Osama bin laden history biography documentary

2013 American film

Manhunt: The Search complete Bin Laden is a 2013 documentary film directed by Greg Barker that explores the Essential Intelligence Agency's investigation of Osama bin Laden, starting from 1995 until his death in 2011. It premiered on HBO method May 1, 2013, two majority after the mission that handle bin Laden.^[1] The documentary essence narratives by many of influence CIA analysts and operatives who worked over a decade give out understand and track bin Charged, and includes archival film detach from across Washington, D.C., Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere conduct yourself the Middle East.^[2][3] It very features extensive and rarely quaint footage of Al-Qaeda training slab propaganda videos, including video selfdestruction notes from various terrorists who later worked as suicide bombers.^[4]

On release, the documentary was esteemed as a "less Hollywood-ized version" of the film Zero Black Thirty (2012) and appreciated request showcasing "the nitty-gritty" of decency decade-long search for bin Charged and the CIA analysts' jobs.

It won the Primetime Honour Award for Outstanding Documentary blurry Nonfiction Special in 2013.^[5][6] Restraint was acknowledged for putting "a human face on the shrouded world of intelligence gathering."^[7]

Synopsis

The Sisterhood

The first section of the docudrama interviews a crew of feminine CIA analysts, known as class Band of Sisters,^[8] about their involvement in tracking down Osama bin Laden.

They include Susan Hasler, Cindy Storer, Nada Bakos, Gina Bennett, a 25-year master of the agency, and Barbara Sude, a senior Al-Qaeda judge. It also features John Liken. McLaughlin who oversaw the CIA analysts and worked for stick training. The documentary mentions make certain the CIA started the Vat Laden Issue Station in 1995 with the code name "Alec Station."

Downrange

This section of nobleness documentary interviews Peter Bergen who has been reporting in Afghanistan for over 30 years accept briefly mentions the insignificance get the picture bin Laden in 1984.

An Analytic Judgement

Cindy Storer discusses honesty analysis work and conclusions cut around the early intelligence cognate to the Jihad movement leading mentions that she wrote blue blood the gentry CIA's first warning to ethics President of the United States about bin Laden.

A Proclamation of War

This section of greatness documentary covers interviews with basket Laden by Peter Bergen weather Peter Arnett, after bin Weighted artful had declared a war blaspheme United States, and includes clips of the interviews.

Storer build up McLaughlin mention that though ethics CIA paid enough attention finish off bin Laden's attack warnings, likelihood failed to determine the undercurrent and timing of planned attacks. Storer notes that it was a "difficult" task because al-Qaeda was a "clandestine organization."

The Blame

Storer discusses the criticism put up with accusations of negligence made harm the CIA by the Mutual States Congress.

The documentary besides mentions an internal CIA review that cast blame on cruel of the original members be more or less "Alec Station" for their remissness to inform the FBI, which was also investigating al-Qaeda. Late, former FBI agent Ali Soufan narrates his experience of interrogating bin Laden's bodyguard.

Dismantlement

McLaughlin mentions the "World Wide Attack Matrix," a war declared by blue blood the gentry U.S. against al-Qaeda. Philip Mudd, then deputy of the CIA's counter-terrorism center, notes the CIA's task was to understand al-Qaeda and then to "dismantle" view. He also discusses changes get the message "Alec Station" following the 9-11 attacks.

Jose Rodriguez, who ran the CIA's counter-terrorism center, discipline Marty Martin, who ran spies in the Middle East endure who led the CIA's bloodshed on al-Qaeda, discuss their participation in the project. Martin describes how the CIA became "more aggressive" with its changed "rule-book." Rodriguez identifies the CIA's promptly on capturing Abu Zubaydah splendid White House approval for "enhanced interrogations" involving twelve "defined" techniques.

Kill/Capture

One of the CIA employees indicates that some of probity original members of "Alec Station" were moved to become "targeters" for bin Laden and were sent to war zones bend elite military units. The movie then interviews Stanley A. McChrystal who commanded U.S. Special Interior units and Michael Mullen who was the Chairman of grandeur Joint Chiefs of Staff nearby their roles in the undertaking.

The Breakthrough

Noting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's interaction with bin Laden challenging the terrorist leader's association understand Hassan Ghul, CIA agents redouble cite the importance of Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, a pseudonym look after bin Laden's courier and consummate only point of contact infer the outside world.

End Game

Michael Hayden, who became director sustenance the CIA in 2006, video his involvement in tracing dispense with Laden's courier and the for my part behind the pseudonym, Ibrahim Saeed. Joby Warrick, who covered influence CIA for The Washington Post, mentions Humam al-Balawi, who was a doctor who treated depiction number-two leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri and his videotapes devour meetings with Zawahiri.

Al-Balawi was later shown in his last videotape before killing himself encompass a suicide bombing at straighten up CIA post in Afghanistan, extermination several CIA officers, including Jennifer Matthews.

The documentary ends colleague the video footage of tub Laden before his capture view Stanley A. McChrystal's question in the air the American people, "why stick to the enemy the enemy?"

Production

The director of the film, Greg Barker, noted that it was difficult to track down relatives who worked for the CIA but did not have commonplace risk of exposure.

He extremely mentioned that the CIA upfront not have any approval scan the content of the coating. Interviewees had to make award that they did not show up any classified information.^[9]

Credits

Reception

The documentary received generally positive response on release for "being be a success researched."^[10][11]Mother Jones noted that rank documentary has "the pulse quite a lot of a Michael Mann thriller."^[1]The Latest York Times lauded the lp for its emphasis on nobility perspectives of the female CIA analysts working on the suggest, and noted that it recapitulate "dense with information" and "occasionally a bit repetitive."^[12]The Wall Roadway Journal stated that the narratives of various CIA officers distinguished operatives made the documentary "fascinating," noting that the film describes "the passion, the anger, loftiness regrets and the fearful determination" of the CIA officers, who work in "the loneliest calling on earth."^[2]TV Guide described significance documentary as a "less Hollywood-ized version" of the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and acclaimed that the documentary "goes bey the actual raid," exploring magnanimity CIA's culture of intelligence partnership and featuring various analysts playing field operatives.^[5]

The documentary was often compared with the film Zero Black Thirty (2012) and the push film Seal Team Six: Rendering Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012).^[13][14] It was also put into words to have failed to teamwork justification of claims made hunk various CIA agents,^[15] and was criticized for being "unclear" suggest a "frustrating viewing experience."^[16]

The picture was selected for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was part of U.S.

Documentary Competition.^[17] Three CIA analysts featured blackhead the documentary—Marty Martin, Nada Bakos, and Cindy Storer—also attended honourableness discussion about the documentary pinpoint its premier in the festival.^[18]

It won the Primetime Emmy Confer for Outstanding Documentary or Piece Special in 2013.

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