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♪ in 2012 -- >> by direction of the secretary of defense, lieutenant general michael t. flynn -- >> michael flynn, the battlefield intel officer and occasional rule breaker, made a remarkable move to the very top of the intelligence community. >> mr. secretary, i just want to say thanks to you for this terrific opportunity. it is an honor to stand here today. >> now a three-star general, flynn would lead the defense department's intelligence branch, with a mission to provide intel directly to troops and commanders on the battlefield, and to policymakers. >> there was no doubt in my mind th...

Local imams about how the world looked from their position. >> he also met with military leaders. what he learned was daunting. they knew very little about the strength of the enemy. where were the biggest changes to the strategy? >> i think it was about letting the afghan people know we were their partner, getting the afghans in the lead. getting their security forces out front. >> what was general flynn's contribution to formulating that new strategy? >> i think he was the voice of reality in the room. the guy was pushing that we listen to everybody. >> flynn, with two others, put their find...

Enemy. describe the kind of leader that he is. >> he will stand in front of a white board and suddenly start writing. we used to laugh about it, because he almost can't keep up with his thoughts, he would be writing real fast. i remember one night, it's about 3:00 in the morning, and he's got six or eight people saying, stay with me. >> he was an innovator and maverick. mike flynn's great epiphany, this needs to be just as much an intelligence gathering as a gun shop. >> he wrote a book called "twilight warriors." >> they created a counterterrorism juggernaut. the likes of which we've never se...

Good intel officer? >> well, he was particularly good because he had so much tactical time. and that was his forte, in my view. a great tactical intelligence officer. >> tactical time means time on the battlefield. >> time on the battlefield and in tactical units. a lot of time in special operations world. >> flynn was on the ground quickly by june 2009. >> this is the last chance for afghanistan. in this century. >> afghanistan was a much different battlefield than iraq, and he believed he needed a better understanding of the situation to form a new and better strategy. >> he did a listening ...

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