something that he and his associates were considering amongst themselves. so if we knew something about it, we would have done something about it long ago. it is very clear that osama bin laden was found in pakistan. we are very pleased with the fact that he s no longer there. we would have liked it better if the americans had work on eliminating him with our cooperation, but at the same time, we think that the outcome is positive and we need to work together to eliminate the remnants of osama bin laden s gang. so just to be clear, you re in agreement with u.s. officials who say it never got to the point, the level, where it reached anyone in the pakistani goft, a potential deal. is that correct? with all due respect, i don t need to be in agreement with anything because there is nothing here. the u.s. government has not communicated this information to us. some official is telling your reporter that they have found on his computer some plan of contact being the pakistan government
plan or any attempted contacts because no contacts were made. secretary clinton is delivering a blunt message to the pakistani goft. she is essentially saying that we need to cooperate better, united states an pakistan, in terms of taking on terrorists. or the united states would be willing to withdraw pakistani aid. is there any sense from your government that this is kind of a quid pro quo that has been set up that s almost threatening in a way? i don t think the secretary clinton said any of that. i think secretary clinton s message was that she has certain expectations of pakistan, just as pakistan has certain expectations of the united states. pakistan has paid a huge price in fighting terrorists. 30,000 people have been killed in pakistan as a result of terrorist actions. many of our soldiers have died. only two, three, four days ago there was an attack on a pakistani naval base where many of our people were killed. so quite clearly we are as much victims of terrorism as we a
malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for friday, may 27th. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on the line, unless they do more to rout out terrorists. today we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and to drive them from pakistan and the region. we will do our part. and we look to the government of pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. a cia forensics team will also be heading to pakistan. pakistan will let cia experts scrub osama bin laden s compound for evidence. now, the team will use sophisticated technology to look for anything hidden in the walls or the ceilings or items that are buried on the grounds. the patriot act gets a four-year extension. this was just minutes before that law was set to expire.