bin laden could run but he could not hide. he seems to have done very little running and quite a lot of hiding. to conclude, in comparison to regional groups, he comes across as an outmoded jihadi. in contrast to their attacks, he was more interested in carefully planned methods. the eagerness to declare islamic states in the region was moderated by bin laden's patients to secure public support and while they aim to win the short-term battles, and his eyes were on the larger prize. he wanted to defeat the united states and i do what -- its support for the corrupt muslim regimes and liberate his fellow muslims. bin laden knew how to articulate the grievances he believed moslems suffered at the hands of their regimes in western countries but his private letters show that saving his fellow muslims from the attacks of his brothers were on his mind. thank you. [applause] >> can you hear me? i am going to ask a couple of questions. i had some written down and i kept writing more down as you were talking. let me ask you about this no

i do not know whether it was bin laden or not. if it was bin laden who edited it, his grammar is very good. is also very modest. he does not want to come across and be more unassuming in the commons that he was making. that letter when it was released, it did not incorporate the changes. it does not mean that zahawari was ignoring him, because many of the changes were simple grammatical. but it may not have reached him. >> right there. >> from the embassy of pakistan. can we say that some of these documents were intentionally left that way? just to destroy his legacy? >> i seriously doubt that. there's so many things in these documents that would not be in the interest of bin laden to mislead. operational security measures are very sharp. i understand that he would have deleted as many as he could have. that would have been a possibility. but at the end of the day, bin laden was trying to be as involved as the situation permitted him. he was not trying to busy himself and creating a conspiracy for the rest of us. he is more detail

with bin laden, great. i think it's great that he gave the call to go in and use the navy s.e.a.l.s and capture osama bin laden. he's always going to go down in the history books as that having happened on his watch. he shares credit with george bush on that because there's no way he would have been able to go capture osama bin laden had it not been for the infrastructure put in place by the previous administration. that's a fact. we can agree whether or not he would have used s.e.a.l. team 6 or another manner, but the fact remains that infrastructure was put in place by the bush administration. >> let me bring in ben. syria is a real quagmire. nothing like anything else we've seen so far. what do you think the smart thing for obama to do is? >> i think rumsfeld did have a point, that all of this talk of sanctions does not seem to be effective. the choice obama faces is whether to intervene militarily. i don't think anybody is saying send in the marines. >> he can't do that because you've got the chinese an

before bin laden, panetta helped balance the federal budget. career, he had been a budget director and white house chief of staff. but by 1997, he left washington and went home to california. it was 12 years later that president-elect obama made an odd request-- would panetta lead the c.i.a.? panetta had never worked in intelligence, but his team put a navy seal in bin laden's bedroom. last summer, the president made panetta secretary of defense, in charge of managing three million employees, fighting three wars, and stopping iran from building an atom bomb. this last january, before the president spoke to the nation, he had a few words for leon panetta. >> president barack obama: good job, tonight. good job tonight. ( applause ) >> pelley: with nearly the entire government assembled for the state of the union address, maybe ten people in the room knew what that was about. the navy's seal team six had just rescued two hostages, including an american woman. this time, the action was in somalia. in how many countries are we currently engaged in a

blemished by bin-ç4( laden's e. >> rose: how then did bin laden-- because of your own experience andever you know and the people you know-- escape detection until last year? >> well, first of all man hunting is really hard. even here in the u.s. look at the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list, often it takes years to capture them. if ever. particularly in that part of the world, in the tribal areas of afghanistan both the geographic terrain and the cultural terrain make it extra difficult. now i think many people, including me, were surprised that bin laden was in fact in abbottabad outside the tribal areas in a town where the pakistanis had a large military garrison. that was pretty shocking. >> rose: there's also this question which is interrogation. in your judgment, when does interrogation slide into torture? >> i think that... >> rose: not by a military definition of the united states military but just your experience. >> well, i have no direct experience in interrogation, i'm not an interrogator. but my heart as much as my head tells me that the enhanced interrogation techniques used

the best searle of the ten-year search for bin laden. i read your piece.com and you say that as a result of al libi's killing, death, the al qaeda operation, the terrorist group that launched 9/11 is now more or less out of business. explain. >> yea, i think it kind of underlined the fact. this has been going on for a long time e e drone strike programs with george w. bush in the last six months of his presidency and president obama amped it up considerably. most of the al qaeda leaders have been killed and this guy was the last who was involved in al qaeda. they haven't been able to attack the u.s. since 9/11 over a decade and the last attack were the attacks in london in 2005. it's a record of failure, wolf, and a lot of losses on that side. >> so the al qaeda operation as we knew it in afghanistan and pakistan, you think for all practical purposes is dead, but what about al qaeda in yemen and somalia, these so-called lone wolfs and these guys that aren inspiring individuals around the world? >> we saw the fort hood attack in texas. >> that was al qaeda

since bin laden's death 13 months ago, the u.s. has carried out nearly 100 air strikes in pakistan and yemen, killing more than a dozen top terrorists, including american-born cleric anwar al awlaki, who was the operational leader behind recent bombing plots out of yemen targeting u.s. aviation. but officials say the loss of al libi is equally as significant. one official said al qaeda has no one on their roster to come close to replacing al libi's expertise. this killing adds to the tension between u.s. and pakistan, which continues to demand an end to u.s. drone strikes, but u.s. officials have made it clear, when they have a shot at a known terrorist who presents a real threat, they're going to take it. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> overseas reports that former egyptian president hosni mubarak's health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. last week he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in killing protesters. one security official says his health deteriorated yesterday and placed on a ventilator. mubarak is sai

he got osama bin laden, and he hasn't stopped, if you look at the numbers. a drone strike killed al libi last week in pakistan. he was al qaeda's second in command. al libi is one of 18 top al qaeda commanders taken out since the president took office. maybe jeb should tip his hat to president obama instead. let's turn to our panel tonight. a number of topics to go after. joy reid with us, of thegrio.com. susan del percio, msnbc contributor, and radio talk show host, and author thom hartmann. all right, why is jeb bush bringing this up? has the president just been too successful, joy, on foreign policy? >> well, you know what, i think that there's always a little bit of a bittersweet edge whenever jeb bush speaks about anything to do with the white house, because i think this is a man who most people believe wanted to be president, probably still wants to be president, so i think me might be now a little wistful, looking at what could have been. and he's a good defender of his big brother. but the problem for jeb bush, in a lot of ways, president barack obam

was a solid bin laden in pakistan and you know what you must understand is that some of bin laden was trained by the bias and cia. did lot of adam were trained by the cia and i.s.i. about twenty years back so this is this is these people were assets of by this time on. they would really by the by just an army and the i.s.i. financed by this yeah but they were fighting the soviets and for a long time these groups had big association with the most unsecured agencies no suddenly comes no new member and you do a lot of the leading degrees does i mean we showed us that hundley to be stolen. but it didn't mean that all along the way people would have accepted this because here what people are trained for jihad our job and this is in this just means by doing the foreign occupation so our people who can miss them having indoctrinating not only. these militant groups but also your need and sees that they're fighting a war and occupation is it is a religious duty a right some subset of the i.s.i. some people perhaps who are dealt with him in the past who are still loyal as goes people who would

bin laden's death 13 months ago, the u.s. has carried out nearly 100 air strikes in pa en topan and yemen, killing more american-ben top terrorists, including american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki. al-awlaki was the operational leader behind the recent bombing plots out of yemen targeting u.s. aviation, but officials say the loss of al-libi is equally significant. one u.s. official says al qaeda has no one on its roster who can e.me close to replacing al- -lbi's expertise. whi killing of al-libi adds to hae tensions between the u.s. sd pakistan which continues to nowand an end to drone strikes. hey'res. officials have made it clear, scott, when they have a shot at a known terrorist who milents a real threat, they're going to take it. >> pelley: bob, thanks very uch. john miller is a former assistant director of the f.b.i. ntd a former assistant deputy director of national ontelligence but is now a senior it meandent here at cbs news. john, what does this mean to al qaeda? >> it means a couple of things. one, by losing their nu

track down usama bin laden. first, pakistan threw him in prison. now, his life may be in danger. >> rock island. >> also, it's a home where your only neighbor is the ocean. like a little cruise ship that doesn't move. that's what i call it. >> john: tonight, how to buy an island. and cops say this is one burglar who will not trash your house. >> some of the coffee cups had been washed and the vacuum cleaner had been taken out. >> the charges, breaking and cleaning but we begin this friday night with what analyst describe as abysmal news on the economy. at the heart of it is a report on jobs. but in the end, what happened today effects everyone. especially those with 401(k)'s. take a look at this. stocks took a nose dive to finish off the week. all the major indices down more than 2%. the dow off more than 270 points. the nasdaq down 80. the s&p 500 down 32 reacting to the labor department's monthly jobs report. a report which highlighted three major problems. it showed companies created just 69,000 jobs last month. that's the worst number in a year

he was arrested shortly after bin laden was killed.fter he was sentenced court papers reported that he was convicted for ties to an islamic militant group in pakistan or i should say alleged ties, not for helping the cia. the militant group denies any link to him. they call the conviction a sham. congressman dana rohrabacher says there's no question he's being punished for assisting the u.s. >> congressman, you said the fact that pakistan has sentenced the dock for or the 33 years in prison, you said it's decisive evidence that pakistan sees itself at war with the u.s.? >> that's correct. pakistan would not be charging one of its citizens for treason for helping us bring to justice the man who murdered 3,000 of our citizens unless pakistan was on the side of the man who murdered 3,000 of our citizens, and that speaks for itself. >> this was a so-called tribal court which is a different system than the official national court in pakistan. it was a local tribal council that said he had this link to this terrorist group. do you read anyth

health officials here say all those bin laden reports hurt the polio campaign. many pakistanis here deeply conservative, already suspicious of strangers coming into their homes, now thought the vaccination campaign was part of some sort of foreign spy plot. this father of two says he rejected free polio drops for his children. the u.s. pays for these campaigns to destroy muslims and make them slaves, he told us. >> that incident of the doctor, it affect our polio program, not only our polio program, but the rest of the health-related activity. >> reporter: health officials say thousands of pakistani families have yet to vaccinate their children without good reason. but with help of local religious leaders and aggressive awareness campaigns, they're making progress, they say, convincing more families the free vaccine can save them a lifetime of hardship and pain. children like ekra and their family endure it every day. we're trying our best, her mother says. we've left her in god's hands. reza sayah, cnn, pakistan. >>> here is what we're working on for this hour.

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find bin laden the taliban says it will cut him into pieces. that all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." and there is breaking news. in fact, huge news in the trial of the self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman who says that he shot and killed an unarmed teenager in florida. today, a judge has revoked the bond of that man, george zimmerman, the judge now has ordered he town himself in 48 hours. the prosecutors had argued that george zimmerman lied to the court about his finances during the bond hearing. george zimmerman said he was broke and had to motor his parents' home to pay for the bond. but we have george zimmerman's attorney live right now. we will talk to him. >> if you consider talking about ten and 20 and 155 as being code maybe you are accurate. and i have been involved in cases where drug dealers talk about watermelon and things like that, you talk about nine, or ten, i am not certain that is code for $80 or $90,000 that is trying to deseen. again, if devotion was their intent where did he forward all

find bin laden.ts on the president's so-called counterterrorism kill list and details of possible cyber attacks against iran. and also, secrets revealing a double agent, infiltrated, al-qaeda, and yemen on our behalf. now, yesterday, the president made a very strong defense of his white house, saying they are not behind these leaks. >> the notion that my white house would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. it's wrong and people, i think, need to have a better sense of how i approach this office and how the people around me here approach this office. >> fox news military analyst, retired general jack keane is a four star general, former vice chief of staff from the army and joins us now, general, great to see you. >> yeah, good to see you, jamie. >> you heard what the president said. it's offensive to suggest that the white house has anything to do with this. what's worse, being offended or knowing that your white house isn't leaking. don't we have to get to the b

asked for funding to go after bin laden. bush said no.as described by the c.i.a. he was on leave. he took the longest vacation in texas in the month before september 11th. this is what the nsa fellly who edited these files said. i don't think the push administration would want to see these released because they paint the picture of the c.i.a. knowing something would happen before 9/11 but they did not get the institutional support that they needed. now you want to see what was in the seven al-qaeda members inclusion some u.s. citizens have resided in or traveled in the u.s. for years. it was clear that they were already here. more they said bin laden determined to strike the u.s. that's when we already knew--that was the headline. they were like, pleases pay attention. bush said, ah, you covered your ass, go home. more bin laden and associates making near-term threats. then someone whose name has been redacted expectses owe he sam bin laden to launch multiple attacks over the coming days. they didn't do anything. they shoul

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bin laden's longest and closest associate. he is face mouse for escaping air base in afghanistan in 2005. he fled to pakistan and within a year, the charismatic al qaeda operative was releases taunting video, a leading voice for calling attacks against the u.s. >> he was the gait keeper to al-zawahiri. the central leadership in pakistan is probably as close as done as it's going to be. >> reporter: this strike follows a string of u.s. successes against al qaeda. osama bin laden in may of last year. a al raman head of al qaeda operations. in yemen, an war al awlak kirks, and al quso in the u.s. z cole and now abu yahya al-libi. tell us why he is a permanent blow to al qaeda? why won't they recruit somebody snels. >> it will be extremely to replace him as experience and trustworthy, especially now when al-zawahiri has to wonder where whether he is next. >> thank you, martha. >>> here at home, a trial out of the head liens. former football coach, jerry sandusky entered the courtroom for jury selection today and abc news has learn

this as the doctor you mentioned working for the cia to try to confirm bin laden's whereabouts.on panetta, the pentagon chief who was running the cia at the time that bin laden was killed who confirmed dr. afridi's role. and, of course, the pakistanis say that he wasn't charged with helping the u.s. they say he was charged with helping terrorists. the terrorists say he wasn't working for them. he was working for the u.s. and they want to kill him for that. >> what kind of sway do we really have over there, rick? >> well, there is always foreign aid. and as you mentioned, congress voted last week to cut aid to pakistan by $33 million. 1 million for every year of afridi's sentence. but journalists judy miller says that kind of money, when you are talking about a billion dollars aid package is really just symbolic. >> the united states needs pakistan it's not going to cut off military aid. it sends a clear signal to islamabad about american unhappiness over the way dr. afridi has been treated. but in terms of changing pakistani behavior, i don't think it's going to have that impact

that's hardly a success. >> romney doesn't want to talk about bin laden.ttle confusing when in the same interview he gave this response. >> has president obama, in your view, done anything well? >> i'm sure he has. i appreciate the decision he made to go after bin laden and to make sure he was executed. >> yet romney still gives president obama an f. >> i happen to believe his positions in foreign policy have not communicated american strength and resolve. >> republicans have tried desperately to paint this president has weak across the board and time and again he proves them wrong. on the heels of romney's baseless remarks, here is what the new york times said. from his first months in office he the systems that run irans main nuclear enrichment facilities. an f is what mitt romney wants to give the president. let's turn to james peterson. susan, i got to ask you first, is this grade of f, does it warrant any merit whatsoever. your thought? >> i don't think he deserves an f. a lot of things are true. he's done those things well. i think at the same time w

bush made the dead or alive comment about osama bin laden just days after the 9/11 attacks and he was la mbasted. >> they did the same thing with ronald reagan. a cowboy. the new york times which almost never finds anything to criticize this president about in the lead editorial on thursday said that his ability to decide like cesar thumbs up or thumbs down on the coliseum is too much power for a president. so at least we know according to the new york times where the line is with this president for too much power. >> does this kind of leak,. >> doug: did i, have any effect on national -- does this kind

president obama was told this is probably osama bin laden, we're not 100% sure. you could take that house out with a -- an armed drone and not historic a soldier. but if it's not bin laden, you're going to wind up killing whoever's there, plus his wife or wives, plus any kids that might be there, plus any other people. and they decided to go in there, he did and go after bin laden, be sure he could be identified and minimize the casualty even at greater risk to the navy s.e.a.l.s that went in. i thought it was a very brave decision and a correct one. >> president president, in my world, we're all for gay marriage, but the president, did he take a risk? was it a mistake politically to come out in support of it? >> well, i think yes, it was what risky because a lot of african-american support in the churches are now for it. if you look at what's happening in america as people change their position, just as i on it. what happens is personal experience changes your position. the more gay friends you have, the more you see them adopting children and being good parents