Leon Panetta gave Hollywood exec top secret info on Bin Laden raid’s SEAL unit, leader

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Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta disclosed top secret information about the Navy SEALS unit that conducted the mission on which Osama Bin Laden was found and killed, according to an unpublished Inspector-General report obtained by the Project on Government Oversight.

Panetta’s disclosures came during a celebratory gathering to honor the SEALS and their commander at the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. Among the attendees at the event was an unnamed “Hollywood executive” connected to the production of the movie about the raid, “Zero Dark Thirty,” according to POGO.

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