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We move to activity resolution. >> translation, its not just about satellite photos anymore. now the patterns of behavior they reveal are much more telling. >> when i worked in this business in the 80s, patterns were developed, weeks at best, months, years more likely. patterns these days are days at worst and hours, more likely. so trying to find the pattern in the noise is the real trick. >> and when we speak about patterns, its how often does this terrorist leader visit this compound and when...

Intelligence. >> until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on this compound. >> an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size, and, frankly, unusual in its location. >> its location, a half mile from pakistans premier military academy in abbottabad. from miles in the sky, american spy satellites were watching. robert cardillo is the director of the national geospacial intelligence agency. here in the nga operations center, they make sense of the data that u.s. spy satellites beam bac...

Back. >> weve moved from spatial resolution to what we call activity resolution now. >> translation, its not just about satellite photos anymore. now, the patterns of behavior they reveal are much more telling. >> when i worked in this business in the 80s, patterns were developed weeks at best, years more likely. patterns these days are days at best and hours more likely. when we speak about pattern, its how often does this terrorist leader visit this compound. >> thats right. >> announcer: or i...

Hayden didnt have much to go on. >> most of what we had looked more like elvis sightings than they did substantive intelligence. >> until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on this compound. >> an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size, and, frankly, unusual in its location. >> its location, a half mile from pakistans premier military academy in abbott bad -- abbottabad. from miles in the sky, american spy satellites were watching. robert cardillo is the director of the national...

For years. >> the trail was quite cold. >> former cia director mike hayden didnt have much to go on. >> most of what we had felt more like elvis sightings than intelligence. >> until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on that compound. >> an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size and, frankly, unusual in its location. >> its location, a half a mile from pakistans premier military academy in abbottabad. here in the operations center at the national geospatial intelligence agency,...

Hayden didnt have much to go on. >> most of what we had felt more like elvis sightings than intelligence. >> until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on that compound. >> an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size and, frankly, unusual in its location. >> its location, a half a mile from pakistans premier military academy in abbottabad. here in the operations center at the national geospatial intelligence agency, we move to activity resolution. >> translation, its not just about ...