That information that you get at the site can be very important. what hard drives did you pull out? we learned a lot about al qaeda and its operations from getting into bin laden s compound and taking out computers, taking out information. that s another reason why, in addition to the civilian casualty case, that you do sometimes special forces raids around really, really important terrorist leaders, because you don t just take them out. you get to learn a lot about what the current state of isis is. courtney, i would like your thoughts on that point, about how valuable the intelligence was, but it goes without saying that this was a promise that president biden made after u.s. troops left afghanistan, that the war against isis would continue, it would be sort of rooted in intelligence and special forces, and it seems like this is an important marker for him as well, that that strategy is indeed working. yeah, i mean, and ben is absolutely right about the site exploitation, and we know that they were able to gather up some
He wants to respect the privacy of the family, but this is the first u.s. member of the armed services who has died in combat on his watch. this is a profound moment. symbolically it s appropriate for the president to be there. there are security issues for these seals. the fact that which team it was that conducted this motion is not something that special operations forces wants out there. unfortunately the way information moves these day, that s what often happens. again, chief petty officer ryan owens leaves behind a wife and three children. he will be returned home just moments from now. shepard: our understanding is, an unbelievable amount, a phrase they ve used it a lot, but when they compared to it the raid on bin laden s compound, and we know with the luxury of
Jennifer mcofskyi and key air stewart. another officer a husband, father and preacher. the suspect will make his first court appearance tomorrow. police haven t revealed a motive. a severe storm moving through parts of the plains and mid committees claiming at least 14 l claiming at least 14 lives. glacial conditions bringing down power lines and leaving cars stuck on the side of the road. at one point more than 78,000 people in oklahoma have no power. that s a look at news this hour. i am kelly wright. now back to the man who killed osama bin laden. washington, d.c., a small group of high-ranking government officials are watching the raid on bin laden s compound, and it s clear that something has
Attending. floodwaters sweeping through some neighborhoods. glacial conditions bringing down and the university of chicago canceling all classes and activities on its main campus on monday following an online threat of gun violence. the fbi made the university aware of the threat. it was made by an unknown person and mentioned the campus at a time on monday morning at 10:00 a.m. students are being asked to stay away. those in college housing are being told to stay indoors. and that s a look at news. i m kelly wright. now back to the man who killed usama bin laden. seven thousand miles away from abbottabad, pakistan, in washington, d.c., a small group of high-ranking government officials are watching the raid on bin laden s compound, and it s clear that something has
Manipulated intelligence in iraq and syria. and catherine herige is live with that. reporter: thank you, jon. head of the house intelligence said the difference of the rosy assessments and what goes on in washington goes back three years. i know it was going on in 2012, i was told by informants that it was going on back then. and so now, it ends up, it was bigger than just the bin laden documents because it involves isis and isil and the growth of iq isis front across all of the centcomarea of responsibility. reporter: the disconnect from the documents pulled from bin laden s compound and assessment in washington painted a picture of decimated al-qaeda