In this first episode we’ll trace the origins of Osama Bin Laden and the people who were tasked to find him. Who was this man? When did he first get the CIA's attention? And what led up to his masterminding of 9/11?


Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com). Music in this episode is "Oneiri", “Nothing [Bonus Track] and “May” by Kai Engel; “Samaritan", “Stanna med Oss [feat. Mary Shelley]", "Vänliga Slaktaren [feat. Mary Shelley]", “Minnesbilden [feat. Second Break]” and "Moving On" by Ars Sonor (http://frequency-alcyone.deviantart.com/); "UnificationovMultiplicity" by Ad Serpentae (https://www.discogs.com/artist/892453-Ad-Serpentae); "The Last Ones" by Jahzzar (http://betterwithmusic.com/). Sound effects from freesound.org by Sklanier, SoundsLikeWillem, Cydon, FedeDrede, InspectorJ, WillyBilly1984, RobinHood76, Huybao91. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


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S1 Ep1: Killing Bin Laden, Part 1

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Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by Kai Engel.  Music in this episode is “Something (Bonus Track)” and "Scenery" by Kai Engel; "Take Off and Shoot a Zero" by Chris Zabriskie and "Arid Foothills" by Kevin MacLeod.



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S2 Ep12: Assault on Al-Qaeda, Part 2

This is the true story of how a coalition effort between American and British special force units brought down, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the mastermind behind countless bombings, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq as the leader of A.Q.I.



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Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by Kai Engel.  Music in this episode is “Something (Bonus Track)” by Kai Engel; “Never Again” by Ars Sonor; "Haunty Fourstroke", "Violin Spider" and "Blhlicht" by Marco Trovatello.



Sound effects from freesound.org by syna-max, justinbw, Dymewiz, kangaroovindaloo, Huggy13ear, soundmary, tehlordoswag420, laurenmg95, felix.blume and nicklas3799. Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License 


S1 Ep1: Killing Bin Laden, Part 1

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