time. >> why had it been cold, general? you had these huge bounties out on his head, and one of the things that people used to always say to me in the region was, gosh, this guy must inspire fanatical devotion and loyalty. the americans are willing to pay $25 million and nobody turns up to claim the reward. >> yeah. well, a couple of thoughts on that. clearly he was concerned with his own operational security. those people who knew where he was was a very small group of folks. 25 million translates very well into an american or european context. frankly, fareed, we learned those numbers don't have the same meaning in the tribal region of pakistan. most importantly he went off the grid. by that i mean the telecommunications and electronic grid, which is a very powerful tool for us for such a long period of time. it was that absence from electronic communicatis that convinced us we know he's