EXCLUSIVE: New Republic Pictures has optioned New York Times best-selling author, historian and journalist Garrett M.
Graff’s Politico article about the hunt for Osama bin Laden to adapt as a feature film.Graff’s article follows the plan to kill the al Qaeda leader—from the spycraft to the assault to its bizarre political backdrop—as told by the people in the room.
Graff conducted extensive interviews with nearly 30 key intelligence and national security leaders, White House staff, and presidential aides, including some who had never been on the record before.“The story of how US intelligence and the Obama White House planned and okayed the raid of bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound is one of the most telling, fascinating, and secret chapters
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