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Them up for an ambush after the fact by these some 50 isis affiliated fighters that came in. to be clear, again, part of their mission was to gather intelligence on a known terror leader operating in the area. it was not their mission to capture. >> very interesting. another new element that we're learning. the original reporting as you well know had those french mirage fighter jets overhead in, what, half an hour, 30 minutes or so. what is the pentagon now saying about that? >> reporter: first, we learned there was a u.s. drone operating in the area at the time of the atta attack. within minu...

Happened. >> that's right, wolf. we're learning multiple officials, military officials telling us that part of the mission of this u.s. army team was to gather intelligence on a known terrorist leader believed to be operating in that same area. in addition to that, they were meeting with local leaders, local leader engagement as they call it and that was part of their job, go out, speak to these people and ask them, gather intelligence as they do that on what was believed to be a senior terror leader operating in the area. i should make clear that it was not part of their mission or their orde...