I said to my colleagues today at another meeting that while I think there is a sense of justice with respect to Osama bin Laden and hopefully some closure for a lot of the families who lost their loved ones on 9/11 and other attacks, the greater benefit is, I hope, going to be our ability to use the intelligence that we recovered to better protect folks here in this country and other countries as well who might also be at risk.
Carper emphasizes the importance of intelligence gained from bin Laden's operation for national security.
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