CIA spied on bin Laden from safe house

[sasha031]

The CIA maintained a safe house in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad for a small team of spies who conducted extensive surveillance over a period of months on the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Operations forces this week, U.S. officials said.

The secret CIA facility was used as a base of operations for one of the most delicate human intelligence gathering missions in recent CIA history, one that relied on Pakistani informants and other sources to help assemble a “pattern of life” portrait of the occupants and daily activities at the fortified compound where bin Laden was found, the officials said.

The on-the-ground surveillance work was part of an intelligence-gathering push mobilized after the discovery of the suspicious complex last August that involved virtually every category of collection in the U.S. arsenal, ranging from satellite imagery to eavesdropping efforts aimed at recording voices inside the compound.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/cia-spied-on-bin-laden-from-safe-house/2011/05/05/AFXbG31F_story.html

[monmouth]

1. What a book/movie this could be. I want Al Pacino to play Panetta..n/t

[sasha031]

2. that would be cool

[Lint Head]

5. Who would play Obama?

Chris Rock? Will Smith? Denzel Washington? Jamie Foxx?

[monmouth]

6. Will is a wonderful actor and has matured wonderfully. I think Denzel

would be the final wish, there are similar mannerisms between the two. Chris and Jamie too young I think. If you remember during the pre-inauguration ceremonies ( day before I think), Denzel was standing at the side of the stage for a long time, When asked why he smiled and said "I've got to get his walk, talk and movements down." If he wants it that badly you know he'd do a superb job.

[joshcryer]

8. Check out AMC's Rubicon.

[speedoo]

3. This is doing things the right way.

Generating more dots to be connected, not just accepting mistakes.

Leaving no stone unturned.

Thank God we now have a real President.

[Renew Deal]

4. I wonder if they would have acted if Bin Laden tried to get away.

[dizbukhapeter]

7. Mark Bowden needs to write the book

Title it Killing Osama