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Drives, the cds, dvds, which were portable data storage pieces who was he communicating with? who were the couriers going to? if there were attacks who was going to carry those attacks out? are there records of that in that data? that tells you who he trusts, who are the most operational people still in al qaeda central. additionally it would show the relationship -- there's a lot of speculation about how much control al qaeda has with regard to the splinter groups. you have al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, you have al qaeda in north africa, how connected are they to bin laden. you have jam...

That thrived on the fact nobody noticed it, it was operating under the radar. now with the combined power of the world's governments chasing it, chasing its people, tracking its bank accounts, stopping people from passing money and messages, they were having a much harder time. bin laden was not able to execute any major terrorist attack in ten years. what happened in london and madrid was smaller attacks by splinter groups or associated groups. al qaeda central had really become a video production unit. and then it became an audio production unit because they couldn't even put out the videota...

Stay in your hotel. avoid crowds and u.s. bases and consulates around the world on high alert and this really raises a lot of questions about what's going to happen now to the so-called war on terror. is this a major victory in terms of u.s. curtailing terrorist attacks against the united states or as we've been saying are some of these splinter groups that really haven't gained all that much support financially or operationally from al qaeda, al qaeda and the arab peninsula that's launched attacks and al qaeda in the mahrab and how does this affect the u.s. campaign in afghanistan? all questi...

We have a picture of you and bin laden. do you anticipate that what is left of al qaeda, not an kwid da in the arabian peninsula, in north africa, the splinter groups, the original al qaeda, will we hear from them at some point? >> i think we'll hear from them very quickly. first off, you bury the body very quickly and recognize the death very quickly. >> i assume they are going to do a full buy open tea, to see if he had kidney problems and -- >> they are going to do a nda match with other members of the family. they will take photographs of them and publish them as they did. >> so you think ...

Sort of attack. what are you hearing about that? what do you feel about the security? >> well, think it's inevitable with any world eventu, and this is a world event now, that security has to be paramount. i've spent time here and at westminster abbey. they will have combed through these beds behind us, combed through everything. personally, i feel very safe. i think it will be fine. >> we're told that apparently there are going to be dozens if not hundreds of s.a.s. soldiers -- >> there will. >> -- in plain clothes. >> there will also be plainclothes officers within the abbey as well. we've g...