yorker" magazine. he said, "the analogy we use around here sometimes -- and i think it's accurate -- is if a jv team puts on lakers' uniforms, that doesn't make them kobe bryant." >> i was disappointed. i was disappointed that he said that. i don't think he was well served. >> lieutenant general michael flynn had a front-row seat to the rise of isis. he led the defense intelligence agency until late last year. se the rise of isis. he led the defense intelligence agency until late last yearthe . he led the defense intelligence agency until late last year. >> we failed to understand the enemy that we faced. >> reporter: flynn says intelligence officials had warned the administration that isis was growing more dangerous before the president made his infamous jv comment. but 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?