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Mohammad had been water boarded 183 times. they asked him what he knows about the courier. and khalid shaikh mohammed was completely dismissive, completely dismissive of who this person wud was and said, not important. and it was the lie, as my source said, that was alerting. the lie of khalid shaikh mohammed the lie of al libby, those two men lying about this courier made them understand that, in fact, the courier was actually important because they knew from other sources that the courier had been a protege of ksm. and he made it believe he didn t know who it was. so bingo, right? so then they had to go about finding him. reporter: investigators established the courier s name and begin to monitor his family s phone calls and ....
reporter: they ask him what he knows about the courier. and khalid shaikh mohammed was completely dismissive about who this person was and said, not important. and it was the lie, as my source said, that was alerting. the lie of khalid shaikh mohammed, the lie of al libi. those two men lyinging about this courier made them understand that, in fact, the courier was actually important because they knew from other sources that the courier had been a protege of k.s.m. and he made believe he didn t know who he was. so bingo, right? then they had to go about finding him. reporter: investigators established the courier s name and begin to monitor his family s phone calls and e-mails. once they established one ....
failure, high. would rather die than be captured. at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. the president, after a long night s sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. let s go. reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military s best-kept secret is underway. the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. reporter: america s most-wanted man may finally be in reach, osama bin laden. the architect of 9/11 had eluded the world s most powerful nation for more than a decade. the trail was quite cold. reporter: former cia director michael hayden recalls the early misfires. most of what we had looked many more like elvis sightings rather than substantive intelligence. u.s. intelligence zeroed in on t ....
s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. vi . reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. the president, after a long night s sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, you ve got the green light. let s go. reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military s best-kept secret is under way. the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. reporter: america s most wanted man may finally be in reach. osama bin laden. the architect of 9/11 had eluded the world s most powerful nation for more than a decade. the trail was quite cold. reporter: former cy director michael hayden recalls the early misfires. most of what he had looked more likele elvis sightings than intelligence. reporter: the trail caught fire last august when u.s. ....