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The climax of the film, of course, is the raid on that compound and the killing of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team Six. He does say, however, that a detained al-Qaida operative named Hassan Ghul did provide information about the courier that led to Osama bin Laden.īowman says it also wasn't just one interview or interrogation that led to the location of Osama bin Laden's compound, and was in fact a lot more complicated. "There were no interrogations at Guantanamo Bay that we know of that played a role in the hunt for bin Laden," Bowman says. Bowman says that's not quite how it happened. One early scene of the film shows an interrogation at Guantanamo Bay, where a detainee gives important information about one of bin Laden's couriers.

Weekend Edition host Rachel Martin talked with NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman about where the filmmakers got their information and how much of it is accurate. On the campaign trail and in the debates, President Obama has reminded voters time and again of his role in the raid. The timing of the premiere of SEAL Team Six has drawn a lot of attention in political circles since there's a presidential election happening Tuesday. On Sunday night, the National Geographic Channel will air its film about the raid, SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden. Acclaimed film director Katherine Bigelow, who directed the film The Hurt Locker, is getting ready to release her treatment of the bin Laden raid in December. Just this year, the mission carried out by Navy SEAL Team Six has already been re-told in three books, including one written by a former Navy SEAL. The story of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has captured the imagination of authors and film directors.