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Concern over info given to filmmakers about bin Laden raid

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    Did Defense Department cross the line?

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Was national security jeopardized in the interest of better film make it.

Or was it business as usual.

A government watchdog group has obtained records from the Defense Department and the CIA that show Hollywood got access to seal team six.

Responsible for killing Osama -- lot.

-- White House correspondent Ed Henry has more.

And delivering the commencement address at the air force academy today President Obama was quick to -- its ties to the killing of Osama bin Laden that photo.

From the situation room.

On the day we deliver justice to good -- You can see right next to mayor greatly -- special operations forces general Brad -- Meanwhile the president's reelection team rolled out yet another ad touting the takedown in a spot about veterans it's because what they've done.

-- -- been able to where Earl Carter.

-- bin -- newly released documents are raising questions about whether top officials crossed the line and gave Hollywood filmmakers sensitive information for an election year film about the raid.

These filmmakers -- given the keys in the kingdom in terms of access to information about -- the -- -- the documents turned over after a lawsuit by the conservative group judicial watch show the Pentagon made available a navy seal who was involved in planning the bin Laden raid.

For a meeting last summer with Kathryn Bigelow and Michael Ball.

From the Oscar winning film the Hurt Locker who are now making zero dark thirty even -- top pentagon and CIA officials warned against the danger of leaks and the president himself said bin Laden's death was no time despite the football that is actually -- -- -- Republican Peter King is demanding to know if classified information was leaked since the filmmakers also got inside the CIA -- -- taken to play tours of -- where the most classified information is kept Democrats say unless -- can -- specific classified information leaked.

This is just politics it seems silly to me this argument.

That a major foreign policy success on the part of the United States should be kept secret White House spokesman Tommy -- denied classified information was discussed.

Adding of the Hollywood meetings this same information was given to the white house press corps.

Now the white house press -- certainly got a lot of information about the bin Laden raid but we were never made we never got access to a navy seal.

Plan or at least a planner of the -- and I've never been invited over to any CIA vault although spokesperson there says it was -- From the Hollywood folks came over -- Now -- -- -- thank you a Pakistani de.

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