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And others. they then retrieved the body, confirmed in fact it was bin laden, not only looked like a 64" osama bin laden but had other forensic evidence to confirm that it was bin laden and that hes dead. people are celebrating all over the united states, indeed, all over the world. although, u.s. officials are taking steps right now at diplomatic compounds at em basses, u.s. installations to make sure that they are on higher alert in case there is some sort of al qaeda-related retaliatory respo...

Remains and he grels of -- and e target. it was one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time. the minutes passed like days. the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel. that was what was on his mind throughout. and we wanted to make sure we were able to get through this and accomplish the mission. but it was clearly very tense, a lot of people holding their breath. and there was a fair degree of silence as we would get the updates. and when we finally were informed tha...

This as a public relations coup. >> its also interesting to see how much sympathy there is for osama bin laden in pakistan. its interesting that they were threatening attacks against pakistani targets as well. >> thats right. >> according to reuters. president obama called his predecessor former president george w. bush to tell him the news of bin ladens death. >> the hunt for osama bin laden began with the bush administration, even in the clinton administration, though, there were bombings on h...

Over the past 6 months with insuring we had the best visibility in terms of understanding what was happening at that compound, that body of evidence accumulating to the point when the president said i want to have operations against this compounds, i want to know what the pros and cons are. i want some to have options and i want the make sure we are taking into the account the safety and the security of the americans conduct this operation. that we look at it from the standpoint of limiting that...

Four years ago we are told they finally had the name of the courier that was what led them to this home in abbottobad 35 miles northeast of the capital of islamabad and two years ago they started to put together the nickname of that guard, excuse me the couriers that were taken from interrogations of petroleum like khalid sheik mohammed, among others, who are currently now at gitmo bay and they put together the names and two years ago they knew the location of the compounds in abbottobad. they w...

France, both higher. in the u.s. where the 9/11 attacks shut down the new york stock exchange for four days, the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 futures are all positive. we want to mention the u.s. dollar is up from a three-year low this morning. theres also fascinate degree tails emerging about how exactly our u.s. forces got him, got their hands on osama bin laden after really, as you point out, decades. after 9/11, of course, we ratcheted it up, but hes been on the run, and weve been looking for h...

Landing into the compound. there are many courtyards in that compound and before they left, the seals had to detonate explosives to leave -- to make sure that that helicopter was not -- and the valuable technology on board was not left behind. that likely set off fires at the compound because a lot of those compounds are heated by natural gas. what we understand is they approached very quickly. one of the combatants grabbed a woman as a human shield. she was killed. they shouted to one of the no...

Pakistanis knew he was hiding right there in plain sight? >> they would have to have known because a lot of retired generals live in that entire enclave and to know that most of the homes were certainly not three stories and huge compounds, i mean, you would -- youd have to assume that they knew and i think a lot of americans after they goet over the jubiliation of having him killed will ask the question about what kind of money were giving to this government. >> exactly right. how many men and ...

Was gathered over an eight--year period. it began under the public administration. it had the foundation or origination in the c.i.a. interrogation program. that continued through guantanamo bay and other intelligence was picked up in afghanistan and pakistan leading to a picture that osama bin laden was hiding in that compound. >>alisyn: this compound is fascinating. 12 to 18 outer walls and topped with wire. and the residents burned the trash. what else in there? >>reporter: it is eight times ...

7 privacy walls and you cannot see in and other details more telling and officials also found telling. no phone. no internet connection. unlike other compounds. and it is clear from conversations there was on the ground human intelligence with all eyes on the compound for the last week. i was told it was clear to officials there were three families or three units in the compound. two belonged to the couriers and there was a third and they were able to put together this was an older man in the th...