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Are also smart. they pin down the mortars and the observation post. they knew where to go with everything. eventually, they got in the camp. eight americans died that day. but 45 survive. and the testament and one of the reasons i wrote this book, the heroism of those who survived -- and who died -- was remarkable. they ran out into the hailstorm of bullets and rockets and mortars to save their brothers and provide ammunition. its a sad story, but its a very inspiring one. this is who we have se...

Are also smart. they pin down the mortars and the observation post. they knew where to go with everything. eventually, they got in the camp. eight americans died that day. but 45 survive. and the testament and one of the reasons i wrote this book, the heroism of those who survived -- and who died -- was remarkable. they ran out into the hailstorm of bullets and rockets and mortars to save their brothers and provide ammunition. its a sad story, but its a very inspiring one. this is who we have se...

John brennan and the white house briefing room, when he did the brief, he actually said he was not going to give out a lot more of the details. having been there, john, there is a need to give some information out. i mean, what happens after that is this deluge. of course, every bureaucrat in washington who has any access thinks this is the opportunity to show theyre in the know. >> and put peoples lives at risk in doing that? >> i think theres too much information out there. the stealth helicop...

Only going to be given to the news people if its approved by the president and his terrorism advisers. so thats where its coming from. >> whered they cross the line, in your view? where did they go from information that needs to be put out -- bin laden is dead, heres the raid, heres how it went down, to the specificity of a level of -- >> no one needed to know about the stealth helicopters. certainly no one needed to know about the cia observation post in abbottabad. we have described in detail ...

pornography. this in the hideaway of a self-described religious warrior who says the united states and the west are immoral and godless. lets assess the importance of these new revelations with michael shoier, and with our national homeland security adviser, fran townsend. michael, let me start, i guess its no surprise that the leader of al qaeda would want the president of the united states dead. but its startling and jolting a bit to hear what written communications, plural, in which...

Or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. >> its a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of command. >> so drew, this just begs the question -- now what? what r...

Petraeus and general notonskys decision, it was embarrassing to them. the final decision was more to protect the institution than it was focused on finding officers or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security f...

>> oh, my god. shes on the phone. >> hi, sis! >> oh, my god! are you okay? >> hi. >> are you okay? >> yeah. im totally okay. im absolutely -- ive been fine the whole time. >> okay. >> reporter: cannon-purdy from san jose, california. what a wonderful story. she was there by the way with two other american teachers. you can just imagine, with communications cut off, what this has been like for so many millions of people around this country. and those who have relatives elsewhere. i do want to men...

Chris. he shows around their fort fiction. >> we have our observation post where we have eyes with the sniper spotter down at the bottom of the valley. we have a trench set up on my left. >> reporter: as chris walks us through the position, it becomes clear how very real this training is. many of these marines will head to afghanistan in the coming weeks. using what they have learned here to fight the taliban with the ultimate skill taught by men like gunnery sergeant. >> how far does he have to...

To stay hidden and shoot at steep angles. >> the objective about 500 meters down the slope. >> reporter: one of the snipers will only tell us his name is chris. he shows us around their fort if i indication. >> off to my right we have our observation post where we have eyes on the sniper and spotter. we have a trench set up on my left. >> reporter: as chris walks us through the position, it becomes clear how very real this training is. many of these marines will head to afghanistan in the coming...