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>> this compound was the home of osama bin ladens most trusted courier, a kuwaiti. the sprawling complex had protective walls as high as 18 feet, two security gates, a series of internal walls and main house with few windows and a third floor terrorist with a seven foot high privacy wall. a tall man had been spotted facing in the compounds yard, doing prison yard walks. >> there was nothing that confirmed that bin laden was at that compound. when president obama was faced with the opportunity to...

Seeds of sundays operation were actually planted four years ago, when detainees at guantanamo bay gave up the couriers nickname. two years later intelligence officials learned the couriers full name, and in a cloak and dagger maneuver that seems straight out of a spy movie, the courier was finally found in pakistan, reportedly because of a phone call he made to someone else who was under u.s. surveillance. >> they had a sighting of him. so they set up an elaborate surveillance effort that led th...

Piece of information. >> reporter: in 2007 the cia learned the mans name of abu ahmad al kuwaiti. pakistanis provide some information but the u.s. wont say what it was. by 2009, the cia knows the general area in pakistan where the courier is living. once they even spot him on the street. in august 2010, they learned the courier and his brother are living at this compound but something isnt wrong. why do they need 18-foot tall walls, security gates, a million dollar mansion? by late 2010 the u.s....

This is different." >> reporter: different because it was a million-dollar home with no telephone or internet service. there were also two security gates and protective walls as high as 18 feet. residents inside burned their trash rather than put it out for pickup. and the third-floor terrorist had a seven-foot privacy well as if to hide a very tall person. but intelligence officials insist there was no guarantee bin laden was inside. >> all of these were clues to some of the intelligence offici...

And one of my sources said to me, "when we saw that compound, we said, wow. this is different." >> reporter: different because it was a million-dollar home with no telephone or internet service. there were also two security gates and protective walls as high as 18 feet. residents inside burned their trash rather than put it out for pickup. and the third-floor terrace had a seven-foot privacy well as if to hide a very tall person. but intelligence officials insist there was no guarantee bin laden...

Compound, where bin laden spent his final hours. u.s. troops encountered two security gates, outer walls up to 18-feet high in some places, and topped with barbed wire. >> and it was osama bin ladens courier and most trusted aide, a kuwaiti born man abu ahmed who led troops to his doorstep. a monitored phone call he made last year tipped off u.s. intelligence agents about bin ladens compound. >> bring in barbara starr, whos been leading our reporter on how the raid was planned and executed. what...

>> reporter: different because it was a million-dollar home with no telephone or internet service. there were also two security gates and protective walls as high as 18 feet. residents inside burned their trash rather than put it out for pickup. and the third-floor terrorist had a seven-foot privacy well as if to hide a very tall person. but intelligence officials insist there was no guarantee bin laden was inside. >> all of these were clues to some of the intelligence officials that something w...

Administration officials say the seeds of sundays operation were actually planted four years ago, when detainees at guantanamo bay gave up the couriers nickname. two years later, intelligence officials learned the couriers full name, and in a cloak and dagger maneuver that seemed straight out of a spy movie the courier was finally found in pakistan, reportedly because of a phone call he made to someone else who was under u.s. surveillance. >> they had a sighting of him. so they set up an elabora...

And if so, what is the u.s.s recourse? how much credit also should the bush administration be getting for the death of bin laden? >> also, csi bin laden. his dna match was made within hours. dr. sanjay gupta explains how it happened so fast. we begin this hour with important new information about the raid that snuffed out osama bin laden. the al qaeda chiefs body not all that was taken from the compound in abbottabad, pakistan, on sunday. u.s. officials say intelligence officers are now examin...

Last august, the key break came when the u.s. pinpointed their exact location. an affluent pakistan suburb in a three-story home situated in an extraordinarily unique compound. that compound was built in 2005. was eight times larger than other homes in the neighborhood. it had 12 to 18-foot walls lined with barbed wire, two security gates and few windows despite being a million dollar home it had no phone or wireless access. the residence of the compound burned their trash rather than set it on ...