House GOP seeks detailed report on bin Laden raid  By Stephen C.
Webster Thursday, September 1, 2011 13:01 EDT google plus icon
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U.S. House of Representatives are hoping to require the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense to submit a
detailed report on how terrorist ringleader Osama bin Laden was
found and eventually killed, mandating agencies turn over the
classified information in exchange for their 2012 funding.  In
section 415 of the Intelligence Authorization Act (PDF),
Republicans introduce their plan to create a “public record” of
the raid that killed bin Laden.  “[It] is vitally important that
the United States memorialize all the events that led to the
raid so that future generations will have an official record of
the events that transpired before, during, and as a result of
the operation,” they wrote. “[And] preserving this history now
will allow the United States to have an accurate account of
the events while