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Bill mcraven when he was wearing the uniform did not back any politician or political party, but now as a private citizen, he is speaking out and he's doing it, i think, very eloquently and very appropriately. >> please explain the workflow in finding bin laden, the role of the intelligence community, and the handoff to the u.s. military. >> yes, for many, many years after 9/11, they tried their very best to track on down bin laden. he was very hard to find. >> i imagine so. >> cia stayed on his tail as did other members of the intelligence community. when we had indications that he was hiding...

He was very hard to find. >> i imagine so. >> cia stayed on his tail as did other members of the intelligence community. when we had indications that he was hiding out in this compound in abattabad, he brought in the military and so admiral mcraven was the one responsible for organizing the teams that were to be deployed in order to try to get bin laden. he was basically the brain trust of this. i can remember vividly many times in the white house situation room when bill mcraven would present to president obama

I guess the distressing aspect is left to their own devices, that great investigation would have stayed secret but for al jazeera bringing it to light. >> exactly right, michael. and for good reason, because isi, the military, and even the of the pakistani government would not want this report to be read by the pakistani people because the indictment that it portrays on how the government doesn't work. i mean, you had fundamental mistakes and just dysfunction at every single level within the pakistani government over an extended period of years. any pakistani citizen that read that, frankly, w...