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Safety barriers. it they had to take them apart to get to the people injured on the sidewalk. all accounts are that the emts and the first responders did an absolutely magnificent job of an out of nowhere event. my sense is now, having been around, is that the federal response is starting to take over from the local response. i think don alluded to this earlier, the joint operating center, then its a federal investigation. the boston police, the ones i spoke to who were on the scene, they were v...

Many ways except its human. and that is such a counterbalance to all those other images weve seen in the past with the gun at his side and this really confident manner about how hes going to destroy america. >> youve written so well in "looming tower" about the relationship -- i mean, the history of al qaeda and the relationship between zawahiri and bin laden. what role -- do you think zawahiri now takes over al qaeda? >> i wouldnt be surprised if hes been running it for some time. i cant believ...

And suddenly we got this other view. its very brief. its not that significant in many ways, except its human. and that is such a counterbalance to all the images we have seen in the past with the gun at his side and this really confident manner about how he is going to destroy america. >> youve written so well in "looming tower" about the history of al qaeda and the relationship between zawahiri and bin laden. what role do you think zawahiri now takes over al qaeda? >> i wouldnt be surprised if ...

Do you think? >> yes. i think that its perfectly legitimate. i mean, were seeing a side of bin laden that he hasnt allowed us to see and is very rare in our entire career with osama bin laden to see anything human. its simply the legend that hes putting forward. the figure that he has created for us to understand him. and suddenly we got this other view. its very brief. its not that significant in many ways except its human. and that is such a counterbalance to all those images weve seen in the ...

And that is such a counterbalance to all those images weve seen in the past with the gun at his side and this really confident manner about how hes going to destroy america. >> youve written so well in "looming tower" about the relationship -- i mean, the history of al qaeda and the relationship between zawahiri and bin laden. what role does -- do you think zawahiri now takes over al qaeda? >> i wouldnt be surprised if hes been running it for some time. i cant believe that that was really an ope...