CNN Manhunt May 25, 2013 07:52:00
>> we had been focussing on capturing him. he knew who the leadership was. he knew there were methods of attack, the targets. he was the highest al-qaeda terrorist that we had ever captured. we captured him in march. he was severely wounded and we knew we had to get him out of pakistan. and, in the past, the way the u.s. had dealt with issues like this was to transfer the terrorist to a friendly country for interrogation. but we needed to take responsibility for high-level terrorists ourselves. ...
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