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there would be no collateral damage to civilians. >> but the commission learned that foreign policy concerns complicated matters. >> according to cia officials, policymakers were concerned about the danger that a strike might kill an emirati prince or other senior officials who might be with bin laden or close by. >> what i did was to call the director of central intelligence and say that i had finally been presented with satellite photography of the facility and it was very clear to me that this looked like something other than a terrorist camp. it looked like a luxury hunting trip and i asked him to look into it personally. >> the national security council instead decided to call the government of the united arab emirates tell them that we knew bin laden was in the desert and that we also knew that they were hunting and maybe it would be a good idea that they didn't hang

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