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The compound? i mean, would there have been -- are people walking around? are there a lot of eyes on the street that people would have watched a house, a compound like this being built and asked questions about it? >> reporter: im sure that would have raised some eyebrows, but a lot of the buildings around here are in a phase of construction to be honest. many of the buildings in pakistan tend to quite often not be finished in the way you would expect. so its hard to tell what attention this bui...

So its hard to tell what attention this building would have brought. certainly the town this morning very quiet indeed, very few people out, not an enormous police presence frankly. and i think you can probably imagine quite what a shock the local residents would have got when theyd have seen four u.s. helicopters pop out in the sky just behind me about 36 hours ago, anderson. >> nick paton walsh, well continue to talk to you tomorrow to learn more about the area where bin laden was killed. join...

Book "jawbreaker: the attack on bin laden and al qaeda, a personal account from the cias key field commander." plus former cia officer and time.coms intelligence columnist robert baer. guys, thanks for being with us. gary, you were a key player in hunt to get bin laden back when he was in afghanistan in tora bora. how surprised were you to hear of the location where he actually was found? >> i wasnt that surprised. i always assumed he would be further away from the border closer to an urban area...

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