FILE 018: PART III - The 9/11 Survivor Turned CIA Usama Bin Laden Tracker - Finding Bin Laden

PART THREE: FINDING BIN LADEN. On May 2, 2011,
officials with a “need to know” monitored the highly sensitive US
operation against the most wanted terrorist in the world in real
time. But for a CIA officer named Kevin watching that night, the
mission against Al Qaeda’s seniormost leader had a uniquely
personal resonance. Because as a young Navy officer working in
the Pentagon, he had nearly died on September 11th, 2001.
Sustaining extensive injuries in the attack, he was rushed to
Walter Reed Medical Center, where doctors were unsure whether he
would survive; later, in recovery, he would flatline twice. But
his story was far from over. Because Kevin would overcome his
injuries, join the CIA, and ultimately take his place on the CIA
team tracking down the terrorist leader who oversaw the attacks:
Usama Bin Laden. And on this special, three-part episode of The
Langley Files, Kevin returns to CIA Headquarters to share his
incredible journey.


In this third and final part of FILE 018, Kevin's story comes
full circle. As the clock ticks down to perhaps the most famous
special forces mission in history, Kevin shares with you a
one-of-a-kind, insider's look at the final chapter of the search
for Bin Laden. Hear what it was like in one of the designated
centers watching the operation unfold live, the unique role Kevin
played in the aftermath of the raid--and about the first phone
call he made upon learning its outcome, to a person he met on
September 11th, 2001. It's the powerful conclusion to a part of
this story that's never been told--until now.



Look Inside FILE 018 – Part Three:


 


Kevin discussed the extreme secrecy in which the mission against
Usama Bin Laden was planned, but you can now see a replica of the
model of Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound that was used to prepare
for the operation: Model of Abbottabad Compound - CIA.  It
stands today in the CIA Museum.


 


US forces recovered an enormous amount of material from Bin
Laden’s compound—and you can see much of it for yourself here,
after public releases by the CIA and the Office of the Director
of National Intelligence in the interest of transparency and to
enhance public understanding. The materials were sent all the way
from Abbottabad to the United States for analysis—and you now
know the CIA officer who brought key portions of it back to
Langley just days after the raid.