McRaven: Obama acted with ‘remarkable’ courage

bergen mcraven bin laden obama courage origwx js_00015027.jpg

McRaven: Obama acted with 'remarkable' courage

Retired Admiral William "Bill" McRaven, the architect of the bin Laden raid, says President Obama and his national security team acted without thought of the political consequences.

02:48 - Source: CNN

Osama bin Laden 26 videos

bergen mcraven bin laden obama courage origwx js_00015027.jpg

McRaven: Obama acted with 'remarkable' courage

02:48

Now playing

- Source: CNN

never before seen White House footage from before and after Osama bin Laden raid origwx allee_00011023.jpg

New White House video from the time of the bin Laden raid

01:46

Now playing

- Source: CNN

live tweet bin laden raid rewind orig nws_00003624.jpg

The man who inadvertently live-tweeted Bin Laden raid

01:54

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bergen mcraven bin laden timeline origwx js_00002224.jpg

The architect of the bin Laden raid gives play-by-play

03:59

Now playing

- Source: CNN

president obama lessons from bin laden raid origwx bw_00002425.jpg

The lessons that Obama learned from the bin Laden raid

03:22

Now playing

- Source: CNN

president barack obama osama bin laden 5 years dead sot ac_00000000.jpg

President Obama on the order to kill Osama Bin Laden

00:50

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bergen mcraven bin laden obama courage origwx js_00015027.jpg

McRaven: Obama acted with 'remarkable' courage

02:44

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bin laden docs graphic

Secret documents provide portrait of Osama bin Laden

02:42

Now playing

- Source: CNN

394735 05: (FILE PHOTO) Suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden is seen in this undated photo taken from a television image. (Photo by Getty Images)

Osama bin Laden letters released

01:16

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bergen mcraven bin laden last sight origwx js_00001511.jpg

The last thing Bin Laden saw was an American

03:24

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Explain it to me: Inside the Osama raid

02:10

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Ex-SEAL: I killed bin Laden, I'm scared of ...

02:55

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bergen mcraven bin laden body identification origwx js_00022122.jpg

How McRaven unconventionally ID'd bin Laden's remains

01:28

Now playing

- Source: CNN

AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 8: Undated file picture of Saudi dissident Ossama Bin Ladin in an undisclosed place inside Afghanistan. Ossama Bin Ladin speaks while siting in front of a bannar inscribed basic Islamic tenet in Afghanistan. The billionaire Bin Ladin, member of a family of wealthy Saudi construction tycoon, is blamed for two bomb blasts in his home country in 1995-96 that killed 24 US servicemen. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Axelrod: Bin Laden report 'just plain wrong'

04:15

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Saudi dissident and suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is seen in this undated file photo taken somewhere in Afghanistan.

The life of Osama bin Laden

04:00

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Robert O'Neill, Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill said in an interview with The Washington Post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011, is seen in an image taken from his Twitter account.

Ex-SEAL: Treated bin Laden 'as a threat'

03:57

Now playing

- Source: CNN

bergen mcraven bin laden training helicopter origwx js_00002111.jpg

How Spec Ops forces trained for the bin Laden raid

05:22

Now playing

- Source: CNN

A crashed military helicopter is seen near the hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after a ground operation by US Special Forces in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. Pakistan said that the killing of Osama bin Laden in a US operation was a 'major setback' for terrorist organisations and a 'major victory' in the country's fight against militancy. AFP PHOTO/str (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Hersh on bin Laden raid: White House account is bogus

02:45

Now playing

- Source: CNN

tsr dnt brown osama bin laden images_00002019.jpg

Never-before seen pictures of Osama bin Laden

02:01

Now playing

- Source: CNN

UNDISCLOSED, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 1: Recent TV grab of Saudi Arabian dissident Osama Bin Laden aired 11 May as he answers to a journalist's questions in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, late March and begining of April. Laden is a billionaire wanted by the United States and Saudi Arabia on charges of financing international terrorism.--COURTESY CNN 'S NEWS MAGAZINE IMPACT-- (Photo credit should read CNN/AFP/Getty Images)

Osama bin Laden secrets revealed in new documents

02:14

Now playing

- Source: CNN

UNDISCLOSED, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 1: Recent TV grab of Saudi Arabian dissident Osama Bin Laden aired 11 May as he answers to a journalist's questions in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, late March and begining of April. Laden is a billionaire wanted by the United States and Saudi Arabia on charges of financing international terrorism.--COURTESY CNN 'S NEWS MAGAZINE IMPACT-- (Photo credit should read CNN/AFP/Getty Images)

Osama bin Laden's son urges attacks on the west

02:31

Now playing

- Source: CNN

orig peter bergen middle class jihadist_00003329.jpg

Terror's middle-class jihadists

02:14

Now playing

- Source: CNN

tsr dnt johns osama bin laden new information_00001028.jpg

What do captured al Qaeda documents reveal?

03:06

Now playing

- Source: CNN

AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 8: Undated file picture of Saudi dissident Ossama Bin Ladin in an undisclosed place inside Afghanistan. Ossama Bin Ladin speaks while siting in front of a bannar inscribed basic Islamic tenet in Afghanistan. The billionaire Bin Ladin, member of a family of wealthy Saudi construction tycoon, is blamed for two bomb blasts in his home country in 1995-96 that killed 24 US servicemen. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Did torture help find bin Laden?

04:51

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law captured

02:16

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Saudi dissident and suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is seen in this undated file photo taken somewhere in Afghanistan.

New details on bin Laden burial at sea

02:19

Now playing

- Source: CNN