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>> the concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed he did. it was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight who those that entered the area of the house. whether or not he got off any rounds, i quite frankly don't know. just thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin laden who has been calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound. living in an area that is far remove from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. >> the white house had already amended brennan's account saying bin laden wa...

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Mean it was not really a capture operation, that it was an operation to kill someone, do you say if you've got him, kill him anyway? >> cenk s. i think some of the reporting has been off. john brennan said today pretty explicitly there was a capture option here. the force that went in did have pretty explicit instructions, capture if possible. if that was not on the table, to neutralize the subject. you're trusting them to make a decision in the hostile environment. they performed brilliantly. >> roger, let me ask you about this special force that came in from jsoc. we're going to talk about i...

Counterterrorism advisor john brennan on monday. >> the concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed he did. it was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight who those that entered the area of the house. whether or not he got off any rounds, i quite frankly don't know. just thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin laden who has been calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound. living in an area that is far remove from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. >> the white house had alre...

Operation? i mean, how long would they have to prepare for a sight-specific operation like this? >> well, the beauty of the special operations forces in the united states military is that they really truly are the tip of the spear. when you combine that with the intelligence analysts working in the support structures behind them, so they could execute this raid very quickly if necessary. i think that because of the high value nature of the target here, this was a meticulously planned. they allegedly have built a mock-up of the compound, and they would have dirt dived and rehearsed this mission...