shakil afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason for helping u.s. locate the al qaeda leader. hillary clinton denounced the imprisonment. >> the u.s. does not believe there is any basis for holding dr. shakil afridi. we regret the fact he was convicted and the severity of his sentence. his help, after all, was instrumental in taking down one of the world's most notorious murderers. that was clearly in pakistan's interest as well as ours and the rest of the world. >> still to come on the program. welcome to kuwait where the number of indians living here has quadrupled in the past decade. let's take a look at the stories making headlines around the world. the international [unintelligible] says britain's recession was than first thought. there's pressure to move from austerity to growth. it is better news to france. have maintained the top rating of aaa. the agency did warn that it could change if the government failed to implement measures to reduce debt. there remains a bleak picture for the rest of the eurozone. some of europe's biggest fund manage

shakil afridi will be locked up in pakistani prison for 33 years. does he deserve more from the administration? that's next on "the five." stay with us. ♪ ♪ man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back, everybody. as you probably know, this pakistani doctor shakil afridi who helped track down and kill bin laden is sitting in jail for the next several decades. president obama has not said a word on his behalf. but i also assure you remember the narcissist in chief hasn't missed a single opportunity to take personal credit for the no-brainer bin laden kill call. >> i said i'd go after bin laden we had a clear shot at him, and i did. so shortly after taking office i directed leon panetta the director of the c.i.a. to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of the war ag

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shakil afridi, administration critics say, was just the first casualty, sayss "...as evee talk of dna, how dna samples were going to be used. that to start rounding up health - administration officials deny the charge, one saying, quote: "... the pakistanis found dr. identities of human sources intelligenne communityy" pakistani officials say the plan to get d-n-a from bin laden's children raised suspicions... giving away free vaccinations in a well to do neighborhood wasn't normal.. and afridi quickly drew ttention because he was the official surgeon officials are trying to the ponvince pakistanis afridi was a hero, not a criminal. sot - clinton says: "... his help, after all, was instrumentallin taking down one of the world's most notorious murderers." u-s officials are working behind the scenns to try nd win a pardon for fridi.... worry his treason conviction might scare off other informants. soo - yates says: "... it is chilling. it's a people to take high risks.. risking their own lives in order to help and aavance our interests." pakistani officials accuse the

the united states has pronounced the 30-year prison sentence imposed on shakil afridi. he was recruited by the cia and set up a vaccination program said that dna samples could be taken from children living in the house where osama bin laden was thought to be living. we are joined from chicago by a journalist from pakistan's largest english-language daily newspaper. has it worsened relations between the united states and pakistan? >> i do not think the doctor will be the only reason why the relations have worsened. relations worsened when the raid happened, when the attack -- the conviction of this doctor shows just how much rage there is against the u.s.. particularly, the cia, which has pushed the public health of pakistani children at risk. >> if the americans continue to pressure the pakistan government, could this lead to the release of the doctor? >> it does not look like that would be the case. the way this was done in pakistan, he was tried by a tribal courts. one of the reasons for that was to give the -- give some importance to the province in which -- they loo

shakil afridi ran a fake a vaccination program, helped the cia find osama bin laden.he americans have called for him to be released, his work served both pakistan and american interest. in afghanistan, more than 120 school girls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack been blamed on conservative radicals. police in the north of the country say radicals' ' milk education used toxic powder to contaminate -- who opposed female education used toxic powder. in an attempt to crack down on the practice, authorities are using a controversial approach. they are teaching men arrested for buying sex about the consequences of prostitution. they are using their personal testimonials to do so. but do these schools are really work? >> the next time he gets arrested for patronizing a prostitute, there will be no offer. this is a one-shot deal. >> welcome -- this diverse group of men share one characteristic. they have all been arrested for trying to buy saks. they are attending a class about the dangers of prostitutions. >> the average age of entering prostitution

shakil afridi. he helped the cia track down osama bin laden when the wanted terrorist was hiding out. >> the law of the country is what prevailed and we must show respect for the laws of the country. >> reporter: top u.s. officials are calling for the doctor's release saying his work benefited both countries. >> we think that his treatment sun just and unwarranted. >> reporter: -- is unjust and unwarranted. >> reporter: but many in pakistan view the doctor as a trader and it's viewed as payback for the u.s. not giving advance notice of the u.s. raid. >> they've made this gentleman a pawn in the u.s./pakistani realship and it's not going well. >> reporter: $33 million was voted to be cut in aid for islamabad, 1 million for each year of the sentence. the two countries still can't agree about opening key nato supply routes in afghanistan that islamabad killed when two pakistani were killed in a u.s. airstrike in november. >> it's very hard to continue to justify a relationship with pakistan. i know the

she has criticized pakistani officials for jailing shaki shakil afridi. >> the united states does not believe there is any basis for holding dr. afridi. we regret both the fact that he was convicted and the severity of his sentence. >> a court in pakistan sentenced afridi to 33 years in prison for treason. he was tried for running a fake vaccination program for the cia to collect dna samples from bin laden's family. u.s. commandos killed the al qaeda leader a year ago in a raid near islamabad. clinton said that was clearly in pakistan's interest as well as those of the u.s. and the rest of the world. >>> u.s. officials measured out criticism for chinese leaders, too. they say the chinese are increasingly restricting the activities of human rights activists. a report from the state department says individuals seen as political troublemakers continue to face restrictions on assembly and travel. the document says authorities have made greater efforts to silence political activists. these include placing more of their family members under house arrest. >> we have seen in the last several

. >> pakistani courts sentenced shakil afridi wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton denounced the ruling as unjust. she says the obama administration will continue to pursue the issue with pakistani authorities. u.s./pakistan relations worsened after american special forces raided a compound near islamabad last may and killed bin laden. they took another hit after u.s. helicopters killed 24 pakistani soldiers last november. pakistan's government retaliated by closing supply routes for nato forces in afghanistan. foreign minister khar says u.s. authorities should apologize for the deaths of the soldiers, if they want their routes reopened. >> as if to say if we lose 24 people, one of the parliamentary recommendations is 24 of our soldiers are killed or lie dead, we must be offered an apology for that loss, because there was nobody hurt on the other side. >> khar argues improving u.s./pakistan relations isn't easy. the anti-american sentiment in her country is growing. >> it's a tough job. we are working on it. we are of course showin

reporter: 11 days before osama bin laden was killed in his abbottabad hideout, pakistani doctor shakil afridi visited the bin laden compound. afraid he was secretly working for the cia, reportedly running a phony vaccination program, aimed at collecting d.n.a. approach that could verify bin laden's presence. shortly after the navy seal's ready, afreedy was arrest and have had charged with treason. now u.s. officials are calling for his release. defense secretary leon panetta, who as cia director oversaw the bin laden raid recently spoke with "60 minutes." >> i'm very concerned about what the pakistanis did with this individual. this was an individual who in fact helped provide intelligence on-- that was very helpful with regards to this operation. >> reporter: pack taken officials say afridi vaccination ruse carried out without their permission, helped the u.s. confirm the location of the world's most wanted terrorist. this nurse who worked with afridi told cbs news no one answered the day they knocked on the door of the bin laden compound. and u.s. officials won't confirm pakistani claims th

doctor shakil afridi has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. he ran a vaccination program for the cia collecting dna in an attempt to verify bin laden's presence at the compound in pakistan. the u.s. has called for the doctor to be released. >>> a u.s. drone strike on suspected islamic militants in northwest pakistan is likely to increase tensions with that nation. ten people were killed. it follows a similar attack in the same region yesterday which killed four suspected militants. tensions with pakistan have already been running high over a continuing standoff over nato supply routes into afghanistan which pakistan has closed. >>> now here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in texas, a off-duty sheriff's deputy fought it out with three robbers right on his front lawn there as the deputy wrestled with one attacker, a woman who was part of the group tried to free her accomplice. then ran off to get help from a third robber. all three suspects escaped only to be arrested later. >>> in ohio, two gay men wer

shakil afridi was detained shortly after last year's american raid that killed the terror leader.fridi was convicted for treason for helping the cia run a fake vaccination program that was really aimed at collecting dna to verify whether or not bin laden was living in the compound. the sentence comes just days after president obama refused to meet privately with pakistan's president at the nato summit in chicago because pakistan refused to reopen a key border crossing used to ship military supplies into afghanistan. >>> new findings from a congressional hearing on the secret service have senators calling for deeper investigations into the culture of the elite agency. members of the homeland security committee were looking into allegations that 12 secret service agents solicited prostitutes in colombia last month. during questioning, the panel learned that during the salt lake city olympics back in 2002, agents had been disciplined for parties with underaged women. and another employee was fired in 2008 for soliciting a prostitute in washington, d.c., who turned out to be an underc

. >> pakistani courts sentenced shakil afridi wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton denounced the ruling as unjust. she says the obama administration will continue to pursue the issue with pakistani authorities. u.s./pakistan relations worsened after american special forces raided a compound near islamabad last may and killed bin laden. they took another hit after u.s. helicopters killed 24 pakistani soldiers last november. pakistan's government retaliated by closing supply routes for nato forces in afghanistan. foreign minister khar says u.s. authorities should apologize for the deaths of the soldiers, if they want their routes reopened. >> as if to say if we lose 24 people, one of the parliamentary recommendations is 24 of our soldiers are killed or lie dead, we must be offered an apology for that loss, because there was nobody hurt on the other side. >> khar argues improving u.s./pakistan relations isn't easy. the anti-american sentiment in her country is growing. >> it's a tough job. we are working on it. we are of course showin

shakil afridi, the pakistani doctor who secretly helped the u.s. hunt down osama bin laden. >> his help, after all, was instrumental in taking down one of the world's most notorious murderers. >> to somehow allege that under any country's law that this doctor violated any law is, of course, just beyond ludicrous. it's outrageous. >> reporter: the doctor working for the cia collected dna samples from the residents of the abbottabad house trying to prove bin laden was there. but pakistan says he was a spy. according to president zardari's son. even though his own mother benazir bhutto was killed. >> anyone with foreign intelligence, even of a friendly country, anywhere in the world, that's a crime. >> reporter: pakistan has yet to explain how bin laden managed to hide in plain sight for years. >> and to find that the pakistanis now aren't trying to answer the question who was hiding osama bin laden, but who helped us find him? and that's outrageous. >> reporter: plus, pakistan has cut supply lines to u.s. forces in afghanistan. retaliating after the

shakil afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison. he ran a vaccination program that allowed the cia to collect dna to confirm that osama bin laden was in abbottabad. >>> a high ranking republican congressman says he's concerned national security may have been jeopardized when a hollywood film crew making a entertainment industry to inform projects ranging from books to documentaries to feature films. the pentagon denies their cooperation was motivated for re-election. the movie is set to be released after the election. >>> "cbs moneywatch" on thursday. hewlett-packard plans to cut jobs and piers morgan is once again accused in britain's phone-hacking scandal. >> good morning. the fallout over facebook's initial public offering continues. the ipo is now the subject of two congressional inquiries, and angry investors are starting to sue. shareholders are upset facebook's lead underwriter morgan stanley may have shared important information with some clients not ears. and facebook is reportedly talking about joining the new york stock e

shakil afridi sentenced to 33 years in prison and van a fake vaccination program to collect dna scamles from the al qaeda lead leader's family mells. pakistan says he is a traitor. >>> it's believed that secretary of state hillary clinton has made the first ever public comments about the cyberwar being waged against terrorists. last night clinton told a military dinner in florida that u.s. specialists recently hacked websites run by al qaeda's affiliate in yemen. she said the hacking is having an effect because extremists are venting their frustration online. >>> well, the head of the secret service is speaking publicly about the prostitution scandal for the very first time. mark sullivan insisted the colombia trip was an isolated incident. but lawmakers on capitol hill did not appear convinced. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: it was something rare in washington these days. someone saying sorry. >> i am deeply disappointed and i apologize for the misconduct of these employees. >> reporter: but director mark sullivan defended his agency maintaining that the most embarrassing sca

but tonight, pakistani doctor shakil afridi is heading to prison. >> i think what the paks have done is despicable and is as ghoulish in their hatred as anything that i've ever witnessed. >> reporter: working with the cia, dr. afridi ran a fake vaccination program -- around bin laden's hide-out -- collecting dna samples from family members to establish if bin laden was inside. he passed key intelligence to the united states, and for that, pakistan charged him with spying. for months, u.s. officials have been calling for his release. >> his work on behalf of the effort to take down bin laden was in pakistan's interest, as well as the u.s. interest. >> reporter: but pakistan says afridi is a traitor, now sentencing him to 33 years behind bars. >> this action is unconscionable. this man is really an international hero. they should be erecting statues to him. >> reporter: ever since that daring night raid last may, pakistani officials have quietly erased any trace that bin laden was ever here. >> just over two months ago, pakistani authorities move in with bulldozers, demolishing the ent

shakil afridi before his arrest according to a senior official but we weren't able to. some in the intelligence agency say it will be hart to recruit foreign access in the future because no one wants to end up in a pakistani prison for 30 years. >> these guys are critical in the cold war and even more critical to get into these small networks in the war on terror. why would anybody want to cooperate with us if they think they may end up like this guy gie in some regard. >> reporter: the share of the senate select committee senator dianne feinstein has tweeted that pakistan's treatment of dr. afridi, the man who assisted the u.s. to find bin laden makes me wonder which side of this war pakistan is on. experts say it's hard to fathom why one of our allies is having such an outrageous reaction for us taking out the world's most wanted man. >> we're both fighting al qaeda. we're both fighting the taliban. had this happened with england, with france, israel, even with yemen, if we had an enemy terrorists in those territories and sended the drones, they wouldn't have reacted

shakil afridi's relatives are telling fox news he was tortured in custody in the past year and they area, they want a lawyer and financial spellp. c.i.a. director leon panetta turned defense secretary talked about the relationship with pakistan over the weekend. >> i hope that ultimately pakistan understands that. >> i am passionate about the doctor. it can't believe he had the courage to do what he did. he is vital. was that the passion that the defense secretary should have to rattle their capable and get this free? >> dana: say that secretary panetta has a gift for understatement. >> brian: no kidding. >> dana: it was like a u.n. statement where he said -- >> bob: i did his first race for congress, panetta. we were almost in a plane crash and he was calm. >> brian: you want the doctor out, right? >> bob: yes. but first, he is well known in the intelligence community all over the person world. this guy has been helping the united states and the allies. the dna turned out not to be used on usama bin laden. final analysis, this was a tribal court that handed this down. the pakistani gov

to press for shakil afridi's release.s of how personally president obama is involved in process of killing scores of terror suspects has some folks howling about the arithmetic. james rosen on charges of fuzzy math. >> this is what we see of the expanded use of drone to strike at terrorist, craters in the ground, sheet-covered corpses, but the white house is rejecting charges to counter them to reduce civilian death recorded in the drone campaign. >> we have it avoidance of the casualties much easier. >> "new york times" tuesday reported that president obama ordered all military age male killed in range of a drone strike found as enemy combatant. some believe it's calibrated as a matter of policy. >> they're principally low-balled because of the concern that the reaction to strikes would be so negative that it would impede the ability of commander in the region to keep up this mission. >> senator chamblis said he was unaware of a change in accounting in the obama administration but if one had been made the committee shoul

the group says it wants to kill shakil afridi. he was convicted for treason. u.s.ng for his release. >>> chinese activist says the u.s. should try harder to fete china to promote the rule of law. he says the homeland needs to come up with its own democracy. he is studying at new york university. >>> building and the city to host the democratic convention this summer may be the suggest of buyer's remorse. >> picking charlotte to host the democratic convention. >> a lot of unfortunate things have happened for theteamic party in that state. there are other countries like gay marriage. >> marriage is the latest move. days after president came out in support of same-sex, voters overwhelmingly moved to been a it. gay rights activist were enraged, urging the president to pull out of charlotte. will the issue hurt him come november. charlotte mayor anthony fox hope voters have other things on their mind by then. >> by the time the election comes around, the thing on most people's minds is who creates more jobs? >> unemployment rate here is fifth worst in the nation. >> vot

shakil afridi imam feisal abdul rauf was the proposed mosque at ground zero. park 51 is steps away from where the world trade center towers once stood. the park 51 developers are fund-raising to complete the 15-floor center, but the doors are open to the community. imam feisal abdul rauf is no longer associated with the project, but he still stands by it and explains why. he has a brand-new book, called "moving the mountain: beyond ground zero to a new vision of islam in america." imam feisal abdul rauf is here. i didn't think you would ever come to this program. you know, i have been very critical of you. you know that? >> well, i'm here to straighten the record. >> sean: i'm glad you are. i have read in a recent interview that you said, you said, americans have -- on the question of americans treating muslims, you went on to praise them. you said, look, i go out the way americans have treated the muslim community is amazing. >> indeed. indeed. that's what i say whenever i travel to speak, which i have done on many, many occasions. our enemy is not islam. isl

shakil afridi helped the c.i.a.n laden in march 2011 and arrested soon after the terror leader was killed. at least the sentencing last week, he had been held an hidden away by the pakistani authorities. meeting at the lawyer office, his brother jamil told me that he had been tortured and kept in isolation. desperate against the family he wouldn't go in detail on camera but added the interrogators stashed him and -- starved him and depriveded him of sunlight. the family says they intend to get inside the bin laden compound did no harm to pakistan. but they are living in fear after he was sentenced to 33 years in jail. says the u.s. needs to come to their rescue. >> the blame is on my brother because it's america. we are facing a tough time. they should support us. we should get justice and protection. >> me, my brother and family don't have protection here. i'm afraid of the government agency. taliban and other terrorists. >> he also adds he wants the embassy in islamabad to provide lawyers for the appeal. but the a

shakil afridi. he has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. the u.s. senate just recently voted to take away $33 million in aid to pakistan. but here's what panetta had to say when i asked him about the doctor's plight. >> it's so difficult to understand and it's so disturbing that they would sentence this doctor to 33 years for helping in the search for the most notorious terrorist in our times. this doctor was not working against pakistan. he was working against al qaeda. >> that's one of many difficulties that secretary panetta talked about when we discussed the relationship with pakistan. we also talked, of course, about drawing down the war in afghanistan, iran's program to try to get nuclear weapons and, of course, the rising al qaeda threat in yemen. paula? >> should mention billions already voted to revoke that. thanks for that, jake. and don't miss "this week" later this morning. jake will be talking exclusively with defense secretary leon panetta. dan? >> thanks, paula. >>> this could be a big break in the case of a missing college student. i

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a pakistani doctor shakil afridi was jailed for conspiring with militants and not for helping the c.i.a. track osama bin laden. that's according to pakistani court documents released today. they showed afridi was convicted, and sentenced to 33 years in prison, for giving money to a militant group and treating its leaders at a hospital. pakistani officials initially said afridi was convicted of treason for aiding in the bin laden hunt. pope benedict the sixteenth broke his silence today on a scandal involving leaked documents. the pontiff's butler, paolo gabriele, was arrested last week after vatican investigators discovered papal documents in his apartment. today, benedict directly addressed the issue for the first time. he spoke during his weekly audience with the faithful in st. peter's square. >> ( translated ): the events of the past few days involving a few of my aides have brought sadness to my heart, but it has never obscured t firm certainty that, despite the weakness of men, the difficulties and the tests, the church is guided by the holy spirit, and god will never deny his hel

shakil afridi is facing 33 years in prison for conspiracy.ke vaccination program near bin laden's hideout to collect dna samples from al qaeda leaders, family members. the u.s. views him as a hero, and they have appealed for his release, but pakistan has labeled him a traitor. >>> now to the botched casino heist in las vegas. a man who was tackled at the bellagio after grabbing more than $100,000 in chips says he didn't even know his accomplices. and that's because he allegedly met them through craigslist. more from abc's robert holguin. >> reporter: michael belton made his first court appearance. he did not enter a plea, but he told a las vegas judge that he understands the charges against him. earlier, he told a reporter how he feels about himself. >> i'm an idiot. belt -- >> reporter: belton entered the bellagio casino saturday night wearing a wig and sunglasses. an accomplice pepper sprayed a blackjack dealer while belton allegedly grabbed $115,000 worth of chips. >> i was walking up to the table. it was all just a blur. i remember it, bu

shakil afridi was convicted of nspiring against the pakistani state. he'd secretly helped the c.i.a. collect d.n.a. his information helped verify that bin laden was at a compound in abbottabad. american commandos raided the site last may, and killed the al-qaeda leader. secretary of state hillary clinton and other senior u.s. officials had called for afridi's release. a senate investigation has discovered 64 allegations or complaints of sexual misconduct against secret service employees in the last five years. that word came at a hearing today, chaired by connecticut senator joe lieberman. he said it underscores doubts that a scandal involving agents and prostitutes in colombia, was an isolated incident. >> it is hard for many people, including me i will admit, to believe that on one night in april 2012 in cartagena, colombia, 12 secret service agents-- there to protect the president-- suddenly and spontaneously did something they or other agents had never done before. >> holman: lieberman appealed to secret service insiders to come forward if they kno

shakil afridi-- to 33 years in prison. afridi-- seen here, highlighted in red-- was convicted of treason for trying to help the c.i.a. track down bin laden. he was arrested after word leaked that he set up a vaccination program in abbottabad to try to collect d.n.a. samples from bin laden's compound. in washington today, secretary of state hillary clinton said there was no basis for afridi's conviction or sentence. >> his help, after all, was instrumental in taking down one of the world's most notorious murderers. that was clearly in pakistan's interests as well as ours and the rest of world. this action by dr. afridi to help bring about end of the reign of terror designed and executed by bin laden was not in any way a betrayal of pakistan. >> warner: the trial took place in pakistan's khyber tribal region, a semiautonomous zone where afridi was raised. there, courts are governed by a separate set of laws, which human rights groups have criticized for failing to observe basic rights. the case also prompted the pakistanis t