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Retired senior pakistani intelligence agent who actually was monitoring the hide away the prison if you will for -- for bin laden. he was directly responsible for some of the security there. he walks in and tells us this story. were madder than hell. the president is skeptical. how are we going to know. how are we sure its bin laden. we eventually go to the two leading generals genki an e, head of the military head of the intelligence service counterpart to our cia, with whom we work closely and...

Although the full u.s. embargo cannot be legally lifted without a formal act of congress. the state department will start the process of removing cuba from that official list of state sponsors of terror. as part of the deal u.s. government exchanged three cuban spies that were convicted and imprisoned here for a prisoner held in cuba for the past 20 years, a cuban national who was an intelligence agent for the u.s. the castro government agreed to release allen gross who was convicted there, they...

War. the groundbreaking developments began with yesterdays prisoner swap. cuba released american aide worker alan gross imprisoned for five years along with an unnamed intelligence agent who spent the last 20 years in a cuban president. in return the u.s. released three cuban spies the last of the cuban five detained in 1990. the presidents plans are sweeping. they include re-opening the u.s. embassy in havana. reviewing cubas deis ination as state sponsor of terror and easing travel and expandi...

Intelligence agent was convicted by three spies. two other members had been previously released. the groups leader was found guilty of providing information that helped the cuban air force shoot down two planes belonging to a group that rescued escaping cubans. and the daughter of an american who died in that the attack called hernandezs release a slap in the face. hernandez and the two other released spies arrived in cuba and were cheered by those in their hometowns. >> we spent 16 years dreami...

Thank you for spending some time with us. im t.j. holmes. >> im reena ninan. i was asking t.j. if he ever had a cuba libre. >> yeah. when was the last time i had one of those, once in california. >> its a traditional cuban drink. right? its rum, right? >> i cant remember. >> i think its rum and coke and a little bit of lime. we should have them on set. i thought about it and then i realized abcs policy about the alcohol. >> what is it about this policy? >> ill pull out the handbook. >> okay. >> ...

Understand. the deal included the return of an american intelligence agent in prison for cuba nearly 20 years. cuba agreed to release 53 cubans identified as quote unquote political prisoners. this deal free gross was over an 18 month period. this thaw has taken more than 50 years to happen. >> god bless you and thank you. it was crucial to my survival knowing i was not forgotten. >> alan gross back on u.s. soil for the first time in five years released by cuba after sentenced to 15 years in pri...

U.s. intelligence agent. in turn, three convicted cuban spies were sent back to cuba. the aforementioned jim avila is in havana. >> reporter: just look at this scene provided exclusively to abc news by senator jeff flake who was on board the plane. this is alan gross looking out the window at freedom. on a plane stocked with popcorn and a corned beef sandwich, food he missed in captivity. and then the announcement he waited for. >> u.s. air space. how is that? >> reporter: alan gross wastes no t...

A failed attempt by u.s. backed cuban exiles to overthrow fidel castro. 1962, the cuban missile crisis. 90 miles from u.s. shores bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war and 1980, more than 100,000 cubans fled to the u.s., many convicts reportedly released by castro and a crippling trade embargo. a grateful alan gross. >> it pains me to see them treated so unjustly as a consequence of two governments mutually belligerent policies. >> joining me now, retired u.s. army general spider marks ...

Aye authorized increased telecommunications connections between the united states and cuba. businesses will be able to sell goods that enable cubans to communicate with the united states and other countries. these are the steps that i can take as president to change this policy. the embargo thats been imposed for decades is now cot fied in legislation. as these changes unfold, i look forward to engaging congress in an honest and serious debate about lifting the embargo. yesterday i spoke with ra...

With secretary of state conqujo kerry and being greeted by loved ones and even held his own news conference and yet very little is known about the details surrounding the other prisoner released from cuba. a u.s. intelligence agent who up until now very few people even knew existed. i am joined by cnn national correspondent jim sciutto. what do we been this agent? >> this is a big diplomatic move and its an old-school cold war spy swap, and known in the u.s. as the wasp network. in exchange, cub...