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The hideout where bin laden lived in such detail. the hideout, of course, was destroyed by u.s. bombs a few weeks after 9/11. i had gone after that area, all of that bin laden compound was completely bombed out. so its a different picture, and of course, at the time, anderson, when he was, you know, these pictures were taken, there was a lot of stuff in the future we didnt know. 9/11, the embassy attacks, et cetera. >> and how much of that was already being planned by him? >> you know, whats int...

In the hours ahead, german parliament will vote on whether to approve an extension of greeces bailout. lawmakers are expected to give the final green light, although many fear the greek government wont deliver on its reform promises. hardline finance ministers are backing the extension, arguing greece is getting more time rather than toned down term conditions. a former aide to osama bin laden was convicted for his role in the deadly bombing of a u.s. embassy in africa. he faces life in prison...

Im melissa rehberger. u.s. forces launched two raids on libya and sumall yeah. senior al qaeda official was captured and wanted for more than a decade for planning the 1998 embassy attacks in kenya and tanzania. in somalia targeting the leader behind the deadly mall attack in kenya. they missed him and its not clear if anyone was captured in that raid. back to "lock up." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ i keep the gutter in this rap ♪ ♪ i aim to thrill and i ...

North of africa is a growing threat and danger and to go in now into libya certainly does show with the knowledge of the libyan government, does show some compliance there, but again, we dont know what the outfall for this weak libyan government is going to be, don. >> all right, our senior national correspondent nic robertson is in london. barbara starr is following this from the pentagon. i want to get now to our foreign affairs reporter, elise. she is joining us by phone. listen, lets talk ab...

Those numbers have started to really grow this afternoon, and well update you as they change. unfortunately. >> in a vicious massacre, congressmen peter king says that is reminiscent of past u.s. embassy attacks. >> this is a particularly brutal attack, and its almost seems as if the terror world was coming full cycle. one of the first major attacks on the united states was on the embassy in 1998, and now 15 years later, a massacre, really a well-coordinated, horrific massacre. they attacked at ...

Consideration, it would seem is the differences in gradations and capabilities between what al qaeda was on 9/11 and shortly thereafter and what the al qaeda peninsula is capable of. its capable of a whole lot less than the order of magnitude than it was in 9/11. >> you think the september 10th, 2011 al qaeda based in afghanistan stronger than its capabilities than todays aqp? >> yeah. look at what its attempting, taking down the airliner for the christmas day plot, a variety of different embass...

Single day. >> these programs have been conducted consistent with the constitution and the laws of the united states. the programs have been carried out with extensive oversight from courts, independent inspectors general and congress. >>. >> reporter: theres also been plenty of discussion about the benghazi terror attack which of course claimed the fives of four americans. theres been some suggestion the investigation has been stalled. mueller was asked if all necessary and reasonable resources...

Like you find on youtube, it would be 25,000 hours or 2 million still pictures. now probably the video is of different resolutions so its undoubtedly not that much. but it just gives you some idea that people are responding in a big way to this request for pictures. and investigators were out at logan airport in boston today asking people as they leave, were you there at the marathon? do you have any pictures? so that is a very serious part of this investigation. and its going to be a big chore ...

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The benghazi attack, in many ways echos the attacks on those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> my colleague from maine raised some very important questions about the embassy bombings. those are questions that should be answered as well. >> they are exploiting another national tragedy. the 1998 embassy attacks in kenya killed more than 200 people, including 12 americans over 1,000 people were hurt. and now republicans are using these tra...