Operation Neptune Spear: Killing bin Laden | 60 Minutes Archive

Summary

The transcript details Mark Owen's firsthand account of the mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, focusing on the historic SEAL Team Six raid on May 1st, 2011. Owen emphasizes that the mission was not an assassination, but a complex operation involving years of intelligence gathering and preparation by hundreds of Americans. He discusses the raid's challenges, his own role as the second man in bin Laden's bedroom, and his motivation to tell a broader story about the collective effort to find the world's most wanted terrorist, while maintaining anonymity for personal security.