Discovery Preps One-Hour Special on Bin Laden Takedown

SILVER SPRING: Killing Bin Laden (working title) is an hour-long special set for Discovery Channel that provides a second-by-second account of the operation that finally brought down Osama Bin Laden.

Set to air on May 15 at 10 p.m. on Discovery Channel, the special will look into the details of how the operation was planned and executed. The project incorporates work of a global team of local reporters, fixers and cameras on the ground in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The program will also investigate how intelligence gathered the information that led to the terrorist leader’s hideout.

Encore airings for the special are set for Military Channel, Science Channel, ID and Planet Green in the U.S., and it will also broadcast internationally within Discovery’s portfolio of global networks.

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"Bringing Osama Bin Laden to justice is one of the biggest stories of our country’s lifetime," said Clark Bunting, the president and general manager of Discovery Channel. "Discovery Channel’s global reach, strong partnerships and unique nonfiction storytelling ability allow us to delve deep into this story and provide viewers with answers to the questions they are asking as well as context and historical perspective."