dana, it was a peaceful handover. if any wrong move, it could have turned violent very, very quickly. with only an hour s notice, the exact location, what do you make of that? you oversaw a lot of hostage negotiations when you were in baghdad. well, the reality is, yeah, one-hour time frame, you have to understand they ve been doing this for a long time and best in the business and able to react. this is sop, standard operating procedures. everything at that level of expertise and that unit that did the recovery, standard operating procedure for them. they re hesitant going up and saw him patting down at the scene. got off the target. called getting off the x and then see they re ready to respond. kept the eyes prepared for anything. and then taliban narrator said 18 fighters. saw them on the high ground with the rpgs. they wanted to get out quickly.
that team feels he is not ready for that yet and not told when that might happen and fly back to the united states. barbara starr, thanks. former cia officer bob bauer and david rode and was held and dana shea, vice president of security consultants. former navy s.e.a.l. and coordinator with the embassy baghdad during the war. bob, it s interesting that the team that went in to get him only knew about an hour before where the actual location was. does that surprise you? extraordinarily bravery. they like weeks to set up for a mission like this. you know? put surveillance, drones over it. even human surveillance. for them to go in, i can t tell you what an act of courage it was on the part of special forces. handful of guys, no weapons visible. just i mean, they could have had explosive devices. a vest, walked up to him, taken out the hospital.