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Laden by trying to track his courier. it took years for the agency to recruit the human source that eventually gave us the true name. thats why we were in the business of condensing human intelligence because, in many cases, all of these fancy gadgets and everything else wont give you the information that you really need. a true name. and we finally got his true name. which is whatever it is. whatever arabic name, you know. but the true name we were able to find out a lot about him

The way it works is information comes in, you catalog it, you organize it. that little nugget there could sit on your shelves for four or five years until something else that comes in thats very illuminating about something that you may have had for a very long period of time. that actually happened and the work we did to hunt for bin laden by trying to track his courier. it took years for the agency to recruit the human source that eventually gave us the true name. thats why we were in the busi...

Several opportunities leading up to what would be the last before 9/11. we had a human source network that directed us to this compound near kandahar, and based on that human source reporting, we flue a predator uav above the compound and sure enough, the security detail showed up with all the signatures of a bin laden caravan and indeed bin laden was there and got out. >> and you did what at that point? >> we alerted the white house, of course, and the pentagon and the hope that there would be ...

good evening. im tom foreman in for erin burnett. breaking news. a suicide attack stopped just short of the capitol steps. new details at this hour about the plot. authorities say the would be bomber had conducted a test in west virginia. chose the attack at a d.c. restaurant and allegedly told investigators he wanted to kill people, quote, face to face with an ak 47. if the investigation had not gone well, if detectives had not done their jobs, our lead story tonight would in short be...

new details at this hour about the plot. authorities say the would be bomber had conducted a test in west virginia. chose the capital after considering an attack on a d.c. restaurant, and allegedly told investigators he wanted to kill people, quote, face-to-face with an ak-47. if the investigation had not gone well, if detectfes had not done their jobs, our lead story would in short be a calamity. instead, the fbi and the u.s. capitol police stopped it cold. he was arrested in a sting ...

a suicide attack stopped just short of the capitol steps. new details at this hour about the plot. authorities say the would be bomber had conducted a test in west virginia. chose the capital after considering an attack on a d.c. restaurant, and allegedly told investigators he wanted to kill people, quote, face-to-face with an ak-47. if the investigation had not gone well, if detectfes had not done their jobs, our lead story would in short be a calamity. instead, the fbi and the u.s. c...

since osama bin laden. the breaking news this hour, were learning more about the air strike in yemen that killed anwar al-awlaki. first, a reminder of why this american born cleric was so dangerous. president obama says he took the lead in planning to murder americans. hes been linked to those terror suspects of the decade including the so-called underwear bomber, the accused ft. hood attacker, three of the 9/11 hijackers and the man who allegedly tried to blow up a car in times square...

eastern. piers morgan starts right now. good evening, youre looking live at washington and new york where two huge stories are breaking tonight. well get to the presidents speech on jobs in just a moment. first i want to go right to whats being called a specific, credible but unconfirmed terror threat against this country tied to the tenth anniversary of 9/11. its believed to involve three individuals, at least one of whom is a u.s. citizen. wolf, what do we know? there have been swi...

Enforcement officers in a common bond to go after terrorism targets. these two folks popped up on the screen and mohanad hammadi boasted about his involvement and went into great detail about what he had done. in this case, according to the charging documents, he was placed with a human source who was able to corroborate most of the information and bring the investigation to a successful conclusion. >> did you read the documents from the doj they talk about the confidential human source that you...

course as i know you v and it is a fascinating read. one of the things that strikes me is that we are talking about two guys, very young guys, 23 and 30 years of age respectively, and speak to their youth, a, and b, what are they accused of doing? >> well, in the case of wad ramadan alwan, he is now 30 years old, but he has been at the business of terrorism for more than 10 years. since he was a teenager. and in his case, he was involved directly in the manufacture and the placement of...