CIA Unveils Model of al-Qaeda Leader al-Zawahri’s Hideout

CIA Unveils Model of al-Qaeda Leader al-Zawahri’s Hideout
A model of the house where a precision counterterrorism operation killed al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri is displayed below a rifle used by Michael Spann, the first American killed in Afghanistan, in the refurbished museum at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters building in Langley, Va., on Sept. 24, 2022. Kevin Wolf/AP Photo
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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.