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believe overhead recapabilities have improved remarkable since the uvo raid. >> following the bin laden raid, there were open questions whether pakistan officials knew, here was bin laden hiding in their midst. in this case, it appears that is less of an open question, given the direct ties between al qaeda and the taliban. you have an al qaeda member in the taliban cabinet. in effect, as you look at this, is it a pretty, you know, straight shot here that the taliban knew and they were giving him cover? >> yeah, i think so, jim. one of the things that i'd say to reinforce what the director clapper just said, yes, zawahri is certainly older. he's 71 years old. he's been head of the organization for a long time. there is a contentious argument about whether he is charismatic