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We are look right now at how he was able to hold out there for so long, and whether there was any type of support system within pakistan that allows him to stay there. we know that the people at come found were work on his behalf and thats how we ultimately found our way to that come pointp pound. but we are less than 24 hours after operation we are talking with the pakistanis on a regular basis and well pursue all leads to find out what type of support system and benefactors bin laden may have ...

Necessarily sufficient blow to lead to its demise. we have a better opportunity now that bin laden is out of there to create fractures within it. number two, al-zawahiri is not charismatic. he was not involved in the fight early on in afghanistan. i think he has a lot of detractors within the organization. i think you will see them eating themselves from within more and more. >> there are reports there was a replica of the come pond. can you tell us where and how that was put together? >> for so...

Did fire himself? >> he was engaged in a firefight with those who entered the house and whether he got off any rounds, i dont know. from a visual perspective. here is bin laden calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound, living in an area far removed from the front. hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. i think it really just speaks to just how false his narrative has been over the years. so again, looking at what usama bin laden was doing there...

Over the past 6 months with insuring we had the best visibility in terms of understanding what was happening at that compound, that body of evidence accumulating to the point when the president said i want to have operations against this compounds, i want to know what the pros and cons are. i want some to have options and i want the make sure we are taking into the account the safety and the security of the americans conduct this operation. that we look at it from the standpoint of limiting that...

Sea was the most appropriate to do. i wont go into details about who we consulted with in the jafort math of his death. >> can you give us dough tails whether there were previous operations that were called off or perhaps the ability to identify bin ladens body differently? >> against this target? there were different course of action about the options available to the president. whether there would be an assault on the ground or a different option. through that process of discussion, the option...

>> the presidents reaction at my time? >> we got him. >> bin laden used women as human shields when american personnel went in? >> there was family at that compound, and there was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin laden from the incoming fire. >> im wondering where you are at this point on the idea of releasing photos of bin laden to show the world that he is dead. >> we are less than 24 hours from the arrival on target of those indiv...

To know. as well as courses of action which are the types of things you can do that involve an assault on the compound as well as from a standoff position. what are the benefits of doing that from a remote location. like we have done in the past in certain areas. as well as what are the risks associated with security forces going into the compound. this was debated across the board. the president wanted to make sure at the end that he had the views of all the principals. >> was it a close call. ...

Of times. so this was done -- im not going into details about where or when. but when they hit that compound, they had already trained against it numerous times. >> the come pond was so big, how did the seals know where to find bin laden and can you say whether it was a bedroom or dining area or open area or something like that? >> the outer features of the compound were studied intensively. and there were certain assessments made about where individual were living and where usama bin laden and ...

Public, whether it be the dna results, whether it be comments about the conduct of the operation, what happened, the intelligence base. and then you have to take a look at it from the standpoint of what are the up sides and down sides. sometimes when you conduct an operation based on intelligence and based on the very sensitive and capable forces that we have available to us in the u.s. government, you want to make sure you are not doing anything to expose something that will limit your ability ...

A senate arms service chairman carl levin says the pack san hes have explaining to do. >> i think the pakistani army and intelligence have a lot of questions to answer. , given the location, the length of time and the apparent fact that this was -- this facility was actually built for osama bin laden, and its closeness to the central location of the pakistani army. >> reporter: we are hearing from senior u.s. officials that our counterterrorism partners, namely the pakistanis were not notified t...