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The demonstration. the essence of all of this is intel and its capability. >> so lets goat there next. what are you most worried about in terms of our approach? >> the thing im most worried about, we need to be aggressive. this example of capturing or killing abu sayyaf is a good example, but fwheedneed to do more. there are hundreds doing document exploitation on whether computers that were gained, papers that were there. be abu sayyaf was kind of the cfo of isis. so we have to learn a lot abou...

The cfo of isis can cause a lot of problems. when you mess with the money thats involved in operations and large scale operation, you cause major issues in the enemys ability to wage warfare. what confuses me greatly is the rest of the war plan. what we see in ramadi what weve seen in yemen recently and different things. it doesnt seem like theres a coordinated war plan and listening to secretary kerry a second ago didnt fill me with any confidence whatsoever when you have such talent opposed to...

Communications equipment, a good deal of intelligence now being gathered. one official telling me a short time ago, that the u.s. now has what the official is saying reams and reams of data on how isis communicates operates and what they may be up to. that is now what they are going through. abu sayyaf is characterized as the cfo, if you will of isis which special expertise in oil and gasp their money making operations in resent months. but the u.s. intelligence community had had some increasing...

In what we know as a kill or capture. the commander on the ground the senior person on the ground has the authority to make the decision if its going to be one or the other. and the circumstances as described, as we understand them now, is that there had to be the order to kill because of the resistance that was provided. but following that there was the capture of his wife who ostensibly is deeply involved in his former activities not only as the cfo -- >> should they feel confident that she wi...

He? it seems that isis or isol doesnt have the command struck thar that one would find say in the u.s. military? >> a battlefield commander someone who has been in the fight and someone who understands the dynamics of moving men and material across spaces and then engaging in some very specific operations those individuals can be replaced. but this is the cfo. this is the one who has been running all behind the scenes, has been running all the activities that fund what we see as a matter of rout...

They did meet resistance from armed guards with ak-47s and abu sayyaf himself, but they were able to capture a lot of laptops, cell phones. so while abu sayyaf was killed he almost wasnt really the objective of this operation. as cfo, they knew he would be tracking all aspects of isis operation. one senior administration official told me theyre coming through that material to try to figure out to if the reports that isis number two was killed are accurate. possibly they can track down the locati...

Sayaff and theres somebody else that steps in his place? >> well you know most organizations, the cfo is kind of revered as we all know. im saying that with a bit of a smile. so this is a person who enjoys great access enjoys great power. and in fact has so much information. in many cases albeit everybody is no one is irreplaceable. but in this case the loss of the cfo within isis is a significant damaging result. that is going to put isis on its heels. its certainly not the end game at all. but...

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> hello again, everyone. im fredricka whitfield, thanks for joining me. breaking news major development in the u.s. war on isis. in a risky operation, u.s. delta force commandos kill a key isis figure in syria, abu sayyaf. a man who controlled isils illicit oil and gas operations. a senior u.s. official tells cnn well learn the extent of his -- of this cfo after we exploit the materials we took off the objective. he was not significant. this mission is r...

Effectively on the dark web? >> well, the fund-raising across the islamic world is done person to person and through a system of zecat and so you give a person $10 and he makes a phone call to someone in lebanon and they hand $10 to whoever you wanted to deliver that to at the other end and where no money actually was transferred, but it is a trust-based exercise. so that makes tracking the money difficult. one thing that the cfo of isis, if that is truly what he was, he may have on the laptop r...

This. financial, informational, operational is the way i would flow it. everybodys focused on the operational as primary. but, to me economic and informational are the two areas we need to go more after. >> general marks, on a prior mission, we were in syria and we did temporarily have boots on the ground that was a rescue mission. i guess the standard is that in special circumstances, the president is prepared to authorize the use of special forces but that there wont be a sustained campaign in...