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Today that bin laden was sending and receiving messages from his compound, that he was in communication with a network of people in pakistan, perhaps even beyond. this raises even more questions about pakistans failure to find him. >> i think that the question of pakistan not having found osama bin laden is something that we are addressing. the important thing is that pakistan wants to get to the bottom of this. we had no interest whatsoever, as a nation, as a government, as a state, in keeping ...

>> the second thing he was trying to say was is so far what they know is that has not been the case. the united states has a lot of information they got from the compound. we have some people we will be interrogating. this is not something that we can actually reach a conclusion about just over different television networks. >> our reporter is asking if he said have you found any evidence and the interior minister said theres no such thing at all. he wasnt say no, we havent found anything yet. a...

In pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> it sounds like your interior minister has made up his mind before any investigation is complete or begun. >> i think there are two points that the interior minister is trying to make. i think the first point hes trying to make is that there is no indication that there was a support network within the government or any of the inr institutio...

A lot of people in the united states doubt the seriousness of that. in an interview with charlie rose, you said bin laden had a private support network, which were your words. just yesterday in an interview with our reporter, the pakistani interior minister said the exact opposite. i just want to play that for you. >> 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. not an iota of doubt. >> you are categor...

In addition, u.s. officials say 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 ...

Through 18-foot-tall walls, so the feeling is he must have had good reason to feel he was going to be safe. he got complacent. what theyre looking for now, what was the support network that osama bin laden felt he had? john? >> another important concern for the pentagon, secretary gates raised this tonight, want to read you what he told marines at camp lejeune in a speech today. secretary gates speaking to those marines. he said this about the raid and about those s.e.a.l.s. theres been a consis...

>> he reiterated the government did not know where bin laden was. i want the play some of that. >> 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 the best available intelligence tool, the american parties could not make out 9/11s culprits and they were still training in the institutions there. so sometimes theres an intelligence failure. >> in your investigation, have you found any ...

>> he reiterated the government did not know where bin laden was. i want the play some of that. >> 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 the best available intelligence tool, the american parties could not make out 9/11s culprits and they were still training in the institutions there. so sometimes theres an intelligence failure. >> in your investigation, have you found any ...

Or maybe u.s. forces took him away after the raid. the u.s. is saying they didnt take anyone other than the remains of bin laden. some of these items, the computer, the computer drive. so at this point, the whereabouts of hamza bin laden, one of osama bin ladens sons, a bit of a mystery. >> you also interviewed the pakistans interior minister today, a guy who is responsible for the internal security of pakistan. he reiterated the government did not know where bin laden was. i just want to play s...

Pakistan willing to pursue the truth and to really dig in to the questions that you and bob were just discussing? i mean, there are pretty good ways to watch how willing pakistan is to pursue the truth. one, for example, would be whether or not the government provides access to these three widows that have been described as being in the house with bin laden. in two cases, im not certain of the nationalities or history but we can be sure if they gave full interviews they would describe exactly wh...