CNN: Yemen Raid Achieved Intelligence Objectives

BLITZER The Attorney General ░░░░░░░░ Sessions late this afternoon ░░░░░░░░ himself from any role ░░░░░░░░ possible investigation of Russia ░░░░░░░░ role in the U ░░░░░░░░ Presidential election There s ░░░░░░░░ breaking news from the ░░░░░░░░ where we re learning ░░░░░░░░ details about the vital ░░░░░░░░ seized during last month ░░░░░░░░ U S raid in ░░░░░░░░ Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara ░░░░░░░░ has been working her ░░░░░░░░ What are you learning ░░░░░░░░ STARR Good evening Wolf ░░░░░░░░ have been a lot ░░░░░░░░ questions about this raid ░░░░░░░░ it achieve any of ░░░░░░░░ intelligence objectives that were ░░░░░░░░ out for it and ░░░░░░░░ answer becoming clear tonight ░░░░░░░░ indeed it did clip ░░░░░░░░ STARR voice over Tonight ░░░░░░░░ U S Military and ░░░░░░░░ committees are working in ░░░░░░░░ trying to locate and ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of people contacts ░░░░░░░░ in the trove of ░░░░░░░░ retrieve during the raid ░░░░░░░░ month targeting Al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ Yemen where Navy S ░░░░░░░░ A L William Ryan ░░░░░░░░ and civilians died The ░░░░░░░░ was part of an ░░░░░░░░ U S military effort ░░░░░░░░ Yemen VOTEL The timing ░░░░░░░░ this was linked to ░░░░░░░░ broader offensive that we ░░░░░░░░ pursuing in Yemen STARR ░░░░░░░░ over Many of the ░░░░░░░░ being monitored appeared to ░░░░░░░░ located in the west ░░░░░░░░ not in the U ░░░░░░░░ officials say As CNN ░░░░░░░░ reported laptops and cell ░░░░░░░░ were grabbed during the ░░░░░░░░ yielding terabytes of data ░░░░░░░░ senior U S officials ░░░░░░░░ CNN the intelligence recovered ░░░░░░░░ vital and is in ░░░░░░░░ being acted on.”