chief al qaeda operative in the region of lockwood has been killed during a special operation led by russian special forces now it is believed that he arrived to russia from georgia now he was of the al qaida arabic group that was operating in russia's north caucasus and since two thousand and six he has been the deputy had of the chief al qaida operative in the region in charge of cash flows of funds that paid for terrorist activities in russia now russia's terrorist committee as that the results of this recent open ration will disrupt the connection between the terrorists that are operating here in russia's north caucasus with the international terrorist group al qaida and indeed to the killing of the love where it is a part of a major anti terror operation that was launched in this area but still there is no clear information on where russia's most wanted terrorist lot of might be hiding and russia's north caucasus it was believed that he may have been among the dead in another operation an english sense yeah buddy and they tossed found no presence of him and currently a major sea

recovered direct correspondence between bin laden and some of the other al qaeda operatives about possible plots. most of this material was found in what appeared to be bin laden's office, the computers, the hard drive and the journals, but according to u.s. officials, what the navy s.e.a.l.s left behind may have been of very high value, detailed logs of al qaeda's and bin laden's movements and activities, the kind of information that could lead to the identities of operatives and possible plots. the problem here, however, is all that material has been gathered up by pakistani intelligence. now, the u.s. has asked, but so far, the pakistanis have not agreed to share it, brian. >> we continue to learn more from this raid in pack stanley. jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight, jim, thanks for that. >>> this has been another awful day in syria. the continuing government crackdown on protesters there who want president assad out. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle tracking it all again tonight from his post in benghazi, libya. richard, i understand the problem today was again, sy

the al qaeda operation? >> i had a conversation with an official who reiterated what john brennan was saying, and he said this was strategically important, not just symbolically important. the official i spoke to said they do believe that osama bin laden was involved in the long- term strategic planning in the direction of al qaeda and was useful as a recruiting tool in a way that ayman al-zawahiri, the no. 2, is not. zawahiri did not have the bona fides of bin laden. they went at considerable risk to american forces and at to relations with pakistanis as well. >> he mentioned it has agreements with pakistan, but he also gave reassurances -- he mentioned it disagreements with pakistan, but also give reassurances. >> the white house still recognizes the significance of a very troubled relationship with pakistan, but keen to give credit pakistanis. they have detained, he said, way more terrorists than any other country, and the pakistanis have been a close ally with terrorists internally. while there are quest

intelligence officials tell nbc news bin laden was fully engaged in al qaeda operations at the time of his death. coordinated protests announcing the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden struck multiple cities in pakistan today. as al qaeda reacted for the first time, threatening americans on it official media website. quote, soon, with god's help, we shall flip their celebrations into sorrow and their blood shall mix with tears. >> in al qaeda's language, soon could be anything from the next three days the next three years. it's difficult to know and it's important to emphasize al qaeda uses its language whether or not they actually have an attack in store. >> these images are the newest from inside the compound where u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news bin laden was far from retired and was in fact still al qaeda's operational leader. u.s. intelligence also tells nbc news, quote, a lot of video as well as details of plots around the world and associates were found. osama bin laden's compound is just beyond these buildings, but today, the pakistani soldiers have told us all the

there are other networks operating in pakistan, not just al qaeda. ey are operating in different areas. they may strike to show they are capable of avenging the death of bin laden. >> we have plenty more on our website, including these pictures, the setup of the compound provided by the u.s. department of defense. it explains where bin laden was hiding out, where he was found and killed. some of the other main international news stories, crowds attended the funeral of a libyan capital for the son of khaddafi who was killed by an air raid on saturday night. three of his grandchildren also died. the leader himself was not at the funeral. many people were there. >> of around 2000 people were there yesterday. you may have expected to see more people there and given the high profile they have. one of the more well-known brothers was there. he turned up in a heavily protected convoys. he is taking greater care with the safety of his movement. we have not seen these bodies. there did seem to be a cut of care taken with the shrouded remains, lowered carefully

. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> couric: in a daring mission, u.s. navy seals raid his hideaway in pakistan and gun down the man behind the 9/11 attacks. celebrations erupt all over america. but for families of the 9/11 victims, the pain never ends. >> i miss my son. >> couric: every day? >> every day, every hour, you know? he's my... shining star. >> couric: and there are reminders everywhere that the war on terror is far from over. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: and this is a special expanded edition. good evening, everyone. it took nine years, seven months and 20 days but the united states has made good on a vow to hunt down the man who ordered the 9/11 attacks. u.s. forces found osama bin laden yesterday in his hide away compound in pakistan and killed him. president obama made the announcement in a late-night address to the nation. >> today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation

of 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed and the man who delivered bin laden's orders to al qaeda operatives in the field. but it was not until four years ago that u.s. intelligence determined the courier's real name. take a look at it. it cost bin laden his life. it took another two years to find out what part of pakistan he operated in. then last august, an intercepted phone call led the c.i.a. to his residence. "we were shocked by what we saw" one official said. >> this intelligence case is different. what we see in this compound is different than anything we've ever seen before. >> reporter: a $1 million compound, eight times bigger than any of the other homes in a town where retired pakistani military officers live just 35 miles north of the capital of islamabad. it was built in 2005, apparently just for bin laden. walls as high as 18 feet topped with barbed wire. the main building with opaque windows facing out and a seven- foot privacy wall on the third- floor balcony. the residents of the compound burned their trash instead of putting it out for collection and despite the one million

and in north caucuses one policeman died during the raid earlier this week a senior al qaeda operative was killed in the southern russian republic of chechnya they climbed was born militant abdullah ocurred is believed to have been the key financier and organizer of terrorist cells in the region is also said to have played a leading role in major targets in russia as well as assaults on police he had only recently it seems the leading role after his predecessor was killed by security forces. carry out a grand parade to all of the victim is a war. sixty six years old russia is getting ready to celebrate victory over nazi germany we'll have more on that later in the program. the lead we are now where fighting between pro and anti-government forces has intensified near the city of misrata the last rebel stronghold in the west of the country insurgents have meanwhile backtracked on claims they've reacted they reached where they deal with supply weapons after claiming on saturday that they were expecting a shipment of arms very soon actually deny the claims but said it will provide right he

he was working out the details with other al qaeda operatives. he was approving operations. ho is clearly still playing an important role in al qaeda's terrorist attacks around the world, including targets in the united states. so, again, i don't think you can believe a word the pakistanis say right now. they have no credibility. >> okay. evan coleman, you do, as always. talk to you next hour. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, more on whether pakistani intelligence officials can be trusted. on "meet the press," david gregory will talk with national security adviser, tom donilon. >>> the mississippi river is not expected to crest until next week. farms, small towns, some urban areas already under water. including parts of memphis, tennessee. joining me live on the phone is tennessee state senate majority leader is representative marcus. >> i know your coverage has been great. i want to thank you and jay gray and bill karins and everyone else who have been covering this so closely. it really helps us communicate information that people need to know. it's overwhelming when

do have to be on guard but we mustn't allow the united states we just are all created this al qaeda operation through its foreign policies to make it even less a safer place because of what happened is as iran said. you know this alien forces in iraq in afghanistan all around the world that is what makes the world less stable. the fight against al qaeda inspired terrorism continues here in russia seven militants were killed on sunday in an ongoing operation in the north caucasus and at least one policeman that was killed during the raid earlier this week a senior al qaeda operative was killed in the southern republic of chechnya but one militant known as our kurd is believed to have been the key finance organizer of terrorist cells and the regional code is also said to have played a leading role in major attacks in russia as well as police have only recently assume a leading role after his predecessor was killed by security forces say two deaths have broken the caucuses main links with the international terrorist organization. well coming up here are setting their sights on the next target fo

do have to be on guard but we mustn't allow the united states we just are all created this al qaeda operation through its foreign policies to make it even less safer place because of what happened is as iran said you know this forces in iraq in afghanistan all around the world that is what makes the world less stable. pakistan has claimed that sovereignty was violated by have a go at it with russia to eliminate a saladin larger washington that was trying to establish whether that i was sheltering that terri into. a national record is he being more rational and they're already strained relationship. some of bin laden's death couldn't have come at a better time u.s. and pakistani relations are going through their worst period since nine eleven reasons behind it predator drones and private contractors when a cia agent shows to pakistanis dad in the road daylight earlier this year officials in islamabad said it was the final straw and demanded all american operatives leave the country immediately we have to be doubly sure rather be a presence border be in the interest topics time against in the i

would have learned anything farther had osama bin laden been taken alive or was he the kind of al qaeda operative leader that would never have given things up? >> that's a great question. it is one of those questions that will probably obviously never have an answer to. i would never, ever think of second guessing the teams on the ground that carried out this operation, made decisions in split second timing. in terms of his motivation to talk, we have to remember that the rules of engagement changed. we are operating under the arm field manual now in terms of interrogation. he knows -- he knew that, the entire al qaeda organization followed that issue very closely. so i suspect that he would have sat for a very long time without seeing any need to cooperate. >> all right, mike baker, great to speak with you. thank you for your insights. appreciate that. >>> in a few minutes, we'll get a live report from ann curry who is in pakistan. we're also going to take you to the white house for more on the president's meeting with those navy s.e.a.l.s. meantime, residents in midwest are agonizing over wheth

officialed discovered the names and phone numbers of suspected al qaeda operatives in the huge cache of documents at the compound. those could simply be codes or nicknames. still, valuable clues. >> they were able to identify some of the folks involved in the 9/11 case because of nicknames. >> reporter: red lights are blinking all over the intelligence community as agents scramble to track down those operatives. >> they have to find the people who would carry carry out the plot. >> reporter: find them and quickly. bin lad bin laden's compound revealed new references to possible attacks on or before the tenth anniversary of his triumph four months from now. >> one of the best guesses would be that he would do it not exactly on 9/11, that maybe before 9/11. >> reporter: the possibilities are multiple and harrowing. >> it may not be a single attack the size of 9/11, but multiple smaller attacks coordinated. >> reporter: al qaeda historically plots months or in the case of 9/11, years ahead of time. agents are searching travel records and a special task force at cia headquarters is worki

in fact they believe he was still al qaeda's operational leader. u.s. te, a lot of video as well as details of plots from around the world and associates were found there as well. meantime al qaeda reacted to bin laden's death for the first time threatening an imminent attack. >> in al qaeda's language, soon could be anything from the next three days to the next three years. it's very difficult to know and it's important to emphasize that al qaeda uses this language whether or not they actually have an attack in store. >> now it is believed that bin laden had been living at that compound for the last five years. this morning cities and towns along the mississippi river are bracing for major flooding in the coming days. farm land and some neighborhoods have already been flooded and now the concern is that the worst is still to come. nbc's jay gray reports from memphis. >> there's a sense of apprehension rising almost as fast as the water here. >> i have never been in nothing like this. this is all new to me. >> karen's backyard has already been swallowed

officials were saying that there could be 200 al qaeda operatives there. with the pressure no doubt that will mount on the president to start withdrawing even more rapidly than he may have anticipated. >> yeah. i think that's right, wolf, as a political matter. but let's just be clear i bin the fact that bin laden is dead does not mean that the war on terrorism is over they are nowhere near as dangerous. bin laden was responsible for financing and weapons and all of those things. by no means did these other cells as nearly as dangerous as he is but we'll continue to have to fight in chaotic places where we know that bin laden and al qaeda had been attracted, whether that's yemen or somalia who saw this recent bombing in morocco. the war on terror is not over. it's a significant victory, though, wolf. dare i say many americans for at least almost ten years, peter, we're only beginning to digest what this will mean for the u.s. military operation in afghanistan. >> well, i was there in december with the initial announcement that we would be drawing down in a

qaeda, though? he is the symbolic leader. are there people behind him pulling the strings we just don't see, haven't heard of? >> no. 2 is an egyptian physician who is the operational chief of al qaeda, so things won't change very much in that regard. in fact, we can probably anticipate that there is going to be a stepped up threat of terrorist attacks in the wake of osama bin laden's death because the al qaeda and somewhere i is haddist factions around the globe are -- jihaddist factions around the globe are going to desperately want to carry out attacks to show that they're still viable after the death of bin laden. this is a great victory, but on the other hand it's opening the door to perhaps a period of time where we're going to be -- the threat of terrorism is going to be much more heightened. >> that's got to be the big concern is are attacks going to be stepped up and are we the target? >> we are the target and in washington and elsewhere in the world we're going to center look out for additional terrorist attacks. terrorist attacks take time to plan and resources and so on. if they don't have something ready to go right now in the planning stage, you know,

the white house too has reaffirmed obama's stance saying the drawdown is on but they operation against al qaeda will now be relegated to the afghan army the focus of that operation of the u.s. personnel in afghanistan is an al qaeda operation continues the july two thousand and eleven transition date for the beginning of a drawdown remains. very much in place the pace of the drawdown will be determined by conditions on the ground but it is still very honestly. believe that we can retire early especially given the much glossed over suspicion of pakistan's knowledge of bin laden's presence in the country i'm not long ago general david petraeus himself cast a shadow over the prospect of withdrawing from afghanistan while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant it is also fragile and reversible nevertheless what bin laden's death could surely do is help pave an easier way to negotiations and then out of afghanistan a way that would allow the u.s. to walk away as a victor as even iran hails the success of its operation against bin laden say now it has no excuse to stay in th

it's going to help to further bring out the mosaic of how the al qaeda network operated. so there are really three categories that we're looking to exploit. the first is are there any current threats that bin laden's compound was working on? the second is where's the location of the high-value targets like ayman al zawahiri or rohman? and then the third piece is what is the broader network's operational posture right now? how is he communicating with the al qaeda presence in yemen or somalia? who are some of the people he's looking to recruit, and who was he talking to? the exploitation phase is going to continue not just for months but probably for years. that's really bad news for al qaeda. >> the rails, how threatened -- how vulnerable are our rail systems? >> well, it is a soft target. there's nothing new there. we knew al qaeda was coming after our transportation. i think what is significant is that in the past al qaeda has never focused on a date. they've never been event driven. it's always been time and place of their choosing. but it should not surprise us that t

qaeda. in fact, he had operational and strategic roles he was playing. that's clear in the information we have been able to seek to date. >> chris: you talk about the information, has anyone been caught? has any operation been stopped because of the information you picked up? >> i don't want to comment on that at this point. >> chris: the administration released video this weekend of bin laden watching himself on television. and apparently dyeing his beard during some of his appearances. what do you think that shows? >> think it shows attention to his own image and attention to the propaganda aspects of al-qaeda operation. i think that's what it shows. >> chris: since the raid, the c.i.a. director leon panetta and former counterterrorism chief jose rodriguez both say enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, provided some of the information that led to that raid on the bin laden compound. are they right? >> well, i can answer it this way: the national security advisor am not going to comment on specific piece of intelligence from specific sources.

they have helped us arrest al qaeda operatives to one degree or another and taliban operatives in thestan. so it is a real mixed bag. i would walk very slow down the path to cut them off. >> i want to get more on that in a moment. quick question. what's the scariest thing that you've learned from that so-called treasure trove of documents, information taken from bin laden's compound. >> i think the good news, if there is good news in some of that information, is that there wasn't -- there's no smoking gun there that says this is going to happen, this horrible event well under way, can't stop it. none of that is true. >> have they finished reviewing anything? >> no, that's one thing people have to realize. some of it's coded and in darry and pashtu and arabic. there's a series of things they'll have to do to be able to interpret all of the information. but from what i've seen it, clearly show he was conducting operational advantagement of al qaeda where he could. he was given guidance where there were disingredients among factions. he would try to mediate those. that was still happenin

operation has to be considered differently. what we're fighting in afghanistan now is the resurgence of the taliban. the taliban is what aided al qaedaafe haven in afghanistan to conduct operations against the united states. >> give me a reaction as a member of the arm services committee. is the taliban our major problem in afghanistan? >> hitting the taliban in afghanistan and al qaeda, depriving it of any save haven or places where it can flourish and train and build certainly one of our major objectives. and so we're further along toward achieving that objective,nd ahoobjective, and i hope we will stick to the timetable the president set out beginning with withdrawals and meaningful withdrawals this july. and i think that the triumph is a huge historic crime in killing osama bin laden will enable and bolster that effort to begin withdrawing troops. >> many thanks. >> thank you. >>> as the clean-up continues now in alabama, dozens of people are still missing. we have a live update, next. mom! mom! mom! [ male announcer ] you know mom. we know diamonds. together we'll make this mother's day one she'll never forget. that's why only z

led special forces . 25 other al qaeda operatives were killed in the trike. the u.s. has custody of his body and osama bin laden will be buried at sea. this is tj winic reporting, back to you. network the president received a tip on bin laden's where abouts in august which led them to a mansion in pakistan. he was killed in a fire fight. his body is held in accordance to islamic tradition. aman al-sari had a major role in the september 11th attacks and the brains behind the al qaeda network. he denounced the united states and urged muslims to fight nato and american forces in lib yampt osama bin laden is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent americans in the 9/11 terror attacks including many bay area residents on flight 93 from new jersey to san francisco. lilian kim is in the news room with reaction from the family members of those victims . >> family members we spoke to said it was a long wait and they were not sure they would see this day, but tonight they say justice was served. >> i can hardly believe it. >> alis was glued to the television coverag

. >> documents, dvd, multiple car drives, that may reveal clues to al qaeda operations. the cia director briefed members of congress on the operation behind closed doors. >> i commend president barack obama for his decisive leadership. >> the president will travel to ground zero in new york on thursday to mark the death and to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11. >> you can see what navy seals all in the final moments. the graphic pictures inside the compound where the terrorist mastermind was found is all on wbaltv.com. for 10 years, he was able to hide in plain sight. a look at his million-dollar compound and going back. that is tonight at 6:30. >> a severe thunderstorm watch issued by the national weather service four parts of western maryland and washington county and south central pennsylvania. if we switch our view, you will see the lightning strikes in that area. those lightning strikes are accompanied by some showers. that is going to be sliding south and east as the evening wears on. the severe form -- storms will be sticking to our north and west. there is the p

. >> there are several hundred al qaeda operatives who are now in an incoherent organization. for the next year or two they will not know if they are under surveillance. >> the u.s. government is leaning on pakistan, demanding to know how the world's most wanted man was living so comfortably in a military town. >> they need to provide us with intelligence from the compound that they have gathered, including access to bin laden's three wives to they have in custody. >> former vice president dick cheney advocates a return to parse interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. >> it is a legal program, not torture. >> bin laden's death, giving new life to some old arguments on how to treat america's friends and enemies in the war on terror. senator richard lugar argues pakistan will have to remain our allies in the war on terror simply because so many terrorist are there. >> reaction to the news broke quickly online and we want to know your thoughts. we have a special section dedicated to the continuing coverage on our website, wbaltv.com. >> of light was heading from detroit t

. >>> we are getting a much clearer picture of osama bin laden's role in the day-to-day operations of al qaeda. u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that bin laden was not retired or even isolated and was, quote, fully engaged to carry out other 9/11 attacks. what kind of terror attacks were they planning? the u.s. train system seems to have been an area of particular interest. al qaeda leaders were looking into derailing passenger trains near major cities. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has been watching this also. pete, what do we know about these plans, especially about what they were discussing surrounding the anniversary, the ten-year anniversary, of september 11th? >> reporter: right, an attack on trains around that anniversary or some other significant date, christmas day, new year's day. they hadn't put a plot in motion. what intelligence officials say is that there was some planning involved, but that it's at least a year old. they found this in a handwritten notebook that in february of 2010 al qaeda was talking about trying to loosen the rails or interfere with th

qaeda ideology. not bin laden personally. >> there's every reason to believe that now they are operating largely under their own banner. >> reporter: today al qaeda satellites are active in yemen, somalia, pakistan, iraq, jordan, indonesia and even the ungoverned western sahara desert. the most dangerous to americans, experts say, is the one in yemen. the u.s. backed yemeni government is so weak it can't control its territory. al qaeda in yemen also has a track record of attacking the united states. the underwear bomber in 2009. a computer printer bomb shipped to chicago a year later. al qaeda in yemen also has a charismatic recruiter, anwar al awlaki. a native of new mexico, al awlaki's sermons are widely distributed online. he could become the new voice of al qaeda, with an american accent. al awlaki is considered so important, the united states tried to kill him thursday with a drone attack, but missed. somalia is another powder keg. when we visited last year, it was clear that al qaeda inspired militants have more than a safe haven here. they control about half the country. they also have an ameri

operations teams into afghanistan. agents set up electronic surveillance of roads and villages which was still active just days before september 11th. but al qaedaembers stayed one step ahead and used technology to their advantage. monitoring internet chat rooms and anonymous e-mails became part of an ongoing, highly sensitive intelligence operation. >> what we have to strive is to be as innovative and as creative as the terrorists are. almost to think out of the box. >> reporter: the hunt for bin laden became america's top priority the day after 9/11. >> there is an old poster out west, as i recall, that said "wanted, dead or alive." >> reporter: u.s.-led forces began months of withering air and ground assaults at al qaeda's strongholds in afghanistan. special forces spread throughout the country, acting on realtime intelligence. osama bin laden was a man on the run. mid-december, tora bora, afghan fighters reported hearing bin laden's voice over a two-way radio. urging his men to fight. the u.s. seemed certain that bin laden was cornered. but when u.s., afghan, and british troops finally fought their way to the caves of tora bora, they'd found

those bin laden files from his hideout contain the names of al qaeda terror operatives. and tonight, the race to track them down. an abc news exclusive. >>> heaven and earth. congresswoman gabby giffords undergoes delicate surgery, just as 200 miles up, her husband, the astronaut, pulls off a flawless operation of his own. >>> no fair. employers openly refuse to hire people who don't have a current job. we'll give you the tips that break down that barrier. >>> and, who's right? legendary physicist stephen hawking declares, there's no heaven. but a little boy takes him on, saying, he's been there. >>> good evening. we are just learning tonight that an urgent worldwide manhunt is under way, including in this country, triggered by the documents found in osama bin laden's hideout. it turns out that he surprisingly kept a list of al qaeda operatives by name, discovered in those files brought back home by navy s.e.a.l.s. and pierre thomas now brings us his exclusive new reporting on it tonight. pierre? >> reporter: diane, sources tell us the entire u.s. intelligence network is

qaeda fighter. but none of the bin laden sons are considered to be in line to succeed their father. >> the sons have never played a real operationalin any significance. they did not appear to be being groomed for leadership roles in al qaeda. >> reporter: in addition to taking out bin laden, the u.s. mission here produced an unexpected intelligence disdiscovery what is described as a boat load of documents, computer discs and laptops whose harddrives were removed by the navy s.e.a.l.s and arrived in washington, d.c. today, where all the material is being studied by the fbi and the cia. >> the first thing they're looking for is attack plans, because we know in the past, bin laden personally went over attack plans including the 9/11 plan, which he rejected and said it needed further work before he finally approved it. so, number one is attack plans. >> reporter: number two is information that might lead the u.s. to the location of bin laden's deputies, including the egyptian doctor, ahmad al zawahiri. >> they're looking for where the money is and how big is al qaeda central these days? is it really an organization anymore at all? >>

terrorist items gathered and show he was more than just a figurehead, but actively involved in al-qaeda's operations. >> reporter: the captured files show al-qaeda plotting attacks on u.s. infrastructure targets such has mass transportation and water supplies where past al-qaeda plans have included blowing up dams and poisoning drinking water. plans that no longer include osama bin laden. abc news, washington. >> while the death of osama bin laden has brought a lot of relief to many americans, the mood for many others is intensifying. abc 7's lisa is here with a look at how military members and their families are dealing with it. lisa? >> reporter: military families are worried and word from their loved ones on the ground in the middle east is that tension is high. early mother's day brunch is all about vincent. he's not here with his family today. the 22-year-old soldier is in afghanistan. >> my son's a stone's throw from pakistan. those who have troops and loved ones over there, it is very serious times. >> reporter: u.s. forces are stepping up the patrols in afghanistan. today the taliban unleash

we have learned that the killing of osama bin laden has netted thousands of documents on al-qaeda's operation. the documents suggest that al- qaeda was considering a terror attack against our nation's rail system. the plan date for the attacked was september 11th of this year. now among the targets considered, washington, d.c., new york, chicago, and los angeles. counterterrorism officials with the government say the planning never got beyond the first steps and there's no way imminent net. however -- threat. however, that's no relief to some d. c. area commuters. >> that's not reassuring at all. i'm already nervous about flying and living in d. c. and working near capitol hill, not good news. >> officials are stressing this was in the planning stages. calling it even wishful thinking on al-qaeda's part. and they also add there is no evidence of any active terror plot. >>> well, we're learning more about the raid that killed osama bin laden. only one of the five people killed in the rate was actually armed. -- raid was actually armed. navy s.e.a.l.s shot and killed him after he fired on them.

>> on the retaliation, these operations, one of the things that made al qaeda successful and sustained have is that how they planned an offering. so, operations you see engaged at any time in the past took months. some cases years, the same with my 11. it's very unlikely you'll see the decision to reach out for a terrorist act. however, that doesn't mean there haven't been operations that have been ongoing that could come to completion and then and operational phase in the day. we know they are planning in multiple places around the world including the leadership in the tribal areas of pakistan for terrorist attacks. that, we know. so that part is ongoing. and the second part of your question? >> [inaudible] >> of the detainees, the information for years ago? >> well, i can't comment exactly where they were held in any of those cases that we have been conducting i would argue less than we need to now but more so than lots of interrogations' of our intelligence community has the ability to look somebody in the eye and ask hard questions. i did contribute to the information that ultimate