Shortly after 9-11, the Pentagon ordered a top-secret team of American commandos into Afghanistan

with a single, simple order.

Kill Osama bin Laden.

It was America's best chance to eliminate the leader of al-Qaeda.

The inside story of exactly what happened in that mission and how close it came to its objective has never been told until tonight.

The man you're about to meet was the officer in command, leading a team from the U.S. Army's mysterious

a unit so secret, it's often said that doesn't exist.

But you're about to see the operators in action.

Why would the mission commander break his silence after seven years?

He told us that most everything he's read in the media

wrong.

And tonight, he wants to set the record straight.

Our job was to go find him, capture, kill him, and we knew the writing on the wall was

really to kill him.

No one wanted to bring us on the Milan back to stand trial in the United States alone.

In 2001, just 10 weeks after 9-11, he was a 37-year-old Army Major leading a team of America's most elite commandos.

Even now, we can't tell you his name or show you his face.

We hired a theatrical makeup artist to take the former officer through a series of transformations

to create the man you see now.

He calls himself Dalton Fury. He's the author of Kill Bin Laden, a new book out this week.

Dalton Fury is used to disguises.

In fact, in 2001, his entire team transformed itself in Afghanistan.

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