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Inside the CIA’s Efforts to Find Bin Laden

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    Former CIA Operative Jose Rodriguez on the hunt for Usama Bin Laden.

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You know -- leading -- to -- the all.

Murder of murder suspect whatever although some -- the killing of Osama bin Laden.

What led -- to -- out.

As you know it was a ten year effort.

We started to look out for gonna -- a lot of people don't know yes well it was a -- -- effort we started looking for bin Laden the day after 9/11 aren't.

August singer -- but it didn't know that it was a constant -- and effort and -- an intelligence gathering and solves a short walk into that it -- Yes.

Interestingly because.

If you had asked me in 2002.

How long it would take to get the Latin I would take you eighteen months two years perhaps.

Because I figured eventually.

We would find him.

But he took himself out of the day to day running of -- kinda.

And -- he said he wouldn't come to symbolic figure.

So he.

Gave up his day to day duties and moved to a compound in Pakistan.

And communicated with -- al-Qaeda central -- career.

And the carrier would -- by every two or three months to deliver messages from him.

To the principles of the organization.

So until we found the -- we would not be able to find bin Laden and finding the career.

Took a long time because -- one person.

And it's we started to get some information.

In 2004.

But the carrier we got this -- name.

Of the -- -- -- -- announced.

And -- -- -- -- got that from interrogating.

At one of our black sites a facilitator.

That we had captured to -- -- a black sag is the location where we would take these terrorists to.

To interrogate him and it was.

It was a secure location well.

It was secure and -- correct.

And we hit in plain sight in different parts of the world.

So that we could have total axes unrestricted axes that we controlled to the detainee -- -- of those.

At a run rate of sort of Warner's -- operations.

Working -- measures are aggressive.

CIA action to -- -- American lives essentially.

Setting a record stated it's just a -- a record.

And has stolen a bunch of Ireland misinformation -- -- -- -- agency in Euro and everybody whereas supply is that it turned up and just.

Don't we always stocked you was in Pakistan so not surprised.

On -- Mourners were your surprised that -- This inaugural ceremonies in -- -- -- -- sort of a growing.

Stormont compounds -- market from Asia operation America is -- Well I think you know we got the best special forces in the world and I'm sure that the do this into it very well so I think that once.

You know the hardest part is to find.

In my view I think that once you have the target our special operators can planet and with the precision and their firepower and their skills you know I don't think there's -- in better in the world.

So what impact on the whole.

Global terror.

All operation is killing him and he was a symbolic figure.

As I said before he was not running operations they did a -- he was sending pronouncements I would like to talk.

To attack America I would like to.

You know who do this and the other but.

He had no direct impact on the date to -- planning of operations but he was still a symbolic figure and it was important to kill them.

-- what a billion diseases CIA.

Have to sign off on -- barker yes well -- -- they have to review it in Duluth.

Manuscript is turned over to them and they -- -- the publication review board.

-- Take some stuff out and we you know we.

Discuss with them some things and take some things out didn't agree and -- so yes it's.

Process amend our -- and all -- -- bottom but just the bottom line simplex public -- to.

-- assault a record and have an Akron.

I think that's precisely the reason why we wrote the book it's for the record -- for the historical record because at some point -- we need to understand really what the value.

I mean the -- could always decide what he wants to do term.

But you know we have to have a an accurate record of the value of what we -- ought to -- recover from.

Couple and they reserve -- and on others.

Of the present from -- strict redemption.

Yes there excessive celebration in my view now.

Collect them to spiking the ball was excessive celebration -- like bush land them all America occur over the and there be from the venerable former -- exactly what you're gonna and are now.

Your retirement long yes some retired guy have worked a little bit in the private sector and I've been over the last few months just dedicated myself to the book and -- will continue doing that for.

A few more weeks -- and take a vacation and then.

The something else from Cairo about some valuable -- now.

Congratulations.

-- in such a menace dollars -- -- programs you -- -- held by around about -- and and so thank you so much prices maybe.

Following fractures service our country thank you so much Jose Rodriguez hard measures -- sound to lay out.

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