{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68909a8df3a75290d49db79b/69f9bb971353c87e11b7354a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Operation Neptune Spear - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden","description":"<p>In the early hours of May 2nd, 2011, US Navy SEALS are en route for Pakistan are hoping to bring a 10-year search to its conclusion. Their target is just one man; Osama bin Laden. This episode covers the manhunt for Bin Laden, and the final operation to kill or capture him - Operation Neptune Spear.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to:</p><ul><li>Joby Warrick - Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author of '<em>The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA</em>'</li><li>Adam M. McMahon - Associate Professor of Political Science at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His article<em> 'Obama, Operation Neptune Spear, and the Specter of Failure', </em>was published by the journal Congress &amp; the Presidency in 2024. He is writing a forthcoming book entitled American Extremist that traces the development of the Department of Homeland Security from September 11th, 2001 to January 6th, 2021. He can be reached at amcmahon@rider.edu</li></ul>","author_name":"The Operations Room"}