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Pulls up. the man just arrived at his home in tripoli. a van blocks him. there is a long struggle that ensues on this tape. this is an incredible piece of what dwoas on on the ground. they manage to get him into the van and peel out of there before anyone can help him. what have we learned from this video about this operation? >> reporter: this provide a look at u.s. intelligence shot by a surveillance camera. it was shot before dawn october 5 in tripoli, libya. less than two minutes after al-li...

Whether abu was grabbed, u.s. officials said it was a major capture because of his alleged linss to one of the worst terror strikes against american interests. now as al libby gears up for his trial, his wife tries to make a case by constructing a timeline. one of americas most wanted terror suspects in court in manhattan. abu abu al libby. his wife tells cnn hes not only innocent, but he left al qaeda well before the 1998 attacks. >> translator: it is true my husband was a member of al qaeda, b...

Won because, you know, we dont have high inflation, hes bailed out the banks by buying their mortgage-backed securities, so they are doing a victory lap right now. and they say we fought off deflation. >> yeah, but the job creation that they want and the growth just hasnt been there. we hope it comes, well see. when we come back, twin terror raids lead to the capture of an al qaeda kingpin in africa and reopen an old debate here at home, should al libby be tried in court or sent to guantanamo ...

Transferring a l- libby. and what are we learning about his connection with al-qaedas main leadership in pakistan. >> according to u.s. officials. a l- libby is the operative behind al-qaeda expanding network and tied to al-qaeda senior leadership. this is a picture of a l- libby who was including establishing training camps and leveraging a network after the fall of gaddafi. he was the main lision with jihaddist in lebia. and his intelligence value is high. >> we dont know if he was involved in...

Interest in the wake of the capture of the man you mentioned is on a u.s. ship being interrogated right now. those marines are being prepositioned out of an abundance of caution. today this were threats from radical groups in labia to kidnap americans. the lead suspect in the attack said he was not hiding. quote, god willing, i will want face the same fate as al libby. american ak sglcquisitions are . elsewhere in somalia, were learning nmore details on the navy seals raid that failed to capture...

>> the united states of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorists organizations -- >> cnn international correspondent, nic robertson, joins us. you have new developments coming in the last few minutes about al libby and his capture. >> his wife said his capture look less than a minute. she reports that ten masked men approached her husband and he apparently tried to get into his vehicle to get a handgun and was unable to d...

The u.s. droned the terror networks number two leaders yesterday in pakistan. we reported on this last night but couldnt confirm his death until today. the white house says he was an al qaeda general manager. he became the second in command, were told, when ayman al zawahiri took over the top spot after the death of usama bin laden. >> al libbys death is a major blow to core al qaeda removing the number two leader for the second time in less than a year and further damaging the groups morale and...

Mohammad had been water boarded 183 times. >> they asked him what he knows about the courier. >> and khalid shaikh mohammed was completely dismissive, completely dismissive of who this person wud was and said, not important. and it was the lie, as my source said, that was alerting. the lie of khalid shaikh mohammed the lie of al libby, those two men lying about this courier made them understand that, in fact, the courier was actually important because they knew from other sources that the courie...

From the fbi and the military who had more direct access to what was going on with those interrogations than i who suggest that coercion was not involved. >> reporter: whatever techniques the interrogators are using, they are finally taking the first steps along the path that will take them to osama bin ladens front door. >> what they had was not the couriers name, but a nickname. and it took them a couple more years to try and figure out who this courier was, whether or not the courier was impo...

Believe in 2005, and he also gave us information. so i think its fair to say that it was a long road to getting bin laden. but the first major steps on that road resulted from the interrogation, very intense interrogation, of khalid sheikh mohammed and al libby. i do support it, and im only speaking for myself now when i say this, but i think it was the moral thing to do. im not defending it, im actually being very emphatic, being very proactive in supporting it. i use the example, piers, if on ...