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Radicals or someone else, play and propagandize the fact that bin laden was not armed. >> that will play big in their propaganda. i'm sure they've got plans on the shelf for various retaliatory operations. i'm sure that u.s. intelligence and our law enforcement are on heightened alert now anticipating that here and overseas. >> back in your days at the cia were you aware of a specific playbook that if bin laden was captured or killed we'll do this? >> no, i don't think there's such a playbook. they have plans that they develop over a long period of time, put on the shelf, take off the shelf wh...

Details at this point. but security going to be heightened here in the capital of afghanistan in the coming days because people are concerned about retaliatory strikes. >> you're there at a fascinating moment. let's start with this one. any reaction yet from the afghan government which for years has tried to say bin laden's not here. we think he's on the pakistan side. any sense of vindication? >> reporter: oh, absolutely, john. the last couple of days you've seen the afghanistan government really saying that they are vindicated right now. they're using this, the death of osama bin laden, espe...

He is just an incredible guy and our nation is lucky to have him in positions of importance. >> that lucky guy, you say leon panetta, who has a tough job. i'm sure he feels lucky some days and other days not so. this came up in the briefing with congress, quote, it was decided that any effort to work with the pakistanis could jeopardize the mission. they might alert the targets. senator, they're supposed to be a partner in the war on terrorism or whatever we want to call it tonight. if the cia is afraid to tell the pakistanis about an operation like this, could you call them a partner? >> well...

Get a team guy pretty quick. >> take us through -- i know obviously it's a very different than any you were in. but you're rushing in, full of adrenaline, there is a firefight going on. what goes through your head. anything moves you're suspicious. >> what goes through your led is get the job done and protect your teammates. whether we win or lose means whether we live or die. things can turn on a dime. maybe he had something in his hand or something near him that was a weapon. >> when you've watched the coverage about this and you see the compound, a building with three story, some guards, sm...

Suggested that pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism or worse. yet that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we were pursuing. such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news, but it doesn't reflect fact. am i the problem, senator, or is president cz president zardari the problem? >> the pakistanis they protect the haqqani network, they truck around with a lot of unsavory people. but in that part of the world, that's not unusual. the problem is they don't see the greatest threat to pakistan are the rebels, the taliban and that's pretty objective. so ...