Osama bin Laden

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Michael Morell · said 13 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Michael Morell (6), Matt Spence (3), Orion Hindawi (1), Erin Price-Wright (1), Ash Carter (1), Alex Rampell (1)

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2019 12 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Osama bin Laden, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: Intelligence Case for Iraq WMDs Was Stronger Than Bin Laden Case
“And the punchline, right, the punchline was, Mr. President the case that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction was stronger than the case that Bin Laden is. You could hear a pin drop in the Situation Room, and it was true, right?”
Michael Morell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:52 a16z Podcast | For Your Ears Only
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
CIA Analysts Estimated 60% to 95% Probability Bin Laden Was in Abbottabad
“So the lead analyst said, 95% chance he's there. And the senior most analyst said, 80% chance. And I was at 60%.”
Michael Morell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:11 a16z Podcast | For Your Ears Only
Apr 14, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Price-Wright: Palantir's role in finding Bin Laden drove its commercial sales
“A large reason why we were able to sell to customers like BP and others were, you know, people liked that Palantir was the software that they used to find Bin Laden. So, you know, it made it easier to sell to some of these more traditional enterprises.”
Erin Price-Wright Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 20:49 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
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