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This is the kurdish region of northern iraq. the peshmerga operate here. mick was referring to them a moment ago. they are considered effective fighters. they have been close allies of u.s. forces. there are a lot of special operations commandos that operation in this area and have operated here for some time. and because of that close relationship, because the americans trust the kurds, because the kurds have been effective, in this case, when the kurds asked for american help to go and rescue hostages, the americans said yes. they studied the battlefield. they studied this prison where the h...

Fair assumption? >> reporter: a slow boat to justice indeed but justice the u.s. says there will be for ahmed abu khatallah. a senior law enforcement official now telling our own justice reporter evan perez that it was u.s. commandos along with the fbi that over the weekend actually got to the libyan coast by sea to set off this entire operation to get khatallah, that he was lured to a villa near benghazi, south of benghazi along the coast line, and that's when special operations commandos and the fbi swooped in on him. at the end of the day he basically is taken with no shots fired, nobody he...

Possible deserter. as you look at that video, carol, u.s. officials have told us for the last couple days, all of the exchange procedures on that field had been carefully worked out and agreed to ahead of time. i don't think anybody was surprised it was filmed. the u.s. special operations commandos that got off the helicopter to get bergdahl had sunglasses, hats, beards, scarves. they had their faces well covered. they were very cautious. if you look at the video, they walk backwards, they don't turn their back to the taliban. they are very careful. get bergdahl back on the helicopter. one of ...

Down the road. u.s. officials will tell you that this really is the way they will be going after terrorist targets now, small, lethal, lightning raids by u.s. special operations commandos. kate. >> a key point. barbara, thank you so much. now that al qaeda operative is in custody, so what happens next to him? joe johns is following the legal angle from washington. what do you know, joe? >> kate, abu al ibi is being held on board a u.s. vessel. he is expected to be interrogated for several weeks from the high value detainee interrogation group. this is made up of fbi acts, intelligence communit...

Escaped, and they are not free. what's going on? >> that is -- that could be good. i read the accounts of this, literally 1,000-plus prisoners out there. it's a very different situation action to say the least. that's why the united states military, all the apparatus, every asset we have has got to be focused on capturing or killing those people who killed americans. i can't believe we have to have this debate of trying to encourage the obama administration to do this? this is a core responsibility of the president of the united states. >> just a final question, when you send in u.s. special o...