CIA Unveils Model of al-Qaeda Leader al-Zawahri’s Hideout
McLEAN, Virginia—The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri’s safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaeda leader’s whereabouts before the agency killed him in a drone strike in Afghanistan.
Shortly after al-Zawahri’s death, White House officials released a photo showing Biden talking to CIA Director William Burns with a closed wooden box on the table in front of them. Now, the contents of the box—a model depicting a white-walled home with at least five stories and three partially obscured balconies—are on display at the CIA Museum inside the agency’s Virginia headquarters….