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Four years ago we are told they finally had the name of the courier that was what led them to this home in abbottobad 35 miles northeast of the capital of islamabad and two years ago they started to put together the nickname of that guard, excuse me the couriers that were taken from interrogations of petroleum like khalid sheik mohammed, among others, who are currently now at gitmo bay and they put together the names and two years ago they knew the location of the compounds in abbottobad. they watched it. in september, we are told that president obama felt there was enough intelligence to move...

Had actionable and credible information of where osama bin laden was located. finding the most wanted terrorist took more than, almost a decade under the leadership of three different american presidents. and now the author of "losing bin laden." >> three presidents have hunted him. and this is extraordinary. and it leads back to "mastermind," about khalid sheik mohammed showing gitmo and intelligence that revealed the location of osama bin laden's layer. the courier who was captured by the pakistani police was identified from guantanamo and that interrogation was essential to determine how im...

Was gathered over an eight--year period. it began under the public administration. it had the foundation or origination in the c.i.a. interrogation program. that continued through guantanamo bay and other intelligence was picked up in afghanistan and pakistan leading to a picture that osama bin laden was hiding in that compound. >>alisyn: this compound is fascinating. 12' to 18' outer walls and topped with wire. and the residents burned the trash. what else in there? >>reporter: it is eight times the size of other compounds in the area with obvious and heavy security presence and you mention t...

Sources, some coming from detainee interviews at gitmo bay and then they identified where they believed the courier's home base was and his brother who also was part of the network. and in august of 2010 the compound was identified and we saw over the last eight months was an effort by the intelligence community to try and rule out all other possibilities that the senior al qaeda leader was probably osama bin laden. and here is john brennan. >> we pieced together additional information. get the name he was known by, and associate that with his real name. associate that with other things. the r...

These funds, for -- >> arthel: but -- >> congress stopped the defense department from moving then. it hasn't stopped the justice department from moving them. arthel: then of course we all know that president obama campaigned on this, i promise i'm going to close guantanamo bay but part of this is hey, this is an al-qaeda recruitment tool, guantanamo bay is. >> the problem is guantanamo bay violates the constitution, it violates treaties we entered into with our countries and violates federal law. yes, it's a recruitment tool for al-qaeda but that's a political problem. the legal and constituti...