledge of Al Qaeda.
And your position as chief financier for the organization.
I've been condemned by Muhammad.
I have no wish to be tortured again, ask me a question, I will answer it.
What can you tell me about Atiya Abdul Rahman?
He works for Zawahiri.
He's in charge of military tactics.
in what context have you ever heard the name Abu Ahmed?
He works for and Faraj and Bin Laden.
He is his most trusted courier.
- Why makes you say that? - He brought me many messages from the sheik.
Where did you see him last seen and where is he now?
- You'll never find him. - Why is that?
Even I couldn't find him, He always contacted me out of the blue
He is one of the disappeared ones (Hassan is still in prison in Pakistan as of 2013)
(Abu Faraj al-Libbi took over the #3 spot in Al Qaeda after KSM's capture)
(he was the primary planner of the 2006 Transatlantic bombing plot)
(when he was captured, some of the Pakistani ISI agents were actually wearing burqas)
you're in luck, I got you a one on one with Faraj.
- seriously? Thank... - don't you thank me until you hear what I want for it
I want you to take care of all of this, before your favorite subject
deal
Don't you want to see what's in the folder?
You want family ties, financial networks, media sources, disgruntled employees..
imminent threats, homeland plots foreign sales, health status..
financial resources, tradecraft recruiting tactics, anything else?
No, I think that covers it
What they say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu Tang could be dangerous.
What do you like to be called? Faraj, Fareej, Buzzy?
come on what do you like? you like a bit of, you guys like the Bob Marley? the Reggae?
kick back, take it easy after you're blowing some shit up?
huh?
No?
got some Libyan music you like?
you did the UK bombings right?
well, you're the second number three I've captured and I got KSM
Can I be honest with you?
I'm bad fuckin news
I'm not your friend.
I'm not gonna help you
I'm gonna break you
Any questions?
no?
You haven't eaten for 18 hours we need to keep your energy up
you hungry?
A lot of brothers told us, Abu Ahmed is Bin Laden's courier...
and that he worked very closely with you.
You are thinking of Abu Khalid.
- Who? - Al-Baluchi. My courier for the Sheik.
OK
So you're telling me: all the other brothers are wrong?
And there is some famous Baluchi guy working for you and Bin Laden...
- that I've never even heard of - Why should you have heard of him?
What does this Baluchi guy look like?
Tall. Long white beard.
Thin. He uses a cane.
kinda like Gandalf
Who?
When did you last time you saw him?
A month ago.
In Karachi... But I don't know where he is now.
Sometimes I wouldn't even see him
he would just tell me, where to leave the nessages
you are not being fulsome in your replies
You can not force me to tell you something I don't know.
You do realize this is not an normal prison?
You determine how you're treated.
And your life is going to be very uncomfortable until you give me the information I need
Where exactly is Abu Ahmed living at the moment?
(muffled screams)
Faraj is completely denying knowing Abu Ahmed
and that's using every measure we have
well, either he's gonna keep witholding or he's
gonna die from the presssure you're putting on him
hey, you wanna take a run at him?
No.
no?
no
Since when, no?
you know I was meaning to tell you, I'm getting out of here
- you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine, I'm just...
you know, I've just seen too many guys naked.
It's gotta be over a fucking hundred at this point
I need to go and do something normal for a while
Like what?
In Washington.
do the dance, see how the environment works
(Maya laughs)
you should come with me.
Yeah, be my number two you're looking a little strung out youraelf
I'm not gonna find Abu Ahmed from DC.
They killed my monkies
some bullshit about escaping, you fuckin believe that?
Sorry, Dan.
look, Maya, you gotta be real careful with the detainees now
OK, politics are changing, and you don't wanna be the last one holding the dog collar
as the Oversight Committee comes.
- I know. - Yeah?
and watch your back when you get back to Pakistan. Everyone knows you there now.
Sorry. Fucking checkpoints
- Maya? - yep?
we're socializing, be social
OK......
Look, I know Abu Akhmed is your baby...
but it's time to cut the umbilical cord.
- No, it's not. - so Faraj let's up on you
it happens. There are still cells in London and
Spain who are planning the next round of attacks
I can work on it at the same time
plus I think it's good thing he lied
No. Not at the expense of protecting the homeland, you can't
Wait a minute. Why is it a good thing?
You sound like Bradley, he doesn't believe in my lead either
It's good thing...
because the fact that Faraj held back on Abu Ahmed is very revealing.
the only other thing Faraj lied about, was the location of Bin Laden himself
That means Faraj thinks Abu Ahmed is just
as important to protect as Bin Laden
- That confirms my lead. - or it's confirmation bias
We're just worried about you, okay? Is that OK to say?
I mean, look how run down you are
- Where's Jack? - Probably stuck at some checkpoint somewhere.
you two hooked up yet?
Hello, I work with him. I'm not that girl that fucks, it's unbecoming.
so, a little fooling around wouldn't hurt you
- So no boyfriend? - uh uh
you have friends at all?
That's Jack. That's good.
hey
that's ok
(huge explosion)
Come on.
Go. Come on over here.
(news announcer) the blast left a crater 10 meters, or 30 feet wide in front of the hotel
police tell CNN the driver of the truck bomb tried
to talk his way past the hotel's steel security gate
when armed guards said no, police said
the driver detonated over 2000 pounds of explosives
the Marriott, one of the most popular destinations for locals
and Westerners in Islamabad.... now destroyed.
- The Jord's have a mole. - What?
He made this video to prove his bona fides
shut up!
Hammam Khalil al-Balawi, he is a Jordanian doctor.
He's right there in the inner circle
I don't buy it. Didn't you tell me yourself nobody turns on Al Qaeda?
The Jord's haved worked him for years. Dinners, money, they convinced him...
it's his patriotic duty to turn on Al Qaeda
- and get rich doing it - Yeah, so the Jordans say
Yeah, you're right.
we can't rely on this or the Jords
we've gotta evaluate him face to face
he may not be that smart, he may be full of shit, but we have to talk to him and find out
the key is to meet him, so we can figure out for ourselves what he can actually do
he really asked for a dialisys machine?
maybe we can fill the damn thing with poison.
He wants us to go to him.
the meeting with Balawi's off he can't come to Islamabad.
- can't or won't? - He's not gonna travel
Security Risk.
(President Obama on TV) I've said repeatedly that America doesn't torture
and I'm going to make sure we don't torture. those are part and parcel
of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world
(announcer) can you give us some sense of when you might start...
he'll meet us in Meydan Sjahr with the tribals
He knows you are white, you'll get kidnapped there
Can we do it somewhere else?
Germany or the UK
He's got a green passport.
he's not gonna travel out of Al Qeada territory
And you're not going to him
I'm not, believe me
We're stuck
what about Camp Chapman.... Afghanistan
that can be safe territory
this may be going overboard, but I baked him a cake
Muslims don't celebrate with cake.
ah, don't be so literal everyone likes cake.
It's not too late for you to come you know it'll be fun.
No, I don't want to be a strap hanger
It's your show you were the first to see the potential in this.
oh, come on! we've got lots of wine.....
cool, bring me back a bottle
I will do....
not to get technical
But this guy is actually the first big break we've had since 9/11.
to big breaks, and the little people who make them happen
So far everything he said we cross checked and it's proved legit
And I think the money is persuasive
25 Million dollars.
that buy's a new life.
You think he might be exaggerating his access?
possibly
But Al Qaeda needs doctors, and they are short staffed
that would explain his rise
in six months to a year...
if he doesn't fuck up
he could be called in to treat Bin Laden
At that moment, with 25 mill on the table, I think he gives up the big man
And if he doesn't, we kill him.
- John - yeah
when he arrives, let me set the tone, then I flip it to you
and you can talk about asset protection
- roger that - uh, Lauren
I know you want to get some questions in there but give Balawi a little time...
after John speaks, we will cover the basics
have a little birthday cake, and then we'll get into the nitty gritty
Is that order OK? Or do you want to introduce everyone?
I'll introduce you, you introduce your team. He knows this is a high-level meeting
quick question, will this be taking place inside our main building?
right, and uh Lauren, Washington want realtime updates...
So please, stay on top of that
Be concise, the director's in the loop
and I wouldn't be surprised
if he doesn't update the President
Yeah, I'm on it.
now, I just gotta get his ass down here...
Why are there gateguards there?
we talked about this, no one is supposed to be there when my source arrives
you might have spooked him already
well procedures only work if we follow them every time
well, this is different, I can't explain, but it's for a good cause
look, I'm responsible for everybody's safety. It's not just about you
I just need them to go away for a minute, you can search him as soon as he gets here
All stations.
This is Whiplash, go ahead and stand down
copy that
Thank you.
Okay, he's coming.
we're gonna search him when he gets here
sure
OK, let's go...
Is he supposed to limp like that?
get your hands out of your pocket
hey!
Allah hu akbar
- Hey! - Get your hands out of your pockets!
Now!
- Allah hu akbar - Take you hands...
(echoing explosion)
(the Camp Chapman attack was the 2nd most deadly attack in CIA history)
(killing 7 CIA operatives and a member of Jordan's GID and injuring 6 others)
(news announcer) The CIA says seven of his employees are killed and six others...
wounded in a suicide bombing in a base in Afghanistan.
It was one of the deadliest attacks in CIA history
the Associated Press has learned that the chief of the CIA's...
post in the province is among the victims, former officials say she was the mother of 3...
Are you okay?
- uh
I uh, didn't think this day could get any worse
But, uh....
bad news the Saudi intelligence
The courier guy, Abu Ahmed, is dead.
It's a detainee video.
Is he dead?
In Afghanistan. 2001. I buried him with my own hands
- he dead? - Afghanistan, 2001.
where was this?
- (on tape) Kabul? - I don't believe this. I don't believe this.
Sorry, Maya... I always liked this lead
Sorry, I just got here.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna smoke everybody involved in this Op
And then I'm gonna kill Bin Laden
Right.
I want to make something absolutely clear.
If you thought there was some...
secret cell somewhere...
working Al Qeada
well, I want you to know that you're wrong
This is it.
there's no working group... coming to the rescue
There's nobody else hidden away on some other floor.
there is just us...
and we are failing!
We're spending billions of dollars
People are dying.
we are still no closer to defeating our enemy
They attacked us...
on land, in '98
By sea in 2000, and from the air...
in two thousand and one
They murdered 3,000 of our citizens
in cold blood....
and they have slaughtered our forward deployed
and what the fuck have we done about it, huh!?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
we have twenty leadership names...
we've only eliminated four of them
I want.... targets...
Do your fuckin jobs, bring me people to kill
Hi... I painstakingly combed thorugh everything in the system and found this.
it's him...
He was one of the ten names on a watch list sent to us by the Moroccans after 9/11.
Ibrahim Sayeed
They told us to watch out for him, apparently they think his whole
family and extended family is bad and has ties to KSM...
he was picked up for fake papers and a doctored exit visa leaving Afghanistan
traveling through Morocco en route to Kuwait...
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
This must be Abu Ahmed.
doesn't matter, I wish I had that five years ago.
How come you never saw it before?
nobody saw it most likely
There was a lot of white noise after 9/11.
Countries wanting to help out, We got a million tips, and...
you know, things got lost in the shuffle
Human Error.
anyway, I thought you should know about it
I just want to say, I've heard a lot about you.
You've inspired me to come to Pakistan.
Maybe you'd let me buy you a kebab sometime...
don't eat out
it's too dangerous
- yeah - Dan, Debby found Abu Ahmed
- uh, Really? - yeah, he's been in the files the whole time
The family name is Sayeed.
- Okay, but he's ah, he's dead so doesn't that make him a little less interesting to you?
He may not be, we know that Abu Ahmedis one of eight brothers.
All brothers in the famiy look alike, hree of them went to Afghanistan.
Isn't it possible that when the three eldest brothers grew beards
in Afghanistan they started to look alike?
I think the one calling himself Abu Ahmed calls still alive.
The picture we've been using is wrong.
it's of his older brother, Habib.
He's the one that's dead.
OK, and what are you basing this on?
we have no intercepts about Abu Ahmed dying
We just have a detainee, who said he had buried a guy who looked like Abu Ahmed.
But if someone as important as Abu Ahmed had died,
they'd be talking about it online, in chatrooms all over the place
plus, the detainees said that Habib died in 2001
we know that Abu Ahmed was alive then tyrying to get into Tora Bora with Ammar.
That means it's probably one of the other brothers that's dead.
In other words, you want it to be true.
Yes, I fucking want it to be true!
whoa whoa whoa whoa, calm down... calm down
I am calm.
State your request.
Move heaven and earth...
and bring me this fucking Sayeed family's phone number
Okay, I'll go talk to the Wolf.
(Islamic prayer)
(knocking at door)
Salaam Allakum
Allakum Salaam
I need a couple hundred thousand bucks.
Four max
Where you gonna get that?
from you
- You think so? - Yeah.
This could crack open the facilitator Maya's been looking for by giving us a phone number
She's your killer wolf you put her in the field
come on (Arabic saying)
Alla rewards those that strive and fight over those who sit behind a desk.
As you know, Abu Ghraib and Gitmo and fucked us.
The detainee program is now flypaper, we got Senators jumping out of our asses
And the director is very concerned...
they will not stop, until they have a body.
I ran it
I'll defend it.
done
(dance music and DJ)
I tell you what, It's good to be back in Kuwait.
It's good to see you again, huh it's been a while
I need a favor.
Why ask me for something?
Because we're friends.
You say we are friends.
How come you only call when you need help?
But when I need something, you are too busy to pick up the phone
I don't think we are friends.
all right, fair enough
How about a V-10 Lamborghini?
how's that for friendship?
poor fucker had to get out of bed.
hey
- Salaam Allakum, thank you very much, I appreciate it - Allakum Saalam
(whistles)
all right!
- Is this a Balboni? - yeah
Asjemenou.
It's nice, really nice...what are you thinkin?
Huh? Maybe a convertible? get a little wind in the hair?
huh, pu the top down?
- I think I'll choose this one. - could you give us a minute?
That's a nice choice friend. speed yellow. Go big or go home, huh?
nice choice
Sayeed.
- Who is it? - Who do you think?
Guy's a terrorist. His mother lives here.
I just need her phone number
There will be no repercussions in Kuwait.
somebody might die at some point in Pakistan.
we got a deal?
(Arabic)
hey Jack
Sayeed finally called in progress but you're not gonna like this.
The ground branch guys are dragging their heels, there's no team deployed right now
fuck!
he hasn't said anything incriminating,, but he's at the Rawal call center in Rawalpindi
hey!
Why haven't you deployed a team to stay in Rawalpindi?
for one things, it's dangerous.
for another, the area is too congested for us to be effective without some predictive intelligence.
yeah, but that's why you should forward deploy so you can shorten the response time
it still wouldn't work. - Why?
the guy never stays on the phone long enough
you haven't tried
- Look, I don't have the personell - That's bullshit, man.
Yeah? as it is, my guys don't get any sleep tracking the threats through Pakistan
Right, I understand. But I don't really care if your guys get sleep or not
This guy you're obsessed with.
- What's his name again. - Abu Ahmed Al Kuwati Saddam Tekur.
his true name, we think, is Ibrahim Sayeed.
family lives in Kuwait, we've been listening in pn their calls.
wasn't it...
eight brothers and a million cousins that we know about?
- Anyone could be calling home. - I know.
I mean, it's not like he's saying "Hey Mom, it's me, the terrorist"
Yeah, I know, but, look, over the course of two months...
He's called from six different pay phones from two different cities
never using the same phone twice.
and when his mother asked where he was, he lied
He said that he was in a place in the country with bad cell reception...
implying that he was in the tribals
when in fact, he was in a market in Peshawar.
I'm sorry but that is not normal guy behavior, that's tradecraft
or maybe, he just doesn't like his Mom
look, if he talks about an operation, or
refers to something even remotely fishy, I'll get on it
- OK? - No, no, not okay, look.
Abu Ahmed, is too smart to tip his hand by talking about ops on the phone
He works for Bin Laden....
the guys that talk about ops on the phone don't get that job
a lot of my friends have died trying to do this
I believe I was spared so I could finish the job.
(news announcer) it is in surveillance video and pictures like this of the explosives laden vehicle
just moments before it was parked...
as police hope to find the man who wanted so badly last night
to leave a body count in Times Square.
There are some people around the world that find our freedom so threatening that...
they are willing to kill themselves and others, to prevent us from enjoying it, but we're not
I really need to talk to you about beefing up our surveillance operation on the caller
We don't have a surviellance operation on the caller
Someone just tried to blow up Times Square and you're talking about some facilitator
that some detainee said seven years ago might have been working with Al Qaeda?
He's the key to Bin Laden.
I don't fucking care about Bin Laden. I care about the next attack.
you're gonna start working on the American Al Qaeda cells. Protect the homeland.
Bin Laden is the one who keeps telling them to attack the homeland
If it wasn't for him, Al Qaedawould still be focused on overseas targets
If you really want to protect the homeland, you need to get Bin Laden.
this guy never met Bin Laden.
This guy's a freelancer working off the fucking internet.
Nobody's even talked to Bin Laden in four years, he's out of the game
He may well even be dead, he might as well be fucking dead, but you know what you're doing...
you're chasing a ghost while the whole fucking network grows all around you.
You just want me to nail some low level molapackadola so you can
check that box on your résumé that says while you were in Pakistan...
You got a real terrorist
But the truth is, you don't understand Pakistan and you don't know Al Qaeda
either give me the team I need, to follow this lead or the other thing you're gonna have on your resume...
is being the first station chief to be called before a Congressional committee
for subverting the efforts to capture or kill Bin Laden
You're fucking out of your mind
I need 4 techs and a safe house in Rawalpindi
4 techs and a safe house in Peshawar.
either send them out, or send me back to DC and explain to the Director why you didn't
I was looking for you. But more importantly, he's been looking for you.
Yesterday your caller bought himself a cell phone
And every time his phone rings...
this phone will ring
Did I hook you up? Did I?
my guess is that he lives close to where he's making the calls
And itmake sense he'd be living in Rawalpindi, because there's an Al Jazeera office there
It'd be convenient for him to drop the tapes off
if he messaging either from Bin Laden...
or to an intermediary. So, when he wants to make a call, he leaves the house...
walks a few blocks, then switches on the phone
we need to keep canvassing the neighborhood until we find him.
We got a shooter.
We're blocked.
Let me talk to them
(conversation in foreign language)
They said whites faces do not belong here.
If they don't move, shoot them
is it on?
He east of us. Try the market.
We got a signal on Tipo road for ten minutes
then he went to Omar road for five minutes, No Gaza Road.
Daja Aba, that's in the Omar Road area.
In Rawalpindi...
Heather Road, Rumi Road...
he went to the Convoi Road which is near the hospital, all right....
So that's Hedar, Rumi Road, Sayeed, no Gaza...
Timer, he made a call from Hepa Street...
That's the Spice district. Lahore Street, which is also in Pesh. 30 Minutes.
why's he on Bag Road, five...
Nishtarabad, five...
Thunder Road, five minutes...
the Grand Trunk Road, 45 seconds.
There's no pattern, sometimes he calls every two weeks, sometimes it's every three
There's no consistency. I can't predict when the guy's gonna make another call because the guy 's erratic
(news announcer) Meanwhile confirms our chief foriegn correspondent, Richard Engel...
the CIA's top spy in Pakistan
has been pulled out of there, he's been receiving death threats
after being publicly named in a lawsuit by the family...
of a victim, a U.S. drone attack
Richard Engel quotes a senior intelligence official
who says the officer is returning to the U.S...
after the decision was made that the terrorist threat against him...
in Pakistan were of such a serious nature, it would not be smart not to act.
ISI has fucked you.
I'm so sorry, Joseph.
He's on tower three. Five.
signal getting stronger. 10, 15, keep going. 20, 15...
10, the signal's getting weaker.
We lost him. No signal
heading south.
He's up at five again, 15...
20, he moving fast. He's in a vehicle. Weaker now. He shifted
go back to five. He close by here somewhere
I don't get it
(laughs) He's driving in circles.
- No change? - No.
now let's hope he comes back around
Okay, 15...
20, 30...
40, 50...
We are within ten meters of him
back to 40
He's here somewhere.
Look at the cars. Look at the cars. He's in a vehicle.
That guy with the phone, in the white car.
you see him?
- Is that him? - could be
- You got it? - got him.
Okay, breaking off
The guy you've been looking for
geo located
on his cell phone
in his white car.
Thank you.
If you're right
the whole world's gonna want in on this
So you gotta stick to your guns now
Okay, no it's great to speak to you too
I'm amazed you're still here.
I can do... Let me take a look, ummm
why don't we say 1:30
Yeah, can you just hold the line, please?
I need a picket line along the GT highway and then spaced at intervals along the road and at every exit
Maya, I know.
So you agree with me now.... this is important.
No, I've just learned from my predecessor...
that life is better when I don't disagree with you
Our current hypothesis is that he lives somewhere along the highway.
In one of the towns or in a medium sized city called Abbottabad.
Or up near Kashmir.
Kashmir's interesting because it is a way station for the tribals.
Abbottabad is interesting because we know from detainee reporting
that Abu Faraj stayed there briefly in 2003.
The good news is he's driving a white SUV.
SUVs are actually pretty rare in Pakistan.
If he was driving a sedan or a compact we'd be fucked
obviously this assumes he doesn't change vehicles
- Good morning. - Good morning.
any American in Pakistan is a target.
They do not necessarily know I'm CIA.
doesn't matter. You're on a list.
yeah
And you of all people should know that once you're on their list...
you never get off
Next time there might not be bulletproof glass to save you
We'll keep up on the surviellance as best we can
- The high-res version, can you get closer than that? - I can pre process the image
- even more? - OK that's good, thank you.
I'll take that, thank you very much
- Take that there - you got it
clean that audio as well, just take the lower end out
hey
all right, so tell me how I'm doing so far
basically we got a guy who rolled with Ahmed and did services for him
we lost him for seven years, now we find him again and
boy does he have a really nice house
is that it?
pretty much
all right
lets go talk to the boss
oh, ah... you should sit back there
- sorry - no
so they're gonna ask
if Bin Laden is at the end of this rainbow
is the PAK military with him?
the question isn't "are the PAKs protecting Bin Laden?"
the question is "would he allow himself to be protected by the PAKs?"
I mean, why would he trust them?
They tried to kil Musharraf
(Leon Panetta, unusually a career politician, was Director of the CIA in 2011)
(after the killing of Bin Laden, the Senate confirmed him as Secretary of Defense by a vote of 100-0)
- Hello - sir
all right, go ahead
so a little context here
if you take a right out of Islamabad
drive about 45 minutes North, you'll find yourelf here, in Abbottabad
now it's mostly a middle class community, some ex military
not particularly interesting to us
except we did find this compound, which is unique
we got a 16 foot wall around the entire perimeter, the windows are blacked out
there's even a 7 foot privacy wall here, so
even if we got up high, we couldn't get a vantage point
I mean it's.. it's a fortress
well can't you put a camera somewhere
in these trees here maybe, get a look in the main house
it would probably be discovered
well we have to get a look into the house don't we
all right
what's this, this cluster of buildings down here?
the PMA, it's the Pakistani Military Academy
it's their West Point.....
and how close is that to the house?
about a mile
four thousand two hundred twenty one feet, it's closer to eight tenths of a mile
who are you?
I'm the motherfucker that found this place... sir
really?
all right, I want to know more about who's inside this house by the end of the week
sir
motherfucker
good
morning George
21 days
it's been 21 days since we found the house... nothing's happened
- yeah - Maya, It's Steve
swing by, I wanna show you something
OK
- OK, you can leave it paused for now we're gonna play through that - hey
- Maya, come see - yeah
- OK, this is from a few minutes ago, OK? - yeah
so remember, we've got 2 males, 2 females, and 7 kids
- what's that - I'm saying that's Bushra, the brother's wife
well, how do you know gender?
well, there's a closed room here for the laundry, men don't mess with the wash
OK, now watch, it"takes her about 4 seconds
to move from there, to the front door
so she's on the older side
what's that up there?
uhhh, those are kids, they are shuffling around, sword fighting or something with sticks
you can see the height relative to this, these are cows
so they're between 7 and 9, boys, definitely
OK, your female is moving fast
OK, that's what I wanted to show you, can we pause this please?
that's not the same lady
that's female number 3
so you found...
2 males, 3 females
that's correct
(George) so if there are 3 females, there ought to be 3 males
observant Muslim women live with their parents
or with their husbands
we think there's a third family, living in the house
so this third male you've identified as possibly being Bin Laden
do I give up all hope of ever seeing a photograph of him?
hope?.. yeah
you give up your hope, right now
we scan for heat signatures
but we can't validate if it's a man or a woman up there
we talked about burrowing a pinhole camera, but there's a high risk of discovery
we found a safe house
but we can't get a vantage point to fire a telescope over the balcony wall
we have explored the possibility of digging tunnels
of sending hot air baloons
of rerouting supply C-130s to take a peek, but that might be too alerting
we looked for ways of collecting available DNA from his trash
you know looking for his toothbrush, but they burn the trash
we started a vaccination program
sent a doctor to the house, see if he could pull blood
but that didn't work out
we thought about sending a guy with a bucket
to pull a sample from the sewer to analyze his fecal matter
what was wrong with that, exactly
what was wrong with that? that, uh
the sample would be too diluted
and it's asking too much to get a voice confirmation with him on the phone?
they don't make telephone calls from the compound, we pulled the cell tower nearby
and I'm also gonna give up hope that he might ever get in that white SUV... and
drive around a bit and we could see him?
don't they get groceries?
the unidentified third male does not get groceries
he does not leave the compound
he does not present himself for photographs
when he needs fresh air, he paces around beneath a grape arbor
but the leaves are so thick, they obscure our satellite views
this is a professional attempt to avoid detection
OK? real tradecraft...
the only people we've seen behave in this way are other top level Al Queda operatives
we did a red team on your analysis
according to them, this behavior could belong to someone other than Al Queda
they did give a 40% chance that the unidentified third man is a senior Al Queda operative
but they also said there's a 35% chance he's a Saudi drug dealer
15% chance he's a Kuwati arms smuggler
10% chance he's one of the relatives of the brothers
basically we agree with you
the house screams security, it scream someone who wants privacy
it even screams bad guy
but it does not scream Bin Laden
you get the point?
if you can't prove it's Bin Laden, then at least prove it's not someone else
like a drug dealer
you know we lost the ability to prove that when we lost the detainee program
who the hell am I supposed to ask?... Huh?
some guy in Gitmo who's all lawyered up?
he'll just tell his lawyer to warn Bin Laden
you'll think of something
he'd be the first successful drug dealer never to have dealt drugs
he has no internet access to the house
he makes no phone calls, either in or out
who's he selling to?
who's he buying from, how's he making his money?
and if you were to say "he's retired", I'd say "where's the swimming pool?"
where's the gold cage with the falcons?
and why does he send his courier to the two cities in Pakistan we most associate with Al Queda
that have nothing particularly to do with heroin production
the President is a thoughtful, analytical guy, he needs proof
go ahead you guys
I gotta say, your job...
I just don't get the rythms in politics
oh, you think this is political
if this were political, we'd be having this conversation in October when theres an election bump
this is pure risk
based on deductive reasoning, inference, supposition
and the only human reporting you have is 6 years old
from detainees who were questioned under duress
the political move here is to tell you to go fuck yourself
and remind you that I was in the room when your old boss pitched WMD Iraq
at least there you guys brought photographs
you know you're right, I agree with everything you just said
what I meant was, a man in your position...
how do you evaluate the risk of not doing something?
hmm?
the risk of potentially letting Bin Laden slip through your fingers
that is a facinating question
hey
I'm not saying we're gonna do it...
but the President wants to know if we were going to act
how would we do it?
give us options
technically these don't exist
I actually tried to kill this program a couple of times
they've gone through an initial round of testing
and they have excellent radar defeat
we just haven't texted them with people in them yet
you'll notice the stealth panels. similar to what we use on the B-2
the rotors have been muffled with decible killers
It's slower than a Blackhawk and lacks the offense and the stability
but it can hide
so, ah, excuse me, but what do we need this for in Libya
I mean, Gaddafi's anti air is virtually non-existant
Maya, do you wanna brief them?
there are two narratives about the location of Osama Bin Laden
the one that you are most familiar with is that UBL is hiding in a cave in the tribal areas
that he's surrounded by a large contingent of loyal fighters
but that narrative is pre 9/11 understanding of UBL
the second narrative
is that he's living in a city
living in a city with multiple points of egress and entry
access to communications
so that he can keep in touch with the organization
you can't run a global network of interconnected cells from a cave
we've located an individual we believe,
based on detainee reporting, is Bin Laden's courier
he's living in a house in Abbottabad Pakistan
and we assess
that one of the other occupants of the house
is UBL
(complete silence)
Jim...
excuse me
ah... so, UBL... you got an intel source on the gound?
no
no? (laughing)
OK, so how do you know it's Bin Laden
because the truth is, we've been on this op before it was '07
and it wasn't Bin Laden, and we lost a couple of guys
totally understand
Bin Laden uses a courier to interact with the outside world
by locating the courier, we've located Bin Laden
that's really the intel
that's it?
quite frankly, I didn't even want to use you guys
with your dip and your velcro and all your gear bullshit, I wanted to drop a bomb
but people didn't believe in this lead enough to drop a bomb
so they're using you guys as canaries
in the theory if Bin Laden isn't there
you can sneak away and no one will be the wiser
but Bin Laden
is there.....
and you're gonna kill him for me
they're nervous downtown
I don't think we'll get an approval, this decision is not...
it's her against the world
oh yeah
I'm about to go look the President in the eye
and what I'd like to know, no fucking bullshit
is where everyone stands on this thing
now, very simply
is he there, or is he not fucking there
we all come at this, through the filter of our own past experiences
now I remember Iraq WMD very clearly, I fronted that
and I can tell you the case for that, was much stronger than this case
a fuckin yes or a no
we don't deal in certainty, we deal in probability
and I'd say there's a 60% probability he's there
I concur, 60%
I'm at 80%, their OPSEC is what convices me
you guys ever agree on anything?
well I agree with Mike
we're basing this mostly on detainee reporting, and I spent a bunch of time in those rooms
I'd say it's a soft 60 sir
I'm virtually certain there's some high value target there, I'm just not sure it's Bin Laden
well, this is a little bit of a cluster fuck, isn't it?
I'd like to know what Maya thinks
we're all incorporating her assessment into ours
a hundred percent he's there
OK, fine. 95% because I know certainty freaks you guys out
but it's a hundred
they're all cowed
what do you think of the girl?
I think she's fuckin smart
we're all smart Jeremy
May I join you?
how is the food down here anyway?
ah, it's OK
how long have you worled for the CIA?
12 years
I was recruited out of high school
and do you know why we did that?
I don't think I can answer that question, sir
I don't think I'm allowed to... answer
all right
what else have you done for us?
besides Bin Laden
nothing
I've done nothing else
well, you certainly have a flair for it
yeah
all right, let's be serious now, don't fuck around with me dude
you're just fuckin around because I'm up by two games
here ya go
so Patrick, be honest with me
you really believe this story?
I mean, no offense, no offense
I know, but
Osama Bin Laden?
yeah
what part convinced you?
her confidence
that's the kinda concrete data point I'm lookin for
I tell ya buddy
her confidence is the one thing that's keepin me
from getting ass raped in a Pakistani prison I'm gonna be honest with you bro
I'm cool with that
(laughs)
yeah
Maya?
I wanted you to hear it first
you know that thing we talked about? It's gonna happen
when?
tonight
good luck
50 bucks?
(everyone laughs)
lucky shot
copy
copy that
30 seconds to first turn
hey Justin, what are you listening to?
Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins, really?
you should listen to it, I've got plans for after this
big time, I want to talk all you all about it
(laughing)
who here has been in a helo crash before?
OK, then we are all good
we just crossed the border, now entering Pakistan
Pakistani comms, no chatter
3 minutes, stand by for doors open
two minutes
should be coming up just off our nose, 11 o'clock
eyes on target
stay tight
30 seconds
hey! slide right, slide right!
too much updraft (unintelligible)
we've lost power, goto
hey!
hard landing!
Prince 51 is down, Prince 51 is down!
Blackhawk down in the animal pen
this way
this mission is still a Go, I repeat we are a Go
Alpha team is in the animal pen making entry for AC 1
no ropes, wheels down
(crashed helicopter engines wind down)
(very quiet)
prayer room's clear
breach front
Echo team is away, that's 52 exiting Alpha Oscar
3
2
1
Execute
(gunfire)
Ibrahim!
come on out!
(yells foreign language)
get down!... down down down down down
throw your hands in the air! down down down down down
down!
you've killed him!
we're cool
I've got her
(Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti AKA Ibrahim Sayeed)
(foreign language)
sit down!
Echo 11 on perimeter
ready to breach at P2
fire in the hole
failed breach failed breach
back it up. back it up, main gate.
we got an unlocked door
(SEAL calls out softly) Abrar
(Abrar's wife screaming)
(Ibrahim Sayeed's brother Abrar Sayeed and his wife Bushra)
(children crying)
it's OK
this is Echo 11, we're gonna breach the main gate
negative, this is Echo 01
turning in the corridor, I'll let you guys in
roger that
(kids screaming and crying)
shut that fuckin kid up please
talk to me
no fuckin way we can blow this thing
God fuckin dammit can you pop it manually?
no
Alpha 3, this is Echo 11
we're at primary set point, prepping to breach
wait one, we're internal on the south side
- this is a negative breach - roger
ready to make our entry out here
yeah, roger that we're coming to meet you
stay with these kids and don't let them in that back room
good?
yeah
I forgot, were we supposed to crash that helo? huh
- Ibrahim tried to shoot through the door - on yeah?
I popped him from outside
I fuckin smoked Abrar, and his wife
she still alive?
she's gonna bleed out
- what a fuckin mess - yeah
go, go, go!
(sounds of neighbors talking and dogs barking)
this is Echo Zero Nine, we have unknowns gathering on the Southwest rooftops
- locked gate blocking the stairs - breachable
back it up, back up!
hey, back it up
watch out
execute
- go, go! - this is Echo Zero Five moving to level two
(SEAL speaking foreign language over bullhorn to neighbors who are approaching)
(speaking more urgently)
Hakim, get those guys back!
(SEAL continues talking urgently over bullhorn)
(SEAL calls out softly) Khalid
Echo Zero Two, moving to deck three
(UBL's son Khalid Bin Laden)
clear!
(woman crying out)
(SEAL continues announcing outside)
- Hakim, get them back or I'll start smoking them - wait wait wait
(Hakim starts yelling without bullhorn)
(in English) Go back, they will kill you
They will kill you!
go back!
no vests!
all clear!
oh fuckin shit....
(SEAL calls out softly) Osama
(women start screaming)
down!
we got a possible jackpot
roger that, possible jackpot
it's OK (kids crying) it's OK
dude.... do you realize what you just did?
huh?
yo, she says it's not him
talk to the kid
name? name?
- bring them down - all right
(women screaming wildly)
come on, come on
this is Red Zero Two
Geronimo
for God and Country
Geronimo
all stations, target secure, target secure
all right, copy that, target secure
target secure, commence SSE
prep for SSE right now, those DVD's CD's
every fucking hard drive, do not leave a hard drive
hey, open that for me
let's go guys
hey, what's up?
I shot the third floor guy....
why don't you get to work?
grab a bag
Red Five Two is inbound, 8 miles out
PAK air force is responding
14 minutes to intercept
any station this is Red Zero Two, we need a body bag
this is Echo Zero Nine, stand by
Hakim, I got this, get it to him
let's go buddy
Echo Zero Five, this is Red Zero Two, how long do you need for SSE?
we're gonna need at least 10 minutes sir
Echo Zero Five, you have 4 mikes
this is a gold mine, I need more time than that
Echo Zero Five, if you aren't at the LZ in 4 mikes, I'm gonna leave your ass behind
the PAKs have scrambled the F-16's
Four... Minutes!
Red Five Two, inbound for LZ
(baby crying)
where do you need the bag?
third deck
- here! - hey
all right, let's move out
let's go, now
you've got one mike to blow that downed helo
- you all right? - yeah
Red 46 inbound for LZ, 30 seconds out
chopper four six, we are demoing five one
chopper four six wave off!
four six, wave off! wave off!
UP!
WHOOOOO!
well done Patrick
thank you
OK, listen up gentlemen, read the signs, first floor!
hard drives, files, anything
second floor, opposite down on the right
third floor, ladies underware
(all laugh)
- all media - DVD's? - who's got a sharpie?
you got him
where the hard drives go?
we got ziplock bags and sharpies, use them
come on, mark all media
gentlemen, watch your backs
- good job - slow down
yes sir, one moment please
one moment please
sir, the agency expert gave visual confirmation
yes sir, the girl, hundred percent... thank you sir
- are you Maya? - yeah
that's the only name they gave me, you can sit wherever you want
you 're the only one on the manifest
you must be pretty important
you got the whole plane to yourself
where do you wanna go?......
('Maya' has not been identified to the world, and probably never will be)
(7 CIA officers and 1 Jordanian GID officer are dead)
(Osama Bin Laden, his son Khalid, his courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti,)
(Abu's brother Abrar and his sister in law Bushra are all dead)
(Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, and Ammar al-Baluchi have all been in Gitmo since 2003)
(9/11 resulted in the War on Terror in which over 3000 US citizens and ...)
(nearly 6000 US Military have been killed and over 48,000 wounded through Jan 2013)
(11 of the original 22 FBI's most wanted terrorists list have been captured or killed)
(20,000 to 30,000 Taliban, Al Queda, and affiliates have been killed)
(The US Military is still involved in operations across 10 theaters and nearly 40 countries worldwide)
(and the US has spent an estimated $3 Trillion so far with another $2 Trillion committed in the future)
(there has not been another significant terrorist attck in the US since 9/11)
(and Maya's 12 year search is over....)