Killing bin Laden | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2012, Scott Pelley spoke with a retired Navy SEAL, and former member of SEAL Team 6, who recounted the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri (2004) | 60 Minutes Archive
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed over the weekend in a drone strike during a U.S. counterterrorism operation, President Biden announced Monday night. In 2004, Ed Bradley reported on al-Zawahiri, said to be the mastermind behind Osama bin Laden.
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The 2016 Republican presidential candidate said his 2000 book that talked about terrorism shows his "vision"
The 2016 Republican presidential candidate said his 2000 book that talked about terrorism shows his "vision"
60 Minutes Overtime, 05.08.11
Maria Gavrilovic remembers when Candidate Obama said, if president, he'd go into Pakistan to get bin Laden if necessary; Then, Hear the secret story of how an elite team of US commandos chased and lost bin Laden's trail at Tora Bora, just ten weeks after 9/11; Also, a riveting 30 minutes with President Barack Obama as he describes the weekend that made history.
Examining the Bin Laden Papers
During the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, Navy SEALs seized thousands of the al Qaeda leader's personal letters and notes. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with the woman who's analyzed it all.
Osama bin Laden's letters
As U.S. intelligence officials warned al Qaeda may be planning “spectacular attacks” in 2002, Osama bin Laden’s letters show that at that time, the terror organization was weak, and bin Laden was not the “puppet master” people thought he was. https://cbsn.ws/3vGf3DV
Osama Bin Laden and his daughters
“The people who really worked on Osama’s public statements were mostly his daughters, Miriam and Sumaiya,” author and Islamic scholar Nelly Lahoud tells 60 Minutes. https://cbsn.ws/39fIVj1
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FBI Director Christopher Wray talks with Scott Pelley; Examining the documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound; NYC Mayor Eric Adams on reducing crime and the city's COVID recovery
Documents show post-9/11 attacks planned by Osama bin Laden
Author and Islamic scholar Nelly Lahoud says bin Laden called for attacks in 2004, following three years without communication with al Qaeda associates.
Documents reveal bin Laden's bid for American support
New translations of Osama bin Laden's personal documents show that the al Qaeda leader was caught off guard by the American response to 9/11.
Inside the documents obtained from Osama bin Laden's compound
During the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, Navy SEALs seized thousands of the al Qaeda leader's personal letters and notes. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with the woman who's analyzed it all.
What secrets were in the bin Laden papers?
Sunday, Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the thousands of personal notes and letters Navy SEALs seized during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
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