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And to route the insurgents from the area, in which he was in control. i went along with a lieutenant colonel steve lutsky, to visit with a redoubtable afghan figure called sadran, flamboyant turbine wearing dyed moustached guy around since the stone age, an extraordinary figure, whos a tribal leader of some renown. at one point, he was on the american side, against the taliban war and later, when president karzai named him to be governor of the province and the people didnt like him there, he s...

Reveals cells they dont know about, whether they have actionable information, whether they can militarily target those cells. theyll look to see if the information shows signs of internal stress inside of al qaeda and its affiliates, look for bin ladens own assessment of his organization and affiliates and i think theyll also be looking closely to see whether that correspondence reveals bin ladens contacts inside of the pakistani and the saudi establishments. >> i imagine its challenging. on one...

Clothed. >> is that appropriate to have a half naked congressman on a magazine? i dont know. >> reporter: hes half naked for a cause. a campaign to inspire americans to get fit. though hes a republican, he admires michelle obamas anti-obesity campaign. he wakes up at 5:30 so he can spend an hour or two in the gym. he was asked on the "today" show if pictures of his exposed abs could come back to haunt his political career. >> there is risk with it. i think its risk worth taking. >> reporter: way...

A few dilemmas, fergie, need more said? try to say nothing. whats interesting i can tell you first is that they were in talks with pippa middleton about creating a role for her within clarence house. whether that was to bring into her into the royal fold so something like this wouldnt happen. im not sure where that is now. apparently she was going business launching her own party business. >> pippa was under the dairy. when she stepped out of the car and down the aisle at the royal wedding, peop...

All kinds of things nearby in all of that. do you worry that the initial misreporting from the administration on what happened here undercut this -- this moment with some of those most like to bring into the fold? >> i dont, and i havent seen it in the reporting. the messages that have come back to us from around the world, and i studied this fairly closely, is that this was a just action, that in fact this was a just action against a man who had committed murder, not just in the united states b...

All kinds of things nearby in all of that. do you worry that the initial misreporting from the administration on what happened here undercut this -- this moment with some of those most like to bring into the fold? >> i dont, and i havent seen it in the reporting. the messages that have come back to us from around the world, and i study this fairly closely, is that this was a just action, that in fact this was a just action against a man who had committed murder, not just in the united states but...

His whereabouts. now the problem is that the divisions in the pakistani government, between the isi, the intelligence people, the military, the civilian, are very, very severe. not really clear how many persons in each of these categories were informed or how they entered the dialogue within pakistan. so when something like this occurs, the divisions then within that government become acute, and people then become more bellicose in berating the united states or somebody else to try to protect th...

Course, since 9/11. they actually -- they say they want to be able to run their country themselves. as one woman said to me, we dont go to other countries and tell them how to run their governments, their countries. we want to be able to run afghanistan for itself. but there are others who are far more realistic about this and say, without the foreign force here, without that support, the taliban would be able to regroup and would present a much more potent threat. still there are others who say...

Back in once again. thats been the talibans strategy here is to wear down the international forces, to wait them out,knowing that at some point theyre going to withdraw. and thats going to give the taliban the chance to try to lay seeds once again to this government, try to reclaim the country. thats why some are saying between now and then, its important to try to build networks, to be able to talk to members of the taliban what they think they can negotiate with and bring them into the fold in...

Jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. mik, thanks so much. and pakistani intelligence is now denying that it had a role in helping the bin laden hide out in plain sight in abbottab abbottabad, insisting they had no idea he was there. ann curry is live now in pakistan with more on the official reaction. and, ann, i know you are over there. theres a "wall street journal" piece today. its the top of the fold here in washington that says that signs point to some pakistan link. what are they saying the...