they can engage that. >> pelley: why didn't you do that?disapproved. >> pelley: why was it not approved? >> fury: i have no idea. >> pelley: how often does delta& come up with a tactical plan that's disapproved by higher headquarters? >> fury: in my experience, in my five years at delta, never before. >> pelley: the military wouldn't tell us who rejected the plans or why. fury wasn't happy about it, but he pressed on with the only option he had left, a frontal assault on bin laden's dug-in al qaeda fighters. the delta team had only about 50 men. so the mission would depend on the afghan militia as guides and muscle. their leader was a warlord, a self-styled general named ali. >> fury: ali told us, after about 30 seconds of discussion-- he kind of listened to me ramble on-- and then the first thing he said was, "i don't think you guys can handle it. you can't handle al qaeda in these mountains." >> pelley: ali, second from the left, met with this c.i.a. officer and accepted millions of dollars in cash from the agency. in short order, his muj

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