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They sued to get access to e-mail define filmmakers and government officials which show the officials gave the commander's name to a director and a screenwriter but asked them not to tell anyone else. the filmmakerss won academy awards for "the hurt locker." several members of the house armed services committee are asking the pentagon to investigate this situation. and wendell is working the story for us live at the white house this afternoon. the white house put a fair amount of trust if these filmmakers if you believe the e-mails. >>reporter: you are right. the two were allowed to interview ...

And one runway and sent police scrambling. this is all "happening now.". we start off with our top story today. new information on the roll the white house the pentagon and the cia played in an upcoming hollywood film about the raid that killed usama bin laden. we're glad you're with us, everybody. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the film-makers behind "zero dark 30" got access to highly classified information and talking to the navy seal planner involved in the raid in the early stages. white house rolled out the welcome mat to the film-makers. granting them access to the cia vault where t...

Type of access that catherine bigelow had. she had access to the individuals working with the global park group, a democrat leaning firm. she is political supporter of the president. she made a donation in the december of 2011, fec records show. this was all very politicized. and you know, one thing to say that you can't release information because it impacts national security. but you got to be consistent across the board on it and obviously it is obvious these decisions are political and they released national security-sensitive information if it is deemed to help the administration or frank...

Because it would violate national security to release the photos because it might offend the terrorists but meantime they're leaking this national security sensitive information looks like to the hollywood film-makers. maureen dowd of "the new york times" who exposed this. no conservative. she said she had access to classified information and it was an effort, seen as a stretch, a boost in the homestretch to the campaign in october of 2012. that is when the movie was supposed to be released. then we find out from these documents that took nine months and a federal lawsuit to get out of this ad...

Referred to the film-makers being given the white house talking points about the intelligence giving only 60 to 80% assurance the compound was bin laden's and what aides characterized as the president's gutsy call to go ahead ahead with the mission. king's and judicial watch's complaints are equally divided between the information and access provided to the film-makers and the white house cooperating with a movie seen as favorable to the president and is set for release in october, shortly before the election. jon? jon: wendell goler at the white house. thank you. for more on this controversy ...