# Nicholas Schmidl on The No Agenda Show

Nicholas Schmidl comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, in August 2011.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** August 2011 – August 2011
- **Related topics:** [Osama Bin Laden](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/osama-bin-laden.md), [Navy Seals](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/navy-seals.md), [New Yorker](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/new-yorker.md), [Pakistan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pakistan.md), [Abbottabad](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/abbottabad.md), [Cyber Command](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cyber-command.md), [Helicopter Crash](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/helicopter-crash.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Pakistani News, Bin Laden Raid Discrepancies

- **Episode:** [329: Two Batteries One Cup](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/329-two-batteries-one-cup.md)
- **Published:** 2011-08-11
- **Time:** 1:59:57–2:02:20
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/329-two-batteries-one-cup/chapter/pakistani-news-bin-laden-raid-discrepancies.md

A Pakistani witness near the Abbottabad compound claims that no one was taken from the site of the Bin Laden raid because the only helicopter that landed crashed. The hosts discuss discrepancies in the official narrative and investigate the background of journalist Nicholas Schmidl, who wrote a detailed account of the mission.

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### Nicholas Schmidl, Bin Laden Raid Narrative Skepticism

- **Episode:** [328: Pounding the Pavement](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/328-pounding-the-pavement.md)
- **Published:** 2011-08-07
- **Time:** 15:38–18:13
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/328-pounding-the-pavement/chapter/nicholas-schmidl-bin-laden-raid-narrative-skepticism.md

Journalist Nicholas Schmidl's New Yorker article about the Osama bin Laden raid is scrutinized for its cinematic tone and factual accuracy. NPR issued a clarification noting that Schmidl never actually spoke to any Navy SEALs involved in the mission. Schmidl's father is revealed to be Lieutenant General Robert E. Schmidl Jr. of the U.S. Cyber Command.

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### New Yorker Bin Laden Raid Account, Nicholas Schmidl

- **Episode:** [327: Aromatic Poo](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/327-aromatic-poo.md)
- **Published:** 2011-08-04
- **Time:** 1:29:00–1:33:57
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/327-aromatic-poo/chapter/new-yorker-bin-laden-raid-account-nicholas-schmidl.md

The *New Yorker* published a detailed account of the Osama bin Laden raid by Nicholas Schmidl, which the hosts criticize as a "Tom Clancy novel" designed to dramatize a suspicious operation. The article's lack of direct SEAL interviews and its cinematic descriptions of the "Geronimo" mission are cited as evidence of a propaganda effort.

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