saw, into becoming an asset for the west. next thing we know, in pakistan helping with bomb strikes. his initial reports are accurate? he s talking, as you say, about damage done by the drones. then he sends a piece of video that shows him in the company of a top al qaeda. somebody we ve been looking for for a long time, and then the motherload of information. he claims he s now rendered medical services to ayman al zawahiri. correct? how clever he was, weaving in between two worlds, the cia and al qaeda and convincing everyone he s on their side. but ultimately, as we discover later, he s actually on al qaeda s side in this elaborate plot, an incredible lure was set up by al qaeda using theirqaeda their own video equipment, their own knowledge of how it works, to create something so attractive that the cia couldn t say no to.
a plain doctor working in a refugee clinic two eye years ag. a blogger for jihadists, take up arms against the west and do dangerous things. in a very short period ended up being discovered, arrested, interrogated and flipped, we saw, into becoming an asset for the west. next thing we know, in pakistan helping with bomb strikes. his initial reports are accurate? he s talking, as you say, about damage done by the drones. then he sends a piece of video that shows him in the company of a top al qaeda. somebody we ve been looking for for a long time, and then the motherload of information. he claims he s now rendered medical services to ayman al zawahiri. correct? how clever he was, weaving in between two worlds, the cia and al qaeda and convincing everyone he s on their side. but ultimately, as we discover
dissension in al-qaeda as to whether in fact he will be the leader who takes over. because they have found, and he they didn t reveal their means, but says he s known within the organization, zawahiri, as being ultra controlling, as well as not very charismatic. so there s an open question about who will take over after bin laden and you notice in the statement that was released yesterday by al-qaeda, that there was no mention of who the successor would be and so, there was some interesting details revealed about what al-qaeda thinks about zawahiri and it s not clear whether they gleaned that from the materials that they gathered at the compound. but safe to say that there was an absolute, as i ve been describing it, as a motherload of intelligence that came from that compound. jamie: one last question i have, jen, whether or not you gleaned any sense that intelligence officials have come to a decision about how much pakistan knew about bin
in addition to the computers, they found five cell phones. bin laden never using them but the people around him using those devices. so what can we learn from their use? reporter: well, what you can learn is specific phone numbers that were dialed or calls that were received from specific phone numbers. abe if they re the right kind of phones as we have learned just recently they would also be able to track the gps locations of where that phone had been taken at any given time. these two while it seems like a simple cell phone can yield i hate to say it again a motherload of intelligence. jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. reporter: okay. once the analysis of the material that the s.e.a.l.s took from the bin laden compound is complete, attorney general eric holder says new names probably going to be added to the terror watch list, some already. should we expect any major surprises? covert field operations officer
taken out of the house and it takes on a decidedly creepier tone. it does. but is there anything you can see as being an upshot from this? the one thing that we ve learned as there are four children between the two of us is guaranteed win in your household is predictability and stability. take, for instance, your evening routine. you ve got books, beddi, bath, u pull one out you ve got an irritable kid who s grumpy and tired. take the magnitude of what this family is going through and it s elevated. you know, in reading lisa belkins motherload, she highlights this isn t the only family going through this. you have to think that b this, kids have fears, anxiety, they have real concerns about being in this household. so do you keep that stability going, or do you remove them from a potentially toxic parent? not i don t. it depends on how you re going to interpret that one. here s something i read about. a new study that says that