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Capability. remember, this is where al qaeda planned, recruited, financed, trained to attack the united states of america. they didnt do it in those other countries. they did it in afghanistan. and they did it because the taliban gave them safe haven. and remember, the taliban has a lot more in common with isis and al qaeda than they do any western notion of governance. so some notion that thats all suddenly going to change i think is both naive and dangerous. so we leave, we have the same probl...

With the fact that our embassy is closed and our intelligence footprint at least from what it was is greatly diminished and recall director cia burns own words when he testified before the withdrawal, that we would be degrading our intelligence collection capability if the military withdrew. eric: what does it mean if were going to -- be blind.>> i dont think weo be blind. i think this will require the intelligence community and the cia in particular to develop a new paradigm for intelligence co...

We will evacuate our embassy, likely never to go back there for at least a decade plus. the brits will do the same. other international players will do like wise. and the taliban will retake kabul. and you know, neil, weve had in place for the last 20 years, and ive been dealing with this issue for far more than that, weve had people that really have done and made some very strategically bad decisions. counterterrorism today is no longer the threat that it was, say, when the u.s.s. cole was stru...

Methods may not have been discussed, but the information that the president shared they would be easily ascertainable, right? >> in fact our story says clearly that the president did not discuss -- did not name this partner, the source of this intelligence. >> the country. >> did not talk about the particular collection capability that was responsible for this intelligence but was providing details that came because of this intelligence stream. and the worry among a lot of the security officials...

Overseas, jims right. we focus our information and our collection capability because were looking at it internationally. domestically its much, much more difficult. people who are not with any organization difficult to pick up. its a massive problem and law enforcement has got a lot of work to do in order to keep us safer here, protecting us from what happens overseas ironically is a lot easier, richard. >> colonel jacobs, thank you, jim cavanaugh, thank you for stopping by this hour. >> thank y...

Might make a bad situation much worse. joining me now is james spider marks. looking at the targets, how easy will it be if you like to find the targets, b to isolate them, and c to attack them? >> well, richard, nothing in warfare is easy. it may sound simple, but even the most simple task is difficult. so lets describe it in those terms. and then first of all, understand that the intelligence collection capability of the united states as well as our allies is ongoing 24/7 and its been in place...

Remain secret. when we release that information out to the public, our enemies have that information. it puts the guys who -- the brave warriors who go out and conduct these missions in greater harms way. it risks future successes and it seriously damages our collection capability. >> you quote admiral mccraven, your top special operations commander and he says operation security, maintaining secrecy is paramount and he goes on to say, too, that what about the informants that help you out? that ...