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Afghanistan. agents set up electronic surveillance of roads and villages which was still active just days before september 11th. but al qaeda members stayed one step ahead and used technology to their advantage. monitoring internet chat rooms and anonymous e-mails became part of an ongoing, highly sensitive intelligence operation. >> what we have to strive is to be as innovative and as creative as the terrorists are. almost to think out of the box. >> reporter: the hunt for bin laden became america's top priority the day after 9/11. >> there is an old poster out west, as i recall, that said "w...

Bin laden's face became synonymous with america's awakening to the growing danger of terrorism at home and he became public enemy number one. >> there is an old poster out west, as i recall, that said "wanted, dead or alive." >> reporter: bin laden, meantime, was enjoying himself, praising those who carried out the attacks, saying they were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so, i said to them, be patient. bin laden's death has been a long time coming. u.s. forces bombed al qaeda's strongholds in afghanistan at the end of 2001. special forces raided hideouts in the mountains and ...

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