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Operations, the most dangerous corners of the world. so i think it is pretty unlikely that they would engage in any kind of join operation. they may have had a translator or something like that along with them. i want to very quickly tell everyone, we have a new piece of information at this hour. a u.s. official has confirmed that al libi was taken to a u.s. navy warship in the region. theyre not saying exactly where. theyre not saying exactly which ship for security, he is of course being quest...

Im afraid we will not meet the success we need to meet in the future. >> i did say that the one of the demand for a pufull apology by e killing of the friendly fire of the soldiers. i did mention that as one of the grievances. but what about bin laden? how do you feel about the american -- about the white house using this as a key point in its campaign for re-election, the killing of bin laden on your soil? >> pakistan has repeatedly said that bin laden, osama bin laden was an enemy for pakist...

That. >> im told in a creased door classified briefing for house members this afternoon, cia director leon panetta had very tough words for pakistan. im told he said by two congressional sources im told he said either they were involved and incompetent and neither is a good place to be. >> leon panetta, the next secretary of defense. thanks very much. what should the united states do about its key ally in the fight against al qaeda and taliban? lets bring the david gergen. lets not forget this i...

And may also sometime constitute a threat to international peace and security. the u.s. government notified pakistan after the operation had ended. david karen is the president of the american society of international law. he says that while pakistan may object to what happened, he doubts it will lodge a formal complaint. >> they are not raising it as a violation, just something that they are concerned about and that perhaps it makes sense in this case but should not be taken as some sort of pre...

Pakistani officials knew about the raid in advance. the white house is working on its complicated relationship with pakistan. complicated, a direct quote. but the death of bin laden is making that relationship even more complicated. lisa sylvester is joining us for more on this part of the story. its a very krit blee important relationship but the white house is right. very complicated. >> yeah, they are walking that fine line. wolf, this mission took place with surgical precision. the team left...

Fracture. it would be a huge setback for the united states. very dane us hugely dangerous. i always thought ever since 1999 when i first visited pakistan, there were two pakistans. those are those pakistani leaders that support the united states, want to work with the sxuns have a good relationship in the war on terror. there are others not so much. some are actually very, very hostile. . the current president of pakistan wrote this in "the washington post" today. he said although the events of ...

Completely in the dark. >> we made a decision early on not to share with any other foreign government, including pakistan, because we wanted to make sure that we maintained the operational security. >> reporter: the mission has been called a success but did they violate international law or sovereignty? attorney general eric holder -- >> i think the acts that we held were lawful and legitimate for people who were responsible for that action, both in the decision making and the effect of that dec...

>> thats right. >> youre not going to change the obamas administration to walk away from those kinds of enhanced interrogation techniques. thats still history. youre not planning on changing that, right? >> what weve seen over the last couple of years is unbelievably capable intelligence work by that time i talked about by the cia and nsa, and many others in the intelligence community and i think it is unbelievable testament to their work, the decision that the president made the other day and t...

>> reporter: up to two dozen people living in that compound at the time u.s. forces stormed it. women and several children included. this was an operation with danger at every foot step, tension at every second and chilling potential for many things to go wrong. u.s. officials now say that in the raid at this compound bill was not armed but did resist. one u.s. official tells cnn bin laden made a threatening move. other stunning details are emerging on what u.s. special forces encountered as the...

Take a listen. >> there are sensitivities here in terms of the appropriateness of releasing photographs of osama bin laden and the aftermath of this fire fight and were evaluating the need to do that because of the sensitivities involved. >> now, just beyond the gruesome nature of the photos, the other sensitivity is international making sure that a photo of -- like this does not inflame the muslim world. >> and the conspiracy theorists will say that it was photo shopped to begin with. they are ...