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Hiding in plain sight. this is a possibility, and pack tan is a large country. we are looking right now at how he was able to hold out there for so long, and whether or not there was any type of support system within pakistan that allowed him to stay there. we though that the people at the compound there were working on his behalf, and that is how we ultimately found our way to the compound, but we are right nowless than 24 hours after this operation, so we are talking with the pakistanis on a regular basis now, and we will pursue all leads to find out exactly what type of support system and b...

It goes back before 9/11. so i think that what we are doing now is to try to take advantage of the opportunity that we have to demonstrate to the pakistani people, and to the people in the area that al qaeda is something in the past. and we are hoping to bury the rest offal a cade along with bin laden. >> in the situation room yesterday, can you monitor the goings on as tense, and understandably very tense scene, and were you watching the operation? were you just listening to it? how were you getting your information? >> the principles convened yesterday around midday and there were others who...

Basis for the operation? >> i would refer you to what the president said that since taking office and prior to it, given t the, the attack that osama bin laden launched against the united states, the lives that he took, not just on 9/11, but on other occasions that he was a high-value target and legitimate target and this president believed since long before he became president that given actionable intelligence to capture or kill osama bin laden, he would move very quickly and surely to take that action, and the opportunity presented itself. >> so, this would have applied to pakistan and othe...

What is the first step and the second step and the everything going along and if there is any deviation from that, it causes anxiety, but the individuals carrying out the assault planned for all of the contingencies, so when the helicopter was seen to not moving they went into plan b and they did it flawlessly and conducted the operation as they were preparing to do. but seeing that helicopter in a place, and in and condition that it was not supposed to be, and for me at least, and otherhe ro concern that we had to go to the contingency plan and they were able to carry tout contingency plan as...

Aid to pakistan and aid there, and -- >> well, there are a number of questions and understandably so, because we are again in the first day after the operation, and he was found in abottabad outside of islamabad and people have questions about whether there was support by the pakistani government, and people are raising this question, and now we will have to deal with them. >> and is there a -- >> we have to get past that. >> and one more question about the burial, was there and imam there? >> appropriate people were there. >> and tonight at the dinner, what will the president say about this a...