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Environment abruptly off limits and under the control of a hostile reseem. the counterterrorism posture went from problematic with the u.s. withdrawal to extraordinarily bad with the taliban in full control." according to one veteran intelligence officer who served as a cia base chief in afghanistan "suddenly one wonders if we will go entirely dark. its like a bad dream." we start with some of our favorite reporters and trends. helene cooper, jonathan lemiere, and retired four-star general barry...

In terms of memorial day and our people in service because the united states is pulling out of afghanistan. and that is something thats been in the blood stream for two decades at this point. im wondering what your thoughts on are on that? >> this is something i feel passionate about. i served as a base chief in afghanistan for a year. i look at the afghan withdrawal and the total withdrawal in three different bins. first and foremost, i worry that afghanistan will turn into a failed state again...

>> senator, my moral compass is strong. i would not allow cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral, even if it was technically legal. i would absolutely not permit it. >> you would not follow order if you felt it was -- >> no. i believe that cia must undertake activities that are consistent with american values. >> haspel served as the base chief at a secret cia prison in thailand where a terror suspect was waerd boaterboarded in 2002. one of the committee members questioning haspe...

Of problems. >> joining me now is nbcs intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian. ken, this is a tough one. we dont know how either side is breaking. shes got her hearing tomorrow. this striking thing is that the white house said until friday they did not know about these critical e-mails where she talked about her involvement and how could they not know. >> thats right. >> you knew, i knew, they were in the report. >> i mean, she was the base chief at a base where a detainee was ...

Information. the thing we have been reporting that she was a base chief in thailand where a detainee was water boarded remains classified. she will not be able to answer questions about what she did there. sarah sanders was asked whether she be able to answer every question about her role in torture sn the answer was no. the ranking democratic on the intelligence committee sent out a letter where he is criticizing the cia for failing to declassify more information about her record and releasing ...

Classified. shes not able to admit in a hearing she was the base chief causing problems for senators who say the public needs to know the details of this stuff before we confirm you. the two things confronting her nomination. >> and senator john mccain, not there obviously, because he is dealing with a brain tumor. the senate makeup favors the republicans by only a few. so you add that to the fact that we wont hear a lot of information that maybe members of congress heard behind closed doors bec...

Own government that we swore to defend. >> reporter: contrary to the reports main finding, the contractors say there was an intelligence failure. they were directly warned in late august a strike was likely, though no assets were available on the september 11th anniversary. >> thats a fact because nobody showed up. in fact nobody showed up to even get us out of libya. >> reporter: the contractors say valuable time was lost because of the cias base chief. >> obviously theres an agenda that needs ...

Was to representative the views of the ceo at the deput cia at y meeting. >> so did you, did the deputy of national security advisor, mcdonough, did he know about that product before you mentioned it? >> which product are we talking building? on the 13th? >> yes. >> he would have read that product that morning. >> had you conspired beforehand? >> no. conspired to do what? >> to talk about the protest that lead to the attack. >> no. >> so you had not talked to dennis mcdonough, he was not prompti...

Italian prosecutors said he was the cia base chief in milan. now, when the suspect a burks omar was his name was kidnapped from milan by a cia team, they say that he was in that position as base chief. now, the trial was the first to deal with the practice known as extraordinary rendition where suspects are allegedly swept away to a country that practices torture during interrogations. prosecutors said omar was transferred to egypt and, indeed, was tortured. the cia station chief, he is now unde...

The dark, conspiratorial voice about these chicago guys. of course, benghazi is the biggest thing in the universe. here is bob woodward, your colleague, gene, hes reported the testimony would likely give support. petraeus testimony coming up next week was likely to support what happened as the administration described it. lets take a look at what bob said. >> it turns out that petraeus a week and a half ago went to tripoli, libya, and conducted his own personal inquiry into benghazi, interviewed...