Robert Cardillo on the NGA's role in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this week's episode of Intelligence Matter's Michael speaks with Robert Cardillo, the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Cardillo explains the agency's mission and how advanced imagery was used in the NGA's creation of a replica of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in preparation for the May 2, 2011 raid. Cardillo also talks about what differentiated President Barack Obama's leadership style and looks back on the many tough meetings and long hours spent in the Situation Room.

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0:31.0	Michael, you served a different president who was quite adept at taking a briefing in
0:37.2	real time and interacting with you as you developed the story and asking you questions
0:41.2	that was not President Obama's style.
0:42.9	What's interesting to me, Robert, is there's a thread here that we integrated three of the
0:50.0	most significant intelligence agencies to go do this.
0:54.6	It turned out that I, and I suspect it would be almost the same for you, spent 1,440 hours
1:00.5	in the sit room in those four years.
1:02.6	You counted?
1:03.6	Well, we had to develop more insight because in addition, President Obama kept demanding
1:11.0	rightfully.
1:12.2	I need more evidence.
1:14.7	What's going on inside that compound?
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