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Summary A senior Republican has sought inquiry into fed secrets leakage about Osama killing.
Reports earlier said secrets have been passed on to Hollywood film-makers.Peter King, chair of the House of Representatives homeland security committee, cited a report suggesting the White House hopes the film will boost President Obamas election bid.New York Times writer Maureen Dowd said film-makers had top-level access.The White House called that report - and Mr Kings claims - ridiculous.Bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader who had spent almost a decade in hiding since fleeing Afghanistan in late 2001, was killed in May in a raid into Pakistan by members of an elite Navy Seals special forces team.In the aftermath of the raid, senior US military officials decried media leaks of information to the news media, saying they jeopardised future operations.
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