Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had some serious insider political and military connections, as the movie hunk found out about Osama bin Laden 's death well before then-President Barack Obama announced it to the nation, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Johnson, 53, was passed the information about the 9/11 mastermind's May 2011 death at a house in Pakistan at the hands of an elite Navy SEAL team from a "friend of a friend." He then sensationally put the news out on Twitter before Obama's televised address. Article continues below advertisement

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"The call was like, 'Hey, this thing happened,'" Johnson revealed to The Hollywood Reporter 's Awards Chatter podcast . "And I said, ‘Okay, wonderful news.'"

“I was told on

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