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This undated file photo shows al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)
Embedded in the so-called "black budget" -- the document breaking down how $52.6 billion was to be used among the nation's intelligence gathering agencies -- are details about the technology teams used to hunt down Osama bin Laden and even confirm his identity with his DNA.
The document leaked to The Washington Post by whistleblower Edward Snowden in the case of the manhunt for the Al Qaeda leader who claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks is described by the newspaper as "a singular example of counterterrorism cooperation among the U.S. government’s numerous intelligence agencies."
This undated file photo shows al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP)
Here's a bit about how the various agencies gathered information that lead up to the raid, according to information found in the document and reported by the Post:
A Pakistani laborer works at a construction site of a building in Pakistan's hill city of Abbottabad on May 16, 2011, where Osama bin Laden was killed in a US Naval Commandos special operation on May 2. (Getty Images)
This undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan and released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a man identified by the U.S. government as bin Laden in front of a television. (AP/Department of Defense, File)
Even with all these efforts, the Post reported intelligence officials telling President Barack Obama before the raid they were only 40 to 60 percent confident that bin Laden was there. Ultimately, they turned out to be right.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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