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Congressman wants probe of bin Laden movie project
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 3:36 PM by Gene Cotton
Updated: Aug 10, 2011 3:38 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee chairman wants an investigation of Obama administration cooperation with award-winning filmmakers on a movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Republican Peter King, who heads the Homeland Security Committee, says there has been too much talk already about the raid by Navy SEALS that killed bin Laden in Pakistan in May.
King asked the inspectors general of the CIA and Defense Department to determine what consultations occurred in the Obama administration about providing Hollywood with access to covert military operators and clandestine CIA officers.
The picture will be directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenwriter will be Mark Boal, both 2009 Academy Award winners for "The Hurt Locker."
The White House says the filmmakers will only receive information provided publicly to everyone.
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