Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a Senate committee that no unauthorized information was given to filmmakers about the
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raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. (June 14)
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[Location - Date:WASHINGTON/JUNE 13][Source:POOL][SOT/:SENATOR DAN COATS/(R) INDIANA]"One of the areas of concern is over the question over this accommodation with Hollywood filmmakers regarding the Bin Laden raid. It's been alleged that the name of the participants in that, one of our uniformed participants in that, has been made public. We were wondering, the question is what other details have been shared about that."[SOT/:LEON PANETTA/DEFENSE SECRETARY]"No unauthorized disclosures were provided to movie producers or anybody else. What we do have is we do have an office at the Pentagon that every day deals with people who want to do something about, you know, either a movie or an article or a book or something related to our defense and we want to make sure that the information that we do use is accurate and we do have a system with regards to the accuracy of that information. But I can assure you, I've asked that question in this instance, nobody released any information that was unauthorized."(****END****)
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