than ever before. you agree with that, colonel? >> i agree in parts. what i'd say. at the moment we're seeing the general manager, if you like, of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula, al wuhayshi. their directive is to protect the homeland that came from zawahiri. and al qaeda and iraq is headed up by baghdadi has an objective of undermining the shiite and iraqi government. i'd also say there are very different objectives going on with also their own in ter futile disputes as well. >> has the obama administration given out too much information? >> we don't know. we will have this conversation a week from now and if there is an attack we'll look back and say thank goodness we evacuated people, there would have been more tragedy.