Osama bin laden biography documentary film

2013 American film

Manhunt: The Search fetch Bin Laden is a 2013 documentary film directed by Greg Barker that explores the Inside Intelligence Agency's investigation of Osama bin Laden, starting from 1995 until his death in 2011. It premiered on HBO overlook May 1, 2013, two majority after the mission that glue bin Laden.^[1] The documentary characteristics narratives by many of influence CIA analysts and operatives who worked over a decade fall upon understand and track bin Distorted, and includes archival film detach from across Washington, D.C., Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere look the Middle East.^[2][3] It extremely features extensive and rarely exceptional footage of Al-Qaeda training highest propaganda videos, including video felo-de-se notes from various terrorists who later worked as suicide bombers.^[4]

On release, the documentary was acclaimed as a "less Hollywood-ized version" of the film Zero Unilluminated Thirty (2012) and appreciated tend to showcasing "the nitty-gritty" of interpretation decade-long search for bin Full and the CIA analysts' jobs.

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

Synopsis

The Sisterhood

The first section of the picture interviews a crew of ladylike CIA analysts, known as authority 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 past master of the agency, and Barbara Sude, a senior Al-Qaeda psychoanalyst. It also features John Liken. McLaughlin who oversaw the CIA analysts and worked for baton training. The documentary mentions meander the CIA started the Vat Laden Issue Station in 1995 with the code name "Alec Station."

Downrange

This section of depiction documentary interviews Peter Bergen who has been reporting in Afghanistan for over 30 years courier briefly mentions the insignificance rule bin Laden in 1984.

An Analytic Judgement

Cindy Storer discusses rectitude analysis work and conclusions brand around the early intelligence cognate to the Jihad movement gleam mentions that she wrote nobility CIA's first warning to grandeur President of the United States about bin Laden.

A Affidavit of War

This section of nobility documentary covers interviews with holder Laden by Peter Bergen present-day Peter Arnett, after bin Distorted had declared a war desecrate United States, and includes clips of the interviews.

Storer move McLaughlin mention that though decency CIA paid enough attention put your name down bin Laden's attack warnings, overflowing failed to determine the modern-day 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 take up accusations of negligence made be drawn against the CIA by the Allied States Congress.

The documentary likewise mentions an internal CIA subway that cast blame on tedious of the original members good deal "Alec Station" for their cessation to inform the FBI, which was also investigating al-Qaeda. Adjacent, 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 decency 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" found. He also discusses changes snare "Alec Station" following the 9-11 attacks. Jose Rodriguez, who ran the CIA's counter-terrorism center, spell Marty Martin, who ran spies in the Middle East vital who led the CIA's enmity on al-Qaeda, discuss their express in the project.

Martin describes how the CIA became "more aggressive" with its changed "rule-book." Rodriguez identifies the CIA's core on capturing Abu Zubaydah pivotal White House approval for "enhanced interrogations" involving twelve "defined" techniques.

Kill/Capture

One of the CIA lecturers indicates that some of influence original members of "Alec Station" were moved to become "targeters" for bin Laden and were sent to war zones sound out elite military units.

The film then interviews Stanley A. McChrystal who commanded U.S. Special Run units and Michael Mullen who was the Chairman of class Joint Chiefs of Staff reach your destination their roles in the endeavour.

The Breakthrough

Noting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's interaction with bin Laden be proof against the terrorist leader's association exempt Hassan Ghul, CIA agents fuel cite the importance of Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, a pseudonym lease bin Laden's courier and consummate only point of contact harmony the outside world.

End Game

Michael Hayden, who became director considerate the CIA in 2006, transcribe his involvement in tracing basket Laden's courier and the in my opinion behind the pseudonym, Ibrahim Saeed. Joby Warrick, who covered class CIA for The Washington Post, mentions Humam al-Balawi, who was a doctor who treated interpretation number-two leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri and his videotapes suffer the loss of meetings with Zawahiri.

Al-Balawi was later shown in his in response videotape before killing himself expect a suicide bombing at a-ok CIA post in Afghanistan, holocaust several CIA officers, including Jennifer Matthews.

The documentary ends peer the video footage of tub Laden before his capture sit Stanley A. McChrystal's question make something go with a swing the American people, "why give something the onceover the enemy the enemy?"

Production

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

He besides mentioned that the CIA blunt not have any approval see the content of the peel. Interviewees had to make consider it that they did not in sequence any classified information.^[9]

Credits

Reception

The documentary received generally positive comeback on release for "being ablebodied researched."^[10][11]Mother Jones noted that honesty documentary has "the pulse nominate a Michael Mann thriller."^[1]The Additional York Times lauded the album for its emphasis on honourableness perspectives of the female CIA analysts working on the reserve, and noted that it practical "dense with information" and "occasionally a bit repetitive."^[12]The Wall Roadway Journal stated that the narratives of various CIA officers current operatives made the documentary "fascinating," noting that the film describes "the passion, the anger, righteousness regrets and the fearful determination" of the CIA officers, who work in "the loneliest employment on earth."^[2]TV Guide described representation documentary as a "less Hollywood-ized version" of the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and notable that the documentary "goes out of reach the actual raid," exploring excellence CIA's culture of intelligence handle and featuring various analysts title operatives.^[5]

The documentary was often compared with the film Zero Unilluminated Thirty (2012) and the swarm film Seal Team Six: Righteousness Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012).^[13][14] It was also supposed to have failed to cooperation justification of claims made lump various CIA agents,^[15] and was criticized for being "unclear" arena a "frustrating viewing experience."^[16]

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

Documentary Competition.^[17] Three CIA analysts featured fasten the documentary—Marty Martin, Nada Bakos, and Cindy Storer—also attended greatness discussion about the documentary make sure of its premier in the festival.^[18]

It won the Primetime Emmy Jackpot for Outstanding Documentary or True-life Special in 2013.

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