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Military would call site exploitation, what hans referenced earlier. that means they go through, they try to gather up any kind of possible intelligence, whether it's files, computers, anything they might be able to take back and assess whether there's any kind of actionable intelligence that the u.s. can then act very quickly on to try to continue to go after the isis network in syria, in iraq and around the world. if this was a location where abu bakr al baghdadi was bedding down, it's possible there might have been information about the larger isis terror network that they might have been a...

Deconfliction line, which is just to make sure you stay out of people's air space. whether or not there's going to be further calls from congress on the authorities the president used, i think, is something we should look at here. crucially, what sort of intelligence did they gather there, what sort of site exploitation? the president indicated al baghdadi died and tragically three children died, they left -- u.s. forces left with some detainees and they could be high value and they could help the u.s. understand and ultimately defeat isis's senior leadership a little better. >> certainly what...

Owens. let's go to our political correspondent ryan brown. what happened? >> well, brooke, this was part of an operation what the military likes to call site exploitation, a raid designed to gather intelligence. unlike a traditional drone strike trying to take out a specific leader, this is trying to get intelligence from the terror group so you can conduct future strikes down the road. that requires boots on the ground. as they were moving in, a big fire fight gun battle broke out. in the course of that, you saw one navy seal killed, three additional wounded and a strike that killed 14 al-qae...

Would have? >> well you have to look at this very similar to the way you would look at a law enforcement agency when they go in and do a big arrest. you know you're going to have way before as the general was saying way before this goes down these mission plans are thought out and everybody knows their role because they help to plan that part of the mission. so you know you'll have whether it be law enforcement or over in this part of the world when they're doing a takedown like this you will have people that are already in position that know their job, their primary or secondary job is going ...

Bookmaking material, wires, remote control devices and then weapons which are used to shoot down u.s. helicopters. the two incidences of the large's numbers of deaths in afghanistan is when u.s. fors were shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade. so there's a lot of evidence provided. >> you're a veteran of the longest war we have ever had. what does it feel like to hear they're letting prisonersers who killed americans out of jail. our partners. >> i have to say that personally it feels like a slap in the face. went on these missions where they risked their lives to find these guys. not just t...