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Information. so, no torture is not the magic silver bullet f it was, then why did it take us ten years or many, many years after the water boarding of these individuals to find bin laden? >> what about the allegations we are hearing about the rough interrogations, most of us call torture of khatani -- ksm and his replacement in al qaeda, led us to this fella this courier who had the nom de guerre of code name of al kuwaiti, was that all part of tracking him to peshawar and the compound? >> you c...

>> what about the enhanced interrogation techniques used on khalid sheikh mohammed and others at guantanamo bay, knowing what you know now, were those techniques useful? did they provide important information, including the name of this courier who plays a significant role in finding bin laden? >> i think thats not right. in fact, i think that obviously what is the real story here, wolf, is the unbelievable work done by hundreds if not thousands of analysts over the last ten years, piecing toget...

Fanaticism often described by the media. and now to the courier connection. the trusted osama bin laden ally who unknowingly led american forces right to the al qaeda chiefs front door. the associated press identifies him as a kuwaiti born man named sheikh abu ahmed. the phone call ahmed made last year to someone being monitored by american agents helped the u.s. locate bin ladens mansion and the former cia director michael hayden tells john king his agency first learned of ahmeds existence fr...

Laden ally who unknowingly led american forces right to the al qaeda chiefs front door. the associated press is identifying him as a kuwaiti born man named sheikh abu ahmed. a phone call ahmed made last year to someone who was being monitored by american agents is what eventually helped the u.s. locate bin ladens compound. the former cia director general michael hayden told cnns john king his agency first learned of ahmeds existence from detainees over nine years ago. >> they actually used some ...

That we put in place produced some of the results that led to bin ladens ultimate capture. but, i am still, you know, i need to know more and im sure well all learn more over the course of the next few days about exactly what happened, and how it was accomplished. alisyn: do you agree, kelly, that they led to the finding of usama bin laden? >> i think, what is clear at this point, alisyn, is that interrogations in the main, either direct approach, the dod used or the cias enhanced interrogation ...

Kind of partnership that we need to move forward on counterterrorism and even our strategy as it relates to afghanistan. >> attorney eric holder had to testify today during a house judiciary committee hearing. and they were talking about the role of intelligence and asked him whether he thinks three provisions of the patriot act, which expire at the end of the month, should be extended. is this going to put the issue of the patriot act about warrantless wiretapping, those kinds of things, back o...

Was it some of those more aggressive tactics that sealed the deal and found usama bin laden? >> it is a great question, and one that may never be satisfactorily answered, because, clearly three guys were waterboarded at the hands of the cia, khalid sheikh mohammed is one of them, and, would he have given up the information had he not been waterboarded, i dont think anyone can answer the question but the fact is detainees at gitmo, gave information, regarding this courier, and, an alias, and, oth...

Always had the means because we had the best military in the world. seems the intelligence. maybe enhanced interrogations, renditions played a role in this. >> i think the ongoing efforts now for many, many years with special ops and, yes, special interrogation methodologies and i never felt sorry for someone that had to "suffer some harsh interrogation" which even our own military is trained or prepared for such tactics should they encounter them. certainly nothing like what ksm and osama bin l...

>> reporter: one key, cheney suggests, the cias enhanced interrogation program. that obama stopped because he said it included torture. an early tip leading to bin ladens courier came from some of those interrogations. >> all i know is what ive seen in the newspaper at this point but it wouldnt be surprising if in fact that program produced results that ultimately contributed to the success of this venture. >> reporter: did you ever get close? did you ever think you were almost there? that you w...

The world who would be more motivated to say intelligence came from enhanced interrogations, but even he says it didnt. thats got to be clear enough, right? nope. of course not. still, despite all this, right-wingers are claiming bushs poll signs waterboarding did play a role. >> so for those who say that waterboarding doesnt work to say that it should be stop and never used again, we got vital information which directly led us to bin laden, was during the interrogation of khalid shaikh mohammed...