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Effort by the pakistanis to change the narrative. how much of a concern has that been among pakistani officials youve talked to? >> reporter: 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 didnt rule out that that supp...

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Didnt know. this was a man living in a fortress and you have intelligence agents swarming all over the country. how did they not know? >> 9/11 happened in new york with all of the mexican and the best available intelligence that the american authorities could not make out and they were still taking training in the institutions there. >> who is to blame for this intelligence failure? is it partly you? after all, you are responsible for the internal security of this country. >> yes, i will not say...

Bed with another mans wife who is indignant that someone entered his house. the military has also once again been able to stop the civilian government. according to pakistani source it is speech given at a recent news conference was drafted by the military. so having come to power hoping to clip the militarys wings, pakistans democratically elected government has been reduced to mouthing talking points of written for it by the intelligence service. now some politicians and journalists say they w...

Some information about how active he was operationally. they could possibly provide some information about al qaeda. and they could also provide information about pakistan, osama bin ladens support network if indeed he had one in this country. thats where things could get sticky for pakistans security establishment. thats perhaps why they may have been reluctant initially to give the u.s. access to these women. but again, ultimately according to this report it looks like theyre going to do it. >...

That they have also found communications which indicate that osama bin laden was communicating back and forth with other terrorists. he was not just sitting in this compound looking at videotapes of himself. he was more than a figurehead, they say. he was also strategic, operational and even tactical in his communications. >> which begs the question, fran, about whether or not he had a support network in pakistan. if hes able to get and receive messages, and most notably receive messages back, t...

The notion that somehow because theres a support network in pakistan, the state, the government, and the military of pakistan should be blamed. >> u.s. officials dont want to criticize pakistan publicly but say its inconceivable bin laden didnt have some support within pakistan. the united states, mind you, has given pakistan $18 billion in aid since 9/11, in large part to fight terrorism. senator frank lautenberg, a democrat, wants u.s. aid suspended until he is satisfied pakistan was not harbo...

A network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that simply isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he felt safe and protecte...

Were able to monitor the situation in realtime and it was the longest 40 minutes of my life with the possible exception of when sasha got meningitis when she was three months old and i was waiting for the doctor to tell me that she was all right. president obama later concluded that he did not lose sleep over taking out osama bin laden and that, quote, justice was done. meanwhile, pakistan is facing questions from the administration about how bin laden could live under their eyes for so long. >>...