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Anyone in five years that he can actually trust. that may be job one. they are also treating him formal nutrition and other medical needs but at this hour, perhaps the prereal issue is ho did the mission unfold. new details about how it all came together and how risky it was. after five years, a taliban captive -- >> release me, please. i'm begging you. bring me home. >> sergeant bowe bergdahl is finally heading home. cnn has learned details of the secret choreography for the u.s. commando operation to get bergdahl that had been quickly worked out between the u.s. and the taliban. in the final...

Neighborhood. this was not isolated with, you know, hundreds of acres around it. there were other houses nearby. and people were starting to come out on to their roofs. they were trying to figure out what was happening. >> reporter: the president knew the 40-minute timer on the commando operation on the ground was running down. >> at this point, i think all of us understand that we're a long way to go before the night is done. and, you know, i've said, this was the longest 40 minutes of my life. >> we could see the helicopters, we could see the disembarking from the helicopters. we could see o...

The 40-minute timer on the commando operation on the ground was running down. >> at this point, i think all of us understand that we're a long way to go before the night is done. and, you know, i've said, this was the longest 40 minutes of my life. >> we could see the helicopters, we could see the disembarking from the helicopters. we could see our guys moving. it was an intense experience for all of us, because it was realtime, visually, until we lost the visual connection inside the building. >> reporter: as the s.e.a.l.s worked their way to the top of the staircase, a firefighter was underw...

Human intelligence before the attack. were you surprised to hear they had assets that close to bin laden? >> not really. but it's fabulous. it's fabulous we're able it to pull that off because there's always a chance of being detected. could have tipped off osama bin laden and he could have escaped. i would have thought we used satellites which you can look inside the compound but you can't see everything. it's a really tribute to the spy craft, the trade craft, of our intelligence forces that they were able to put people on the ground close to that compound and we just can't thank them enough...

Together? >> reporter: yes, this was a very dangerous and difficult thing that happened on the high seas. this is a play-by-play of a south korean commando operation to rescue their ship. there were 21 hostages on it. they went in their, alerted the south koreans in their own language, guys, we're coming in. they killed eight small liz and managed to get 216 the crew out of there safely. the reason this story is important to us, the united states, even though it's happening on the high seas is because when you have the pirates out there, what they do is, they block the economic supply chain of...