The CIA scripted the bin Laden raid briefing on May 1, 2011, saying no women were hurt. Within two days, the White House told the story three other ways.
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What the CIA Blacked Out of Its Pre-9/11 Counter-terrorism Review
A CIA inspector general review finished 20 days before 9/11 had its staffing, budget and translation figures blacked out. A 2026 re-review restored them.
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Who Called Off the 1998 Bin Laden Capture? The Sworn Record
Newly declassified 9/11 Commission interviews show who really ended the CIA’s May 1998 plan to seize bin Laden, and where the sworn accounts still clash.