triable, network, that kept them alive for decades. all of us walk in and start throwing billions of dollars of cash around and so of course, you're going to start seeing some predatory action. we were feeding in instead of sitting back and talk about wait a minute, who is this guy's real chain of command? who does he really listen to? if you fight a war over 20 years by definition, it's not going in the right direction. >> in 2016 a reporter for "the washington post" received a tip about a little known government report for the war in afghanistan known as the lessons learned project led by special inspector general. >> it's fact versus fantasy. this is this problem we