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Part of the routine, to stand or sit out on a balcony is really extraordinary, as clarissa was pointing out, limited damage to other people who may have been in the house or neighborhood. >> yeah, i would seem so, anderson, what i'm against just all add to what director clapper said. if you understand how these individuals do this kind of targeting, the requirement for intelligence, the requirement for rehearsals which the president talked a little bit of out and some of this team talked about how he was so interested in the intricate details of sunrise on the houses and what rooms were being ...

This has been going on for months, the average american does not understand the detail, the level of effectiveness and efficiencies that go into this kind of targeting of individuals. the president can stand on the balcony and talk about the operation, there's been months and maybe even years going into the targeting of zawahiri, i first heard about the sky in 1998 when i was that -- we've been wanting to get him for a very long time, he's a leader within this organization, and the strike that was conducted was affected and efficient. including your question about how do we know that it's him,...

We kill this guy because he is such a threat. and this has been going on for months. the average american doesn't understand the detail, the level of effectiveness and efficiencies that go into this kind of targeting of individuals that, you know, the president can stand up on the balcony and talk about the operation, but there have been months and maybe even years going into the targeting. i first heard about this guy in 1998. we had been wanting to get him for a very long time. he is a leader within this organization. and the strike that was conducted was effective and efficient. getting to ...

Bounty on his head, what happens when other individuals who are potentially not perhaps as well known to intelligence officials, who are not necessarily on the radar internationally in the same way. how can you trust again in the taliban's word, when they talk about a serious commitment funding not only isis-k, which they're focused on, but other groups like al-qaeda in the region. >> -- the k director, clapper, with jim sciutto was talking about this earlier era, the past bounties have worked? [inaudible] director clapper, can you still hear me? in the past pound bounties have worked in terms...

Believe overhead recapabilities have improved remarkable since the uvo raid. >> following the bin laden raid, there were open questions whether pakistan officials knew, here was bin laden hiding in their midst. in this case, it appears that is less of an open question, given the direct ties between al qaeda and the taliban. you have an al qaeda member in the taliban cabinet. in effect, as you look at this, is it a pretty, you know, straight shot here that the taliban knew and they were giving him cover? >> yeah, i think so, jim. one of the things that i'd say to reinforce what the director cla...