The Pentagon is investigating concerns that the Obama administration may have given a Hollywood film-maker too many details about the secret mission last May in which Osama bin Laden was killed.
The inspector general’s office covering intelligence has informed Representative Peter King, who heads the House Homeland Security Committee, that it will investigate the Pentagon’s release of information to film-makers about the raid in Pakistan.
He has questioned administration co-operation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of the Oscar-winning picture The Hurt Locker, who is working on a film about the hunt for Bin Laden.
Mr King, a New York Republican, said the CIA is also examining its future interactions with the entertainment industry.
The White House has denied discussing classified information.
The still-untitled film is due December 19th, shortly after the presidential election. It will focus on the Navy Seals' mission to capture and kill bin Laden, and the battles that resulted in the death of the terrorist leader on his compound in early May.
The bin Laden project, which has been in development since 2008, will be distributed in the United States by Sony.
Mark Boal, a war journalist who wrote Bigelow's Best Picture-winning The Hurt Locker, is behind the script. He and Bigelow, who also teamed for that film, are producing the bin Laden project.
Several other bin Laden pictures are in the works, including films that reportedly involve Oliver Stone and George Clooney.
Agencies