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An a ha moment. >> he is not communicating electronical electronically. he has to meet face-to-face. that's much more difficult to track but an opportunity and began at that point. >> reporter: a u.s. official provided cnn with many details of the hunt. by 2005, they were looking for one man in particular. courier who is a poet jay of mohammed, chief planner of 9/11, and libal libbi. cnn refuses to talk about the courier. it is a clue important he may be. in one government report, posted by wikileaks, it notes the courier may have accompanied bin laden in tora bora before the al qaeda leader d...

Brand. >> wants to show the world that it is not an organization in just afghanistan and pakistan but is recruiting beyond that region. >> adnan who grew up in south, florida is leave believed to be osama bin laden's chief planner for attacks. >> al-qaeda is actually starting to look more like an intelligence service. they are going into the heart of america and concentrating on recruiting, on assessing vulnerabilities. >> u.s. officials believe it is the first time such senior roles within al-qaeda have been held by operatives born or raised in the u.s. both are described by u.s. officials as...

U.s. >> reporter: when you look at the american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki, he's linked to fort hood and the attack on times square and the attempted christmas day bombing. he was raised in the united states in south florida. he is osama bin laden's chief planner within al qaeda proper itself. u.s. officials describe these two individuals as a clear and present danger to u.s. interests. these people grew up in the united states, they understand our culture, they understand how we think and they understand our vulnerabilities. shannon: catherine herridge live in washington, thank you. "america...

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