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Narrator: MAY 1, 2011,
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OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE MASTERMIND
OF THE 9/11 ATTACK ON AMERICA,
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IS AT LAST WITHIN THE SIGHTS OF
UNITED STATES SPECIAL FORCES.
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Ben Rhodes:
THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF
DEEP ANXIETY IN THE ROOM.
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IT WAS TOTALLY SILENT.
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Leon Panetta: THE FEARS ABOUT
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG,
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SUDDENLY ALL OF THOSE FEARS
ARE COMING TRUE.
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Narrator: AS BIN LADEN'S
TERROR ATTACKS
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SPIRAL ACROSS THE WORLD,
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A SUPERPOWER STRUGGLES FOR YEARS
TO FIND AND ELIMINATE
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THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED MAN.
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Richard Clarke: THE WORLD'S ONLY
REMAINING SUPERPOWER
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DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO GET ONE GUY.
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Narrator: NOW, THROUGH
THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE
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WHO LED THE MISSION
TO GET BIN LADEN,
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THIS FILM TELLS THE INSIDE STORY
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OF THE MOST INTENSIVE MANHUNT
IN HISTORY.
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Gary Schroen: "FIND BIN LADEN,
KILL HIM, CUT OFF HIS HEAD,
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AND I'M GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN
AND SHOW THE PRESIDENT."
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Narrator: IT'S A STORY OF
PRESIDENTIAL FRUSTRATIONS
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AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
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George W. Bush: I WANT JUSTICE.
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THERE'S AN OLD POSTER OUT WEST,
AS I RECALL,
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THAT SAID,
"WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE!"
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Fran Townsend: THE PRESIDENT
GOT TO THE POINT
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WHERE AT EVERY SINGLE
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING,
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THE FIRST QUESTION WAS,
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WHERE IS BIN LADEN AND
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIND HIM?
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Narrator: A STORY OF
MILITARY CONFUSIONS
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AND VICIOUS TURF WARS.
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Mark Rossini:
THE CIA HAS A BUNCH OF BAD GUYS
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THAT ARE COMING TO THE U.S.
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WE KNOW THEIR [BEEP] FLIGHT
INFORMATION, FOR CHRIST'S SAKES!
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AND YOU DON'T TELL THE FBI?
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Donald Rumsfeld:
ALL THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
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FOCUSED ON BIN LADEN.
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AND THE TASK
WAS TO FIND HIM.
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AND, OF COURSE, HIS TASK
WAS TO NOT BE FOUND.
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Schroen: YOU CAN RUN,
AND YOU CAN HIDE,
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BUT WE WILL NEVER STOP LOOKING,
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AND EVENTUALLY,
WE WILL FIND YOU.
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Narrator: FOR MOST OF THE WORLD,
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, IS
A CATASTROPHE WITHOUT WARNING.
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BUT FOR A HANDFUL OF INSIDERS
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WHO'VE SPENT THE PREVIOUS DECADE
PURSUING OSAMA BIN LADEN,
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THE SIGNALS HAD BEEN
ALARMINGLY CLEAR.
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Clarke: WE WORRIED THAT
BIN LADEN WOULD CARRY OUT
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AN ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES.
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WE WERE THE FAR ENEMY,
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HE SAID THE FAR ENEMY
SHOULD BE ATTACKED.
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Cofer Black: IT WASN'T LIKE,
OH, MY GOSH, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
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IT WAS A CONSUMMATION
OF EVERYTHING
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THAT WE HAD REPORTED
ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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Narrator: FOR A SMALL GROUP
OF COUNTER-TERRORISM SPECIALISTS
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FROM THE CIA, THE FBI,
AND THE WHITE HOUSE
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FOR WHOM BIN LADEN
HAS BECOME AN OBSESSION,
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9/11 IS THE BLEAKEST MOMENT
IN A MANHUNT UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
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THEY ARE NOW MORE DRIVEN
THAN EVER TO GET HIM.
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Pat D'Amuro:
TERRORISM CONSUMES YOU.
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YOU DON'T SEE YOUR FAMILY,
YOU MISS BIRTHDAYS,
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YOU MISS HOLIDAYS.
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IF YOU DON'T LET IT CONSUME YOU,
IT'LL DESTROY YOU.
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Rossini: WHAT IF I'D STAYED
FIVE MINUTES LATER
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IN MY OFFICE TONIGHT?
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WHAT IF I'D MADE
THAT ONE PHONE CALL?
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WHAT IF I DID THAT ONE LINK
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BETWEEN THAT PERSON
AND THAT PERSON?
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WHAT AM I MISSING
TO GET BIN LADEN,
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BRING HIM TO JUSTICE,
OR KILL HIM?
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Jack Cloonan: I HAD A "WANTED"
POSTER IN MY HOUSE FOR BIN LADEN
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THAT WAS SIX FEET TALL.
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IT WAS IN MY BEDROOM.
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Dan Coleman: I WANTED
TO KILL HIM MYSELF.
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I DIDN'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE
TO DO IT.
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Man: WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT!
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[SIRENS]
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Narrator: FEBRUARY 26, 1993,
EIGHT YEARS BEFORE 9/11.
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A TRUCK BOMB EXPLODES UNDERNEATH
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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IN NEW YORK.
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IT IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO
TAKE DOWN THE TWIN TOWERS--
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AND A SHOCKING MESSAGE
THAT ISLAMIST TERROR
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HAS REACHED
THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND.
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SIX PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
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IT'S A LUCKY ESCAPE
FOR THOUSANDS.
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AS FBI SPECIALISTS
BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE,
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ONE NAME KEEPS COMING UP--
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OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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D'Amuro: THAT FIRST BOMBING
OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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WAS REALLY THE EYE-OPENER
FOR RADICAL EXTREMISM
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AND THEIR ACTIVITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES.
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AN ATTACK ON OUR SOIL,
DOMESTICALLY,
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THAT EVENT CAUSED
ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
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BEING OPENED UP
INTO OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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Narrator: AS THE INVESTIGATORS
BEGIN TO PIECE TOGETHER
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THE TRAIL OF EVIDENCE ABOUT
THE MYSTERIOUS BIN LADEN,
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THEY FIND AN EXTRAORDINARY
AND DISTURBING STORY.
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OSAMA BIN LADEN
IS THE 17th CHILD
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OF A BILLIONAIRE
SAUDI BUSINESSMAN.
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ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH
HE INHERITS A FORTUNE,
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AND AS A DEDICATED
STUDENT OF ISLAM,
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BIN LADEN TRAVELS IN 1984
TO AFGHANISTAN.
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27-YEAR-OLD BIN LADEN JOINS
THOUSANDS OF ISLAMIC GUERRILLAS
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IN THEIR JIHAD--
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A HOLY WAR AGAINST
THE GODLESS COMMUNIST ARMIES
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OF THE SOVIET UNION
WHICH HAVE INVADED AFGHANISTAN.
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BIN LADEN HELPS TO FUND
THE JIHAD WITH HIS MILLIONS.
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THE JIHADISTS ALSO HAVE
AN UNLIKELY ALLY--
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AMERICA'S CIA,
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WHICH IS SUPPORTING
THE ANTI-COMMUNIST FIGHTERS.
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CIA CHIEF GARY SCHROEN
IS IN AFGHANISTAN,
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WORKING WITH
THE ISLAMIC MUJAHIDEEN.
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Schroen: THERE'S A RUMOR
THAT BIN LADEN
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WAS A GREAT JIHADIST LEADER,
THAT HE LED HIS MEN IN COMBAT.
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BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HIS COMMANDER
THOUGHT THAT HIS CHECKBOOK
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WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
THAN HIS USE OF A KALASHNIKOV.
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Narrator: BIN LADEN BEGINS
TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION
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ON HIS FELLOW FIGHTERS.
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Noman Benotman:
HE WAS VERY, VERY CALM,
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AND HE WAS LIKE
A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW.
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EVEN WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY OR YOU--
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SOMETIMES YOUR ACTION
MAY PROVOKE HIM, YOU KNOW.
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HE WAS CAPABLE ALWAYS
TO REMAIN CALM AND SILENT
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AND HE WOULD GIVE
A VERY WIDE SMILE, YOU KNOW,
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AS A MESSAGE OF PEACE.
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Narrator: BIN LADEN SOON FINDS
HIS KEY ROLE IN JIHAD.
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WITH A HANDFUL OF
OTHER ISLAMIC FIGHTERS,
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HE DRAFTS THIS FOUNDING DOCUMENT
FOR AL QAEDA--"THE BASE,"
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AN ORGANIZATION TO RALLY AND
COORDINATE TERRORIST GROUPS
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FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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Clarke: WE KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT AL QAEDA AT THE TIME.
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WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME
AL QAEDA AT THE TIME.
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I MEAN, AL QAEDA HAD
COME INTO EXISTENCE
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AND HAD ITS BASIC DOCUMENTS
OF INCORPORATION
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AND HAD MEETINGS
AND ALL OF THAT,
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AND THE CIA HAD NEVER NOTICED.
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Narrator: FEBRUARY 15, 1989.
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THE LAST SOVIET FORCES
PULL OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
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BIN LADEN HAS LEARNED
A CRUCIAL LESSON--
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JIHAD CAN DEFEAT A SUPERPOWER.
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AUGUST 1990.
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U.S. FORCES ARE INVITED INTO
BIN LADEN'S SAUDI HOMELAND
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TO FIGHT THE FIRST GULF WAR
AGAINST IRAQ.
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BIN LADEN IS INFURIATED BY THE
ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS,
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AND THE EVENT
WILL SHAPE HIS LIFE
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AND IGNITE HIS RAGE AGAINST
THE UNITED STATES.
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HE ISSUES FIERCE DENUNCIATIONS
OF THE SAUDI RULERS
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FOR ALLOWING INFIDEL FORCES
ONTO THE HOLY SOIL OF ISLAM.
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Benotman: I THINK SINCE THEN,
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BIN LADEN, HE WAS LIKE
100% COMMITTED TO THE IDEA
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OF, LIKE, FIGHTING AGAINST THE--
WHAT HE CALLED THE CRUSADERS
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AND THE ENEMY OF ISLAM,
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HE WAS, I THINK, CLEAR
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ABOUT EXACTLY THE VISION
HE SHOULD ADOPT.
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[CHANTING]
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Narrator: BIN LADEN'S VISION
IS NOTHING LESS
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THAN A NEW WORLD ORDER.
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HE IS DETERMINED
TO FREE PALESTINE,
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AND TO BRING FUNDAMENTALIST
ISLAMIC RULE AROUND THE WORLD
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TO COUNTER WESTERN IMPERIALISM
AND AMERICAN POWER.
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FOLLOWING HIS BITTER
DENUNCIATIONS
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OF THE SAUDI RULERS,
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BIN LADEN IS EXPELLED
FROM HIS HOMELAND.
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IN APRIL 1991,
HE ARRIVES IN SUDAN
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AND BEGINS TO TURN AL QAEDA
INTO A FORCE OF GLOBAL TERROR.
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BIN LADEN IS WELCOMED
BY THE REGIME IN KHARTOUM,
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WHICH IS A REFUGE FOR
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME,
AMERICA BEGINS TO PAY ATTENTION.
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Clarke: WHAT HE WAS DOING
WAS PRESERVING HIS AFGHAN ARMY
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BY BRINGING THE VETERANS
DOWN TO SUDAN,
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AND THEN HE WAS USING KHARTOUM
AS A STAGING BASE
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TO BRING RADICAL TERRORIST TYPES
FROM ALL OVER THE ISLAMIC WORLD.
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Narrator: OCTOBER 1993,
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EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING.
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BIN LADEN STRIKES IN AFRICA--
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BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE TARGET
IS THE UNITED STATES.
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IN THE INCIDENT THAT BECOMES
KNOWN AS "BLACK HAWK DOWN,"
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TWO U.S. HELICOPTERS ARE BROUGHT
DOWN BY SOMALI TERRORISTS.
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THE IMAGES OF DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS
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DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS
OF MOGADISHU
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WILL BURN INTO
AMERICAN MEMORIES.
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THE TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED
BY BIN LADEN'S AFGHAN VETERANS.
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Coleman: THEY BEGAN TO
SHOOT DOWN AMERICAN HELICOPTERS
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USING A TECHNIQUE THAT THE
PEOPLE HAD USED IN AFGHANISTAN,
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ARE ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES
FIRED FROM TALL BUILDINGS.
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THAT'S NOT INTUITIVE,
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YOU DON'T KNOW TO DO IT
UNLESS YOU'RE TAUGHT.
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Narrator: 18 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
AND HUNDREDS OF SOMALIS
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ARE KILLED.
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Bill Clinton:
I, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON,
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR...
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Narrator:
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS URGED
BY SOME ADVISORS
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TO CONSIDER A RADICAL IDEA--
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SNATCHING BIN LADEN
FROM HIS BASE IN KHARTOUM.
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BUT THERE ARE OBSTACLES,
BOTH PRACTICAL AND LEGAL.
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Clarke: THE PROBLEM OF
GETTING HIM IN KHARTOUM
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WAS THE CIA TOLD US THEY HAD
NO CAPABILITY TO DO SNATCHES.
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WE WERE FLABBERGASTED.
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Narrator: THE CIA STATION CHIEF
IN KHARTOUM
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INSISTS HIS HANDS ARE TIED.
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Black: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER
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THAT AT THAT TIME
THERE WAS NO WARRANT
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FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN'S ARREST.
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COVERT ACTION TO DEGRADE THEM
AS A TERRORIST GROUP
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WAS NOT APPROVABLE AT THAT TIME.
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Paul Pillar:
SO A BIG QUESTION WAS,
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EVEN IF WE DID OUR HANDS ON HIM,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT?
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE DOG
WHO CATCHES THE CAR
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THAT HE'S ALWAYS CHASING.
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WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU FINALLY CATCH HIM?
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Clarke:
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TOLD
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WAS THE WORLD'S ONLY REMAINING
SUPERPOWER, THE UNITED STATES--
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HAD JUST WON THE COLD WAR--
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DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO GET ONE GUY IN KHARTOUM.
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Narrator: SOON AFTER
BLACK HAWK DOWN,
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PRESIDENT CLINTON WITHDRAWS
U.S. TROOPS FROM SOMALIA.
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Coleman: WE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP,
WE LEFT.
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SO AS A CONSEQUENCE,
AL QAEDA TOOK THE POSITION
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THAT YOU KILL ENOUGH AMERICANS,
AND THEY'LL RUN AWAY.
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Narrator: ONCE AGAIN,
BIN LADEN LEARNS
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THAT HE CAN CHALLENGE
A SUPERPOWER.
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AND THE UNITED STATES IS
LEARNING HOW COMPLEX IT IS
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TO TAKE ON BIN LADEN.
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Coleman: IN MY MIND,
THE MOGADISHU SITUATION
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SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT
TO JUSTIFY GOING TO GET HIM.
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BUT IT WASN'T,
IT WASN'T ALLOWED.
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Narrator: AT THE TIME,
DESPITE THESE FIRST ATTACKS,
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BIN LADEN STILL SEEMS
A DISTANT THREAT.
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AND AMERICA IS BECOMING
CAUGHT IN THE DILEMMA
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THAT WILL HAUNT BIN LADEN'S
HUNTERS ALL THE WAY TO 9/11.
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IS HE A CRIMINAL TO BE
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
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THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM?
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OR A MORTAL ENEMY TO BE TARGETED
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY?
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FOR NOW, THE FOCUS IS
ON GATHERING INTELLIGENCE
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TO UNCOVER THE TRUE SCALE
OF BIN LADEN'S THREAT.
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Pillar: A PICTURE EMERGES
OF BIN LADEN
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AS REALLY THE HEAD
OF A TERRORIST GROUP
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THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
A GREAT DEAL.
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Narrator: BY THE MID 1990s,
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AMERICA'S COUNTER-TERRORIST
SPECIALISTS REALIZE
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THAT AL QAEDA IS RAPIDLY
EXPANDING CELLS AND INFLUENCE
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FROM WEST AFRICA RIGHT ACROSS
TO THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
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BIN LADEN'S AMBITION
TO CONFRONT AND DEFEAT
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AMERICAN POWER AROUND THE WORLD
IS BUILDING.
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Rossini: AL QAEDA IS ALMOST LIKE
AN ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY,
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IN WHICH YOU BASICALLY HAD
BIN LADEN AS THE GODFATHER.
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Cloonan: FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED
THAN WE THOUGHT,
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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOOLISH
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TO MAKE FUN OF BIN LADEN
AND AL QAEDA
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TO THINK IT WAS JUST SOME
SORT OF HAREBRAINED IDEA
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OF A RADICAL ISLAMIST
WHO HAD NO FUTURE.
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IT WAS AN ORGANIZATION
TOP TO BOTTOM,
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BIN LADEN THE CEO.
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Narrator: SOON ACTS OF TERROR
ERUPT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST.
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NOVEMBER 1995,
FIVE AMERICANS KILLED IN RIYADH.
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JUNE 1996, 19 U.S. AIRMEN DIE
IN THE KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING.
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THERE'S EVEN A PLOT TO
ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT CLINTON.
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FINALLY, IN 1996,
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FEARING BIN LADEN'S MAYHEM WILL
BRING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS,
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SUDAN EXPELS ITS INCREASINGLY
UNCONTROLLABLE GUEST.
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BIN LADEN FLEES TO
HIS OLD REFUGE IN AFGHANISTAN.
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Coleman:
HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE MOVED
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON
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FOR ALL OUR ABILITY
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TO DO ANYTHING WITH HIM
IN AFGHANISTAN.
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Narrator: BUILDING HIS NEW BASE
IN AFGHANISTAN,
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BIN LADEN HAS PUT HIMSELF BEYOND
THE REACH OF HIS PURSUERS.
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HE MAKES AN ALLIANCE
WITH THE TALIBAN,
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FANATICAL ISLAMIC TRIBESMEN
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WHO ARE MOUNTING
A REMORSELESS ATTACK
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ON THE GOVERNMENT IN KABUL
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AND ENFORCING THEIR
REPRESSIVE RULE AS THEY ADVANCE.
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[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
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IN AUGUST 1996,
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THROUGH A RADICAL ISLAMIC
NEWSPAPER IN LONDON,
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BIN LADEN ISSUES A FATWA,
AN ISLAMIC DECREE,
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AGAINST AMERICA FOR OCCUPYING
PLACES HOLY TO ISLAM.
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[GUNFIRE]
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IT AMOUNTS TO
A DECLARATION OF WAR.
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Rossini: THIS IS A VERY BAD MAN.
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THIS GUY HAS GOT TO BE STOPPED
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BEFORE HE BECOMES
WHAT HE BECOMES.
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Narrator: AT A BASE
NEAR THE CIA HEADQUARTERS
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AT LANGLEY, VIRGINIA,
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THE CIA AND FBI COMBINE
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TO FORM A SPECIAL UNIT,
THE ALEX STATION,
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DEDICATED TO PURSUING BIN LADEN
AND BRINGING HIM TO JUSTICE.
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Pillar:
"ALL BIN LADEN, ALL THE TIME"
WAS THE DESIRED ATTITUDE,
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AND IT WAS THE ATTITUDE OF
THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE.
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Narrator: BUT BIN LADEN
REMAINS A REMOTE FIGURE
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PULLING THE STRINGS
BEHIND THE SCENES.
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IT'S HARD TO FIND EVIDENCE
TO MOUNT A CRIMINAL CASE.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON SECRETLY
AUTHORIZES THE CIA
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TO SEIZE HIM WITHOUT
AN ARREST WARRANT.
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BUT THEY CAN'T KILL HIM.
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John McLaughlin: THE PRESIDENT
LITERALLY SIGNS HIS NAME
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TO A PIECE OF PAPER
AND SAYS, "GO DO THIS."
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AND SO WE HAD AUTHORITY
TO GO AND TRY AND CAPTURE HIM.
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Narrator:
BUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,
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CIA INTELLIGENCE ABOUT
BIN LADEN'S LOCATION
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IS JUDGED TO BE UNRELIABLE.
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Clarke: WE WERE ASKING THE CIA
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TO TRY TO SNATCH HIM
IN AFGHANISTAN.
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AND CIA WENT THROUGH
A WHOLE SERIES
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OF SORT OF
KEYSTONE COPS-LIKE EPISODES
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WHERE THEY HIRED
WHAT THEY CALLED "TRIBALS."
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Schroen: THE AFGHAN GROUP
CAME UP WITH A PLAN
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TO GO IN AT NIGHT
AND KIDNAP HIM,
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AND THEY PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS,
MAPS, SKETCHES.
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THEY HAD A CAVE WHERE
THEY WOULD HOLD HIM FOR 30 DAYS.
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Clarke: THEY CAME UP
WITH A SORT OF GOOFY PLAN
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FOR A FRONTAL ASSAULT
ON BIN LADEN'S WALLED COMPOUND,
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A WALLED COMPOUND
THAT WAS DEFENDED
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BY TANKS AND MACHINE GUNS.
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Schroen: UNFORTUNATELY,
WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE
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WHICH HOUSE HE WOULD BE IN
ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT,
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AND SO THE ODDS OF
THE RAID BEING SUCCESSFUL
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WERE EVEN LESS THAN 20%.
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AND IT WAS CANCELED.
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Narrator: AS THE HUNT FOR
BIN LADEN BECOMES MORE INTENSE,
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THE FBI TRACKS DOWN
TWO CRUCIAL WITNESSES.
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BOTH HAD BEEN CLOSE TO BIN LADEN
SINCE THE 1980s.
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Coleman: THE THINGS THAT STARTED
COMING OUT WERE INCREDIBLE.
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Cloonan: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES
THAT ARE PLAYED,
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I HAVE TO TELL YOU,
I NEVER HAD MORE FUN IN MY LIFE.
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Narrator: THEIR INTERROGATIONS
WILL GO ON FOR YEARS.
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BUT THE WITNESSES START
TO GIVE VIVID DETAILS
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OF BIN LADEN'S OPERATIONS
AND HIS PERSONALITY.
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Cloonan: HE WAS A HYPOCHONDRIAC.
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HE WAS A MAMA'S BOY.
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HE WAS VERY CLOSE
TO HIS BIRTH MOTHER.
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Coleman:
IT'S EXTREMELY ORGANIZED.
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THERE ARE MEMBERSHIP LISTS,
THERE ARE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.
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Cloonan: HE SLEPT
TWO OR THREE HOURS A NIGHT,
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HE WAS VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT HE ATE.
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Coleman: THERE ARE BENEFITS,
THERE ARE AGREEMENTS,
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THERE ARE COMMITTEES.
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00:20:18,562 --> 00:20:22,704
Cloonan: DOES BIN LADEN
WEAR DISGUISES? YES.
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DOES BIN LADEN EVER
DRESS AS A WOMAN? YES.
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WOULD HE FIGHT IF CORNERED?
WOULD HE COMMIT SUICIDE?
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ON AND ON AND ON.
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Narrator: MAY 1998.
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BIN LADEN SUMMONS REPORTERS
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00:20:50,973 --> 00:20:55,150
TO HEAR HIM ISSUE A NEW
AND MORE EXTREME FATWA.
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IT AUTHORIZES
INDISCRIMINATE KILLING
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OF AMERICANS
AND JEWS EVERYWHERE.
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Narrator: TWO DAYS LATER,
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BIN LADEN AGREES TO MEET
JOHN MILLER OF ABC NEWS
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AT A SECRET HIDEOUT.
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John Miller: MR. BIN LADEN,
YOU'VE ISSUED A FATWA
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CALLING ON MUSLIMS
TO KILL AMERICANS,
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WHERE THEY CAN, WHEN THEY CAN.
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Narrator: HE USES THE INTERVIEW
TO ISSUE MENACING THREATS.
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Rossini: WHAT BIN LADEN
HAD DONE--
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00:21:57,385 --> 00:22:01,527
MASTER MANIPULATOR THAT HE WAS,
VERY SMART INDIVIDUAL--
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HE SUMMONED THE PRESS
BECAUSE HE FELT
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00:22:03,977 --> 00:22:06,980
IT WAS THE CHEAPEST, EASIEST WAY
TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT.
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Narrator: OVER THE NEXT DECADE,
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BIN LADEN WILL USE TV
WITH INCREASING SKILL
357
00:22:14,609 --> 00:22:17,405
TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE.
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00:22:17,439 --> 00:22:19,510
Ali Soufan: HE NEEDS HIS TIME
ON THE AIR.
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00:22:19,545 --> 00:22:22,513
HE NEEDS HIS TIME IN THE COLUMNS
OF THE NEWSPAPER,
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00:22:22,548 --> 00:22:25,861
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY USE
IN ORDER TO RECRUIT PEOPLE,
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PEOPLE WHO FEEL, YOU KNOW,
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00:22:28,416 --> 00:22:31,488
THAT THERE IS A BIG CONSPIRACY
AGAINST ISLAM.
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Benotman: THAT'S BIN LADEN.
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HE WAS LIKE ONE OF THE MASTERS,
365
00:22:36,424 --> 00:22:38,115
YOU KNOW,
IN THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT,
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YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BRANDING.
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HE WAS RESPONSIBLE, LIKE,
PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW,
368
00:22:44,017 --> 00:22:45,985
FOR BRANDING AL QAEDA.
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[SIRENS]
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Narrator: AUGUST 7, 1998.
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THE GATHERING STORM OF
BIN LADEN'S THREATS
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BREAKS WITH DEVASTATING FORCE
IN AFRICA.
373
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BOMBS RIP APART
AMERICA'S EMBASSIES
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IN THE CITIES OF NAIROBI
AND DAR ES SALAAM.
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00:23:19,501 --> 00:23:26,405
258 PEOPLE DIE,
MORE THAN 4,000 ARE INJURED.
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00:23:28,027 --> 00:23:29,304
Rossini: WHY?
377
00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:36,242
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
378
00:23:45,251 --> 00:23:46,839
Soufan: WE HAD NO DOUBT
IN OUR MINDS
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00:23:46,873 --> 00:23:49,048
THAT BIN LADEN WAS
BEHIND THE ATTACK,
380
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WE HAD NO DOUBT IN OUR MIND
381
00:23:50,601 --> 00:23:53,846
THAT AL QAEDA STRIKE
THE UNITED STATES.
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McLaughlin:
WE SAW THAT AS "UH-OH,"
383
00:24:01,129 --> 00:24:04,546
WE ARE NOW IN SOME SORT
OF GLOBAL CONFLICT HERE
384
00:24:04,581 --> 00:24:07,307
WITH A PERSON WHO'S OUT
TO DO US SERIOUS DAMAGE,
385
00:24:07,342 --> 00:24:09,931
AND THIS IS PROBABLY
JUST THE BEGINNING.
386
00:24:09,965 --> 00:24:13,244
THAT WAS THE, THE REAL PIVOT
OUT OF THE '98 BOMBINGS,
387
00:24:13,279 --> 00:24:15,246
WAS "WE ARE AT WAR."
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00:24:21,598 --> 00:24:24,601
Narrator: BUT THE HUNT IS STILL
BEING PURSUED BY AMERICA
389
00:24:24,635 --> 00:24:27,707
NOT AS A WAR,
BUT AS A CRIMINAL CASE.
390
00:24:31,021 --> 00:24:33,575
MARK ROSSINI
FLIES OUT TO NAIROBI
391
00:24:33,610 --> 00:24:38,304
AS PART OF THE FBI
INVESTIGATING TEAM.
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00:24:38,338 --> 00:24:39,685
Rossini: I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET ON THE GROUND
393
00:24:39,719 --> 00:24:41,134
AND START INVESTIGATING THIS.
394
00:24:41,169 --> 00:24:42,826
I'VE GOT TO SEE THE CRIME SCENE,
I'VE GOT TO GET THERE,
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00:24:42,860 --> 00:24:45,276
I'VE GOT TO FEEL IT,
I'VE GOT TO TOUCH IT.
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00:24:48,901 --> 00:24:51,904
Narrator: FBI INVESTIGATORS
TRACK DOWN A TERRORIST
397
00:24:51,938 --> 00:24:56,736
WHO WAS IN THE BOMB TRUCK,
MOHAMMED AL WALI.
398
00:24:56,771 --> 00:25:00,050
ASTONISHINGLY,
THE 21-YEAR-OLD AL WALI,
399
00:25:00,084 --> 00:25:03,812
A WELL-EDUCATED SAUDI FROM
A PROMINENT MERCHANT FAMILY,
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00:25:03,847 --> 00:25:06,712
HAS SURVIVED
THE SUICIDE BOMBING.
401
00:25:06,746 --> 00:25:10,060
D'Amuro: HE BEGAN RUNNING AWAY
AND WAS HIT BY THE BLAST
402
00:25:10,094 --> 00:25:13,166
AND HAD ALL KINDS OF LACERATIONS
AND CUTS ON HIS BACK.
403
00:25:15,134 --> 00:25:18,827
WE HAD CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS
AT ALL THE HOSPITALS.
404
00:25:18,862 --> 00:25:22,762
THAT LED TO THE CAPTURE
OF AL WALI.
405
00:25:25,213 --> 00:25:30,563
Rossini: HE'S ASKED, "YOU KILLED
A LOT OF MUSLIMS
406
00:25:30,598 --> 00:25:35,534
AND KENYANS IN THE STREET
RATHER THAN AMERICANS.
407
00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:40,124
AND YOU DID IT ON A FRIDAY,
THE HOLY DAY."
408
00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:43,611
AND HE SAID,
"WELL, ALL THOSE GOOD MUSLIMS
409
00:25:43,645 --> 00:25:46,510
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE MOSQUE,
410
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:49,340
SO I DID THEM A FAVOR,
ESSENTIALLY, BY KILLING THEM,
411
00:25:49,375 --> 00:25:51,308
AND THEY ACTUALLY
DESERVED TO DIE."
412
00:25:55,139 --> 00:25:56,451
D'Amuro: HE DIDN'T WANT
TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES
413
00:25:56,485 --> 00:25:58,626
OF THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS
THAT WERE KILLED AT FIRST,
414
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:02,526
HE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THEM.
415
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,942
FINALLY WE GOT HIM
TO LOOK AT THAT,
416
00:26:04,977 --> 00:26:07,255
AND THAT'S WHEN HE CONFESSED.
417
00:26:09,637 --> 00:26:12,191
Narrator: THE FBI INVESTIGATORS
DISCOVER THAT BIN LADEN
418
00:26:12,225 --> 00:26:17,023
BEGAN PLANNING THE EMBASSY
BOMBINGS AS FAR BACK AS 1993
419
00:26:17,058 --> 00:26:19,716
WHEN HE SENT AN AL QAEDA SPY
TO NAIROBI
420
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:24,341
TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND DRAW UP PLANS.
421
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,516
BIN LADEN THEN PERSONALLY
APPROVED THE ATTACK,
422
00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:32,591
BUT DELAYED THE OPERATION UNTIL
HE HAD LEFT NEIGHBORING SUDAN.
423
00:26:35,248 --> 00:26:37,768
Coleman: THE PLANNING
FOR THE EMBASSY BOMBING
424
00:26:37,803 --> 00:26:40,426
WAS DONE FIVE YEARS
BEFORE THE FACT,
425
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:44,741
WHICH IS JUST SHOWS YOU
HOW INSIDIOUS THEY ARE.
426
00:26:44,775 --> 00:26:47,260
Rossini: THAT'S WHEN
MY EYES WERE OPENED
427
00:26:47,295 --> 00:26:53,232
AS TO HOW VAST
AND STRUCTURED THIS WAS.
428
00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:57,339
Narrator: AL QAEDA OPERATIVES
ARE NOW PROLIFERATING
429
00:26:57,374 --> 00:26:59,652
BEYOND AFRICA
AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
430
00:26:59,687 --> 00:27:01,447
RIGHT ACROSS EUROPE.
431
00:27:01,481 --> 00:27:05,934
ANTI-TERRORISM SPECIALISTS
STRUGGLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM.
432
00:27:18,706 --> 00:27:20,431
Rossini: AND THEN OF COURSE
YOU GET ANGRY AND SAY,
433
00:27:20,466 --> 00:27:23,607
"SOMEONE'S GOT TO BE BROUGHT
TO JUSTICE, THIS CANNOT GO ON.
434
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,127
SOMEONE MUST GO TO JAIL
FOR THIS BEHAVIOR,"
435
00:27:26,161 --> 00:27:30,338
AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES YOU,
TO RIGHT THE WRONG.
436
00:27:36,896 --> 00:27:39,554
Bill Clinton:
NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES,
437
00:27:39,588 --> 00:27:43,765
WE MUST FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THESE EVIL ACTS
438
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,665
AND SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE.
439
00:27:52,049 --> 00:27:53,464
Myers: THE PEOPLE WHO
PERPETRATED THOSE ACTS
440
00:27:53,499 --> 00:27:55,363
WERE A NEW TYPE OF ENEMY,
441
00:27:55,397 --> 00:27:58,090
SO HOW DO WE GO AFTER THEM,
WAS THE REAL QUESTION.
442
00:28:03,371 --> 00:28:06,305
Narrator: A FEW DAYS AFTER
THE EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN AFRICA,
443
00:28:06,339 --> 00:28:08,859
THERE'S A SUDDEN AND
UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY
444
00:28:08,894 --> 00:28:12,104
TO STRIKE AT BIN LADEN.
445
00:28:12,138 --> 00:28:14,175
AN URGENT CIA BRIEFING REPORTS
446
00:28:14,209 --> 00:28:16,384
THAT HE WILL BE MEETING
AL QAEDA LEADERS
447
00:28:16,418 --> 00:28:20,560
IN AN AFGHAN TRAINING CAMP.
448
00:28:20,595 --> 00:28:24,150
THE UNITED STATES NOW MOVES
FROM CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
449
00:28:24,185 --> 00:28:27,326
TO MILITARY ACTION.
450
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,052
Clinton: TODAY I ORDERED
OUR ARMED FORCES
451
00:28:29,086 --> 00:28:31,571
TO STRIKE AT
TERRORIST-RELATED FACILITIES
452
00:28:31,606 --> 00:28:35,265
IN AFGHANISTAN AND SUDAN.
453
00:28:35,299 --> 00:28:38,509
Narrator:
PRESIDENT CLINTON ORDERS
OPERATION INFINITE REACH--
454
00:28:38,544 --> 00:28:40,615
THE FIRING OF SCORES
OF CRUISE MISSILES
455
00:28:40,649 --> 00:28:42,721
AT BIN LADEN'S TRAINING CAMPS.
456
00:28:45,689 --> 00:28:48,657
HE ALSO TARGETS A SUSPECTED
CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACTORY
457
00:28:48,692 --> 00:28:50,659
IN SUDAN.
458
00:28:50,694 --> 00:28:55,457
Clinton: OUR TARGET WAS TERROR,
OUR MISSION WAS CLEAR--
459
00:28:55,492 --> 00:28:57,494
TO STRIKE AT OSAMA BIN LADEN,
460
00:28:57,528 --> 00:29:00,048
PERHAPS THE PREEMINENT
ORGANIZER AND FINANCIER
461
00:29:00,083 --> 00:29:03,603
OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
462
00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:08,539
Hugh Shelton: UNFORTUNATELY,
WE LEARNED
463
00:29:08,574 --> 00:29:10,093
FROM INTELLIGENCE LATER ON
464
00:29:10,127 --> 00:29:12,474
THAT WE MISSED HIM
BY ABOUT TWO HOURS.
465
00:29:12,509 --> 00:29:14,787
IT WAS CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR.
466
00:29:14,822 --> 00:29:18,032
Crowd: DOWN, DOWN, USA!
DOWN, DOWN, USA!
467
00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:19,585
DOWN, DOWN, USA!
468
00:29:19,619 --> 00:29:23,244
Narrator:
THE PRICE OF FAILURE IS IMMENSE.
469
00:29:23,278 --> 00:29:28,283
IN PAKISTAN AND SUDAN, FURIOUS
CROWDS RAGE AGAINST AMERICA.
470
00:29:28,318 --> 00:29:31,942
[CROWD CHANTING]
471
00:29:31,977 --> 00:29:35,014
PRESIDENT CLINTON IS
BOMBARDED WITH ACCUSATIONS
472
00:29:35,049 --> 00:29:37,534
THAT HE ORDERED THE STRIKE
TO DISTRACT ATTENTION
473
00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:41,434
FROM HIS AFFAIR WITH WHITE HOUSE
INTERN MONICA LEWINSKY.
474
00:29:45,645 --> 00:29:48,648
AND THE SUSPECTED KHARTOUM
CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT
475
00:29:48,683 --> 00:29:51,928
PROVES TO BE AN INNOCENT
PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY.
476
00:29:54,378 --> 00:29:57,899
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
LOSES ITS FOCUS.
477
00:29:57,934 --> 00:30:01,213
MILITARY ACTION IS SHELVED.
478
00:30:01,247 --> 00:30:03,802
AT THE VERY MOMENT
AMERICA UNDERSTANDS
479
00:30:03,836 --> 00:30:06,252
THE SCALE OF BIN LADEN'S THREAT,
480
00:30:06,287 --> 00:30:10,187
IT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO STOP HIM.
481
00:30:10,222 --> 00:30:12,086
Myers: I THINK IT LED BIN LADEN
TO BELIEVE
482
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,331
THAT WE WEREN'T SERIOUS
ABOUT THIS SO-CALLED WAR
483
00:30:16,366 --> 00:30:19,058
THAT HAD BEEN DECLARED
BY OUR ADVERSARY.
484
00:30:21,336 --> 00:30:24,132
Narrator:
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 1998.
485
00:30:24,167 --> 00:30:26,100
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN REVERTS
486
00:30:26,134 --> 00:30:29,241
TO BEING PRIMARILY
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
487
00:30:29,275 --> 00:30:30,587
Woman:
THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
488
00:30:30,621 --> 00:30:33,245
CHARGES OSAMA BIN LADEN...
489
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:36,006
Narrator: FOLLOWING
INTERROGATIONS BY THE FBI
490
00:30:36,041 --> 00:30:37,974
OF TWO CAPTURED EMBASSY BOMBERS,
491
00:30:38,008 --> 00:30:40,908
AT LAST, AMERICAN AUTHORITIES
HAVE THE EVIDENCE
492
00:30:40,942 --> 00:30:44,670
TO INDICT BIN LADEN
FOR MASS MURDER.
493
00:30:44,704 --> 00:30:47,190
Woman: ...MAXIMUM SENTENCES
OF LIFE IN PRISON
494
00:30:47,224 --> 00:30:51,090
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE OR DEATH.
495
00:30:51,125 --> 00:30:54,059
Narrator: BIN LADEN IS BEYOND
THE REACH OF THE INDICTMENT,
496
00:30:54,093 --> 00:30:59,305
SECURE IN AFGHANISTAN.
497
00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:01,756
Pillar: WHAT CHANGED
AFTER THE 1998 BOMBINGS
498
00:31:01,790 --> 00:31:05,380
WAS BIN LADEN NO LONGER
STAYED IN ONE PLACE.
499
00:31:05,415 --> 00:31:09,212
HE STARTED MOVING
AROUND AFGHANISTAN.
500
00:31:09,246 --> 00:31:11,455
AND SO ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES
501
00:31:11,490 --> 00:31:14,424
WAS TO TRY TO KEEP TRACK
OF WHERE HE WAS.
502
00:31:20,844 --> 00:31:26,781
Narrator: BY 1999, THE TALIBAN
ARE RULING AFGHANISTAN,
503
00:31:26,815 --> 00:31:30,060
AND BIN LADEN IS MORE
PROTECTED THAN EVER.
504
00:31:34,754 --> 00:31:37,136
AMID THE CHAOS OF TRIBAL WAR,
505
00:31:37,171 --> 00:31:39,656
CIA CHIEF GARY SCHROEN MEETS UP
506
00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:43,280
WITH THE LEADER OF THE
ANTI-TALIBAN NORTHERN ALLIANCE,
507
00:31:43,315 --> 00:31:47,560
AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD.
508
00:31:47,595 --> 00:31:50,805
Schroen: HE WAS PROBABLY
THE MOST CHARISMATIC
509
00:31:50,839 --> 00:31:54,188
AND BRILLIANT
MILITARY COMMANDER.
510
00:31:54,222 --> 00:32:00,125
HE WAS A POET
AND A GREAT STRATEGIST.
511
00:32:00,159 --> 00:32:02,817
Narrator: SCHROEN SEEKS THE HELP
OF COMMANDER MASSOUD
512
00:32:02,851 --> 00:32:05,613
AND HIS CLOSEST ADVISOR,
MASSOUD KHALILI,
513
00:32:05,647 --> 00:32:09,444
IN TRACKING DOWN BIN LADEN.
514
00:32:09,479 --> 00:32:11,895
Massoud Khalili:
COMMANDER MASSOUD WAS SAYING
515
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:16,072
MY MESSAGE TO AMERICA
IS "HELP US."
516
00:32:16,106 --> 00:32:19,178
OSAMA BIN LADEN AND OTHERS
ARE COMING.
517
00:32:19,213 --> 00:32:22,078
"AMERICA, WAKE UP."
518
00:32:22,112 --> 00:32:26,979
IT WAS AS CLEAR AS THE LIGHT
OF THE MORNING.
519
00:32:30,534 --> 00:32:33,986
Schroen: WE ENDED UP
SENDING IN CIA TEAMS
520
00:32:34,021 --> 00:32:36,644
INTO THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE.
521
00:32:36,678 --> 00:32:40,406
WE WERE INTERESTED BECAUSE
BIN LADEN WAS REPORTED TO TRAVEL
522
00:32:40,441 --> 00:32:42,926
AND FREQUENTLY DID
COME CLOSE TO PLACES
523
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,411
WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM.
524
00:32:45,446 --> 00:32:48,104
THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE
TRACKED BIN LADEN
525
00:32:48,138 --> 00:32:51,141
TO A DESERT HUNTING CAMP.
526
00:32:56,146 --> 00:32:58,424
Clarke: AND SO SOME PEOPLE
IN THE CIA
527
00:32:58,459 --> 00:33:01,013
SAID, "SO LET'S BLOW UP
THE DESERT CAMP."
528
00:33:01,048 --> 00:33:03,153
Schroen: THIS IS WHERE WE
BEGAN TO GET THESE QUESTIONS
529
00:33:03,188 --> 00:33:06,122
OF WHERE IS BIN LADEN
ACTUALLY SLEEPING?
530
00:33:06,156 --> 00:33:08,400
WELL, YOU KNOW, OK,
THEN IT GOT DOWN TO,
531
00:33:08,434 --> 00:33:12,231
WELL, WHEN DOES HE GO TO
THE BATHROOM AND WHERE?
532
00:33:12,266 --> 00:33:13,750
Clarke: THE ARAB GULF EXPERT
533
00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:17,029
SAID ROYAL FAMILIES
FROM THE GULF
534
00:33:17,064 --> 00:33:21,309
FLY INTO THESE PLACES
TO GO HUNTING THIS TIME OF YEAR.
535
00:33:21,344 --> 00:33:23,070
Schroen: THEY COULD BE MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY,
536
00:33:23,104 --> 00:33:25,762
THEY COULD BE
VERY WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN.
537
00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:27,074
IF WE KILL A LOT OF THEM,
538
00:33:27,108 --> 00:33:30,560
THIS COULD DAMAGE
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
539
00:33:30,594 --> 00:33:32,113
Clarke: THE CIA DIRECTOR SAID,
540
00:33:32,148 --> 00:33:34,978
"WELL, WE'RE NOT BLOWING UP
A HUNTING CAMP,"
541
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,601
AND THAT WAS THAT.
542
00:33:37,636 --> 00:33:40,225
Schroen:
MY FIRST REACTION WAS ANGER,
543
00:33:40,259 --> 00:33:42,537
BECAUSE I THOUGHT
NOW THIS IS A CHANCE,
544
00:33:42,572 --> 00:33:46,196
WE REALLY HAVE A CHANCE
TO KILL THIS GUY.
545
00:33:46,231 --> 00:33:48,164
I'M CONVINCED THAT HE WAS THERE
546
00:33:48,198 --> 00:33:50,614
AND WE MISSED
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
547
00:33:50,649 --> 00:33:53,169
WE SHOULD HAVE JUST GONE IN
AND BLASTED THE WHOLE PLACE,
548
00:33:53,203 --> 00:33:55,792
YOU KNOW,
AND MADE SURE WE GOT HIM.
549
00:33:57,966 --> 00:34:01,073
Narrator:
THE DESERT CAMP INCIDENT
RAISES CRITICAL QUESTIONS
550
00:34:01,108 --> 00:34:07,459
ABOUT THE MEANS AMERICA CAN USE
TO ELIMINATE BIN LADEN.
551
00:34:07,493 --> 00:34:12,291
Clarke: WHAT IS AN ASSASSINATION
AND WHAT IS MILITARY ACTION?
552
00:34:12,326 --> 00:34:16,744
AND WE GOT THE SORT OF
BIZARRE LEGAL OPINION
553
00:34:16,778 --> 00:34:20,403
FROM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS
554
00:34:20,437 --> 00:34:22,025
THAT SAID IF WE KNEW
555
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:25,270
WHERE BIN LADEN AND
THE AL QAEDA LEADERSHIP WERE,
556
00:34:25,304 --> 00:34:28,756
WE COULD FLY A BOMBER OVERHEAD
AND BOMB THEM.
557
00:34:28,790 --> 00:34:31,276
OR WE COULD HAVE A SUBMARINE
OFF THE PAKISTANI COAST,
558
00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:35,521
FIRE CRUISE MISSILES AND BLOW UP
THE FACILITY THEY WERE IN.
559
00:34:35,556 --> 00:34:39,215
BUT WE COULDN'T PUT A BULLET
THROUGH THEIR HEAD
560
00:34:39,249 --> 00:34:41,907
FROM A SNIPER,
BECAUSE THAT WAS ASSASSINATION.
561
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,669
Narrator: FOLLOWING
THE EMBASSY BOMBINGS
562
00:34:45,704 --> 00:34:47,464
AND THE INDICTMENT OF BIN LADEN,
563
00:34:47,499 --> 00:34:50,502
PRESIDENT CLINTON MAKES
A CRUCIAL DECISION
564
00:34:50,536 --> 00:34:54,126
WHICH, EFFECTIVELY,
IS A LICENSE TO KILL.
565
00:34:56,749 --> 00:34:59,925
Clarke: EVENTUALLY, AND THROUGH
A LONG, LABORIOUS PROCESS,
566
00:34:59,959 --> 00:35:03,170
THE PRESIDENT GOT A DOCUMENT
AND SIGNED IT
567
00:35:03,204 --> 00:35:08,347
THAT AUTHORIZED THE CIA
TO SNATCH HIM,
568
00:35:08,382 --> 00:35:10,970
BUT IF THAT DIDN'T WORK,
TO KILL HIM.
569
00:35:11,005 --> 00:35:14,560
THAT WAS A WATERSHED.
570
00:35:14,595 --> 00:35:17,287
Narrator:
WHILE THE UNITED STATES
HUNTS FOR BIN LADEN,
571
00:35:17,322 --> 00:35:22,327
AN AL QAEDA VIDEO FINDS HIM
IN HIS AFGHAN COMPOUND.
572
00:35:22,361 --> 00:35:26,020
IN 2000, BIN LADEN INVITES
SCORES OF JIHADISTS
573
00:35:26,054 --> 00:35:31,025
TO COME AND DISCUSS THE NEXT
STAGE OF THE WAR ON THE WEST.
574
00:35:31,059 --> 00:35:33,752
BIN LADEN IS CONTINUING
TO ATTACK THE WEST,
575
00:35:33,786 --> 00:35:36,168
EVEN THOUGH AT THIS TIME
HIS PROTECTOR,
576
00:35:36,203 --> 00:35:40,345
THE TALIBAN LEADER MULLAH OMAR,
TO WHOM HE'S SWORN OBEDIENCE,
577
00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:45,108
IS TRYING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
578
00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:49,181
NOMAN BENOTMAN
CONFRONTS BIN LADEN.
579
00:35:49,216 --> 00:35:51,873
Benotman: OKAY, HOW COME
YOU DISOBEY HIS ORDER
580
00:35:51,908 --> 00:35:54,048
WHEN HE ORDERED YOU
TO STOP FIGHTING
581
00:35:54,082 --> 00:35:56,913
AND PROVOKING
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
582
00:35:56,947 --> 00:35:59,260
I FACED HIM WITH THIS,
FACE TO FACE.
583
00:35:59,295 --> 00:36:04,265
AND HE FAILED TO GIVE ME
AN ANSWER. HE FAILED.
584
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:07,268
HE SAID TO ME, "LOOK, I WILL
CONSIDER ALL THESE ARGUMENTS,
585
00:36:07,303 --> 00:36:09,374
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
586
00:36:09,408 --> 00:36:12,929
BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE MISSION
I CAN'T CANCEL, YOU KNOW,
587
00:36:12,963 --> 00:36:14,862
BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST THERE,
588
00:36:14,896 --> 00:36:18,969
AND IF WE ORDER THE CANCELLATION
OF THIS OPERATION,
589
00:36:19,004 --> 00:36:24,182
IT WILL RUIN MY ORGANIZATION
AND DEMORALIZE THE WHOLE GROUP."
590
00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:25,562
I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE
ROCKET SCIENCE
591
00:36:25,597 --> 00:36:28,427
TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW.
592
00:36:28,462 --> 00:36:30,395
IT WAS THE 11th OF SEPTEMBER,
DEFINITELY.
593
00:36:32,811 --> 00:36:35,952
Narrator: ON THE VIDEO OF
BIN LADEN'S JIHADI GATHERING,
594
00:36:35,986 --> 00:36:40,681
TWO YOUNG MEN ARE LAUGHING
AND SHARING IDEAS.
595
00:36:40,715 --> 00:36:43,373
THEY ARE ZIAD JARRAH
AND MOHAMMED ATTA,
596
00:36:43,408 --> 00:36:49,310
TWO OF THE PILOTS
OF THE 9/11 PLANES.
597
00:36:49,345 --> 00:36:52,727
BUT BIN LADEN HAS A MORE
IMMEDIATE SHOCK IN STORE
598
00:36:52,762 --> 00:36:54,522
FOR AMERICA.
599
00:36:58,354 --> 00:37:00,666
OCTOBER 12, 2000.
600
00:37:00,701 --> 00:37:03,876
AN AL QAEDA VIDEO PROCLAIMS
BIN LADEN'S LATEST ASSAULT
601
00:37:03,911 --> 00:37:07,604
ON AMERICA.
602
00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:10,952
SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK
THE U.S.S. COLE,
603
00:37:10,987 --> 00:37:14,266
AN AMERICAN DESTROYER
PATROLLING THE ARABIAN SEA
604
00:37:14,301 --> 00:37:16,889
THAT HAS PUT INTO HARBOR
IN YEMEN.
605
00:37:19,375 --> 00:37:24,794
17 SAILORS ARE KILLED
AND 39 INJURED.
606
00:37:24,828 --> 00:37:26,416
McLaughlin: WE CAN SEE
THE AFRICAN EMBASSY BOMBINGS
607
00:37:26,451 --> 00:37:31,076
AND THE COLE AS OPENING ACTS
OF A VERY BAD PLAY
608
00:37:31,110 --> 00:37:32,733
THAT OCCURS ON 9/11.
609
00:37:37,185 --> 00:37:40,119
Narrator: AN FBI TEAM IS
SENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE,
610
00:37:40,154 --> 00:37:43,606
LED BY ALI SOUFAN.
611
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,126
Soufan:
YOU SMELL DEATH, LITERALLY.
612
00:37:47,161 --> 00:37:50,682
BODIES WERE STILL
WRAPPED IN THE METAL.
613
00:37:50,716 --> 00:37:55,307
THE EXPLOSION CREATED
SUCH A FORCE
614
00:37:55,342 --> 00:37:59,932
THAT THE FLOOR LITERALLY
FOLDED LIKE A CARPET.
615
00:37:59,967 --> 00:38:06,042
AND MANY OF THE SAILORS
WERE STILL TRAPPED.
616
00:38:06,076 --> 00:38:08,596
Myers: IF YOU LOOK WHO WE SENT
IN TO LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH,
617
00:38:08,631 --> 00:38:14,775
THE COLE, A HEAVY FBI PRESENCE,
AND THIS IS A CRIME.
618
00:38:14,809 --> 00:38:16,190
WE DIDN'T VIEW THAT AS WAR.
619
00:38:16,224 --> 00:38:17,433
IF WE HAD VIEWED IT AS WAR,
WE'D HAVE PROBABLY HAD
620
00:38:17,467 --> 00:38:20,090
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
AND A RESPONSE.
621
00:38:21,782 --> 00:38:24,612
Narrator: TO THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATORS ON THE GROUND,
622
00:38:24,647 --> 00:38:27,063
IT'S CLEAR THAT WAR
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED
623
00:38:27,097 --> 00:38:31,067
ON BIN LADEN LONG AGO.
624
00:38:31,101 --> 00:38:34,415
Coleman: WHAT WAS THE MILITARY
RESPONSE TO MOGADISHU?
625
00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:35,727
WE PULLED OUT.
626
00:38:41,422 --> 00:38:46,220
WHAT WAS THE MILITARY RESPONSE
TO NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM?
627
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:50,914
WE FIRED A COUPLE OF
CRUISE MISSILES
628
00:38:50,949 --> 00:38:53,158
AND KILLED A COUPLE OF BUMS
ON THE GROUND.
629
00:38:53,192 --> 00:38:54,780
NOBODY IMPORTANT.
630
00:38:54,815 --> 00:38:58,543
WHAT WAS THE MILITARY RESPONSE
TO THE COLE? NONE.
631
00:38:58,577 --> 00:39:01,442
NONE, ZERO.
632
00:39:01,477 --> 00:39:04,687
THAT WAS AN ACT OF WAR.
633
00:39:04,721 --> 00:39:07,621
BIN LADEN HAD DECLARED WAR
ON THE UNITED STATES
634
00:39:07,655 --> 00:39:12,039
IN AUGUST OF 1996,
AND HE MEANT IT.
635
00:39:12,073 --> 00:39:14,041
AND WE KNEW,
THE ONES THAT WORKED ON IT,
636
00:39:14,075 --> 00:39:16,008
KNEW THAT HE MEANT IT.
637
00:39:16,043 --> 00:39:19,667
AND NOBODY ELSE BELIEVED US,
638
00:39:19,702 --> 00:39:23,326
BUT AFTER THE COLE,
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE US.
639
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:28,158
THEY TREATED THE COLE LIKE
SOMEBODY HAD DONE A CARJACKING.
640
00:39:30,954 --> 00:39:33,543
Rossini: THE COLE
WAS A QUAGMIRE,
641
00:39:33,578 --> 00:39:37,340
BECAUSE IT INVOLVED A TREMENDOUS
COMMINGLING OF AGENCIES
642
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,275
IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
HAVING THEIR OWN LITTLE BATTLE.
643
00:39:41,309 --> 00:39:44,243
INFORMATION SHARING,
COMPARTMENTALIZATION,
644
00:39:44,278 --> 00:39:49,352
TURF, RULES--
ALL THIS [BEEP] WENT INTO PLAY.
645
00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:55,116
Narrator: WORKING INSIDE THE CIA
AND FBI JOINT OPERATION
646
00:39:55,151 --> 00:39:56,877
TO HUNT DOWN BIN LADEN,
647
00:39:56,911 --> 00:40:00,501
MARK ROSSINI IS SHOCKED TO FIND
THAT INVESTIGATIONS
648
00:40:00,536 --> 00:40:03,884
ARE BECOMING ENTANGLED
IN BUREAUCRATIC RELUCTANCE
649
00:40:03,918 --> 00:40:07,853
TO SHARE INFORMATION
BETWEEN AGENCIES.
650
00:40:07,888 --> 00:40:11,305
HE GETS A PHONE CALL
FROM FBI COLLEAGUE ALI SOUFAN
651
00:40:11,339 --> 00:40:16,724
WHO'S IN ADEN
ALONGSIDE THE U.S.S. COLE.
652
00:40:16,759 --> 00:40:18,623
Rossini: HE'S IN THE WATER
NEXT TO THE [BEEP] BOAT
653
00:40:18,657 --> 00:40:19,796
WITH THE HOLE IN IT.
654
00:40:19,831 --> 00:40:22,903
AND HE CALLS ME
AND I'M AT MY DESK,
655
00:40:22,937 --> 00:40:29,565
AND HE SAYS, "HEY, MARK,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON SO-AND-SO?"
656
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:31,256
Narrator:
ROSSINI GIVES HIS COLLEAGUE
657
00:40:31,290 --> 00:40:33,603
INFORMATION ABOUT A SUSPECT.
658
00:40:33,638 --> 00:40:38,884
HE'S CAREFUL TO CONCEAL DETAILS
THAT MIGHT BE INTERCEPTED.
659
00:40:38,919 --> 00:40:40,507
Rossini: I GET A TAP
ON MY SHOULDER.
660
00:40:40,541 --> 00:40:44,131
I HAD PASSED CIA INFORMATION ON
AN UNDISCLOSED LINE TO THE FBI
661
00:40:44,165 --> 00:40:46,340
WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
662
00:40:46,374 --> 00:40:48,894
AND THEY WANTED TO REMOVE ME
FROM THE BUILDING THAT MOMENT,
663
00:40:48,929 --> 00:40:50,482
TAKE ME, ESCORT ME
OUT OF THE BUILDING,
664
00:40:50,517 --> 00:40:51,794
TAKE MY CLEARANCES AWAY,
665
00:40:51,828 --> 00:40:55,867
AND HAVE ME TAKEN
OUT OF THE BUILDING.
666
00:40:55,901 --> 00:41:01,735
I'M CALLING AN FBI AGENT
IN THE FIELD [BEEP]
667
00:41:01,769 --> 00:41:04,565
WHO IS INVESTIGATING AN ATTACK,
668
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:06,705
AND YOU WANT TO SHOVE
THE RULES UP MY [BEEP]
669
00:41:09,743 --> 00:41:11,710
Narrator: THERE'S A REASON
FOR THESE TURF WARS
670
00:41:11,745 --> 00:41:14,299
THAT GOES BEYOND
PROFESSIONAL RIVALRY.
671
00:41:14,333 --> 00:41:16,197
IT'S KNOWN AS "THE WALL"--
672
00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:16,266
IT'S KNOWN AS "THE WALL"--
673
00:41:17,095 --> 00:41:18,579
AN AMERICAN POLICY
THAT PROHIBITS
674
00:41:18,614 --> 00:41:21,582
THE PASSING OF INFORMATION
COLLECTED BY THE CIA
675
00:41:21,617 --> 00:41:23,411
IN FOREIGN OPERATIONS
676
00:41:23,446 --> 00:41:26,380
TO THE FBI, WHOSE ROLE
IS TO BUILD A CASE
677
00:41:26,414 --> 00:41:30,418
ON EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT
BEFORE A U.S. COURT.
678
00:41:32,213 --> 00:41:33,836
Rossini: THEN THEY MADE ME
SIGN A DOCUMENT
679
00:41:33,870 --> 00:41:37,011
THAT SAID THAT I CANNOT TELL
THE FBI ANYTHING
680
00:41:37,046 --> 00:41:39,220
ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED IN THE CIA
681
00:41:39,255 --> 00:41:42,914
WITHOUT WRITTEN EXPLICIT
PERMISSION FROM THE CIA.
682
00:41:42,948 --> 00:41:46,607
I COULD NOT UTTER IT,
I COULD NOT E-MAIL IT,
683
00:41:46,642 --> 00:41:48,575
I COULD NOT EVEN SAY IT
IN A PASSING CONVERSATION,
684
00:41:48,609 --> 00:41:51,094
ANYTHING I LEARNED IN THE CIA
WHEN I WAS WORKING THERE.
685
00:41:53,234 --> 00:41:55,340
Narrator: BIN LADEN'S
CHALLENGE TO AMERICA
686
00:41:55,374 --> 00:42:00,310
IS EXPOSING BASIC DILEMMAS
AT THE HEART OF A DEMOCRACY--
687
00:42:00,345 --> 00:42:05,868
PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
IS WEAKENING ITS DEFENSES.
688
00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:09,872
Michael Hayden: THE TERRORIST
TARGET IS A PECULIAR BLEND
689
00:42:09,906 --> 00:42:12,426
OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC,
690
00:42:12,460 --> 00:42:17,396
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
INTELLIGENCE-BASED INFORMATION.
691
00:42:17,431 --> 00:42:19,606
WE, HISTORICALLY,
IN THE UNITED STATES
692
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,435
HAVE BUILT UP AN APPROACH
693
00:42:21,469 --> 00:42:23,506
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
PROTECT OUR LIBERTIES
694
00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:26,682
BY KEEPING THOSE
INTEL GUYS AT THE CIA
695
00:42:26,716 --> 00:42:30,617
AWAY FROM THESE
LAW ENFORCEMENT GUYS.
696
00:42:30,651 --> 00:42:32,826
NOW WE WERE PLAYING
AGAINST AN ADVERSARY
697
00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:34,517
WHO COULD ONLY BE DEFEATED
698
00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:37,106
IF WE BLENDED THOSE STREAMS
OF INFORMATION.
699
00:42:41,904 --> 00:42:44,251
George Bush:
I, GEORGE WALKER BUSH,
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR
700
00:42:44,285 --> 00:42:46,184
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
EXECUTE THE OFFICE
701
00:42:46,218 --> 00:42:48,255
OF PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
702
00:42:48,289 --> 00:42:51,534
Narrator: THREE MONTHS AFTER
THE ATTACK ON THE U.S.S. COLE,
703
00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,329
GEORGE W. BUSH IS SWORN IN
704
00:42:53,363 --> 00:42:56,539
AS 43rd PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
705
00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,403
Bush: SO HELP ME GOD.
706
00:42:58,437 --> 00:43:02,649
["HAIL TO THE CHIEF" PLAYING]
707
00:43:02,683 --> 00:43:05,168
Narrator: OUTGOING
PRESIDENT CLINTON TELLS BUSH
708
00:43:05,203 --> 00:43:08,586
THAT TERRORISM WILL BE
HIS TOP PRIORITY.
709
00:43:11,036 --> 00:43:12,866
BUT FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION,
710
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:18,423
BIN LADEN AND THE THREAT OF
AL QAEDA SEEM LESS URGENT.
711
00:43:18,457 --> 00:43:19,804
Black: REMEMBER,
THE WORD "TERRORISM"
712
00:43:19,838 --> 00:43:22,841
WAS NOT EVEN IN THE PRESIDENT'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
713
00:43:22,876 --> 00:43:25,637
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE.
714
00:43:25,672 --> 00:43:31,643
AND TERRORISM WAS NOT
VERY WELL UNDERSTOOD.
715
00:43:31,678 --> 00:43:33,818
Clarke: THE MOST
DISTURBING THING
716
00:43:33,852 --> 00:43:36,096
WAS THE NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR SAYING,
717
00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:39,893
YOU KNOW, "I WORKED IN
THE WHITE HOUSE EIGHT YEARS AGO,
718
00:43:39,927 --> 00:43:42,861
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS BIG
COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICE
719
00:43:42,896 --> 00:43:44,622
THAT YOU RUN NOW.
720
00:43:44,656 --> 00:43:47,970
WHY IS IT HERE?"
721
00:43:48,004 --> 00:43:51,974
THEY HAD MISSED THE GROWTH
OF THIS NEW SET OF THREATS.
722
00:43:58,118 --> 00:44:01,052
Narrator: IN 2000,
A NEW STEALTH TECHNOLOGY
723
00:44:01,086 --> 00:44:04,814
ENTERS THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN--
THE PREDATOR DRONE--
724
00:44:04,849 --> 00:44:09,923
A PILOTLESS SPY PLANE CONTROLLED
FROM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.
725
00:44:13,409 --> 00:44:16,136
AT LAST THERE IS
THE PROSPECT OF SPOTTING
726
00:44:16,170 --> 00:44:20,588
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED MAN
IN TIME TO TAKE ACTION.
727
00:44:22,314 --> 00:44:27,734
Clarke: WITH THE PREDATOR,
WE COULD LOOK IN REAL TIME
728
00:44:27,768 --> 00:44:31,703
AT A TARGET IN AFGHANISTAN.
729
00:44:31,738 --> 00:44:32,946
AND WE COULD LOOK,
730
00:44:32,980 --> 00:44:36,052
AND ACTUALLY ON ONE OCCASION,
SEE BIN LADEN.
731
00:44:39,297 --> 00:44:41,782
Narrator: BIN LADEN MAY
OCCASIONALLY BE VISIBLE,
732
00:44:41,817 --> 00:44:44,509
BUT HE REMAINS OUT OF REACH.
733
00:44:48,064 --> 00:44:51,619
IN 2001, THE HUNTERS
GROW MORE ALARMED
734
00:44:51,654 --> 00:44:53,552
AS THE DRUMBEAT INTENSIFIES
735
00:44:53,587 --> 00:44:58,212
OF THREATS FROM AL QAEDA
AND BIN LADEN.
736
00:44:58,247 --> 00:45:01,146
Black: AS WE APPROACHED
THE SUMMER OF 2001,
737
00:45:01,181 --> 00:45:04,529
THE SPIKE IN INTELLIGENCE
WE COLLECTED,
738
00:45:04,563 --> 00:45:10,362
THE VOLUME, THE ACCURACY,
AS WELL AS THE STRIDENCY,
739
00:45:10,397 --> 00:45:13,055
KEPT GOING UP AND UP AND UP.
740
00:45:13,089 --> 00:45:15,713
Clarke: AL QAEDA WAS
STEPPING UP ITS TEMPO,
741
00:45:15,747 --> 00:45:17,715
IT WAS GETTING BIGGER,
742
00:45:17,749 --> 00:45:19,613
IT WAS GETTING MORE MUSCULAR,
743
00:45:19,647 --> 00:45:23,686
IT COULD PULL OFF ATTACKS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD SIMULTANEOUSLY.
744
00:45:26,862 --> 00:45:29,036
Black: I WENT TO BRIEF MY BOSS,
745
00:45:29,071 --> 00:45:30,382
AND IT WAS HIS DETERMINATION
746
00:45:30,417 --> 00:45:32,315
THAT WE GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
IMMEDIATELY.
747
00:45:32,350 --> 00:45:33,696
YOU KNOW IN THE MOVIES,
WHERE YOU PICK UP THE PHONE
748
00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:35,353
AND CALL THE WHITE HOUSE,
"WE'RE COMING OVER."
749
00:45:35,387 --> 00:45:38,459
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
HE'D EVER DONE IT.
750
00:45:38,494 --> 00:45:41,221
I DO NOT THINK
I HAVE PARTICIPATED
751
00:45:41,255 --> 00:45:45,812
IN A MORE FORCEFUL,
MORE SPECIFIC,
752
00:45:45,846 --> 00:45:49,229
MORE WELL SOURCED, CLEAR
BRIEFING OF THE THREAT PICTURE
753
00:45:49,263 --> 00:45:52,439
THAT THE UNITED STATES FACES.
754
00:45:52,473 --> 00:45:54,682
Narrator: AUGUST 6th.
755
00:45:54,717 --> 00:45:57,168
THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEFING
IS HEADED,
756
00:45:57,202 --> 00:46:00,827
"BIN LADEN DETERMINED
TO STRIKE IN U.S."
757
00:46:04,037 --> 00:46:07,488
SEPTEMBER 9th,
AHMED SHAH MASSOUD,
758
00:46:07,523 --> 00:46:10,698
AMERICA'S CRUCIAL ALLY
IN THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
759
00:46:10,733 --> 00:46:14,841
IS ASSASSINATED
IN AN AL QAEDA SUICIDE ATTACK.
760
00:46:16,739 --> 00:46:18,499
Khalili: TWO ARABS CAME,
761
00:46:18,534 --> 00:46:20,398
PRETENDING THEY WERE
JOURNALISTS,
762
00:46:20,432 --> 00:46:24,678
I WAS THERE WITH HIM,
TWO, THREE, FOUR PEOPLE
763
00:46:24,712 --> 00:46:30,373
WITH THE CAMERA,
AND THE MAN HAD ALL BOMBS.
764
00:46:33,756 --> 00:46:37,553
AND IN FIVE MINUTES,
HE WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD.
765
00:46:37,587 --> 00:46:38,796
Schroen: I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD,
766
00:46:38,830 --> 00:46:41,937
THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
A DISASTER FOR THE COUNTRY,
767
00:46:41,971 --> 00:46:44,940
IT'S A DISASTER FOR US, THE U.S.
768
00:46:47,390 --> 00:46:49,945
Narrator: THAT SAME DAY,
SEPTEMBER 9th,
769
00:46:49,979 --> 00:46:52,533
THE 9/11 HIJACKERS' LEADER,
MOHAMMED ATTA,
770
00:46:52,568 --> 00:46:54,742
WRITES TO HIS TEAM,
771
00:46:54,777 --> 00:46:58,470
"YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY
TO EVERLASTING PARADISE."
772
00:47:10,586 --> 00:47:12,830
Black: THE PHONE RANG.
"BAD NEWS CHIEF."
773
00:47:12,864 --> 00:47:15,384
Man: WE JUST HAD A PLANE CRASH
INTO AN UPPER FLOOR
774
00:47:15,418 --> 00:47:17,455
OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
775
00:47:17,489 --> 00:47:21,597
Black:
AT THAT INSTANT, I THOUGHT
THIS COULD BE THE START.
776
00:47:21,631 --> 00:47:24,462
Man: IT'S JUST A HUGE EXPLOSION.
777
00:47:24,496 --> 00:47:27,120
Schroen: AND THEN
THE SECOND PLANE HIT.
778
00:47:34,127 --> 00:47:35,922
Shelton: THE HAIR ON
THE BACK OF MY NECK STOOD UP,
779
00:47:35,956 --> 00:47:38,027
AND I KNEW THEN,
THIS IS A TERRORIST ATTACK.
780
00:47:38,062 --> 00:47:39,477
THIS IS BIN LADEN.
781
00:47:39,511 --> 00:47:40,788
Man: MAYDAY, MAYDAY!
782
00:47:40,823 --> 00:47:45,276
THERE'S ANOTHER PLANE HIT
THE SECOND TOWER, OKAY.
783
00:47:45,310 --> 00:47:47,934
Schroen: EVERYBODY
IN THE ROOM SAID "BIN LADEN."
784
00:48:01,050 --> 00:48:05,434
Man: B-3, A MAJOR COLLAPSE
IN ONE OF THE TOWERS.
785
00:48:05,468 --> 00:48:07,608
Clarke: WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT
ON 9/11 WAS,
786
00:48:07,643 --> 00:48:10,611
IN SOME VERY LARGE EXTENT,
WE'D FAILED.
787
00:48:15,858 --> 00:48:18,930
[SIRENS]
788
00:48:18,965 --> 00:48:20,759
IN THE BACK
OF OUR MINDS THAT DAY,
789
00:48:20,794 --> 00:48:28,595
AND CERTAINLY THEREAFTER, WAS
A SENSE OF DESPERATION IN A WAY,
790
00:48:28,629 --> 00:48:32,081
A SENSE THAT
THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE.
791
00:48:42,298 --> 00:48:45,646
IT WAS BECAUSE OF
THE IMPERFECTIONS
792
00:48:45,681 --> 00:48:48,960
OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
793
00:48:48,995 --> 00:48:52,550
THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN UNABLE
TO TAKE IN INFORMATION,
794
00:48:52,584 --> 00:48:55,553
PROCESS IT, AND ACT ON IT,
795
00:48:55,587 --> 00:48:58,521
AND BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN
UNABLE TO DO THAT,
796
00:48:58,556 --> 00:49:03,664
THIS AWFUL EVENT,
THAT WAS AVOIDABLE,
797
00:49:03,699 --> 00:49:05,149
HAD HAPPENED.
798
00:49:11,534 --> 00:49:13,985
THE FACT THAT
WE HAD SEEN IT COMING
799
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:15,745
MADE IT ALL THE MORE PAINFUL.
800
00:49:25,065 --> 00:49:28,103
Narrator: FOR THE INVESTIGATORS
WHO HAVE BEEN PURSUING BIN LADEN
801
00:49:28,137 --> 00:49:30,070
FOR ALMOST A DECADE,
802
00:49:30,105 --> 00:49:34,557
THE TRAGEDY OF 9/11 RAISES
ANGUISHED QUESTIONS.
803
00:49:34,592 --> 00:49:39,769
Soufan: I WAS REALLY KIND OF,
WHAT DID WE MISS?
804
00:49:39,804 --> 00:49:42,634
WHAT DID WE MISS?
805
00:49:42,669 --> 00:49:46,086
Narrator: ALI SOUFAN IS FINALLY
ALLOWED TO SEE EVIDENCE
806
00:49:46,121 --> 00:49:48,226
LINKED TO THE 9/11 HIJACKERS
807
00:49:48,261 --> 00:49:52,437
THAT HAS BEEN HELD UNTIL NOW
BY THE CIA.
808
00:49:52,472 --> 00:49:54,439
Soufan: IT'S BASICALLY
INFORMATION
809
00:49:54,474 --> 00:49:58,374
THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKING FOR
SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2000.
810
00:50:01,205 --> 00:50:03,310
THEN I START READING A REPORT,
811
00:50:03,345 --> 00:50:07,797
AND I--I'M LIKE,
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME.
812
00:50:10,490 --> 00:50:14,459
I REMEMBER I JUST RAN
FROM THAT OFFICE
813
00:50:14,494 --> 00:50:18,084
TO A BATHROOM IN THE HALLWAY.
814
00:50:18,118 --> 00:50:21,121
AND I JUST THREW UP.
815
00:50:21,156 --> 00:50:23,710
Narrator: SOUFAN DISCOVERS
THAT THE IDENTITIES
816
00:50:23,744 --> 00:50:26,161
OF TWO OF THE 9/11 HIJACKERS,
817
00:50:26,195 --> 00:50:28,784
AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAD
ARRIVED IN AMERICA,
818
00:50:28,818 --> 00:50:33,306
HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY THE CIA SINCE
THE BOMBING OF THE U.S.S. COLE
819
00:50:33,340 --> 00:50:38,000
BUT NOT RELEASED TO THE FBI.
820
00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:40,071
IT'S THE CULMINATION
OF DIVISIONS
821
00:50:40,106 --> 00:50:43,764
THAT HAVE SO DAMAGED
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN.
822
00:50:43,799 --> 00:50:49,425
Soufan:
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PASSED.
823
00:50:49,460 --> 00:50:52,842
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY OUR REQUESTS
824
00:50:52,877 --> 00:50:55,362
WERE REPEATEDLY IGNORED.
825
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,022
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
826
00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:02,818
I--I DON'T KNOW.
827
00:51:04,095 --> 00:51:06,442
Cloonan: I DO THINK
THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN
828
00:51:06,477 --> 00:51:08,099
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT CONSPIRACY
829
00:51:08,134 --> 00:51:15,141
IF WE HAD, IF SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD
DONE WHAT I SEE TO BE THEIR JOB.
830
00:51:15,175 --> 00:51:17,936
Soufan:
IF INFORMATION WAS SHARED,
831
00:51:17,971 --> 00:51:21,388
9/11 COULD HAVE BEEN
INTERCEPTED.
832
00:51:24,253 --> 00:51:30,604
[CROWD CHEERING]
833
00:51:30,639 --> 00:51:34,021
Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2001,
834
00:51:34,056 --> 00:51:38,647
PRESIDENT BUSH COMES
TO GROUND ZERO.
835
00:51:38,681 --> 00:51:42,444
Bush: I CAN HEAR YOU, THE REST
OF THE WORLD HEARS YOU,
836
00:51:42,478 --> 00:51:45,067
AND THE PEOPLE...
837
00:51:45,102 --> 00:51:47,138
[CHEERING]
838
00:51:47,173 --> 00:51:50,555
AND THE PEOPLE WHO KNOCKED
THESE BUILDINGS DOWN
839
00:51:50,590 --> 00:51:52,971
WILL HEAR ALL OF US SOON.
840
00:51:53,006 --> 00:51:56,389
[CHEERING]
841
00:51:56,423 --> 00:52:00,496
Crowd: USA! USA! USA!
842
00:52:00,531 --> 00:52:03,430
Narrator: FOUR DAYS AFTER
THE 9/11 ATTACKS,
843
00:52:03,465 --> 00:52:05,777
PRESIDENT BUSH SUMMONS
HIS TOP OFFICIALS
844
00:52:05,812 --> 00:52:09,678
TO PLAN THE NATION'S RESPONSE.
845
00:52:09,712 --> 00:52:11,852
Shelton: WE WENT OUT
TO CAMP DAVID FOR A DISCUSSION
846
00:52:11,887 --> 00:52:16,305
ON CARRYING OUT SOME TYPE
OF A MILITARY OPERATION
847
00:52:16,340 --> 00:52:20,516
AGAINST THE TALIBAN AND
BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN.
848
00:52:20,551 --> 00:52:22,760
BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
ALL THIS DISCUSSION,
849
00:52:22,794 --> 00:52:24,693
WE GET A CHIMING IN FROM,
850
00:52:24,727 --> 00:52:26,453
I THINK IT WAS
SECRETARY WOLFOWITZ,
851
00:52:26,488 --> 00:52:28,421
ABOUT GOING AFTER IRAQ,
852
00:52:28,455 --> 00:52:31,941
AND THAT WE OUGHT TO MAKE THIS
PART OF OUR PLAN, AS WELL.
853
00:52:31,976 --> 00:52:34,806
AND THE PRESIDENT SAID,
"LET'S WAIT ON THAT, HOLD THAT,
854
00:52:34,841 --> 00:52:36,222
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT."
855
00:52:36,256 --> 00:52:37,637
GETS A LITTLE BIT IRRITATED,
856
00:52:37,671 --> 00:52:41,019
AND I CALL IT FIRING
A HIGH EXPLOSIVE ROUND
857
00:52:41,054 --> 00:52:43,643
ACROSS THE TABLE
INTO WOLFOWITZ' CHEST,
858
00:52:43,677 --> 00:52:45,127
SAYING, FORGET IT,
859
00:52:45,162 --> 00:52:48,095
WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE
ON THE REAL ENEMY RIGHT NOW,
860
00:52:48,130 --> 00:52:50,477
WHICH IS THE TALIBAN
AND BIN LADEN.
861
00:52:50,512 --> 00:52:53,239
Bush: AND IF HE THINKS
HE CAN HIDE AND RUN
862
00:52:53,273 --> 00:52:55,448
FROM THE UNITED STATES
AND OUR ALLIES,
863
00:52:55,482 --> 00:52:57,622
HE WILL BE SORELY MISTAKEN.
864
00:53:00,522 --> 00:53:05,389
Narrator: FROM NOW ON,
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN IS A WAR.
865
00:53:05,423 --> 00:53:07,943
A NEW LAW, THE PATRIOT ACT,
866
00:53:07,977 --> 00:53:11,843
WILL REQUIRE ALL AGENCIES
TO SHARE INFORMATION.
867
00:53:14,674 --> 00:53:18,609
PRESIDENT BUSH AGREES
TO ADOPT A CIA PLAN.
868
00:53:18,643 --> 00:53:22,785
CIA PARAMILITARIES WILL LINK UP
WITH ANTI-TALIBAN GUERRILLAS
869
00:53:22,820 --> 00:53:25,202
OF THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE.
870
00:53:27,756 --> 00:53:31,829
CIA VETERAN GARY SCHROEN
FINDS HIS LIFE TRANSFORMED
871
00:53:31,863 --> 00:53:36,385
BY PRESIDENT BUSH'S PROMISE
TO PURSUE BIN LADEN.
872
00:53:36,420 --> 00:53:38,801
Schroen: I WENT HOME ON 9/11
873
00:53:38,836 --> 00:53:41,079
THINKING THAT
HERE I WAS RETIRING,
874
00:53:41,114 --> 00:53:43,116
AND THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW,
MISS THIS FIGHT
875
00:53:43,150 --> 00:53:47,327
THAT I HAD, IN A SENSE,
BEEN ALREADY FIGHTING FOR YEARS,
876
00:53:47,362 --> 00:53:48,984
THAT I WAS GOING TO MISS IT.
877
00:53:49,018 --> 00:53:51,849
I GOT A CALL SAYING,
"COME IN TO THE OFFICE,"
878
00:53:51,883 --> 00:53:55,646
AND I MET COFER BLACK, WHO SAID,
"WE WANT YOU TO TAKE A TEAM IN
879
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,545
AND LINK UP WITH
THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE,"
880
00:53:58,580 --> 00:54:00,823
AND I SAID,
"THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
881
00:54:00,858 --> 00:54:03,136
I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT."
882
00:54:03,170 --> 00:54:05,345
AND SO OUT OF EVERYBODY
IN THE COUNTRY
883
00:54:05,380 --> 00:54:06,967
WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING,
884
00:54:07,002 --> 00:54:11,731
I WAS THE GUY PICKED TO START
THIS, YOU KNOW, THE FIGHT BACK.
885
00:54:14,837 --> 00:54:20,291
COFER TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS GUY.
886
00:54:20,326 --> 00:54:26,677
HE SAID, "ULTIMATELY, I WANT YOU
TO FIND BIN LADEN, KILL HIM,
887
00:54:26,711 --> 00:54:29,611
AND CUT OFF HIS HEAD,
PUT IT ON DRY ICE,
888
00:54:29,645 --> 00:54:31,371
AND SHIP IT BACK TO ME,
889
00:54:31,406 --> 00:54:34,201
AND I AM GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN
AND SHOW THE PRESIDENT.
890
00:54:34,236 --> 00:54:37,308
AND THE OTHER GUYS, KILL THEM,
CUT OFF THEIR HEADS,
891
00:54:37,343 --> 00:54:39,379
AND PUT THEM ON PIKES."
892
00:54:39,414 --> 00:54:43,694
AND I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S ABOUT
AS CLEAR AN ORDER
893
00:54:43,728 --> 00:54:46,904
AS I'VE EVER GOTTEN
IN THE ORGANIZATION."
894
00:54:46,938 --> 00:54:51,080
AND I SAID, "WELL, PIKES
WE CAN PROBABLY IMPROVISE,
895
00:54:51,115 --> 00:54:52,012
BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
896
00:54:52,047 --> 00:54:54,118
ABOUT DRY ICE, COFER."
897
00:54:55,878 --> 00:54:57,708
Narrator:
ARRIVING IN AFGHANISTAN,
898
00:54:57,742 --> 00:54:59,917
SCHROEN CONTACTS THE MAN CLOSEST
899
00:54:59,951 --> 00:55:05,025
TO AMERICA'S MURDERED NORTHERN
ALLIANCE ALLY, MASSOUD KHALILI.
900
00:55:05,060 --> 00:55:08,753
Khalili: AND I SAID,
"GARY, THANK YOU FOR COMING,
901
00:55:08,788 --> 00:55:11,687
BUT YOU'RE LATE--
I LOST MY FRIEND."
902
00:55:14,828 --> 00:55:17,279
Narrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN,
903
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:21,318
THE CIA'S JAWBREAKER TEAM
IS READY TO SPEARHEAD
904
00:55:21,352 --> 00:55:25,114
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN.
905
00:55:25,149 --> 00:55:27,324
Schroen: WE SENT THE FIRST
COMMUNICATION BACK
906
00:55:27,358 --> 00:55:31,604
THAT SAID JAWBREAKER'S IN PLACE,
AND WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
907
00:55:33,571 --> 00:55:36,367
Narrator:
FOR THE JAWBREAKER TEAM,
"BUSINESS" INCLUDES
908
00:55:36,402 --> 00:55:38,714
HANDING OUT BAGS
FULL OF DOLLAR BILLS
909
00:55:38,749 --> 00:55:42,304
TO WIN THE SUPPORT OF THEIR
NORTHERN ALLIANCE PARTNERS.
910
00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:46,377
Schroen: THE MAIN MOTIVATION
FOR THEM IS MONEY.
911
00:55:46,412 --> 00:55:48,379
IT'S LIKE A SUITCASE
FULL OF MONEY
912
00:55:48,414 --> 00:55:51,589
OR A DUFFEL BAG FULL OF MONEY
THAT YOU HAD TO TOTE AROUND
913
00:55:51,624 --> 00:55:56,629
OR DRIVE AROUND IN A TRUCK
AND PASS 'EM OVER TO THEM.
914
00:55:56,663 --> 00:55:58,285
McLaughlin:
WHAT THE CIA BROUGHT TO IT
915
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:01,772
WAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERRAIN
AND THE PEOPLE,
916
00:56:01,806 --> 00:56:07,778
AND TO PROVIDE INDUCEMENTS
TO TRIBALS TO WORK WITH US.
917
00:56:07,812 --> 00:56:09,745
WHAT THE MILITARY
WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE
918
00:56:09,780 --> 00:56:11,954
WAS LETHAL POWER THAT
WE DID NOT HAVE,
919
00:56:11,989 --> 00:56:13,853
WITH THE CAPACITY
OF SPECIAL FORCES,
920
00:56:13,887 --> 00:56:16,269
TO DIRECT VERY LETHAL WEAPONRY
921
00:56:16,303 --> 00:56:18,547
ON TO TARGETS
THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY.
922
00:56:23,621 --> 00:56:27,314
Narrator: THE TALIBAN REFUSE
TO HAND OVER BIN LADEN.
923
00:56:31,146 --> 00:56:32,768
ON OCTOBER 7th,
924
00:56:32,803 --> 00:56:36,841
AMERICA BEGINS THE BOMBING
OF TALIBAN-CONTROLLED KABUL.
925
00:56:41,570 --> 00:56:45,263
Schroen: WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY
SEE KABUL FROM WHERE WE WERE AT,
926
00:56:45,298 --> 00:56:47,127
BUT YOU COULD SEE
THE BOMB FLASHES
927
00:56:47,162 --> 00:56:50,683
ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CLOUDS.
928
00:56:50,717 --> 00:56:52,478
WE'D JUST PUT UP
A SATELLITE DISH
929
00:56:52,512 --> 00:56:55,342
THAT THE GUYS HAD
BUILT FROM SCRATCH.
930
00:56:55,377 --> 00:56:57,068
CNN COMES ON,
AND THEY TURN IT UP,
931
00:56:57,103 --> 00:56:59,519
AND IT'S LIKE, "BOMBING HAS
STARTED IN KABUL."
932
00:56:59,554 --> 00:57:01,141
IT WAS LIKE,
OH, WELL, THIS IS GREAT,
933
00:57:01,176 --> 00:57:04,041
LET'S GO DOWN AND WATCH IT ON
CNN WHERE WE CAN SEE IT BETTER.
934
00:57:04,075 --> 00:57:06,768
SO MODERN WAR,
IT'S REALLY GREAT.
935
00:57:10,979 --> 00:57:12,359
Narrator: ON THE SAME DAY,
936
00:57:12,394 --> 00:57:15,742
A PRE-RECORDED STATEMENT
BY BIN LADEN IS RELEASED.
937
00:57:15,777 --> 00:57:20,713
HE SUPPORTS THE 9/11 ATTACKS,
WITHOUT CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.
938
00:57:42,873 --> 00:57:46,152
Narrator: AFTER FIVE WEEKS
OF INTENSIVE AMERICAN BOMBING,
939
00:57:46,186 --> 00:57:50,294
THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKES
KABUL ON NOVEMBER 14th.
940
00:57:51,364 --> 00:57:53,504
BUT FOR BIN LADEN'S PURSUERS,
941
00:57:53,539 --> 00:57:57,474
THERE'S ONLY A FAINT HOPE
HE'LL STILL BE THERE.
942
00:57:57,508 --> 00:58:00,649
[CHEERING]
943
00:58:00,684 --> 00:58:02,962
Schroen: BY THE TIME KABUL FELL,
944
00:58:02,996 --> 00:58:05,758
I'M CONVINCED BIN LADEN
WAS LONG GONE.
945
00:58:05,792 --> 00:58:07,794
I THINK HE READ
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
946
00:58:07,829 --> 00:58:09,555
AND SAID, "I'VE GOT TO
GET OUT OF HERE,"
947
00:58:09,589 --> 00:58:11,902
AND HAD HEADED FOR TORA BORA.
948
00:58:11,936 --> 00:58:14,318
Narrator:
IN EARLY DECEMBER 2001,
949
00:58:14,352 --> 00:58:18,667
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN SHIFTS
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TORA BORA.
950
00:58:18,702 --> 00:58:21,567
JUST A FEW MILES FROM
THE BORDER WITH PAKISTAN,
951
00:58:21,601 --> 00:58:24,846
IT'S A DAUNTING AREA OF
NARROW VALLEYS AND PEAKS
952
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:28,194
REACHING UP TO 14,000 FEET.
953
00:58:28,228 --> 00:58:31,231
BIN LADEN SEEMS BOXED IN.
954
00:58:31,266 --> 00:58:35,684
WILL THIS BE HIS LAST STAND?
955
00:58:35,719 --> 00:58:37,824
Schroen: TORA BORA WAS
A PLACE HE KNEW WELL,
956
00:58:37,859 --> 00:58:41,276
AND BACK IN THE JIHAD DAYS,
I THINK HE HAD A CAVE SYSTEM,
957
00:58:41,310 --> 00:58:43,140
SO HE TOOK SHELTER THERE.
958
00:58:43,174 --> 00:58:44,590
IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE
HARD FOR ANYBODY
959
00:58:44,624 --> 00:58:48,179
TO COME AND GET BIN LADEN
IN THERE.
960
00:58:48,214 --> 00:58:51,597
Narrator: TORA BORA WILL BECOME
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL EPISODE
961
00:58:51,631 --> 00:58:56,256
IN THE LONG PURSUIT
OF BIN LADEN.
962
00:58:56,291 --> 00:58:59,639
THREE YEARS AFTER THE EVENT,
GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS,
963
00:58:59,674 --> 00:59:03,643
COMMANDER OF AMERICAN OPERATIONS
IN AFGHANISTAN, WILL SAY,
964
00:59:03,678 --> 00:59:09,580
"WE DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY IF
MR. BIN LADEN WAS AT TORA BORA,"
965
00:59:09,615 --> 00:59:12,928
BUT THE MEN ON THE GROUND
ARE SURE.
966
00:59:12,963 --> 00:59:16,622
GARY BERNTSEN, A SENIOR
CIA PARAMILITARY COMMANDER
967
00:59:16,656 --> 00:59:19,970
REPLACES HIS OLD COLLEAGUE
GARY SCHROEN
968
00:59:20,004 --> 00:59:25,354
AS THE JAWBREAKER UNIT'S TOP MAN
IN THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN.
969
00:59:25,389 --> 00:59:26,563
Gary Berntsen:
WE KNEW HE WAS THERE.
970
00:59:26,597 --> 00:59:29,496
WE HAD ENOUGH HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
971
00:59:29,531 --> 00:59:32,672
THAT HAD TRACKED HIM ALL ALONG
THAT WE KNEW WHERE HE WAS.
972
00:59:32,707 --> 00:59:36,400
THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY
NO QUESTION AT ALL.
973
00:59:36,434 --> 00:59:40,059
Narrator: AMERICA'S MOST
SENIOR GENERAL ALSO KNOWS
974
00:59:40,093 --> 00:59:42,820
THAT THIS IS A DECISIVE MOMENT.
975
00:59:42,855 --> 00:59:45,616
Myers: HEY, WE THINK WE'VE GOT
A CHANCE TO GO AFTER BIN LADEN
976
00:59:45,651 --> 00:59:48,274
AND SOME OF HIS FOLKS
HELD UP IN THE HILLS,
977
00:59:48,308 --> 00:59:52,796
THIS PLACE IN THE MOUNTAINS,
THIS PLACE WE CALL TORA BORA.
978
00:59:52,830 --> 00:59:55,902
Narrator: BIN LADEN'S HUNTERS
SEEM TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE
979
00:59:55,937 --> 00:59:57,421
TO THEIR PREY.
980
00:59:57,455 --> 01:00:00,389
BUT EVEN BEFORE
THE OPERATION BEGINS,
981
01:00:00,424 --> 01:00:04,290
SENIOR CIA OFFICIALS
IN WASHINGTON ARE ALARMED
982
01:00:04,324 --> 01:00:07,707
ABOUT THE LACK OF TROOPS
ON THE GROUND IN TORA BORA
983
01:00:07,742 --> 01:00:12,781
TO SUPPORT A SMALL UNIT
OF DELTA SPECIAL FORCES.
984
01:00:12,816 --> 01:00:17,061
BERNTSEN IS TOLD CIA CHIEFS
ARE GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE
985
01:00:17,096 --> 01:00:21,272
TO REQUEST RANGER
LIGHT INFANTRY TROOPS.
986
01:00:21,307 --> 01:00:22,239
Berntsen: THEY SPOKE
TO THE PRESIDENT,
987
01:00:22,273 --> 01:00:24,206
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND RUMSFELD,
988
01:00:24,241 --> 01:00:27,347
AND SAID, "WE NEED MORE FORCES,
WE NEED 800 RANGERS."
989
01:00:27,382 --> 01:00:29,798
AND RUMSFELD'S RESPONSE WAS,
990
01:00:29,833 --> 01:00:32,559
"NO, THE PAKISTANIS
WILL COVER THE BACK SIDE,
991
01:00:32,594 --> 01:00:35,114
AND WE'RE USING DELTA FORCE."
992
01:00:35,148 --> 01:00:38,980
Narrator: GENERAL FRANKS ALSO
REJECTS THE CIA REQUEST
993
01:00:39,014 --> 01:00:42,190
TO DEPLOY RANGER FORCES.
994
01:00:42,224 --> 01:00:45,089
HE INSISTS THAT HELICOPTERS
WOULD HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY
995
01:00:45,124 --> 01:00:48,783
LANDING RANGERS IN TORA BORA.
996
01:00:48,817 --> 01:00:52,131
HE'S ALSO BEEN TOLD BY
PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
997
01:00:52,165 --> 01:00:54,685
THAT HIS FRONTIER GUARDS
CAN BLOCK ESCAPE ROUTES
998
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:58,240
ACROSS THE BORDER.
999
01:01:03,970 --> 01:01:05,834
BUT THE MURDER OF
COMMANDER MASSOUD
1000
01:01:05,869 --> 01:01:11,184
MEANS THE CIA HAS
LOST A CRUCIAL ALLY.
1001
01:01:11,219 --> 01:01:13,462
THEY HIRE TWO MINOR WARLORDS,
1002
01:01:13,497 --> 01:01:16,224
A FORMER TALIBAN
AND A DRUG SMUGGLER,
1003
01:01:16,258 --> 01:01:21,160
WHO BRING AROUND 2,000 OF THEIR
FIGHTERS TO PURSUE BIN LADEN.
1004
01:01:21,194 --> 01:01:25,716
HE HAS MORE THAN 1,000
AL QAEDA PROTECTORS.
1005
01:01:25,751 --> 01:01:27,304
THERE ARE FEWER THAN 100
1006
01:01:27,338 --> 01:01:30,548
AMERICAN AND BRITISH
SPECIAL FORCES.
1007
01:01:32,999 --> 01:01:36,900
IT SOON BECOMES EVIDENT THAT
THEY AND THE AFGHAN MERCENARIES
1008
01:01:36,934 --> 01:01:40,110
ARE STRETCHED VERY THIN.
1009
01:01:40,144 --> 01:01:42,250
Franklin Hagenbeck: WHAT COULD
WE DO TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT?
1010
01:01:42,284 --> 01:01:45,805
AND AS WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH
THE ABILITY OR INABILITY
1011
01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:48,566
TO GET AMERICAN TROOPS
ON THE GROUND,
1012
01:01:48,601 --> 01:01:50,154
IT REALLY TRANSPIRED THAT
1013
01:01:50,189 --> 01:01:52,674
THE ONLY RESPONSE THAT
WE COULD MAKE WERE WITH BOMBS.
1014
01:02:04,134 --> 01:02:05,549
Narrator: IN EARLY DECEMBER,
1015
01:02:05,583 --> 01:02:10,278
AS MANY AS 100 AIRSTRIKES A DAY
SATURATE TORA BORA WITH BOMBS.
1016
01:02:17,250 --> 01:02:19,563
IN SIGHT OF AL QAEDA SNIPERS,
1017
01:02:19,597 --> 01:02:24,395
SPECIAL FORCES HIGHLIGHT
THE TARGETS WITH LASERS.
1018
01:02:24,430 --> 01:02:27,813
Berntsen: VERY RISKY.
1019
01:02:27,847 --> 01:02:29,815
THEY WILL PAINT AN OBJECT
WITH A LASER,
1020
01:02:29,849 --> 01:02:31,748
AND A PLANE WILL THROW
AN EXPLOSIVE OUT,
1021
01:02:31,782 --> 01:02:34,336
AND IT WILL CATCH AND RIDE
THE LIGHT INTO THE TARGET.
1022
01:02:37,512 --> 01:02:39,686
AS PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS,
AND VERY BRAVELY,
1023
01:02:39,721 --> 01:02:43,449
THEY ARE EXPOSED.
1024
01:02:43,483 --> 01:02:47,108
Rumsfeld: THE U.S. MILITARY
AIR CAPABILITY
1025
01:02:47,142 --> 01:02:50,076
JUST PUMMELED
THE TORA BORA AREA.
1026
01:02:50,111 --> 01:02:53,666
I MEAN, THEY COULDN'T HAVE
DROPPED ANY MORE BOMBS.
1027
01:02:58,050 --> 01:02:59,499
Narrator: ON DECEMBER 9th,
1028
01:02:59,534 --> 01:03:03,814
AMERICA DROPS
A 15,000-POUND DAISY CUTTER,
1029
01:03:03,849 --> 01:03:07,576
THE MOST POWERFUL
NON-NUCLEAR BOMB ON EARTH,
1030
01:03:07,611 --> 01:03:11,511
LAST USED IN VIETNAM.
1031
01:03:11,546 --> 01:03:13,962
THE IMPACT IS UNCLEAR.
1032
01:03:13,997 --> 01:03:15,826
BUT ON A CAPTURED RADIO,
1033
01:03:15,861 --> 01:03:20,141
BIN LADEN IS HEARD URGING
HIS MEN TO FIGHT ON.
1034
01:03:20,175 --> 01:03:23,144
AND THE UNEASY ALLIANCE BETWEEN
THE ALLIED PURSUERS
1035
01:03:23,178 --> 01:03:27,873
AND THEIR LOCAL FIGHTERS
IS NOT GOING WELL.
1036
01:03:27,907 --> 01:03:28,977
Myers: YOU HAVE LIMITED FORCES,
1037
01:03:29,012 --> 01:03:31,014
AND YOU HAVE TO COUNT ON
INDIGENOUS FORCES
1038
01:03:31,048 --> 01:03:33,879
THAT ARE MORE OR LESS RELIABLE.
1039
01:03:33,913 --> 01:03:35,915
SOME ARE RELIABLE,
SOME ARE NOT GOING TO FIGHT.
1040
01:03:35,950 --> 01:03:38,366
SOME MAY FIGHT FOR A WHILE
AND DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
1041
01:03:45,683 --> 01:03:48,479
Narrator: ON DECEMBER 10th,
SPECIAL FORCES REPORT
1042
01:03:48,514 --> 01:03:51,103
THAT THEY MAY HAVE
SPOTTED BIN LADEN.
1043
01:03:55,141 --> 01:03:59,111
BUT THE AFGHAN COMMANDER HIRED
TO SUPPORT THEM RETREATS,
1044
01:03:59,145 --> 01:04:02,355
AND HIS FIGHTERS FLEE
UNDER AL QAEDA FIRE.
1045
01:04:04,254 --> 01:04:07,119
THE HANDFUL OF AMERICAN
AND BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES
1046
01:04:07,153 --> 01:04:11,192
ARE LEFT ALONE
IN AL QAEDA TERRITORY.
1047
01:04:11,226 --> 01:04:13,642
Berntsen: THERE WERE NO MORE
THAN 60 AMERICANS
1048
01:04:13,677 --> 01:04:15,437
FIGHTING DOWN IN TORA BORA.
1049
01:04:18,164 --> 01:04:23,652
BIN LADEN FLED WITH ABOUT 1,000
INTO THOSE MOUNTAINS.
1050
01:04:23,687 --> 01:04:27,622
THERE WERE MORE JOURNALISTS THAN
THERE WERE U.S. FORCES THERE.
1051
01:04:27,656 --> 01:04:30,659
Man: WE KILLED THE TRANSLATOR.
WE KILLED THE TRANSLATOR.
1052
01:04:30,694 --> 01:04:33,455
Berntsen: AND THE CHALLENGE WAS
HOW TO DO ALL OF THIS
1053
01:04:33,490 --> 01:04:37,356
BEFORE HE GOT OUT.
1054
01:04:37,390 --> 01:04:39,047
Narrator:
DESPITE THEIR LIMITED NUMBERS,
1055
01:04:39,082 --> 01:04:43,120
A DELTA FORCE VIDEO CAMERA
RECORDS BIN LADEN'S PURSUERS
1056
01:04:43,155 --> 01:04:45,985
CLOSING IN ON
THE MAIN AL QAEDA BASE.
1057
01:04:49,678 --> 01:04:52,923
SPECIAL FORCES MONITOR
A BIN LADEN RADIO MESSAGE
1058
01:04:52,958 --> 01:04:55,305
SAYING HE HAS LET HIS MEN DOWN,
1059
01:04:55,339 --> 01:04:59,274
AND THAT THEY ARE PERMITTED
TO SURRENDER.
1060
01:04:59,309 --> 01:05:01,828
Berntsen: WE HAD BIN LADEN
ON INTERCEPT ON THE RADIO,
1061
01:05:01,863 --> 01:05:05,591
YOU KNOW PRAYING,
APOLOGIZING, DEJECTED...
1062
01:05:08,594 --> 01:05:10,837
TELLING HIS PEOPLE HE WAS SORRY
HE'D LED THEM IN THIS TRAP
1063
01:05:10,872 --> 01:05:15,118
AND THAT THE SUFFERING
THAT THEY WERE HAVING.
1064
01:05:15,152 --> 01:05:17,396
AND OF COURSE, WE KEPT IT UP,
KEPT IT UP, KEPT IT UP,
1065
01:05:17,430 --> 01:05:19,743
KEPT AT HIM,
TRYING TO END IT.
1066
01:05:22,953 --> 01:05:25,093
Narrator: ONE OF THE WARLORDS
SUPPORTING THE AMERICANS
1067
01:05:25,128 --> 01:05:27,371
DEMANDS A CEASEFIRE
1068
01:05:27,406 --> 01:05:31,720
TO ALLOW AL QAEDA FIGHTERS
TO GIVE THEMSELVES UP.
1069
01:05:31,755 --> 01:05:33,653
THE AMERICANS FEAR A TRICK,
1070
01:05:33,688 --> 01:05:38,210
BUT ARE COMPELLED TO PAUSE
THEIR OPERATIONS.
1071
01:05:38,244 --> 01:05:41,144
AROUND 800 AL QAEDA
DISAPPEAR IN THE NIGHT
1072
01:05:41,178 --> 01:05:45,838
ACROSS THE BORDER INTO
THE WILD NORTHWEST OF PAKISTAN,
1073
01:05:45,872 --> 01:05:48,358
A FRONTIER REGION
OF RIVAL FACTIONS
1074
01:05:48,392 --> 01:05:50,981
WITH UNLIMITED PLACES TO HIDE.
1075
01:05:54,571 --> 01:05:56,987
Hagenbeck: THE PAKISTANIS
PUT SOME TROOPS
1076
01:05:57,022 --> 01:05:59,162
TO CAPTURE THOSE
THAT WERE ESCAPING.
1077
01:05:59,196 --> 01:06:01,060
AND THEY DID, AT SOME POINT,
MANAGE TO CAPTURE
1078
01:06:01,095 --> 01:06:04,063
IN EXCESS OF 100
COMING OUT OF TORA BORA.
1079
01:06:04,098 --> 01:06:07,446
BUT THEN MIRACULOUSLY, WITHIN
A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
1080
01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:09,966
ALL OF THOSE MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
1081
01:06:13,659 --> 01:06:14,625
Myers: IF WE'D HAD MORE TROOPS,
1082
01:06:14,660 --> 01:06:15,799
WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
MORE SUCCESSFUL.
1083
01:06:15,833 --> 01:06:17,249
BUT WE DIDN'T.
1084
01:06:17,283 --> 01:06:20,493
Berntsen: I WENT IN WITH
EIGHT MEN INITIALLY,
1085
01:06:20,528 --> 01:06:25,291
AND THERE WERE 1,000 AL QAEDA
IN THAT AREA.
1086
01:06:25,326 --> 01:06:29,088
THE PROBLEM WAS THIS--
WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS FORCES
1087
01:06:29,123 --> 01:06:32,954
HAD WORKED IN ALL OTHER PARTS OF
THE CONFLICT UP TO THAT POINT.
1088
01:06:32,989 --> 01:06:36,716
WE GOT DOWN TO THE FINAL PIECE
OF KILLING BIN LADEN,
1089
01:06:36,751 --> 01:06:38,684
AND WE NEEDED TO DO THAT
ON OUR OWN.
1090
01:06:41,859 --> 01:06:44,724
Narrator: ONE DAY
IN MID DECEMBER 2001
1091
01:06:44,759 --> 01:06:47,589
OSAMA BIN LADEN
WALKS OUT OF TORA BORA
1092
01:06:47,624 --> 01:06:50,351
AND DISAPPEARS INTO PAKISTAN.
1093
01:06:58,462 --> 01:07:02,087
HIS PURSUERS ARE LEFT TO
EXPLORE HIS ABANDONED CAVES
1094
01:07:02,121 --> 01:07:05,124
AND REFLECT ON WHY
HIS EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE
1095
01:07:05,159 --> 01:07:07,506
WAS EVER ALLOWED.
1096
01:07:15,893 --> 01:07:18,758
Berntsen: IF I COULD GET A BUNCH
OF CIVILIANS IN THERE TO FIGHT,
1097
01:07:18,793 --> 01:07:20,967
I FIGURED THAT
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
1098
01:07:21,002 --> 01:07:22,762
COULD GET SOME RANGERS
IN THERE FOR ME.
1099
01:07:26,249 --> 01:07:30,149
Rumsfeld: I NEVER HEARD ANYONE
ASK FOR MORE FORCES.
1100
01:07:32,462 --> 01:07:35,154
NOT ONE PERSON EVER
UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
1101
01:07:35,189 --> 01:07:36,362
EVER CAME TO ME AND SAID,
1102
01:07:36,397 --> 01:07:41,229
"I'VE GOT PEOPLE
ASKING FOR MORE TROOPS."
1103
01:07:41,264 --> 01:07:44,508
NEVER ONCE DID ANYONE SAY THAT
THERE WOULD BE ANY ADVANTAGE
1104
01:07:44,543 --> 01:07:47,891
IN DOING THAT.
1105
01:07:47,925 --> 01:07:51,377
Clarke: IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT
HAD THE MILITARY ATTACK PLAN
1106
01:07:51,412 --> 01:07:54,760
AUTHORIZED A RANGER UNIT
TO GO UP
1107
01:07:54,794 --> 01:07:57,659
AND REINFORCE
THE SPECIAL FORCES,
1108
01:07:57,694 --> 01:07:59,592
WE COULD HAVE NOT ONLY
GOTTEN BIN LADEN,
1109
01:07:59,627 --> 01:08:02,837
WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN
ALL THE LEADERSHIP OF AL QAEDA
1110
01:08:02,871 --> 01:08:05,426
THAT WAS THEN ABOUT
TO FLEE INTO PAKISTAN.
1111
01:08:05,460 --> 01:08:06,634
AND WE WOULDN'T
HAVE HAD TO SUFFER
1112
01:08:06,668 --> 01:08:09,947
THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS
OF AL QAEDA.
1113
01:08:12,605 --> 01:08:14,745
Narrator: THE QUESTIONS
AFTER TORA BORA,
1114
01:08:14,780 --> 01:08:18,266
FROM THE DISPUTED CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT AMERICAN TROOP LEVELS
1115
01:08:18,301 --> 01:08:20,130
TO PAKISTAN'S ROLE,
1116
01:08:20,165 --> 01:08:23,823
REMAIN UNANSWERED TO THIS DAY.
1117
01:08:23,858 --> 01:08:26,688
Berntsen: TORA BORA WAS A GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS MISSED.
1118
01:08:26,723 --> 01:08:29,795
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
WOULD HAVE ENDED,
1119
01:08:29,829 --> 01:08:31,590
WOULD HAVE ENDED IT THEN.
1120
01:08:45,259 --> 01:08:47,916
Narrator: AFTER TORA BORA,
THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
1121
01:08:47,951 --> 01:08:52,783
DRIFTS INTO A DECADE
OF FRUSTRATION.
1122
01:08:52,818 --> 01:08:58,893
A $27 MILLION REWARD AND A MAJOR
MILITARY OPERATION IN 2002
1123
01:08:58,927 --> 01:09:03,449
FAIL TO PRODUCE ANY EVIDENCE
OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED MAN.
1124
01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:10,318
FACED WITH UNCOMFORTABLE
QUESTIONS ABOUT BIN LADEN,
1125
01:09:10,353 --> 01:09:14,115
THE WHITE HOUSE DOWNPLAYS
HIS IMPORTANCE.
1126
01:09:14,150 --> 01:09:15,841
Clarke: GEORGE BUSH
WENT FROM SAYING,
1127
01:09:15,875 --> 01:09:19,776
"I AM GOING TO GET BIN LADEN
DEAD OR ALIVE,"
1128
01:09:19,810 --> 01:09:22,468
TO ACTUALLY SAYING, "WELL,
HE'S NOT ALL THAT IMPORTANT."
1129
01:09:22,503 --> 01:09:23,849
Bush: I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
1130
01:09:23,883 --> 01:09:25,851
I JUST DON'T SPEND
THAT MUCH TIME ON HIM REALLY,
1131
01:09:25,885 --> 01:09:27,093
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
1132
01:09:27,128 --> 01:09:28,371
Clarke: THE REASON FOR THAT
1133
01:09:28,405 --> 01:09:32,582
WAS THAT THEY HAD NO
INTELLIGENCE ON WHERE HE WAS.
1134
01:09:32,616 --> 01:09:35,447
Narrator: FOR AMERICA'S
COUNTER-TERRORISM SPECIALISTS,
1135
01:09:35,481 --> 01:09:39,761
BIN LADEN REMAINS
AN AGONIZING CHALLENGE.
1136
01:09:39,796 --> 01:09:41,763
Juan Zarate: BIN LADEN HUNG OVER
1137
01:09:41,798 --> 01:09:45,698
THE ENTIRE COUNTER-TERRORISM
ENTERPRISE LIKE A SPECTER.
1138
01:09:45,733 --> 01:09:51,394
THERE WAS NEVER A PERIOD WHERE
COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIVES
1139
01:09:51,428 --> 01:09:54,983
STOPPED LOOKING FOR TRAILS
TO GET TO BIN LADEN.
1140
01:09:55,018 --> 01:09:57,331
Rumsfeld: IF YOU'RE TRYING TO
CATCH A CHICKEN IN THE BARNYARD,
1141
01:09:57,365 --> 01:09:59,712
AND YOU'RE RUNNING AFTER IT,
ARE YOU CLOSE?
1142
01:09:59,747 --> 01:10:02,405
NOT UNTIL YOU'VE CAUGHT IT.
AND WE HAVEN'T.
1143
01:10:10,102 --> 01:10:12,104
Narrator: OCTOBER 2002.
1144
01:10:12,138 --> 01:10:15,763
THE BOMBING OF A NIGHTCLUB
IN BALI IS A SHOCKING REMINDER
1145
01:10:15,797 --> 01:10:19,594
THAT BIN LADEN AND AL QAEDA
ARE A CONTINUING THREAT.
1146
01:10:26,843 --> 01:10:30,260
IT'S ONLY THE FIRST OF MANY
ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD
1147
01:10:30,295 --> 01:10:32,711
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW.
1148
01:10:41,340 --> 01:10:44,412
Zarate: BIN LADEN WAS
THE GALVANIZING FIGURE,
1149
01:10:44,447 --> 01:10:46,414
THE CHARISMATIC CHARACTER,
1150
01:10:46,449 --> 01:10:50,867
WHO ACTUALLY DROVE, NOT ONLY
THE FOUNDING OF AL QAEDA,
1151
01:10:50,901 --> 01:10:54,284
BUT ITS MORPHING INTO
MOST CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
1152
01:10:54,319 --> 01:10:57,045
[SIRENS]
1153
01:11:13,130 --> 01:11:16,410
Narrator: AS AL QAEDA TERROR
SPILLS OUT AROUND THE WORLD,
1154
01:11:16,444 --> 01:11:22,278
BIN LADEN REMAINS BEYOND
THE REACH OF HIS PURSUERS.
1155
01:11:22,312 --> 01:11:25,384
Zarate: BIN LADEN HIMSELF
WAS VERY GOOD
1156
01:11:25,419 --> 01:11:27,938
IN TERMS OF
OPERATIONAL SECURITY.
1157
01:11:27,973 --> 01:11:33,565
THERE WAS NO USE
OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
1158
01:11:33,599 --> 01:11:36,878
HE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO REMAIN HIDDEN,
1159
01:11:36,913 --> 01:11:39,018
NOT JUST FROM
WESTERN AUTHORITIES
1160
01:11:39,053 --> 01:11:40,882
OR COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS,
1161
01:11:40,917 --> 01:11:45,266
BUT ALSO IN MANY WAYS
FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE.
1162
01:11:45,301 --> 01:11:48,304
FRUSTRATINGLY, WE WERE NOT CLOSE
TO FINDING HIM.
1163
01:12:01,075 --> 01:12:03,457
Narrator: BAGHDAD...
1164
01:12:03,491 --> 01:12:06,322
MARCH 19, 2003.
1165
01:12:06,356 --> 01:12:08,807
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
TURNS ITS SIGHTS
1166
01:12:08,841 --> 01:12:13,743
TOWARDS ITS LONG-TIME ENEMY,
SADDAM HUSSEIN AND IRAQ.
1167
01:12:16,401 --> 01:12:20,577
THE INVASION DISTRACTS ATTENTION
FROM THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN.
1168
01:12:22,648 --> 01:12:24,409
Robert Grenier: THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT THE SHIFT TO IRAQ
1169
01:12:24,443 --> 01:12:29,931
TOOK A LOT OF THE ENERGY OUT OF
THE EFFORT TO CAPTURE BIN LADEN.
1170
01:12:29,966 --> 01:12:31,174
FROM THE CIA POINT OF VIEW,
1171
01:12:31,208 --> 01:12:32,969
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
OF OUR BEST PEOPLE
1172
01:12:33,003 --> 01:12:34,798
AND MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE
1173
01:12:34,833 --> 01:12:36,386
WHO WERE ENGAGED
IN THE EFFORT ANYMORE.
1174
01:12:36,421 --> 01:12:40,079
THEY WERE BEING SHIFTED TO IRAQ.
1175
01:12:40,114 --> 01:12:42,150
Zarate: THERE WAS A SENSE THAT
1176
01:12:42,185 --> 01:12:43,393
WE WEREN'T LOOKING
FOR BIN LADEN ANYMORE,
1177
01:12:43,428 --> 01:12:46,362
THAT WE HAD LOST FOCUS,
THAT WE HAD LOST INTEREST.
1178
01:12:48,812 --> 01:12:50,849
Narrator: BIN LADEN CONTINUES
TO TAUNT AMERICA
1179
01:12:50,883 --> 01:12:53,127
WITH VIDEO PRONOUNCEMENTS.
1180
01:12:54,956 --> 01:12:59,375
IN 2004, HE ACCEPTS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9/11
1181
01:12:59,409 --> 01:13:02,861
AND CONDEMNS AMERICA'S RESPONSE.
1182
01:13:10,869 --> 01:13:12,595
Hayden: FRANKLY,
IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
1183
01:13:12,629 --> 01:13:14,942
I MEAN THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY
TO ME, "SO, MIKE, WHERE ARE WE?"
1184
01:13:14,976 --> 01:13:16,426
"MR. PRESIDENT, NOTHING NEW."
1185
01:13:16,461 --> 01:13:19,843
"WELL, YOU ARE WORKING ON IT?"
"YES, SIR, WE REALLY ARE."
1186
01:13:19,878 --> 01:13:21,535
AND I KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE MEANT.
1187
01:13:21,569 --> 01:13:23,744
WHERE ARE WE ON THE HUNT
FOR BIN LADEN?
1188
01:13:23,778 --> 01:13:27,230
BUT THE TRAIL WAS COLD.
1189
01:13:27,264 --> 01:13:30,371
WHEN I SAY THE TRAIL WAS COLD,
I MEAN THE TRAIL WAS COLD.
1190
01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:33,719
Townsend: THERE WAS A CHART THAT
WAS PREPARED FOR THE PRESIDENT
1191
01:13:33,754 --> 01:13:36,515
THAT BASICALLY SHOWED
AL QAEDA'S LEADERSHIP.
1192
01:13:36,550 --> 01:13:38,759
THE PRESIDENT TOOK
TO KEEPING THAT CHART,
1193
01:13:38,793 --> 01:13:40,623
BECAUSE IT WAS A WAY
OF KEEPING TRACK
1194
01:13:40,657 --> 01:13:42,210
OF WHO WAS STILL OUTSTANDING.
1195
01:13:42,245 --> 01:13:44,558
AND HE WOULD JUST MARK OFF
AS WE WENT ALONG
1196
01:13:44,592 --> 01:13:47,008
SO THAT HE KNEW
WHO WE STILL HAD LEFT.
1197
01:13:47,043 --> 01:13:49,252
AND OF COURSE, THE NAME
THAT WAS STILL ON THERE
1198
01:13:49,286 --> 01:13:51,634
WITH NO "X" THROUGH IT
WAS BIN LADEN.
1199
01:13:56,984 --> 01:13:59,400
Narrator: IT'S AT
THE GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER
1200
01:13:59,435 --> 01:14:00,919
THAT THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
1201
01:14:00,953 --> 01:14:03,439
FINALLY MAKES
THE CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH.
1202
01:14:07,166 --> 01:14:10,238
INTERROGATIONS OF
AL QAEDA SUSPECTS SUGGEST
1203
01:14:10,273 --> 01:14:13,552
THAT A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
KNOWN AS "AL KUWAITI"
1204
01:14:13,587 --> 01:14:16,313
WHO ESCAPED FROM TORA BORA
WITH BIN LADEN
1205
01:14:16,348 --> 01:14:20,697
MAY BE WORKING AS HIS COURIER.
1206
01:14:20,732 --> 01:14:23,528
Hayden: BASED ON INFORMATION
THAT WE'D GOTTEN FROM DETAINEES,
1207
01:14:23,562 --> 01:14:25,391
FOLKS CAME IN TO ME IN 2007
1208
01:14:25,426 --> 01:14:28,567
AND SAID, "WE THINK
WE CAN GO AFTER BIN LADEN
1209
01:14:28,602 --> 01:14:30,396
BY TRACING THE COURIER NETWORK."
1210
01:14:33,365 --> 01:14:35,332
Grenier: IT HAD TO BE
A SYSTEM OF COURIERS
1211
01:14:35,367 --> 01:14:37,369
THAT WAS BEING USED IN ORDER
TO EFFECT COMMUNICATIONS
1212
01:14:37,403 --> 01:14:39,198
BETWEEN BIN LADEN,
WHEREVER HE WAS,
1213
01:14:39,233 --> 01:14:40,752
AND HIS ORGANIZATION.
1214
01:14:40,786 --> 01:14:42,547
THERE HAD TO BE
SOME SORT OF A SYSTEM
1215
01:14:42,581 --> 01:14:43,996
THAT WOULD PERMIT HIM TO GET
1216
01:14:44,031 --> 01:14:46,412
AUDIO TAPES, VIDEO TAPES,
OUT TO HIS PEOPLE,
1217
01:14:46,447 --> 01:14:50,693
AND MAYBE ENGAGE IN A LITTLE BIT
MORE DIRECT COMMUNICATION
1218
01:14:50,727 --> 01:14:53,489
WITH MEMBERS OF
HIS OWN ORGANIZATION.
1219
01:14:53,523 --> 01:14:55,525
Hayden: UNTIL WE GOT
ON THE TRAIL OF THE COURIERS,
1220
01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:59,736
ANY INSTINCT THAT WE HAD
A LEAD ON BIN LADEN,
1221
01:14:59,771 --> 01:15:03,499
IN RETROSPECT, LOOKED A LOT MORE
LIKE ELVIS SIGHTINGS
1222
01:15:03,533 --> 01:15:05,501
THAN IT DOES HARD INTELLIGENCE.
1223
01:15:07,917 --> 01:15:10,264
Narrator: BIN LADEN HAS
OUTLASTED A SUCCESSION
1224
01:15:10,298 --> 01:15:15,580
OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, DEFYING
EVERY EFFORT TO TRACK HIM DOWN.
1225
01:15:22,448 --> 01:15:24,347
IN OCTOBER 2008,
1226
01:15:24,381 --> 01:15:27,764
AS CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN FOR
THE ELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT,
1227
01:15:27,799 --> 01:15:33,218
BARACK OBAMA PUTS A SPECIAL
FOCUS ON THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN.
1228
01:15:33,252 --> 01:15:37,463
Barack Obama: IF WE HAVE
OSAMA BIN LADEN IN OUR SIGHTS,
1229
01:15:37,498 --> 01:15:39,811
THEN I THINK
THAT WE HAVE TO ACT.
1230
01:15:39,845 --> 01:15:42,779
WE WILL KILL BIN LADEN,
WE WILL CRUSH AL QAEDA.
1231
01:15:42,814 --> 01:15:46,058
THAT HAS TO BE OUR BIGGEST
NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITY.
1232
01:15:46,093 --> 01:15:48,164
Panetta: HE BASICALLY SAID,
1233
01:15:48,198 --> 01:15:51,132
"I WANT YOU TO GO
AFTER BIN LADEN,
1234
01:15:51,167 --> 01:15:55,171
BIN LADEN IS NUMBER ONE ENEMY
OF THIS COUNTRY.
1235
01:15:55,205 --> 01:15:58,346
I WANT YOU TO FIND HIM
AND TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE."
1236
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:07,183
Narrator: IN THE CROWDED
BORDER TOWNS OF PAKISTAN,
1237
01:16:07,217 --> 01:16:09,806
BIN LADEN REMAINS A HERO.
1238
01:16:15,260 --> 01:16:18,401
FOR MONTHS, INTENSIVE
ELECTRONIC INVESTIGATIONS
1239
01:16:18,435 --> 01:16:24,718
TRY TO TRACK DOWN ANY HINT
OF THE COURIER AL KUWAITI.
1240
01:16:24,752 --> 01:16:27,790
AT LAST, IN AUGUST 2010,
1241
01:16:27,824 --> 01:16:31,621
AN INTERCEPTED PHONE CALL MADE
BY KUWAITI PROVIDES THE CLUE
1242
01:16:31,656 --> 01:16:35,418
BIN LADEN'S PURSUERS
HAVE BEEN CHASING FOR YEARS.
1243
01:16:36,971 --> 01:16:41,942
"I AM WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE
I WAS WITH BEFORE," HE SAYS.
1244
01:16:41,976 --> 01:16:45,946
NOW THE TRAIL TO BIN LADEN
IS OPENING UP.
1245
01:16:45,980 --> 01:16:47,844
Panetta: THERE WAS THIS
VERY IMPORTANT LEAD
1246
01:16:47,879 --> 01:16:49,950
WITH REGARDS TO THE COURIERS,
1247
01:16:49,984 --> 01:16:53,574
AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,
IT RAISED GREAT SUSPICIONS.
1248
01:16:58,268 --> 01:17:00,063
Narrator: IN AUGUST 2010,
1249
01:17:00,098 --> 01:17:03,584
CIA AGENTS SPOT
AL KUWAITI'S CAR,
1250
01:17:03,619 --> 01:17:07,933
AND IT'S DRIVING
IN AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION.
1251
01:17:10,522 --> 01:17:12,524
RATHER THAN HEADING
FOR THE WILD TERRITORY
1252
01:17:12,558 --> 01:17:14,733
ALONG THE BORDER
WITH AFGHANISTAN
1253
01:17:14,768 --> 01:17:19,048
WHERE BIN LADEN'S PURSUERS HAVE
LONG SUSPECTED HIM TO BE HIDING,
1254
01:17:19,082 --> 01:17:24,294
AL KUWAITI HEADS FOR ABBOTTABAD,
A PROSPEROUS REGIONAL TOWN
1255
01:17:24,329 --> 01:17:28,022
AND THE BASE FOR A TOP
PAKISTANI MILITARY ACADEMY.
1256
01:17:30,093 --> 01:17:33,614
BIN LADEN'S COURIER DRIVES
TO A COMPOUND IN THE TOWN
1257
01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:38,550
WHERE A LARGE THREE-STORY HOUSE
IS PROTECTED BEHIND HIGH WALLS.
1258
01:17:40,759 --> 01:17:42,105
Panetta: MY FIRST REACTION
1259
01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:44,763
WHEN THEY DESCRIBED
THE COMPOUND IN ABBOTTABAD
1260
01:17:44,798 --> 01:17:50,251
WAS THAT WE HAD SOMETHING
VERY UNUSUAL.
1261
01:17:50,286 --> 01:17:52,115
John Brennan: LEON, AND
A FEW OTHERS, CIA BRIEFERS,
1262
01:17:52,150 --> 01:17:54,290
CAME IN AND EXPLAINED
TO THE PRESIDENT
1263
01:17:54,324 --> 01:17:57,603
THAT WE NOW, WE MAY IN FACT
HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION
1264
01:17:57,638 --> 01:17:59,157
WHERE BIN LADEN
MIGHT BE HOLED UP.
1265
01:18:02,678 --> 01:18:04,749
Narrator: CIA AGENTS
MOVE INTO HOUSES
1266
01:18:04,783 --> 01:18:07,372
OVERLOOKING
THE MYSTERIOUS COMPOUND,
1267
01:18:07,406 --> 01:18:11,341
OBSERVING HOW THE OCCUPANTS SHUN
ALL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
1268
01:18:11,376 --> 01:18:14,103
AND BURN THEIR OWN GARBAGE.
1269
01:18:17,071 --> 01:18:21,386
EVEN CRICKET BALLS HIT OVER
THE WALLS ARE KEPT AND BURNED.
1270
01:18:23,491 --> 01:18:26,632
Panetta: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT WE SAW IN THE COMPOUND
1271
01:18:26,667 --> 01:18:29,118
SEEMED TO MATCH THE NUMBER
OF FAMILY MEMBERS
1272
01:18:29,152 --> 01:18:32,984
THAT MIGHT BE WITH BIN LADEN.
1273
01:18:33,018 --> 01:18:37,057
WE HAD PROBABLY THE BEST CLUE
AS TO THE POSSIBILITY
1274
01:18:37,091 --> 01:18:42,234
THAT BIN LADEN WOULD BE THERE
SINCE TORA BORA.
1275
01:18:42,269 --> 01:18:44,340
Narrator: THE PRESIDENT IS
BRIEFED REGULARLY,
1276
01:18:44,374 --> 01:18:49,448
BUT ALL INFORMATION
IS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED.
1277
01:18:49,483 --> 01:18:50,967
Rhodes: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT KNEW
1278
01:18:51,002 --> 01:18:52,313
ABOUT THE BIN LADEN COMPOUND
1279
01:18:52,348 --> 01:18:55,731
WAS INCREDIBLY SMALL FOR
A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
1280
01:18:55,765 --> 01:18:58,285
BUT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
1281
01:18:58,319 --> 01:19:00,874
THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING
WAS NEVER LISTED,
1282
01:19:00,908 --> 01:19:03,704
THE CAMERAS THAT ARE USUALLY ON
IN THE SITUATION ROOM
1283
01:19:03,739 --> 01:19:05,016
WERE TURNED OFF.
1284
01:19:05,050 --> 01:19:07,190
AND IT KEPT VERY TIGHT,
1285
01:19:07,225 --> 01:19:09,952
I THINK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF,
YOU KNOW, A DOZEN PEOPLE
1286
01:19:09,986 --> 01:19:11,781
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
1287
01:19:19,685 --> 01:19:22,309
Narrator: AS LOCAL AGENTS
KEEP WATCH OVER THE COMPOUND
1288
01:19:22,343 --> 01:19:24,311
FOR ANY SIGN OF BIN LADEN,
1289
01:19:24,345 --> 01:19:28,039
HE IS NEVER DETECTED.
1290
01:19:28,073 --> 01:19:29,419
Rhodes: WE WERE HOPING
THAT THERE WOULD BE
1291
01:19:29,454 --> 01:19:31,905
MORE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION
THAT BIN LADEN WAS THERE,
1292
01:19:31,939 --> 01:19:33,803
AND WE NEVER REALLY
GOT THAT INFORMATION.
1293
01:19:33,838 --> 01:19:35,563
NOBODY WAS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SAY, "AH-HA,
1294
01:19:35,598 --> 01:19:37,669
WE HAVE THE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
THAT CAN GIVE US CERTAINTY
1295
01:19:37,703 --> 01:19:39,567
THAT HE'S THERE."
1296
01:19:47,990 --> 01:19:49,543
Narrator:
THE MOST WANTED MAN ON EARTH
1297
01:19:49,577 --> 01:19:51,614
REMAINS SHUT AWAY IN HIS ROOM,
1298
01:19:51,648 --> 01:19:55,618
UNAWARE THAT HIS PURSUERS ARE
TIGHTENING THE NET AROUND HIM.
1299
01:20:00,485 --> 01:20:04,006
IN WASHINGTON, THE PRESIDENT'S
ADVISORS BEGIN TO EXPLORE
1300
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:09,114
WAYS OF MOUNTING A MISSION TO
GET BIN LADEN ONCE AND FOR ALL.
1301
01:20:10,115 --> 01:20:11,530
Panetta: ONCE THE INTELLIGENCE
1302
01:20:11,565 --> 01:20:13,498
HAD REACHED A POINT
WHERE THERE WAS AT LEAST
1303
01:20:13,532 --> 01:20:17,191
A HIGHER CONFIDENCE LEVEL
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY,
1304
01:20:17,226 --> 01:20:23,128
THE NEXT QUESTION WE ASKED WAS
WHAT SHOULD WE DO OPERATIONALLY?
1305
01:20:23,163 --> 01:20:24,958
Brennan: THE PRESIDENT
WAS THE ONE WHO SAID
1306
01:20:24,992 --> 01:20:28,478
START TO PULL TOGETHER THE
OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
1307
01:20:28,513 --> 01:20:29,755
"I DON'T WANT TO WAIT,
1308
01:20:29,790 --> 01:20:31,965
BECAUSE THIS COULD BE, IN FACT,
A FLEETING TARGET."
1309
01:20:34,726 --> 01:20:37,487
Rhodes: THE CLOSER YOU GOT
TO THE OPERATION,
1310
01:20:37,522 --> 01:20:39,110
THE MORE YOU STARTED
TO CONTEMPLATE
1311
01:20:39,144 --> 01:20:41,112
ALL THE THINGS
THAT COULD GO WRONG.
1312
01:20:42,492 --> 01:20:43,562
Narrator: THE TERRIBLE MEMORY
1313
01:20:43,597 --> 01:20:45,944
OF THE BLACK HAWK DOWN DISASTER
IN SOMALIA
1314
01:20:45,979 --> 01:20:48,257
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID.
1315
01:20:51,294 --> 01:20:54,988
SO IS THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO
RESCUE U.S. HOSTAGES IN IRAN
1316
01:20:55,022 --> 01:21:01,408
IN 1980, WHICH FATALLY DAMAGED
JIMMY CARTER'S PRESIDENCY.
1317
01:21:01,442 --> 01:21:02,823
Rhodes:
LEON PANETTA SAID, "LOOK,
1318
01:21:02,858 --> 01:21:06,206
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET
THIS GUY FOR 15, 20 YEARS, OKAY.
1319
01:21:06,240 --> 01:21:08,311
WE MISSED HIM AT TORA BORA.
1320
01:21:08,346 --> 01:21:10,658
THIS IS CLEARLY THE BEST
INTELLIGENCE WE'VE HAD
1321
01:21:10,693 --> 01:21:12,419
LEADING US TO BIN LADEN
SINCE TORA BORA.
1322
01:21:12,453 --> 01:21:13,834
WE CAN'T MAKE THE MISTAKE
1323
01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:16,975
OF NOT GOING FULL TILT
AGAINST IT AGAIN."
1324
01:21:24,707 --> 01:21:27,227
Narrator: ON MARCH 14, 2011,
1325
01:21:27,261 --> 01:21:29,574
PRESIDENT OBAMA
SUMMONS HIS ADVISORS
1326
01:21:29,608 --> 01:21:32,163
TO A MEETING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
1327
01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:36,719
Rhodes: THE PRESIDENT
WENT AROUND THE TABLE
1328
01:21:36,753 --> 01:21:39,411
AND ASKED EVERY ONE OF
HIS ADVISORS FOR THEIR ADVICE
1329
01:21:39,446 --> 01:21:44,416
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
TO GO INTO ABBOTTABAD.
1330
01:21:44,451 --> 01:21:47,143
THERE WERE ESSENTIALLY
THREE OPTIONS.
1331
01:21:47,178 --> 01:21:51,941
ONE OPTION WAS TO GO FORWARD
WITH A SPECIAL FORCES RAID.
1332
01:21:51,976 --> 01:21:56,946
ANOTHER OPTION WAS TO TAKE A
MISSILE STRIKE AT THE COMPOUND.
1333
01:21:56,981 --> 01:22:00,708
THE THIRD OPTION WAS TO WAIT AND
TRY TO GATHER MORE INTELLIGENCE.
1334
01:22:04,195 --> 01:22:07,025
Panetta: THE FOCUS ULTIMATELY
FELL ON THE RAID OPTION
1335
01:22:07,060 --> 01:22:10,684
IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY
BE ABLE TO GO IN,
1336
01:22:10,718 --> 01:22:13,894
BUT TO DETERMINE WHETHER,
IN FACT, IT WAS BIN LADEN.
1337
01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:17,622
[SHOUTING, GUNFIRE]
1338
01:22:17,656 --> 01:22:20,970
Narrator: SEAL TEAM SIX
GOES INTO INTENSIVE TRAINING
1339
01:22:21,005 --> 01:22:22,351
SIMULATING AN ATTACK
1340
01:22:22,385 --> 01:22:25,699
ON A REPLICA OF
THE ABBOTTABAD COMPOUND.
1341
01:22:28,115 --> 01:22:32,257
THE SEALS STILL DON'T KNOW
THEIR TARGET.
1342
01:22:32,292 --> 01:22:37,193
BUT THEIR COMMANDERS HAVE CHOSEN
HIS CODE NAME--GERONIMO.
1343
01:22:43,717 --> 01:22:46,133
Brennan: THE WEEK LEADING UP
TO THE ACTUAL OPERATION,
1344
01:22:46,168 --> 01:22:50,448
EVERY DAY WE HAD MEETINGS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM,
1345
01:22:50,482 --> 01:22:53,451
WE HAD MEETINGS
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
1346
01:22:53,485 --> 01:22:55,211
IT WAS ALMOST A NONSTOP EFFORT
1347
01:22:55,246 --> 01:22:57,973
FROM THE MORNING
TO LATE AT NIGHT.
1348
01:22:58,007 --> 01:23:00,354
Narrator: FINALLY,
PRESIDENT OBAMA MUST MAKE
1349
01:23:00,389 --> 01:23:03,461
A MOMENTOUS AND POLITICALLY
CRITICAL DECISION--
1350
01:23:03,495 --> 01:23:05,981
GO OR NOT GO.
1351
01:23:08,259 --> 01:23:09,846
Rhodes: THE PRESIDENT SAID
HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK
1352
01:23:09,881 --> 01:23:12,332
AND THINK ABOUT IT OVERNIGHT.
1353
01:23:12,366 --> 01:23:17,889
HE TOOK THIS ALL ON HIMSELF
THAT NIGHT.
1354
01:23:17,923 --> 01:23:21,375
HE CAME DOWN THE NEXT MORNING
AND SAID JUST, "IT'S A GO."
1355
01:23:22,652 --> 01:23:24,240
Woman: PLEASE WELCOME
THE PRESIDENT
1356
01:23:24,275 --> 01:23:26,484
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
1357
01:23:26,518 --> 01:23:28,762
BARACK OBAMA.
1358
01:23:28,796 --> 01:23:30,074
Narrator:
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RAID
1359
01:23:30,108 --> 01:23:32,283
IS THE ANNUAL WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER
1360
01:23:32,317 --> 01:23:33,870
IN WASHINGTON.
1361
01:23:36,632 --> 01:23:39,531
THE PRESIDENT'S BIN LADEN TEAM
HAS TO ATTEND
1362
01:23:39,566 --> 01:23:42,569
TO AVOID AROUSING
AWKWARD QUESTIONS.
1363
01:23:44,502 --> 01:23:47,436
Rhodes:
IF SUDDENLY THE SENIORMOST
NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS
1364
01:23:47,470 --> 01:23:49,783
IN THE GOVERNMENT
ALL CANCELED IN UNISON
1365
01:23:49,817 --> 01:23:52,268
ON THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE TAKING THEM TO THIS DINNER
1366
01:23:52,303 --> 01:23:54,857
WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL JOURNALISTS IN TOWN,
1367
01:23:54,891 --> 01:23:56,376
THAT WOULD RAISE SUSPICIONS,
1368
01:23:56,410 --> 01:23:58,654
AND THAT WOULD SEND PEOPLE
CHASING INFORMATION.
1369
01:24:01,795 --> 01:24:03,003
Panetta: THE DECISION WAS
1370
01:24:03,038 --> 01:24:06,075
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD
AND PLAY IT STRAIGHT.
1371
01:24:09,285 --> 01:24:10,976
Rhodes: IT WAS VERY STRANGE
TO GO TO THAT DINNER
1372
01:24:11,011 --> 01:24:13,358
AND TO LOOK AT THE OTHER PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM,
1373
01:24:13,393 --> 01:24:14,670
NONE OF WHOM KNEW
1374
01:24:14,704 --> 01:24:16,948
THIS MOMENTOUS THING WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY,
1375
01:24:16,982 --> 01:24:21,435
AND TO OCCASIONALLY SEE
SOMEBODY WHO DID KNOW,
1376
01:24:21,470 --> 01:24:23,851
YOU KIND OF MAKE EYE CONTACT,
1377
01:24:23,886 --> 01:24:26,475
AND SUDDENLY IT HIT YOU
LIKE A TON OF BRICKS
1378
01:24:26,509 --> 01:24:27,786
THAT TOMORROW IS, YOU KNOW,
1379
01:24:27,821 --> 01:24:29,961
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
1380
01:24:29,995 --> 01:24:34,138
MEANWHILE, YOU'RE AT THIS
KIND OF ABSURD WASHINGTON PARTY.
1381
01:24:34,172 --> 01:24:36,761
Seth Meyers:
PEOPLE THINK BIN LADEN
IS HIDING IN THE HINDU KUSH,
1382
01:24:36,795 --> 01:24:38,832
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY DAY
FROM 4 TO 5
1383
01:24:38,866 --> 01:24:40,799
HE HOSTS A SHOW ON C-SPAN?
1384
01:24:40,834 --> 01:24:44,562
[LAUGHTER]
1385
01:24:44,596 --> 01:24:46,219
Panetta: BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU,
1386
01:24:46,253 --> 01:24:49,153
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY MADE A JOKE
ABOUT BIN LADEN,
1387
01:24:49,187 --> 01:24:50,671
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK,
1388
01:24:50,706 --> 01:24:54,744
"IF ONLY THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
KNOW WHAT THE HELL I KNOW."
1389
01:24:54,779 --> 01:24:55,814
[LAUGHS]
1390
01:25:06,031 --> 01:25:09,380
Rhodes: WE CAME IN
SUNDAY MORNING,
1391
01:25:09,414 --> 01:25:13,901
WE HAD TO CANCEL ALL THE TOURS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
1392
01:25:13,936 --> 01:25:16,352
WE ORDERED FOOD FOR THE DAY,
1393
01:25:16,387 --> 01:25:21,633
PREPARED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
IN THE SITUATION ROOM.
1394
01:25:21,668 --> 01:25:23,911
Brennan: AND THEN
THE PRESIDENT JOINED US,
1395
01:25:23,946 --> 01:25:27,225
AND IT WAS A PERIOD
OF SUCH INTENSITY.
1396
01:25:27,260 --> 01:25:30,021
MANY PARTS OF THAT LAST DAY
ARE ETCHED ON MY MIND
1397
01:25:30,055 --> 01:25:32,092
AND WILL BE FOREVER.
1398
01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:34,163
Rhodes: WE WAITED,
AND IT WAS VERY TENSE,
1399
01:25:34,198 --> 01:25:37,235
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE
DOING SOMETHING,
1400
01:25:37,270 --> 01:25:38,443
BUT WE REALLY REALIZED
1401
01:25:38,478 --> 01:25:41,895
THAT IT WAS OUT OF OUR HANDS
AT THAT POINT.
1402
01:25:41,929 --> 01:25:43,448
Narrator:
AS THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM WAITS
1403
01:25:43,483 --> 01:25:46,002
ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING
IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
1404
01:25:46,037 --> 01:25:49,178
IT'S EVENING IN ABBOTTABAD.
1405
01:25:49,213 --> 01:25:51,491
Panetta: SINCE IT WAS
A COVERT OPERATION,
1406
01:25:51,525 --> 01:25:55,011
I WAS DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON
TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION,
1407
01:25:55,046 --> 01:25:59,361
SO WE BASICALLY SET UP
AN OPERATIONS CENTER AT THE CIA,
1408
01:25:59,395 --> 01:26:04,159
AND WE MAINTAINED CONTACT
WITH ADMIRAL McCRAVEN,
1409
01:26:04,193 --> 01:26:08,266
WHO WAS IN AFGHANISTAN
OVERSEEING THE OPERATIONS.
1410
01:26:08,301 --> 01:26:10,510
AND WE WERE GETTING
REGULAR REPORTS,
1411
01:26:10,544 --> 01:26:13,098
AND WE WERE FEEDING THOSE
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
1412
01:26:25,732 --> 01:26:29,598
IT WAS RISKY, BECAUSE
IT DID INVOLVE AN OPERATION
1413
01:26:29,632 --> 01:26:32,842
THAT HAD TO GO A LONG WAY
INTO PAKISTAN.
1414
01:26:32,877 --> 01:26:35,776
WE CLEARLY HAD TO TRACK IT
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
1415
01:26:46,062 --> 01:26:49,031
Rhodes: WHEN THE HELICOPTERS
REACHED ABBOTTABAD,
1416
01:26:49,065 --> 01:26:50,481
THE FIRST THING WE HEARD
1417
01:26:50,515 --> 01:26:52,207
WAS THAT THEY HAD
A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM
1418
01:26:52,241 --> 01:26:54,105
WITH ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS,
1419
01:26:54,139 --> 01:26:56,107
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY GOING DOWN.
1420
01:27:03,528 --> 01:27:05,910
THE THING THAT WE ALL DREADED,
1421
01:27:05,944 --> 01:27:08,740
SOME KIND OF HELICOPTER
INCIDENT, WAS HAPPENING.
1422
01:27:08,775 --> 01:27:11,640
THAT WAS THE FIRST PIECE
OF INFORMATION WE HAD.
1423
01:27:11,674 --> 01:27:15,678
Panetta: YOU SEE SOMETHING
THAT INVOLVES SOME OF THE FEARS
1424
01:27:15,713 --> 01:27:18,543
ABOUT WHAT COULD
POSSIBLY GO WRONG--
1425
01:27:18,578 --> 01:27:21,443
SUDDENLY, ALL OF THOSE FEARS
ARE COMING TRUE.
1426
01:27:21,477 --> 01:27:22,858
Rhodes: SUDDENLY WE'RE THINKING
1427
01:27:22,892 --> 01:27:25,619
THAT THIS OPERATION
IS GOING SIDEWAYS,
1428
01:27:25,654 --> 01:27:27,966
THERE'S GOING TO BE
POTENTIAL U.S. CASUALTIES.
1429
01:27:28,001 --> 01:27:32,005
THERE WAS A REAL SENSE
OF DEEP ANXIETY IN THE ROOM.
1430
01:27:32,039 --> 01:27:33,696
IT WAS TOTALLY SILENT,
1431
01:27:33,731 --> 01:27:36,906
PEOPLE JUST HANGING ON EVERY
WORD FROM BILL McCRAVEN
1432
01:27:36,941 --> 01:27:39,737
OR LEON PANETTA.
1433
01:27:39,771 --> 01:27:44,569
Panetta: WHEN ADMIRAL McCRAVEN
INDICATED A KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
1434
01:27:44,604 --> 01:27:47,676
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM, THESE
GUYS ARE GOING TO DO THE JOB,
1435
01:27:47,710 --> 01:27:50,989
IT GAVE ME A SENSE
OF CONFIDENCE.
1436
01:27:51,024 --> 01:27:53,578
Rhodes: WE WERE VERY RELIEVED
WHEN IT WAS REPORTED
1437
01:27:53,613 --> 01:27:57,548
THAT EVERYONE WAS OFF SAFELY,
THE OPERATION IS GOING FORWARD.
1438
01:28:03,312 --> 01:28:05,349
Panetta: THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD
1439
01:28:05,383 --> 01:28:08,110
AFTER THEY'D GONE
INTO THE COMPOUND.
1440
01:28:12,183 --> 01:28:15,669
WE HAD HEARD THAT
SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED.
1441
01:28:15,704 --> 01:28:18,465
WE REALLY WEREN'T QUITE SURE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
1442
01:28:32,893 --> 01:28:36,621
IT WAS A GOOD 15 OR 20 MINUTES
OF SILENCE
1443
01:28:36,656 --> 01:28:40,453
IN THE SENSE OF WHAT EXACTLY
WAS GOING ON IN THERE.
1444
01:28:46,113 --> 01:28:51,429
THOSE WERE VERY LONG
AND TORTUROUS MOMENTS...
1445
01:28:51,464 --> 01:28:53,673
WAITING FOR THE WORD.
1446
01:29:01,991 --> 01:29:05,443
AND THE CODE WORD GERONIMO
CAME ACROSS.
1447
01:29:05,478 --> 01:29:08,929
Rhodes:
I REMEMBER THAT BEING A MOMENT
OF EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF,
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BECAUSE WE NEVER KNEW
THAT THIS FIGURE
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THAT WE HAD TRACED TO THIS
COMPOUND WAS BIN LADEN.
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Panetta: ALL OF THE MONTHS
OF GATHERING INTELLIGENCE,
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ALL OF THE OPERATIONS,
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ALL OF THE QUESTIONS
SUDDENLY WERE ANSWERED
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IN THAT MOMENT
WHEN WE HEARD GERONIMO.
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Rhodes: THERE WAS KIND OF
AN AUDIBLE EXHALING
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OF EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
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AND THEN THE PRESIDENT JUST
SAID, "WE GOT HIM, WE GOT HIM."
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[CHEERING]
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Obama: THE UNITED STATES
HAS CONDUCTED AN OPERATION
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THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN.
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JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE.
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Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 25, 2012,
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PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES BEGAN
DEMOLISHING BIN LADEN'S HOUSE.
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Panetta: WHAT WAS A SURPRISE
WAS THAT
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IT FRANKLY TOOK AS LONG AS
IT DID TO FINALLY GET BIN LADEN.
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YOU WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT
WE COULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER.
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Clarke: MY REACTION WAS,
YOU KNOW, IF I ORDERED A PIZZA
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01:30:26,731 --> 01:30:29,147
AND IT CAME 10 YEARS
AFTER I ORDERED IT,
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I WOULDN'T BE TOO DELIGHTED.
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Schroen: IT REALLY DID
BRING HOME THE MESSAGE
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THAT WE WILL COME AND GET YOU.
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01:30:41,712 --> 01:30:43,955
Rossini: YOU DON'T SLEEP BETTER
BECAUSE HE'S GONE.
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01:30:43,990 --> 01:30:47,649
WHAT YOU WORRY ABOUT
IS WHO TAKES HIS PLACE.
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01:30:49,582 --> 01:30:52,757
Rumsfeld: THE FACT THAT
HE'S DEAD, I THINK, IS FINE.
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THE WORLD'S A BETTER PLACE
WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN NOT HERE.
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