
Who really killed Osama bin Laden? Seymour Hersh chats to Christian Lorentzen
In 2011, an elite group of US Navy Seals stormed …
The Verso Podcast · Verso Books
May 11, 201643m 21s
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Show Notes
In 2011, an elite group of US Navy Seals stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major part in his re-election victory the following year. Four years on, Seymour Hersh published a controversial series of essays in the London Review of Books, arguing that the story of that night, was incomplete, or worse, a lie. How realistic is it that Pakistani authorities didn't know bin Laden was living in a compound next to a military academy or have any knowledge of the US military operation?
In his book, The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Seymour Hersh presents an electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
In this podcast he discusses the case with his editor at the London Review of Books, Christian Lorentzen.