Osama bin Laden Found in 2009?
UCLA Geography Class Project Was on Right Track
Class Project Turns 'CSI'
The bin Laden tracking idea arose during conversations between Professors Thomas Gillespie and John Agnew in the UCLA geography department in 2009.
In 2009, former CIA officer John Kiriakou, an ABC News consultant, said the paper was a "really interesting starting point." A CIA official who had not seen the report said only, "Take it with a huge grain of salt, huge."
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