had he left we nevertheless had been able to kill him? it s one of those currentfactual that s michael you know, throughout the ten months from august of 2010 to may 2011 there was never any certainty that bin laden was there. i know, over time some of the doubters may have changed their miebds, but it was also a circumstantial case. so if he had left five months before you know there was no 100% certain that hety that he was there. always a circumstantial case. people that knew him best were convinced he was there. but people who lived through the weapons of mass destruction fiasco in iraq were pretty exceptskeptical or had some reasons to doubt this circumstantial case. thank you peter. we appreciate you being here. thank you. one of the things revealed in the classified documents is his choice of reading material. he had a massive digital collection of english language books. my next guest is an author of