Security breach alleged in making of bin Laden raid film
Homeland Security chair concerned over Kathryn Bigelow film
The Associated Press Posted: May 23, 2012 6:08 PM ET Last Updated: May 23, 2012 6:06 PM ET
Director Kathryn Bigelow, left, is shown on the set of her upcoming film about Osama bin Laden in Pinjore, India on March 22. (Kapil Sethi/Associated Press)
A House committee chairman charged Wednesday in Washington that the CIA and Defence Department jeopardized national security by co-operating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King. R-N.Y., first raised questions about the bin Laden movie last summer, but said newly released documents confirm his suspicions.
The filmmakers are director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, who won Academy Awards for the motion picture The Hurt Locker.
King referred to documents obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act request. He said the filmmakers received "extremely close, unprecedented and potentially dangerous collaboration" from the Obama administration.
Judicial Watch said the documents show that the Defence Department granted Bigelow and Boal access to a "planner, operator and commander of SEAL Team 6" the unit that killed bin Laden in Pakistan.
'The CIA has been open about our engagement with writers, documentary filmmakers, movie and TV producers, and others in the entertainment industry. Our goal is an accurate portrayal of the men and women of the CIA, their vital mission and the commitment to public service that defines them'
CIA spokesman Preston Golson
Security breach alleged in making of bin Laden raid film - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News
Homeland Security chair concerned over Kathryn Bigelow film
The Associated Press Posted: May 23, 2012 6:08 PM ET Last Updated: May 23, 2012 6:06 PM ET
Director Kathryn Bigelow, left, is shown on the set of her upcoming film about Osama bin Laden in Pinjore, India on March 22. (Kapil Sethi/Associated Press)
A House committee chairman charged Wednesday in Washington that the CIA and Defence Department jeopardized national security by co-operating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King. R-N.Y., first raised questions about the bin Laden movie last summer, but said newly released documents confirm his suspicions.
The filmmakers are director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, who won Academy Awards for the motion picture The Hurt Locker.
King referred to documents obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act request. He said the filmmakers received "extremely close, unprecedented and potentially dangerous collaboration" from the Obama administration.
Judicial Watch said the documents show that the Defence Department granted Bigelow and Boal access to a "planner, operator and commander of SEAL Team 6" the unit that killed bin Laden in Pakistan.
'The CIA has been open about our engagement with writers, documentary filmmakers, movie and TV producers, and others in the entertainment industry. Our goal is an accurate portrayal of the men and women of the CIA, their vital mission and the commitment to public service that defines them'
CIA spokesman Preston Golson
Security breach alleged in making of bin Laden raid film - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News