i am the oldest granddaughter of james leon, he is a monster fighting and so am i. that comes from southern tales of supernatural. a porch lie is not a mean or vicious lie, it is a story of exaggeration and humor. the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me

the president himself and the director of national intelligence, james clapper, watched it in the situation room at the white house and leonrect aor of the cia, had overall command of the operation, watched it in his conference room. it was narrated by admiral mccraven and telling them where things were going. there was somehow a camera on one of the 12 to 15 troops that went in there. we also believe it was a joint military cia operation that it was the s.e.a.l.s with support from the cia. so we have a lot of people who are very happy and very proud to have been part of this. but this is what the joint special operations command does. >> it sounds as though this team went in, though, with no real intention to capture osama bin laden. is that your understanding? is that what you're hearing? >> the default position has always been to kill him. when the first -- when the first attempt to go after him, after 9/11 began it was bring his body home in a -- bring his head home in a box. this has always been the position. the united states has never wanted to capture him, never wanted the big trial. they wanted to kill him. >> the

director leon panetta and james clapper who said the president's decision to launch the operation the most courageous he had witnessed during his nearly 50-year intelligence career. this is half an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by the director of national intelligence and director of central intelligence agency, leon panetta. [applause] >> mr. president, director panetta, and members of intelligence community, those who were here and those connected electronically. recently i received an e-mail from a former student of mine at georgetown who lost his wife at the world trade center. he wanted to thank those responsible for the takedown of osama bin laden. it represented closure for him. and, in a sense, this dramatic event represents a measure of closure as well for the intelligence community. as a historic milestone in a relentless campaign which continues on. those heart felt thanks of my student deservedly go to many. to the men and women in the intelligence community who contributed directly, notably from c.i.a., n.s.a., n.g.a., nctc,