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From the security establishment. osama bin laden fought alongside a lot of the spy agents here, a successful afghan jihad against the soviets. now many are calling on the same security establishment to turn on him. so its plausible that some retired or rogue elements may be involved in a support network here. i dont think even the government here is ruling that possibility out. >> reza, appreciate the reporting. fran, bash rashgs stick around with us. a lot more to talk about, including the enti...

Years ago, osama bin laden was a brother in arms. he fought alongside a lot of the spy agents here, a successful afghan jihad against the soviets. now many are calling on the same security establishment to turn on him. so its plausible that some retired or rogue elements may be involved in a support network here. i dont think even the government here is ruling that possibility out. >> reza, appreciate the reporting. fran, barbara, stick around with us. a lot more to talk about, including the ent...

He had command and control from this compound but could he effectively communicate with his operatives, get them to launch attacks? could he get communications back from them? that is still something we really dont have a good fix on, anderson. >> reza, its interesting. you talked to the interior ministry in pakistan. the ambassador here said yes, clearly he had some sort of support network. the interior minister said to you categorically bin laden didnt have a support network in pakistan. do th...

The perception that they had been uncooperative. how much of a concern has that been among pakistani officials youve talked to? >> reporter: i think its a big concern. for 11 days now, ever since this u.s. raid, pakistans government and military has been pummelled with questions and criticism how bin laden was allowed to hide out here. the criticism culminating last week with none other than u.s. president barack obama coming out saying he believed bin laden had a support network here and he did...

Establishment that may have helped him. you have to remember to many here in the security establishment, you know, 20 years ago, osama bin laden was a brother in arms. he fought alongside a lot of the spy agents here, a successful afghan jihad against the soviets. now many are calling on the same security establishment to turn on him. so its plausible that some retired or rogue elements may be involved in a support network here. i dont think even the government here is ruling that possibility ou...

Oppression, injustice, and conflict this region, and he thought the best way of getting u.s. troops, u.s. presence out of this area was to kill as many innocent civilians as possible on u.s. soil. again, very interesting according to this "washington post" article. that put him at odds with some of his affiliate groups in other regions like yemen, somalia, algeria, who didnt want to focus on attacks on u.s. soil, carol. >> reza, one other thought. does this data show whether osama bin laden had ...

Just an attack on al qaeda, but an operation against pakistans security establishment. they are correct to interpret it as such. if we can do it, india can probably do the same sort of thing. its no accident that the pakastanis are so upset because there nuclear facilities near the town and thats something india might have to do and i would be happy to see the united states help india take out pakistani nuclear facilities if they engage in black mail and threats. >> coming up, a live report from...

Compound that the pakistani government made a definitive decision not to give access to these individuals, the bin laden wives. they were mulling this decision over, considering it. this is a critical decision for the pakistani government. this has already been an embarrassing episode for them. these women could have some information about bin ladens support network here in pakistan. and certainly that information could link that support network to pakistans security establishment and that could...

Access to these three individuals for fear that they may give up some information that would implicate, incriminate the pakistani government. give some information that could link the security establishment with what could have been a support network bin laden had had here in pakistan. today the interior minister said that was not the case. that pakistan was never concerned about incriminating information coming from these women. he said pakistan had nothing to hide. he also rejected any allegat...

Particular, to try to demystify bin laden, show him in really the most pathetic light possible, especially the one watching tv. joining me now in islamabad, pakistan is reza sayah. reza, as we mentioned, bloomberg is reporting that pakistan has decided to allow the u.s. to question bin ladens three wives, who are in custody. we havent been able to match it. but if its true, is this -- i mean, how surprised are you by this apparent change of heart by the pakistanis? >> reporter: well, anderson, i...