stockpiles information about himself and what interests him. so perhaps that s what s going to be found here as well. you mentioned a neighborhood that s a cut above, a complex that s a cut above in that neighborhood less than a mile from the pakistani equivalent of west point. how is the government explaining that the u.s. most wanted man, perhaps the world s most wanted man was livinging, perhaps for a couple of years right there? it is hard to understand exactly how it could happen. the neighbors, of course, one could see that they wouldn t know. but this is a building that s out of place in some context. there are questionable comings and goings late at night. it stands out for various reasons. it didn t have internet, didn t have a telephone connection. how could all of this been missed? the army base is 10, 15 minutes walk away.
bill: fox news alert, as we move forward on this story and serious new questions today as to how pakistan s government and how pakistan s military missed the fact that the world s most wanted man was living there in their own back yard, or did they? pakistan denies all accusations of involvement. this is the former president, pervez musharraf, when asked about that: during your presidency, you never knew where he was? no. no, never. absolutely. why didn t this happen before? we didn t know where he is. one can call it a fear or shock, coming from intelligence but it s a shock coming from both intelligence, of pakistan and the united states. bill: the current president too is responding in an op-ed piece written in the washington post , greg palkot is on the ground, streaming live from islamabad. what did pakistan know, greg, and when did they know it? reporter: that is a very good question, bill. for the years that we ve
whether elements of pakistan element protect osama bin laden. and the fact that the world s most wanted man was living just down the street for what amounted to their version of west point certainly will not well, allay any suspensions. today the secretary of state thanked the pakistani for resistance in last night s. in fact, cooperation with pakistan helped lead us to bin laden and the compound in which he was hiding. well, coming up, we will talk more about this and with a member of the senate intelligence committee. the missouri senator roy blunt coming up next on this special edition of fox report live from ground zero in lower manhattan.
there oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave . alisyn: that was not a typical ride on the new york sub way, i can tell you, that was a spontaneous burst of patriotism, 50 feet below, the subway system of new york city, the city that did not sleep last night and subway riders celebrating the word that the world s most wanted man had finally been killed, and, president obama, reached out to former presidents bush and clinton, before making the announcement to the country, brit hume is our fox news senior political analyst. good morning, political. good morning. alisyn: where were you and how did you hear the news. i was sitting at home and actually watching a dvd of an ethics seminar i had taken part in and the tv was not nothing
the hottest topic in washington, a very heated hearing on capitol hill during testimony by the attorney general. eric holder telling lawmakers that the world s most wanted man, usama bin laden, will never be captured alive, won t happen, he says. meaning civilian trials for him will never be an issue. the possibility of capturing but, let s we can t infinitesimal. he ll be killed by us or he will be killed by his own people, so he is not captured by us. we know that. but. attorney general, i respect respectfully that was not a trick question. sincerely, what if we do, though, catch him, alive. that is the question. and what i m saying is that, maybe i was being a little flip with mr. culberson and about about you know, reading miranda rights to his corpse but that is what we ll be dealing with, he will not be alive. martha: how does he know that, rich lowry is the editor of the national review and kirsten