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With so much on the ground experience, the civilian leadership and the national command authority trust them explicitly when it comes to planning this kind of operation. all that said, theres enormous risk associated, and the fact of the matter is they pulled it off brilliantly. were going to bring in general barry mccaffery now, an analyst here, but i want you to listen to a clip from john brennan, talking about how courageous this was. lets watch it first. >> we thought that the best way to en...

That was certainly part of the decision? >> yeah, i think so. weve had a tremendous continuing problem with saddam husseins burial site in tikrit as a focal point. so the thought was dispose of it, cover yourself by saying we did it in accordance with islamic rules, but get rid of the body where it cant remains as a continuing problem. it was a smart move, one of many in this operation. >> let me go back to the brennan video on the courageous operation. lets watch that real quick. >> there was n...

Al qaeda and get them to confine themselves in a small area is by occupying the other part of that area. if we werent in afghanistan right now, bin laden and his entourage would probably by in afghanistan somewhere, maybe in a cave, maybe in a mansion, about you they would have other place toss flee to. we eliminated the number of possible sanctuaries they could take. this operation was successful, a great victory, but these kind of operations carry with them very serious intended risks. lets no...

Pressure on the al qaeda network. >> well, in this case abc news as obtained video of what it looked like inside. just have us walk through a bit -- im amazed they set something up. did they rebuild it somewhere else? how did that training inform their mission? >> anytime you have the opportunity to practice an operation, it makes you better, it makes you stronger, and sometimes when were practices operations, well build the best possibility mock compounds that we can. i wouldnt be surprised if ...

Mean it was not really a capture operation, that it was an operation to kill someone, do you say if youve got him, kill him anyway? >> cenk s. i think some of the reporting has been off. john brennan said today pretty explicitly there was a capture option here. the force that went in did have pretty explicit instructions, capture if possible. if that was not on the table, to neutralize the subject. youre trusting them to make a decision in the hostile environment. they performed brilliantly. >> ...