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Outrage in Washington over sentencing of Bin Laden doctor
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Senate panel votes to cut aid to Pakistan
- Duration 2:54
- Date May 25, 2012
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Was your reaction out of the senate slashing aid in Pakistan a punishment for the sentencing of a Pakistani Doctor Who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden.
Senator Carl Levin says the anger over this is widespread on the.
The fact that there's so many places on the hill that are reacting this way shows that coordination.
I wish frankly it did.
Have more coordination but it shows -- a -- and outrage he common response.
In just about every place you can look.
So from Capitol Hill to the White House top administration officials joining that level of outrage and Peter -- -- on the north on this white house on this Peter good morning.
Good morning bill -- and we still haven't found anybody to Pakistan is still haven't found anybody who helped hide Osama bin Laden but the pakistanis have found.
This Doctor Who helped us bring bin Laden to justice and secretary of state Hillary Clinton is strongly condemning.
His 33 year prison sentence.
We regret but the fact that he was convicted and the severity of his sentence.
His help after all was instrumental.
In taking down one of the world's most notorious.
Murderers.
And the White House this Press Secretary Jay Carney said this doctor wasn't working against Pakistan he was working against al-Qaeda and that -- there's a senate committee up the street capital up on Capitol Hill yesterday who voted to withhold 33 million dollars in aid.
From Pakistan that's.
One million dollars for every year of his sentence and they're gonna withhold that bill and tell he is free.
I'm not sure this next part matters or not but -- allegations the US Al that the doctor.
And now out -- -- goes right through.
Too soon to tell but the chairman of the house homeland security committee Peter King thinks that he was touted by some people and our government -- some loose -- he's basically saying that he thinks someone in the -- in the administration.
Did the pakistanis just enough Intel to figure out who was helping us out.
In the immediate days after.
The killing of bin Laden.
You had sources the government talking about.
DNA samples are we wanted to come here DNA.
Then soon after that the pakistanis to unlock your various health officials.
A -- story in the British papers and also the McClatchy news how the officials and our government -- off the record confirming that there was a doctor.
And a senior administration official tells us that there were some efforts made.
To try to help the doctor out before he was captured.
Before his arrest but it's not clear why we were not able to get him out of the country before it was too late but congressman king says that he thinks this is definitely gonna hurt us.
When it comes to recruiting foreign assets in the future whether elderly or not 33 years jail.
If you shake your head introduce him on -- thank you.
