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>> well, any time you do an attack on a high-value targ, youre not only trying to go against the target, but youre also trying to go against the intelligence at that location. its a virtuous cycle. if you can get intelligence from the target, that will lead you to other targets. it will give you more information on how the network operates. it will give you intelligence on other potential targets. in this virtuous cycle of intelligence, its why our troops spend so much time on a targ, not only t...

Do that. i just -- because were in the intelligence committee because were responsible for oversight and policy of the entire intelligence community because this was an intelligence based operation under the laws and rules of regulation that put the cia in charge of this operation, i felt it was important that my committees see all of the information that we had available in order to make good policy decisions going forward. >> based on what you know as the chairman of the house intelligence com...

I would let members who wanted to come in and see the photo to do that. i just -- because were in the intelligence committee because were responsible for oversight and policy of the entire intelligence community because this was an intelligence based operation under the laws and rules of regulation that put the cia in charge of this operation, i felt it was important that my committees see all of the information that we had available in order to make good policy decisions going forward. >> based...

Comes to intelligence matters to know about the compound, about some of the issues that had been unearthed during the intelligence gathering. but this is the chance to really get detail. and as i mentioned, there will be many questions. well hear more from members like the senate intelligence chair, dianne feinstein, who in just a little over an hour will talk to reporters about her reaction to this and what she knows. there are lots of moving parts but at least for this moment there is a signif...

Start a new chapter in my life. >> emotions overwhelming, especially there at new yorks ground zero. americans celebrated just served and -- justice served and remembered those killed in the september 11 attacks. the operation that took down osama bin laden followed years of intelligence gathering, and apparently months and months of planning. it was carried out, though, in less than 40 minutes. the administration wont give a breakdown of the specific forces used, but a senior defense official...

Everybody knows that there is a lot that goes into it. give people a sense of how much. >> as the you heard the president speak last night, this was an extraordinary healthy and meticulously planned operation. this was month and months of intelligence gathering. the adage in the community is that intelligence drives operations. and i think you saw that this was the case. once the intelligence was confirmed, then it was -- the execution of the mission was the next stage of the game. at that point...

On your broadcast earlier today, that we should brace ourselves for attacks on the homeland, especially home grown terrorists might act not in concert with al-qaeda central but they could act. there are materials on the web that teach people how to make dangerous weapons. but i think that we have better protection in our train stations, airports, airplanes, municipal buildings and so forth and people are more aware, so the chances of that are reduced, and my bottom line here is that we have a mu...

Wikileaks or its founder. is that possible in >> it is possible and especially since the president showed himself perfectly willing to use the cowers and use his justice department to pursue leaks against the information that they consider sensitive. >> john, what interested me, so much of the coverage was focused on the leak itself . rather than extraordinary information that came out about the cases . the guy who worked for altajersa this guy was questioned only about al-jazeera and he said it...

This war in libya is al-qaeda, bar none. >> sean: al-qaeda is claiming michael that the terrorist leader saying the arab revolts are boosting al-qaeda. they are open about this. we foe from our own state department and other reporting, that in fact, we may be arming those people, if they decide to arm them and may be protecting the very people that want our destruction. >> well, thats why we need more intelligence information. the intelligence gathering has been wrong, like iraq even. the day be...

Intelligence, getting a sense of who the rebels are, maybe doing liaisons with the rebels, so in addition to the other intelligence gathering between the air and from satellite, this is human intelligence, and the cia is the right people to do that, to go into libya, to assess the situation and let policymakers know what they think is going on. jenna: we talked about the rebels. were seeing video about whats happening in libya. it seems very disorganized at times, it almost seems tribal as some ...