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In this Nov. 14, 2014, file photo, former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, poses for a portrait in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Robert O’Neill investigated by Navy; bin Laden shooter may have disclosed classified information

Associated Press

Poster for the movie Act of Valor.

Special operations forces tactics compromised by Hollywood, media reports

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Central Intelligence Director (CIA) Director John Brennan gestures during a news conference at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Brennan is pushing back hard against the wave of criticism following a Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing harsh interrogation tactics employed by intelligence community people against terrorism war-era detainees. Brennan and several past CIA leaders fear the historical record may define them as torturers instead of patriots. The CIA is now in the uncomfortable position of defending itself publicly, given its basic mission to protect the country secretly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Brennan: Senate report on CIA interrogations ‘flawed’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

CIA Director John O. Brennan avoided the word "torture" in relation to CIA interrogation methods, saying he would "leave to others how they label those activities." (associated press)

John Brennan: ‘Torture report’ flawed, interrogations helped thwart terror plots

The Washington Times

Obama's Osama bin Laden Trophy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GAYLE TROTTER: Osama bin Laden found through CIA torture

By Gayle Trotter

George Tenet, former CIA director, listens during an interview in New York in this April 30, 2007, file photo. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews, File)

George Tenet, Michael Hayden — other former CIA chiefs — say enhanced interrogations helped

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Then-Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington after President Bush announced he was his choice to replace outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss. The head of the CIA during President George W. Bush’s second term says “I didn’t lie” to Congress about harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects. Retired Gen. Michael Hayden does say the intelligence community labored after Sept. 11, 2001 to repel further attacks against the U.S. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Former CIA officals refute ‘torture’ report, claim interrogations led to bin Laden

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Push Back: CIA Director John O. Brennan claims the interrogation techniques used by the CIA post 9/11 saved American lives. (Associated Press)

CIA refutes ‘torture report,’ says interrogation tactics thwarted terror plots

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Islamic State group, which has employed a broad range of strategies to subdue Sunni Muslim tribes in Syria and Iraq, is pushing its war for a caliphate into North Africa. Younger jihadis in particular appear to be mimicking the militants' rhetoric and brutality. (Associated Press)

Islamic State opening front in North Africa

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 14, 2014, file photo, former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, poses for a portrait in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Robert O’Neill, ex-SEAL, on Osama bin Laden: ‘I shot him in the face three times’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, the man who says he was the shooter who killed Osama Bin Laden, sits in Washington Redskins Owner Dan Snyder's box as the Washington Redskins play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL football at FedExField, Landover, Md., Sunday, November 16, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washin(...)

Robert O’Neill, ex-SEAL who says he killed bin Laden, gives Redskins pep talk

By Zac Boyer - The Washington Times

Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Osama bin Laden doll made by CIA and depicted as demon hits auction block

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Navy SEALs seen through the greenish glow of night vision goggles, as they prepare to breach a locked door in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Columbia Pictures' hyper-realistic new action thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)

Navy SEAL night vision goggles used in bin Laden raid available — for $35K

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This undated file photo shows al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP Photo, File)

Navy admiral warns SEALS in Osama bin Laden raid: Be quiet

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Posters depicting ISIL ambition in Syria and Iraq are displayed as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey testify concerning the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 16, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

ISIS-al Qaeda competition could prompt strikes against Americans: Intelligence officials

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan n Jakarta, Indonesia in June. Fears about the threat posed by the Islamic State are mounting not only in the West but also in the capital of the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia cracks down on suspected jihadists as Islamic State fears mount

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated image made from video and provided by by Al-Jazeera, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is shown. Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and spokesman still maintains that there was justification for the September 11, 2001 attacks orchestrated by al-Qaida upon the United States. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who is being tried in a New York City courtroom for conspiring to kill Americans, is using courtroom theater, intentionally or not, to press his case that the United States is such a bully in the Middle East that even killing civilians was justified. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File)

US: Bin Laden son-in-law must get life in prison

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this 2010 photo, Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera speaks on the "Fox & Friends" television program in New York. (Associated Press)

Geraldo slammed as ‘dummy’ for backing Clinton’s bin Laden claim

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State, has rarely been photographed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi formerly a U.S. captive

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on the dangerous jihadist mind by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: Talking with the jihadists is a strategy for losing

By Clifford D. May