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Fact Checking the Claim That ‘The Guy Who Killed Bin Laden Is on Delta’s No-Fly List’

Robert O’Neill tweeted a photo of himself maskless on a flight.
Fact Checking the Claim That ‘The Guy Who Killed Bin Laden Is on Delta’s No-Fly List’

A viral Facebook post claims that on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and “the guy who killed bin Laden is on Delta’s no-fly list.”

As anyone even casually following the news has seen: The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August amid President Biden’s widely criticized withdrawal of American troops.

Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.

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