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Yet, of a very firm, stable management style. i'm hopeful that the administration, over time, will develop those techniques and relations, but i think there's a ways to go. >> and chris, let me ask you, also. you talk about the need, in the book, about the need to have information coming from the tip of the spear, as it were, where the rubber meets the road. do you think that that leadership style works everywhere? >> i think it's critical, now. i don't think it's a choice anymore. and what we saw inside the counterterrorism task force, under general mccrystal and other senior leadership was a...

To deteriorate iraqi security forces infrastructure there. i agree with the general. this is a good tactical victory. i've seen evidence that particular lay ly units like th golden division. counterterrorism task force -- >> trained by the u.s. >> the reason they are successful is they are multi confessional. you have christians, sunni, s shii shiite, including soldiers that have been tortured. these are real patriots of the country. my concern and where i would sort of sound a note of skepticism or caution is it's true that the shiite militia group that is anti american and pretty much whole ...

The u.s. president, french president and elsewhere. michael, i spent a lot of time in iraq as i know you did going back to the u.s. invasion familiar tactic of isis and predecessor in iraq was to retreat but then keep up the attack, blend into the population and carry out ambushes, assaults, et cetera. knowing that pattern, should we assume that something like that is going to follow a tactical victory like this? >> sure. in fact, there is evidence this week that they have escalated their opportunistic attacks in the province. keep in mind, the isis spokesman has said is going to be one of the...

And i trust the intelligence community. they need more tools. i mean, jake, one of the problems we have is these folks have been able to encrypt their messages. we know that was the case in paris, and we suspect it's the case here. in other words, they can communicate and our intelligence community, intelligence authorities cannot see those communications. this is really troubling. this is the issue of encryption. in order solve that, that problem is going to have to be solved by the technology companies, the government. we have to get together because if, in fact, our intelligence community c...

Teenagers who left britain to go fight as well overseas can you give context as to where this case fits nationally and internationally with the continuing trouble to stop westerners from leaving to -- >> we're going to pull out of this. this is the very end of the press conference involving police commissioner bill bratton with the nypd also members of the fbi, members of the joint counterterrorism task force, some multiple agencies involved in the arrest of these three men from new york city who were just arrested accused of trying to join isis and to provide support for this terrorist organi...