and sometimes he would have unusual guests on, you and he wanted to have real discussions. because he wouldn t talk to people outside of the show and if he wanted the information he would book you. but it wasn t all about setting up for a joke he would have real discussions. yes. and that was an evolution for him. because when he started out, he was not a good interviewer, but as the time went on he had guests that would fulfill a need in him. i don t know about this topic and so i m going to have this guy on. and when he started, there weren t viral moments and you would talk about something the next day. he had word of mouth and that was potent because the college crowd would follow that guy. and i would stay up sand have bagged under my eyes. bill carter thank you. and someone you knows get
interesting about him if something did happen to him and it often did, he had a stalker, he had a sex scandal, had had he had his heart problem and he would talk about it on the air, and he would sit at the desk and he wouldn t give an interview, but he would just let it all hang out. and in the age of instagram and tweeting. oh, no no. and i liked that. and i found fascinating and a lot of the shows you do preinterviewed and jay leno stuck with the preinterview and letterman, we were supposed to talk about iraq and he talked about clean coal. because he had those interested. he wasn t limited by i m in joe business and i m interested in cars or whatever. he was interested in all kinds of things.
sent people to great britain, europe and to russia to carry out attacks specifically to try to hit american targets if possible. that numerous attacks failed. they did not materialize. when he responded to the letters to others he said it was bad luck and god wasn t on our side. beyond that though he felt a great disdain for american targets out there. he said don t attack the security forces or police forces where you are. attack the american targets. he wanted to stay focused in that direction. but he had a great deal of respect for at least fear of american power out there. at one point, one document says these pig invaders and loyal dogs are too scared to fight us face-to-face. the main reason they continue to kill us is we don t have the knowledge and resources to counter their technology. by that the ability to trace e-mail which he was afraid could
caliphate. he advised terrorists in yemen and africa. not to waste time on an islamic state, but instead, he was obsessed with attacking the united states and its interests. tom foreman takes a look. reporter: christine, this really is a remarkable collection of documents. you get a full picture of the man who has been mythical here as an enemy of the united states. we do know from the documents that he actually sent people to great britain and europe and russia to carry out attacks specifically to try to hit american targets if possible. and numerous attacks failed. they did to the materialize. when he responded to the letters to others he said it was bad luck and god wasn t on our side. beyond that though he felt a great disdain for american targets out there. he pushes people to say, look don t attack the security forces or police forces where you are.
documents. we do know from the documents that he actually sent people to great britain and russia to carry out attacks to hit american targets if possible. numerous attacks failed. when he responded to the letters to others he said it was bad luck and god wasn t on our side. beyond that though he felt a great disdain for american targets. throughout the letters, he pushes people to say don t attack the police and security forces where you are. attack the american targets. he wanted to stay focussed in that direction. he had a great deal of respect for, at least fear of american power out there. at one point, one of his documents says these invaders and their loyal dogs are too scared to fight us face-to-face. the main reason they continue to kill us is because we don t have