square last year. an extraordinary development and we mobilized cnn correspondents around the world to cover this breaking news story for us from the pentagon to istanbuistanbul. it s hard to indicate just how important al awlaki was to the organization, but here s a frightening reality. he may be more dangerous dead. that s exactly what our nic robertson has been covering to this point. let s go straight to you. what exactly do you know with regard to how he was targeted and is it possible to give credit to an agency at this point? well, i think what we just heard from fran townsend perhaps nails it down very well. that is that it can t be nailed down because nobody wants to go on the record. the past track record, however, of against al awlaki in may this year was credited to the united states, to a drone strike. missile bumped off the fender of his car as he made a get away. politically sensitive. right now the president does not need the united states to announce that i