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Around three sides of the compound, a farmer's field. cabbage here, potatoes there, marijuana plants up to the side of the compound. plain sight. the farmers were working these fields. he was just over the wall. >> this is a very beautiful area. >> reporter: a former pakistani government official lived there in the '80s, before bin laden arrived. >> so people come there for tourism also. i have very good memories of the area, but i do remember that as soon as you start going close to the military academy it's like west point. then there are check posts and the surrounding area is also, if not ...

In any more plain sight than this. around three sides of the compound, a farmer's field. cabbage here, potatoes there, marijuana plants right up to the side of the compound in plain sight. the farmers were working the fields and he was just over the wall. >> and this is a very beautiful area. >> reporter: a former pakistani government official lived there in the '80s, before bin laden arrived. >> so people come there for tourism also. i have very good memories of the area, but i do remember that as soon as you start going close to the military academy, it's like pakistan's west point. then the...

failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> re...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "you've got the green light." let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> report...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. vi . >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "you've got the green light." let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> r...