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The initial 54 u.s. trained syrian rebels now captured by an al qaeda affiliate. it is near disaster for the u.s. plan to train a rebel force that is supposed to be the boots on the ground in the fight against isis. >> thats the main focus of our efforts. but you know, we also want to protect them from other possible attacks. >> reporter: the rebels captured after fleeing their compound in the wake of being attacked. the pentagon now scrambling to figure out what to do next. >> there is no milit...

Figure out what to do next. >> there is no military logic for putting that small a force in the field. one, theyre incredibly vulnerable. and two, they are certainly not going to attack anybody with 40 or 50 people out there. >> senior pentagon officials privately admit the decision to put the small group of rebels into this area of northern syria was a major intelligence failure. the u.s. did not think al qaeda would attack. they only thought isis would. just a few weeks ago, defense secretary ...

Part of his approach is some degree of restraint in saying we are not going to chase every rabbit down every hole in the mideast. >> the white house did under estimate isis and they seized on the issue, growing increasingly stridened. >> the strategy will fail yet again. this president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home. >> even former top officials in the obama administration had tough words. >> its more than an intelligence failure. its a policy failure as...

Underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> you were a dia at the time. do you think it was an intelligence failure? >> no i dont. its easy to -- i will take one for the team. the president has to decide who he is going to listen to and what information he is going to use. i think that he was poorly advised to say that. >> the president makes no apologies for being measure and deliberate about committing u.s. military resources. >> benjamin rhoades is the security adviser and a close ...

National security is some degree of restraint in saying were not going to chase every rabbit down every hole in the middle east. >> the white house did underestimate isis and republicaned seized on the issue. >> our strategy will fail yet again. this president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home. >> even former top officials in the obama administration had tough words. >> its more than just an intelligence failure. its a policy failure as well. >> of course t...

At beginning of ramadan, three attacks on three continents. luckily not here. so, the fear they have and the fear that we all have is not that theres something, you know, huge thats going to happen but with 330 million people in this country, it really only takes one to take a butcher knife out of their kitchen, run out and attack someone and weve got an intelligence failure. thats the problem if one person is deciding to do something and doesnt post anything on social media or tell his friends ...

Providers in this country with voice over internet capability. you are asking the fbi if you have a suspect issue 3,000 subpoenas to track down which possible phone company it might be. right now, you basically have one-stop shopping. if you have a boston marathon bombing, you have the cell phone numbers of suspects in that you can go back on those phone numbers and see what other numbers were called or texted or calls received from going back two, three years. if the bombing happens 6:00 p.m. o...

The one hand, its kind of exciting to be talking iraq, right? its kind of exciting to be see everybody talk about george w. bushs decision to invade iraq and what is right or wrong about that decision. its one way exciting that this is finally a matter of high level political discussion. its also disconcerting to see the republican party and beltway press settling on an explanation what happened that is not what happened because of the war in iraq. the war did not start because of an intelligenc...

Seat to the rise of isis. he led the defense intelligence agency until late last year. >> we failed to understand the enemy that we faced. >> flynn says intelligence officials had warned the administration that isis was growing more dangerous before the president made his infamous jv comment. the president has said the intelligence on isis was inadequate. here he is on "60 minutes." >> how did they end up where they are in control of so much territory. was that a complete surprise to you? >> wel...

Information about iran, north korea and the other countries we have to deal with. >> hopefully given the same effort well get to invade all of them soon. >> we wont. >> it is satisfying in an uncomplicated way to see jon stewart take judith miller apart as she continues to try to say it was a intelligence failure and deflect from her own portion of the responsibility for helping to start the iraq war under false pretenses. but at another level, right, yes, thats satisfying to see but we really a...