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>> quick, any sense of whats happening with the three wives or any of the children there at the compound, the bin laden compound, when he was executed? >> we dont, really. the pakistani government has said theyll be returned to their countries of origin. and theyre denying u.s. officials access to them. i will tell you, suzanne, this is not unusual. we often had pakistani people in custody, wanted access to, and frequently they would deny us direct access. this is san ongoing debate between the ...

Agency. he wanted to get his wife out and bring them to germmy. and he wanted citizenship. and he want ad mercedes benz. and he got all those things. >> reporter: he told the agency before the war that saddam hussein had a secret biological weapons program. the germans had reservations about his credibility. they never granted the cia direct access to curveball. >> i asked the chief of the station here in washington. he said, no, were not going to give you access to it. dont ask. it will cause t...