S1 Ep1: Killing Bin Laden, Part 1

Covert

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🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this first episode we’ll trace the origins of Osama Bin Laden and the people who were tasked to find him. Who was this man? When did he first get the CIA's attention? And what led up to his masterminding of 9/11? Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com). Music in this episode is "Oneiri", “Nothing [Bonus Track] and “May” by Kai Engel; “Samaritan", “Stanna med Oss [feat. Mary Shelley]", "Vänliga Slaktaren [feat. Mary Shelley]", “Minnesbilden [feat. Second Break]” and "Moving On" by Ars Sonor (http://frequency-alcyone.deviantart.com/); "Unification_ov_Multiplicity" by Ad Serpentae (https://www.discogs.com/artist/892453-Ad-Serpentae); "The Last Ones" by Jahzzar (http://betterwithmusic.com/). Sound effects from freesound.org by Sklanier, SoundsLikeWillem, Cydon, FedeDrede, InspectorJ, WillyBilly1984, RobinHood76, Huybao91\. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This episode is sponsored by Hims (forhims.com/ops).

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0:00.0	September 11, 2001. 6am Portland, Maine. Five men secretly armed with knives prepared
0:09.6	a board of plane to Los Angeles via Boston. Their flight attendant that day Betty Ann
0:15.2	Ong is especially excited about the trip. After she lands in LA, she'll be meeting with
0:20.4	her sister to plan a Hawaiian vacation. 813 AM. An air traffic controller at the FAA's
0:27.6	Boston Center directs the flight to turn 20 degrees right. The pilot acknowledges the
0:32.8	order. But as the controller sends more instructions, there is nothing but radio silence. 819 AM.
0:41.8	Air traffic control receives a call. Its flight attendant Betty Ann Ong. She too cannot
0:47.5	contact the cockpit and she is now hiding in the back of the plane.
0:51.4	Carrying dozens of men, women and children, Betty's flight has been hijacked by terrorists
1:17.8	who have diverted the plane towards New York City. Meanwhile, CIA analyst Mike Scheuer
1:23.4	is at home watching the tragedy unfold on television. He immediately knows who is responsible.
1:30.2	The person he was in charge of finding not long ago. A little known Saudi terrorist named
1:35.8	Osama Bin Laden.
1:36.8	When those planes hit 9-11, we had no one they were going to do that. Not that specific
1:42.0	day of that specific target, but that medium of operation they intended to do that since
1:46.3	it was at least 1995.
1:48.0	And it wouldn't be until 2011 that the hunt for the world's most wanted man was finally
1:53.2	brought to an end. This is the killing of Osama Bin Laden Part 1.
2:03.6	From audio boom and world media rights, this is covert, a podcast about the shadowy world
2:09.4	of international espionage and top secret military operations. I'm Jamie Renaud and I'm
2:16.0	going to take you on a deep dive into history's greatest classified missions to learn about
2:20.8	the brave soldiers, government agents and law enforcement personnel who risked their lives
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