i think it was 700 in july alone in iraq than we've seen in a very long time. plus, they have affiliates in nigeria. in mali, they took over until the french went in. this is an organization that is decentralized and has a network structure that may be more powerful and dangerous. >> that's what peter king, the chairman of the house homeland security subcommittee on intelligence and counterterrorism says he makes the same point. >> yeah, and these points aren't necessarily in contradiction with each other. the fact that it's a more networked organization doesn't actually make it more dangerous. i mean, it means that we've put a lot of pressure on these groups. they find it hard to organize together. if they had a safe haven, we attack them with drones. let's say the invasion of normandy wasn't conducted by a decentralized network. it was conducted by the u.s. military. a highly organized organization. so the fact that al qaeda has