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Pivotal time. they became a tactical organization. with dedication from the director, the mi 17 officially joined the cia museum. >> when the helicopter first came into the agency, it was actually shrink wrapped with plastic all around it. it looked like a giant gift for the agency. >> not open the public, its willingness to take on risk >> some of the detail is pretty incredible. >> from tracking bin laid ton his pakistan compound. >> i have the t-shirt right here, it says don't mess with the u.s. >> and inside the helicopter where operatives sat. >> boxes of money? >> yes, yes, it is, it is ...

Buildings down will hear all of us soon. [cheers] >> as president george w. bush tells first responders at ground zero the u.s. is fighting back, a cia team leader on the verge of retirement is tasked to take the mi 17 into afghanistan. >> i got the call if the counterterrorism center, they had a job, to start the hunt for bin laden >> the cia team of seven and three man flight crew are the first americans on the ground september 25th, 2001. days into the mission, the team customizes the chopper including call numbers. >> it is about taking the fight to al qaeda. >> absolutely and beating them...

Rick leventhal has the latest on that. >> jon, we're at road block here on i-17 southbound. we're south and west of wilmington. more stories about how bad the situation here is on the roads with hundreds of them closed in the southeast portion of north carolina. we had a team from our hotel, trying to get to raleigh this morning. they couldn't get there. couldn't get as far as jacksonville. turned around tried to go down south to myrtle beach, couldn't get there either. drove back to the hotel. 3 1/2 hour drive to nowhere. they are not the only ones. this is the most destructive flooding the g...

From three immigrants seeking either citizenship or lawful permanent status and also receiving, get this, 200 egg rolls. 200 egg rolls. they must have been really tasty egg rolls. a story tonight about how your tax dollars are being spent as the u.s. transitions out of afghanistan. chief washington correspondent has more on what started as a plan and has a problem. >> reporter: in the next 18 months, the u.s. will provide 30 mi-17 helicopters like this, and 18 fixed wing aircraft to an elly afghan unit known as special mission wing, smw, a special forces team dedicated to counter terrorism a...

To a russian firm for 30 mi-17 helicopters. to circumvent a new law barring the u.s. from dealing with that russian firm, the pentagon used fiscal year 2012 funds. now a new report by the special -- excuse me, by the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, also known as sigar, finds as of january 23, 2013, the afghan special mission wing or smw had just 180 personnel, less than one-quarter of the personnel needed to reach full strength. as of january 16, 2013, the report found only seven of the 47 pilots assigned to the smw were fully mission qualified to fly with night visio...