Politico reports that, “just weeks after Pentagon Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies and at the White House granted Hollywood filmmakers unusual access to those involved in planning the raid and some of the methods they used to do it, newly released government records show.”

During a briefing in July 2011, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Mike Vickers informed filmmakers Michael Boal and Kathryn Bigelow that the leaders of the Special Operations Command couldn’t speak to them for appearance’s sake. Nonetheless, Vickers said that the Pentagon would order a Navy SEAL, who was involved in planning the raid from its earliest stages, to provide all necessary details to them.

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