A Russian-made assault rifle housed in a glass case in the CIA’s private museum is identified simply as “Osama bin Laden’s AK-47,” NBC reported Wednesday.
The gun, found next to the body of Osama bin Laden after Navy SEALs killed him in a midnight raid in Pakistan, is part of a collection most people will never have a chance to see. NBC recently became the first news organization to get a camera inside the museum, which is open only to employees and invited guests.
The agency will not specify how the rifle was recovered, but it is in good working condition, curator Toni Hiley told NBC.
“Because of its proximity to (bin Laden) there on the third floor in the compound, our analyst determined it to be his. It’s a Russian AK with counterfeit Chinese markings,” Hiley said.
The museum’s exhibits fill three hallways at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. and house artifacts from the organization’s 70 years of clandestine operations, according to NBC.
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