operating in pakistan to the white house? >> it's a very high tech c.i.s. operation. what we understand is they were wearing helmet-mounted camera that was allowing the live feed to go back in. to give you a sense of how on top of this president obama was, the man sitting to the right of him was the number three man brigadier general brad webb. to give you an idea of how hands on this was for president obama, godspeed. very much was involved with micro managing this operation. >> how much did the exercise against is somali pirates build the president's confidence saying yes, this team can do this? >> this was the first time we know of that president obama authorized a hit of this nature. i'm told by people in the special ops committee that it made president obama impressed with the ability of these s.e.a.l.s to execute this mission. if you want somebody taken down swiftly you send in s. aechlt. l. team six. they're there to kill the bad guys.