The Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty'

The 'Dynamite' Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty' -- National Security/Foreign Policy

Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.

"We'll take 10-15 minutes?" asked Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, the duo behind Zero Dark Thirty, the controversial film chronicling the hunt to kill Osama bin Laden.

"I could stay as much as 45 minutes," replied Michael G. Vickers, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and DOD's highest-ranking civilian intelligence official. The conversation became the transcript at the heart of ZD30. Also, because of the extreme dearth of official documents released, this is the most illuminating and descriptive official U.S. government account of Operation Neptune Spear available. "Fabulous," said Bigelow. "Dynamite," said Boal.

To read the rest of the official documents on the raid that killed bin Laden, visit the National Security Archive's Zero Dark Thirty file posted today.

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My Comment: A fascinating read on the hunt for Osama Bin laden .... read it all.

Even though a lot of information has been released since the death of Osama bin Laden .... a part of me senses that the real good stuff is still classified, and will remain classified for the next few decades.