Maya:
[to Navy SEALs]
Quite frankly, I didn’t even want to use you guys, with your dip and velcro and all your gear bullshit. I wanted to drop a bomb. But people didn’t believe in this lead enough to drop a bomb. So they’re using you guys as canaries. And, in theory, if bin Laden isn’t there, you can sneak away and no one will be the wiser. But bin Laden is there. And you’re going to kill him for me.

Efter attentatet mot World Trade Center 2001 skickas CIA-agenten Maya till Pakistan. I tio år arbetar hon som besatt med att försöka spåra Usama bin Ladin. Till slut sänder USA ett team för att mörda al Qaida-ledaren. Men bara Maya vet var han är.

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