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Meet the CIA ‘Sisterhood’ that tracked Osama Bin Laden

Years before Osama bin Laden became a household name, a group of female analysts at the CIA was so determined to find and stop the terror leader that one said she was once counseled by an Agency superior that she was spending “too much time” on the bin Laden hunt.

“They said we were obsessed crusaders, overly emotional, using all those women stereotypes,” said former CIA analyst Cindy Storer in the new HBO documentary “Manhunt,” which debuted earlier this month. “Yes, we were borderline obsessed, but I thought it was for a good reason… How can you do something like this without passion? You can’t.”

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