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>> this compound was the home of osama bin laden's most trusted courier, a kuwaiti. the sprawling complex had protective walls as high as 18 feet, two security gates, a series of internal walls and main house with few windows and a third floor terrorist with a seven foot high privacy wall. a tall man had been spotted facing in the compound's yard, doing prison yard walks. >> there was nothing that confirmed that bin laden was at that compound. when president obama was faced with the opportunity to act upon this, the president had to evaluate the strength of the information and then made what i...

Seeds of sunday's operation were actually planted four years ago, when detainees at guantanamo bay gave up the courier's nickname. two years later intelligence officials learned the courier's full name, and in a cloak and dagger maneuver that seems straight out of a spy movie, the courier was finally found in pakistan, reportedly because of a phone call he made to someone else who was under u.s. surveillance. >> they had a sighting of him. so they set up an elaborate surveillance effort that led them in august of 2010 to that compound. and one of my sources said to me, "when we saw that compou...

Piece of information. >> reporter: in 2007 the cia learned the man's name of abu ahmad al kuwaiti. pakistanis provide some information but the u.s. won't say what it was. by 2009, the cia knows the general area in pakistan where the courier is living. once they even spot him on the street. in august 2010, they learned the courier and his brother are living at this compound but something isn't wrong. why do they need 18-foot tall walls, security gates, a million dollar mansion? by late 2010 the u.s. is watching the compound around the clock. overhead satellites keep an eye it and telephone conv...

This is different." >> reporter: different because it was a million-dollar home with no telephone or internet service. there were also two security gates and protective walls as high as 18 feet. residents inside burned their trash rather than put it out for pickup. and the third-floor terrorist had a seven-foot privacy well as if to hide a very tall person. but intelligence officials insist there was no guarantee bin laden was inside. >> all of these were clues to some of the intelligence officials that something wasn't right. they determined to the best of their ability that their assessment ...

And one of my sources said to me, "when we saw that compound, we said, wow. this is different." >> reporter: different because it was a million-dollar home with no telephone or internet service. there were also two security gates and protective walls as high as 18 feet. residents inside burned their trash rather than put it out for pickup. and the third-floor terrace had a seven-foot privacy well as if to hide a very tall person. but intelligence officials insist there was no guarantee bin laden was inside. >> all of these were clues to some of the intelligence officials that something wasn't ...