Here is the 4-page article (+ 27 pages of comments) underlying the spot.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4494937.shtmlElite Officer Recalls Bin Laden Hunt
Delta Force Commander Says The Best Plan To Kill The Al Qaeda Leader In 2001 Was Nixed
Oct. 5, 2008
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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, 60 Minutes can't tell you his name or show you his face. 60 Minutes hired a theatrical make up artist to take this former Delta officer through a series of transformations to disguise him. He calls himself "Dalton Fury," and is the author of "Kill Bin Laden," a new book out this week.
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Fury says he'll donate his profits from the book to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
I have no way to determine whether this article is factual in whole, part or not at all. Others here may be better informed.
Ishmael Jones, The Human Factor, pp.238-239, blames the escape on CIA "HQs managers" taking over the operation after UBL's radio transmission was received.
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