Osama bin Laden's killer reveals special gift he gave the CIA analyst who found 9/11 mastermind
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, gave a magazine from his gun with 27 rounds left as a token to the CIA analyst who helped locate bin Laden after the 2011 raid in Afghanistan.
- The CIA analyst, portrayed by Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, was described by O’Neill as a determined and professional woman deeply invested in bringing bin Laden to justice.
- Before the raid, O’Neill and the analyst shared a tense conversation highlighting the pressure on her to be accurate and on him to execute the mission successfully.
- Despite the significance of bin Laden’s death, the analyst remained pragmatic and unemotional, expressing concern about being "out of a job" after the mission’s success.
