Two years ago, when members of an elite Navy SEAL team stormed Osama bin Laden鈥檚 compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and took out the leader of al-Qaeda, they ended one of the biggest manhunts in American history.
But for a small group of analysts at the CIA, bin Laden's capture was the culmination of a two-decade search that began long before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
In this show, guest host Phoebe Judge speaks with Cindy Storer and Susan Hasler, two of the women who were part of the 鈥渟isterhood鈥� of CIA analysts who tracked bin Laden and tried to alert defense officials that al-Qaeda was plotting an attack in 2001. But their warnings, they say, fell on deaf ears.
鈥淲hen 9/11 happened, everyone鈥檚 reaction was, 鈥楾his is it. This is the thing that fits into everything,鈥欌�� Hasler says. 鈥淲e knew the planes they鈥檇 been thinking about. There were plots we鈥檇 known about for 15 years. No one had any doubt in terms of who did that - at least in our office.鈥�
Storer and Hasler are featured in the HBO documentary 鈥淢anhunt,鈥� which premieres May 1, and they join Phoebe Judge in our studio with the film鈥檚 director, Greg Barker.
Hear at The Story's website. Also in this show: on his obsession with his father's secret life and mysterious death.
