Obama announced the U.S. operation that killed the mastermind behind 9/11 during a televised late-night address on May 1, 2011, from the East Room of the White House. Johnson happened to learn about the news beforehand, however, and couldn’t keep quiet. Advertisement“Here’s the thing,” Johnson said on the podcast, which was recorded live at Chapman University and moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg. Advertisement“Then I get a second call,” Johnson told Feinberg. “Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,” said Obama.
