The director of an Oscar-nominated film about the killing of Osama bin Laden was given classified information about the operation by United States intelligence chiefs. Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow and her screenwriting partner Mark Boal were provided with a complete 'roadmap' of how the raid was planned during a 45 minute meeting with Michael Vickers - the country's highest ranking civilian intelligence official. The filmmakers also received briefings from top CIA and military intelligence officers and Navy Seals who carried out Operation Neptune Spear - attacking bin Laden's compound in Pakistan in May 2011. Secrecy: Zero Dark Thirty filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal were given classified information
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Kathryn Bigelow given classified information by high ranking official
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She was also briefed by CIA and military officials and Navy Seals
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Campaign group said the White House has acted improperly
And it was later reported from Pakistan that one of bin Laden's wives told the @placeholder authorities that they had lived there for five years without detection.