u.s. administration itself the way it managed the media coverage of the u.s. special operation the u.s. dministration has committed one cardinal sin somehow the white house decided that this is a unique opportunity to take a political advantage of this particular mission and it has backfired and feel not only conspiracy theories but it also demonstrated the credibility gap of the u.s. administration in general and white house civilian dwellers in particular barack obama should have thought not as the u.s. president but as the u.s. commander in chief when it comes to special operations of this magnitude you'd better withhold the information as long as possible that's why the political kneejerk reaction from the white house not only robbed of the deserved praise but also of the credibility trust between the united states administration international media and the public at large in the united states take a stand afghanistan then other countries. when americans could barely contain the lines of the needs of the not in that lead time it's now a whole thing is to ask the people in new york wh

u.s. administration is being very careful about commenting on the role of the pakistanis. i don't think that is the same thing as the pictures. they don't want to inflame more tensions or provoke any debate. the administration is trying to keep it as low-key as possible. there is probably also an acceptance, realization on the u.s. administration's part that pakistan, the government there and various parts of it, various players who have different relationships with people on the ground and so on, but i think that's the kind of subtlety that is lost on the general public and ask anyone in the street and they will say that this is outrageous that pakistanis who are supposed to be our allies have completely failed to help us with that to tell us that he was there. >> well, as american intelligence officers sift through the information found in the raid, pakistani officials have responded to allegations of incompetence and conclusion during the hunt for osama bin laden. the pakistani prime minister said the world shared the blame for not catching the leader. >> scrutiny from

u.s. administration in the immediate aftermath of nine eleven who have stated that the son of bin laden was dead before the end of two thousand and one and then of course we have the iconic interview between the only frost and benazir bhutto in november of two thousand and seven where benazir bhutto stated categorically omar shaykh had murdered osama bin larder a man who. now and they would frost made no comment whatsoever he let it go completely unquestioned despite the fact that this was you know breaking news or should have been breaking news but benazir bhutto of course unfortunately paid a tragic price for revealing that little gem of information because five weeks after that interview with david frost she herself was assassinated do you think that the supposed assassination obvious are going large and was in an attempt to cover up the allegation that wasn't born in the united states it's certainly having that effect doesn't it and of course now what's happening is that the story is unraveling it's an. rapidly. the the u.s. administration is finding it extremely difficult to stay with

u.s. administration responds to the latest request. >>> u.s. nuclear regulators say the situation at japan's troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is unstable but not cause for undue concern. on thursday the nuclear regulatory commission held its first hearing on the nuclear accident in japan. the executive director for operations bill borchard said while conditions are not entirely stable they're not changing at a pace to cause concern. he said the fukushima plant still faces problems. >> there's the natural challenge that -- they're now entering into the rainy season, which will just complicate more the activities around the plant. >> he expressed concerns that high levels of radiation is still being detected near the reactors and that the structure with a spent nuclear pool at the number four reactor may not be strong enough. the hearing went on to discuss how to enhance the safety of nuclear power plants in the u.s. the commission said it has found that preparations for an extended loss of power at the plants are inadequate. it has

u.s. since the president announced the news the obama administration is definitely an accomplished kind of moved american officials are saying they have a d.n.a. confirmation that he was indeed osama bin laden who was killed in the shootout and u.s. authorities said they buried him at sea many say if americans didn't bury his body at sea they probably said that's who it's a place of pilgrimage for al qaeda sympathizers for those many who were waiting for photographs who for bin laden's that there was a bit of a disappointment because there is no credible image to show according to president obama bin laden was killed by american special forces in pakistan in a relatively luxurious compound not in some cave cave in afghanistan as some would expect the president said they had known about bin laden's whereabouts since last year which is that you suggest that he had been preparing this operation for months with interesting everybody knows that the u.s. has been chasing beyond of ghana's them borders in yemen those have been called group drone strikes in pakistan they've been pretty overt the u

u.s. administrations. >> reporter: but peace talks between israelis an palestinians have stalled. >> the administration is looking for a way to square this unsquarable circle. have it delivered in 20 months. want to make sure they understand i haven't given up on the problem. >> reporter: israeli prime minister turning a white house photo op friday into a lecture sharply focused on president obama who silently absorbed it. >> it cannot go back to the 1967 lines because these lines are indefensible. >> reporter: in september palestinians plan to ask the united for recognition as a state. a move that could embarrass the u.s. by forcing it to use its veto in the security council. today the president said the international community is growing impatient and time is running out. >> it is the right and the responsibility of israeli government to make the hard choices that are necessary to protect a jewish and democratic state for which so many generations are sacrificed. >> the prime minister's response to the president's speech was certainly more muted than it was on friday saying he is determined to work t

u.s. administration had said that. people were genuinely pleased. i talked to an official close to the palestinian president. he was expecting nothing from this speech. when i told him that line about 1967, he was genuinely surprised and pleased. palestinians are pretty skeptical. they know it is one thing to talk about the basis of negotiations, quite another to get those actually started. >> you can watch the entire exclusive interview with president obama here on bbc news and also online. you will find it on our website. the former head of the international monetary fund, dominique strauss-kahn, has been indicted on seven charges of sexual assault and attempted assault of a hotel chambermaid. he has been granted bail but he will spend another night in custody while the paperwork is completed. >> heavy security as dominique strauss-kahn's arrives from rikers island. having resigned as imf chief, has focused was trying to get bail in attending to defend himself from charges including attempted rape. his wife and daughter turned out to support him,

u.s. administration says and unless there's some kind of proof presented, they will distrust it even more, especially because of the story of the raid itself is beginning to change already. i would have supported it, but remember we see gruesome pictures all the time. we're seeing horrendous pictures of what the gadhafi regime is doing to revolutionaries. because there's so much mistrust, the u.s. administration should release pictures. >> we need to do something tangible, something that is akin to what people ordinarily see on a tv show, to prove the case, you know, we're used to this what i call tv-level proof now. i used to be a prosecutor. we're used to having crimes solved with something you can look at, touch, feel, smell. don't the folks in pakistan who may be skeptic, they may be irrational, but don't they need to see something indisputable? how do you respond? >> i think mona brings up many good points. i'm actually conflicted over this issue. but i don't think that picture of a man who has had multiple head wounds is going to be an undisputable fact. i think if the age of photo s

u.s. administration and more support possible the mission and more activist kate hudson thinks the coalition's policy is making a mockery of international law. when the u.n. security council voted to take action against libya it was designed as they said to protect civilians and now it seems that with the escalation of the air attacks they are hitting as it seems more and more civilian targets we've heard from a u.n. agency expressing concern to the security council that civilians are suffering in a number of ways shortages of food and so on as a result of the airstrikes this again raises the question of international law it's not legal to intervene within civil wars and i think inviting. those leaders to washington for talks shows that obama is disregarding that aspect of international rule trampling upon the very legal structure that our states have built up over decades it is a regime change war that's absolutely apparent that of course again it's illegal under international law but they will do that until they achieve their ends and frankly it does look as though now that they may intend t

u.s. administration has called peace really settlement expansion illegitimate but when it came to actually voting at the u.n. security council to condemn the settlement expansion as illegal the u.s. the solution as we're going back to nine hundred sixty seven borders as a basis for negotiations the solution is not new all the other members of the quartet of middle east peace negotiators have long been supporting it that's the land european union and russia president obama was popularity in the arab world is now as low as ever is facing pressure from both the international community and its all time ally israel for whom obama's mentioning of nine hundred sixty seven alone sounded unacceptable so president obama's attempts to please both the international community and its will seem to have resulted in yet another nonstarter in the middle east peace process. understood on the schumer says if israel doesn't soften its approach towards a peace deal so they could soon find itself isolated middle east. there's no question that united states is well beyond losing patience with netanyahu and with

u.s. administration has said that. and people were genuinely pleased. i also called a palestinian official close to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, and this morning he told me he was expecting nothing from the speech. when i told him that line about 1967, he was genuinely surprised and genuinely pleased. now, palestinians are also pretty savvy, they're pretty skeptical and know that it's one thing to talk about the basis for negotiations, it's quite another thing to get those negotiations actually started. >> the former head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss-khan has been indicted by a grand jury in new york on seven charges of sexual assault and attempted rape of a hotel chamber maid. he's been granted bail but is expected to spend another night in custody while the paperwork is completed. from new york we have the latest. >> heavy security is dominique strauss-khan arrives at court from the notorious rikers island jail. having resigned illustrate -- resigned as i.m.f. chief his focus was trying to get bail and attempting to

u.s. administration unique capability to model the waters and bondo the message last week a u.s. president obama deployed to top u.s. officials to negate the negative impact from the overkill verbosity of that has come from the white house first it was u.s. attorney general eric holder who tried to change that perception about where the direct order is for the u b l raid war to keel or capture and then as ministration dispatched the u.s. national security adviser thomas danny. both did their best to cover political interference into a cold bird special forces missions and pakistan but in advertently the compromise of the whole nature of the authorization it was designed first and foremost as a political campaign not as of this special operation before you author a son but if to step up and talk to media make sure that you get together hold your national security teams and jilly gauge just by one person who will have all necessary information and authority to speak on behalf of the u.s. president. whether you as dad ceiling already at a staggering allow americans are last than hap

u.s. administration on more support threats now calls. the school was johnston he's in paris for us but also many thanks for joining us this evening now the u.s. defense secretary robert gates has admitted in what washington is still where we as to understanding exactly who are the libyan rebels make up exactly so what do you make of this. really is the last three months of the coalition's campaign in the country. well they are to know some of those rebel leaders pretty well since they've been in contact with them for a long time and one of them is the. colonel have. was years. very close to the borders. i don't think that these leaders. are named as head of the transitional council are really strangers to washington i think when they go there they can be a little bit coming home. ok well of course we have had our seven front gates there they are wary as to saying exactly who the makeup is and also nato does say that it's providing financial aid to the rebels in order to help protect civilians song do you argue that this could spiral the c

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u.s. administration. >> i think the men and women involved in the ground in this operation deserve high praised it couldn't be -- there couldn't be better news at the moment, but i think we all need to keep in mind, as your last clip said, that bin laden is an idea as much as an organization, and it's very much much more difficult to kill an idea than it is a man. unfortunately, for us and the americans and their allies, we still have a very long hill to climb. >> explain to us the kind of obstacles that you and your team met in trying to track down osama bin laden. after all, this search has taken over nine years. , it's taken 16 i was very fortunate. i ran operations very early in our effort against osama bin laden, and between may of 1998 and may of 1999, we were able to pinpoint him on 10 different occasions, and mr. clinton at the time decided that he didn't want to shoot or to try to capture him. so i think we're very lucky that we got a second chance to get him today in abbottabad. >> and what about the information that we have that there was intelligence suggesting that osama bin laden