Osama bin Laden - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Osama bin Laden Index / People Transcripts Jeh Johnson ...was the Thursday or Friday before the [Osama] bin Laden raid. And I had invited Steve Preston... ...Through targeted lethal force, bin Laden , [Anwar] al-Awlaki—ou... ...legal basis for going after bin Laden in 2011. So that's the general lega... ...and, of course, I want to get to the bin Laden raid itself. But actually, I want t... ...in office, the other was getting bin Laden , because we did exactly what th... ...them was the Friday before the Sunday bin Laden raid. You did mention it, but actuall... ...as a segue to perhaps talking about the bin Laden raid. Yes. So that dinner righ... ...those exact words. And I didn't have bin Laden in mind when I said that, but that'... ...[Pakistan], and how we knew it was bin Laden . He had been authorized to give m... ...basis for going into Pakistan to get bin Laden . And I concluded, in a very, ver... ...basis for going into Pakistan to get bin Laden . There were assessments made abou... ...action officer known for the hunt for bin Laden , because people will see you coming i... ...measure of closure for me, that we got bin Laden that day. Of course, I couldn't tell m... ...seven o'clock. I remember, after we got bin Laden , I don't think there's a Publi... ...are you going to do? You're harboring bin Laden . Are you going to say, “How dare yo... ...dare you come into our country to get Osama bin Laden ?” They were harboring him... ...moment regarding whether or not bin Laden would be captured or killed, to com... ...on it more broadly, how did the bin Laden raid illustrate for you Obama'... ...proud of by the end of 2012 were bin Laden , the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell... Show more... David Axelrod ...was that was the weekend of the [Osama] bin Laden raid that would take down bin Laden. ... ...bin Laden raid that would take down bin Laden . I went and I had lunch with th... ...with that unfortunate middle name, bin Laden .” And it was a takeoff on being Barac... ...Obama got to the joke, and he said, “ bin Laden . Bin Laden. Oh, I don't know. Tha... ...well. We had gotten some boost from the bin Laden thing, but it was a difficult time. Th... Scott Gration ...to help develop the Predator, and find Osama bin Laden . I was able to be the director o... ...had a role in not only helping Osama bin Laden , but maybe facilitating some terroris... Austan Goolsbee ...And in a way, the decision to go after Osama bin Laden is, in one sense, not unlike th... ...that's totally not true. In both the Osama bin Laden case and the auto rescue, I know for ... Jay Carney ...wondered if we were talking about the [Osama] bin Laden raid or something related to that. Bu... ...did you become informed that the bin Laden raid was happening? This was Sunday... ...confirmation, but were confident that bin Laden had been killed. I remember Davi... ...predecessors who had had to deal with bin Laden , especially, obviously, President Bus... ...that anteroom—and there's an image of bin Laden . It's, like, the news ha... ...there'd been a mission that had led to bin Laden 's death. That was just a... ...to Florida, to Qaddafi's son, to bin Laden , to the national Correspondents... ...and how the shooting happened when bin Laden was killed. I remember John Brenna... ...fantastic. Isn't it great? There's bin Laden in the image. The fact that Pete caugh... ...it says, “President Obama to announce bin Laden death shortly.” I love th... Show more... Loretta Lynch ...individuals, up to and including Osama bin Laden , post-nine-eleven we began to se... Josh Earnest ...about is your memories about the bin Laden assassination and what it was lik... Janet Napolitano ...post-nine-eleven. The al-Qaeda that was Osama bin Laden 's al-Qaeda, the core group, had reall... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy