Immediately, I sensed that I was on fire. Everything was burning all around me. I was clawing my way through. I could finally see some glimpses of daylight. And my adrenaline surged. And I stood up and I walked out what was a big punch-out hole. I had been burned on over 47% of my body, and I had inhaled so much jet-fuel and smoke, I flatlined twice. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden I, Netflix 2025
In 1992 there was an attack against US servicemen in Yemen. We did some investigation and the little breadcrumbs led back to bin Laden. ibid. comment
9/11: And I remember the thought I had was, Nothing will ever be the same again. And it turns out it wasn’t. ibid.
‘The definition is whatever it takes.’ ibid. Bush to cabinet
Afghanistan: We had accomplished some aspects of the mission, no doubt, but we did not bring bin Laden’s head back on ice. ibid. comment
[Dan Rather, TV news]: Another Osama bin Laden propaganda video surfaced today in the Arab world. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden II, Gloves are Off
Through a series of intelligence breakthroughs, we started to develop a pattern of travel for Abu Zubayday in Pakistan. ibid. comment
KSM [Mukhtar] had been bin Laden’s accomplice all along. ibid.
Enhanced interview techniques: This is apeshit. This has gone crazy. ibid.
If we find and locate, track a courier, that would potentially led us to bin Laden’s location. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden III: Operation Neptune Spear
KSM was doing everything he could to protect the courier. ibid.
It was pretty clear that somebody of high value was located there. ibid.