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Example and it went off relatively without a hitch, why would you not release a photo of bin laden? >> well, i will be candid. there are sensitivities of the appropriateness of releasing photographs of osama bin laden and in the aftermath of this firefight, and we are making an evaluation about the need to do that. because of the sensitivities involved, and we do, we review this information and make this decision with the same calculation as we do so many things which is what, you know, what we are trying to accomplish and does it or in any way harm our interests, and that is not just domestic...

But what i can say is that there are sort of three area s ths th hope that the information collected will provide insight into. and most important is any evidence of planned attacks and second would be information to lead to other high value targets or other networks that exist that maybe we don't know about or only know a little bit about, and then, you know, third and more broadly, on the al qaeda network, itself, and then in the sustaining network for bin laden in pakistan, what allowed him to live in that compound for as long as he did. >> my understanding is that the president got an upda...

Specifically that we don't talk about with any great detail, you know, how we get our realtime information for a varietyf of reasons. i mean, those meetings take place in the situation room for a reason. they are there for secure communications, and so, i can't get more specific than that. i think that it has been said and so i can say that leon panetta the director of the central intelligence agency was on a screen and communicating with those in the situation room and the president. so, he was present in that room in that sense as well. >> so they were looking at leon panetta? >> well, again...

Led to the successful mission that occurred on sunday. and multiple detainees provided insights into the networks of people who might have been enlisted by bin laden, but reporting from detainees is a slice of information gathered by incredibly diligent professionals over the years in the intelligence community. and it is simply strange f fragility to say that some information from eight years ago that was gathered may or may not have led to a successful mission sunday is not the case. >> i was not suggesting it. others have. >> okay. >> and did anything come out of last night's dinner that wo...

Ausz real g -- it was a gun battle and my understanding is that 17 or so of them in the room were noncombatants. >> well, a number of people were unharmed and made safely secure after the operation was complete and the helicopter had to be detonate. but there was a firefight. >> do you know how many people were firing from -- >> i don't -- again, we are providing you this information as it is made available for public release. the pentagon is working on this, and will i'm sure continue to update the information as it becomes available. >> and there was a report sourced for the isi that the non...