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Above and they are disappearing. these are the people that extended a hand of friendship to the united states for decades. without them, nothing we have done over there would have been possible. as jake will tell you, what you have done here is obliterate your human intelligence capability. nobody trusts the united states anymore. why would they? we literally took the lists of player can citizens and also green cardholders and special interest visa holders and any other afghans who worked with u...

Above and they are disappearing. these are the people that extended a hand of friendship to the united states for decades. without them, nothing we have done over there would have been possible. as jake will tell you, what you have done here is obliterate your human intelligence capability. nobody trusts the united states anymore. why would they? we literally took the lists of player can citizens and also green cardholders and special interest visa holders and any other afghans who worked with u...

Manner, we have to put double reinforcements in place to protect those who are serving our country, so it should be not lost on any of us that this is a group of people that want to overturn our government. >> and tomorrow, of course, is the 20th anniversary of 9/11. u.s. intel officials say they expect terrorists to exploit the 9/11 anniversary and the afghanistan withdrawal in their messaging but officials have said they are not aware of any specific credible threats. do you think the u.s. is ...

Are u.s. government allowed our special forces to go in and rescue americans? im sure that you know, people that you know in the forces are probably itching to go in there and do it. >> thanks for having me today. great to see you too, general tata. yeah, i mean, a lot of veterans, special forces, especially navy seals and green berets they want to be in the fight and know what to do. they have been getting hamstrung so long rules of engagement a lot of the powers that be wont let us do our jobs...

Factors and the state of play as the new administration came in in january. >> lets talk about your counterterroism background, the idea that we have the over the horizon capabilities on one hand, generally we do, more so than any other country, but in afghanistan are you confident that an over the horizon counterterroism strategy is feasible or the lack of nearby base is a problem? >> so, i come at this with a bit of a mixed view. im a former intelligence officer, a core collector as we were ca...

Jamie lee who has been convicted of working with china to systematically dismantle our human intelligence networks inside china and while we are recovering and certainly not without capability it is an honest assessment to say the what we can do has been severely restricted because of at least those two incidents in the last 10 years. >> we are focused on the us and our intel capabilities. will world pressure force china to come to the table or do they not really care? >> they may care but willi...

Us in the armed services committee have said clearly the way in which we have withdrawn from afghanistan will create a vacuum and there will be a resurgence of terrorist organizations in that region we dont have any ability to collect intelligence on the ground better known as human intelligence and weve abandoned all the ability to gather information on communications with the taliban and others and signal intelligence, all of that is gone we have to operate at long distance to conduct a milita...

Nature of the problem. its important to have drones, its important to have technology, but you cant do everything o the horizon. and thats what were finding right now. and you cant always rely on regional partners. you need the strength of the u.s. military and diplomatic forces working together. but because weve exited afghanistan, we dont have the basic human intelligence that makes technology precise and makes it work. this is a very difficult problem, you know? the qataris can be a supporter...

Terrorism coming out of that general region, within 12, 24, 46 months -- 36 months, and were going to monitor that. the challenge for us now, for the military and cia and intelligence services is we have got to execute what people have referred to as over the horizon counterterrorism activity. that will be more difficult than having bases on the ground. but it is possible to do it. were going to have to maintain very very intense levels of indicators and warnings and observation and isr over tha...

With a combination of human intelligence and over the horizon special operations and drones were able to neutralize terrorist targets in countries where we dont have a strong military footprint and continue to do so in afghanistan. we also are -- the legacy in afghanistan is more complicated than just win or lose. a 20-year war. weve seen infant mortality have literacy double. 10 times as many kids in school. the taliban are taking over a country that has made progress. >> dana: the taliban is n...