startling turnaround, if that is the case. but they also, too, seem to be not particularly conscious or cognizant of those messy scenes outside the airport. leading to fears that maybe, once again, the reality of what's happening in afghanistan isn't matching statements from u.s. officials. don. >> nick, thank very much. i appreciate the reporting. now, i want to bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst, phillip mudd. thank you for joining us. listen. i got to get your take on nick's reporting but, first, let me ask you about some breaking news. cnn is learning that more than a dozen u.s. diplomats apparently signed a classified cable last month to the secretary of state antony blinken. a cable warning of potential catastrophe on the ground in afghanistan when the u.s. withdrawals. the exact situation that we're seeing right now, according to cnn's reporting, these diplomats decided to send that dissent memo because previous warnings they made were being ignored. so given this memo, why weren't