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See it now? >> well, first, i dont think anyone inside the intelligence community really believes that this was an intelligence failure. because for the last year and a half, the intelligence community has been warning that the taliban would take over afghanistan if the coalition left. in fact, in early april of this year, the intelligence community released the annual worldwide let the assessment just days before president biden made his announcement announcing the withdrawal. . in assessment t...

>> so its unfortunate when -- the intelligence failure implies that the intelligence community didnt expect this to unfold or they didnt tell anybody. neither of those cases happened. the intelligence community has been looking at various scenarios. how many troops are there, what is the stability of the government, and the circumstances weve seen over the past few months, not days but months, starting with the major base closure, and then bagram, which really ended the presence of all u.s. mili...

Support, when they realized we were there and they couldnt sustain the tempo they were flying, especially after shot up a great deal, they did what ans did for centuries, find a way to survive. check, it is interesting. peter better again reminded a number of us that theres a long standing practice in washington when you have an undesirable outcome of policy decision to describe it as an intelligence failure. you see a bit of that going on now as well. lets recognize, there were alternatives, a ...

>> maggie, i think were going to go back to david. were having a problem with your connection. were going to redial it because i definitely want to hear what you have to say. well get back to you here in just a moment. but i wonder, david, what else stood out to you as you see -- it seems like the bar keeps getting lowered. how many people can get out. how many people can get out per day. >> well, i think what maggie was beginning to bring up was the insistence there was an intelligence failure....

His foreign secretary go on holiday at a crucial moment?" theresa may actually raised _ at a crucial moment?" theresa may actually raised the _ at a crucial moment?" theresa may actually raised the issue _ at a crucial moment?" theresa may actually raised the issue of- actually raised the issue of intelligence, and she questioned whether the intelligence was just not there, or whether the government has not paid heed to it. but i think you have to look at the american position, as well, and thei...

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Departures. well address each one of those priorities. if were not complete by a date certain well push that date out. thats a good thing. it certainly allows the planners, and we know that any plan once it reaches contact with the enemy or the conditions, its going to change. this is a changing plan, and thats a good thing. >> peter, does it raise red flags, and youve studied afghanistan now for decades. does it raise red flags to hear that the united states is now dependent on the taliban to e...

Military in terms of confidence. so you had two men there also who were involved in this war. you heard general austin say that this is a war that i fought in and led. it is personal for them. so this is not a mission they wanted. they are doing their best with a difficult mission handed to them by the miscalculation of civilian leaders. >> susan glasser, i want to know with a jumped out at you as well as what you thought about their answer for whether this was an intelligence failure. they said...

State department spokesperson morgan ortagus. former national security adviser to the vice president mike pence jeff kellogg and dan hoffman. today the intelligence community strikes back. unnamed sources reveal and documents prove that joe biden and his staff knew the risk of this pull out and saying he was surprised means he wasnt paying attention or he is lying. i guess you would notice your people are sounding off through the media. >> well, i think there is a bit of frustration here frankly...

They said that the afghan government and military would collapse in 11 days. >> the intelligence clearly ind katde -- indicated multiple scenarios were possible. the collapse was estimated and range from weeks to months and even years. following or departure. there was nothing that i or anyone else say that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 111 days. >> so was it an intelligence failure? the intelligence ignored or the failure simply in the execution? those are some of the...