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We are look right now at how he was able to hold out there for so long, and whether there was any type of support system within pakistan that allows him to stay there. we know that the people at come found were work on his behalf and that's how we ultimately found our way to that come pointp pound. but we are less than 24 hours after operation we are talking with the pakistanis on a regular basis and we'll pursue all leads to find out what type of support system and benefactors bin laden may have had. we are pursuing all leads in this issue. >> is it credible that pakistani authorities had no ...

Necessarily sufficient blow to lead to its demise. we have a better opportunity now that bin laden is out of there to create fractures within it. number two, al-zawahiri is not charismatic. he was not involved in the fight early on in afghanistan. i think he has a lot of detractors within the organization. i think you will see them eating themselves from within more and more. >> there are reports there was a replica of the come pond. can you tell us where and how that was put together? >> for something as important as this and something as risky as this. every effort would be made to do the pr...

Did fire himself? >> he was engaged in a firefight with those who entered the house and whether he got off any rounds, i don't know. from a visual perspective. here is bin laden calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound, living in an area far removed from the front. hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. i think it really just speaks to just how false his narrative has been over the years. so again, looking at what usama bin laden was doing there while he's putting people out there to carry on attacks, i think speaks to the nature of the indiv...

Over the past 6 months with insuring we had the best visibility in terms of understanding what was happening at that compound, that body of evidence accumulating to the point when the president said i want to have operations against this compounds, i want to know what the pros and cons are. i want some to have options and i want the make sure we are taking into the account the safety and the security of the americans conduct this operation. that we look at it from the standpoint of limiting that. ultimately we got to that point where we could bring that together. the president made the decisio...

Sea was the most appropriate to do. i won't go into details about who we consulted with in the jafort math of his death. >> can you give us dough tails whether there were previous operations that were called off or perhaps the ability to identify bin laden's body differently? >> against this target? there were different course of action about the options available to the president. whether there would be an assault on the ground or a different option. through that process of discussion, the options were narrowed down until the president decided that this was the best option because it gave us ...