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>> when was the last time the u.s. had a good lead where bin laden was? >> mid-december 2001. >> that long ago. since then he's evaporated? >> he has evaporated. i was in afghanistan in december talking to people focused on the bin laden issue. they had information they regarded as reliable for years. they have a hypothesis here in pakistan. that's like saying i think somebody is in virginia. it's not a very good clue. >> but it raises the question. how is that possible? >> it's a very good question. we spend half a trillion dollars on intelligence. the israelis spent 15 years trying to find h...

I just don't see how we're going to solve it. petraeus said our objective as the president as said is to get rid of al qaeda. we got rid of al qaeda several years ago. the remnants are in pakistan. they're not in afghanistan. and i can't for a moment imagine that any government in afghanistan would allow al qaeda to return. they know exactly what we'd do, we'd come back and drive them out again. >> to that point, does it trouble you that no large part of that hearing was devoted to recognizing the fact that we had an actual victory in afghanistan in hand as early as december, 2001, and by lack...

Dollars, that division and that dichotomy in the country. i just don't see how we're going to solve it. petraeus said our objective as the president as said is to get rid of al qaeda. we got rid of al qaeda several years ago. the remnants are in pakistan. they're not in afghanistan. and i can't for a moment imagine that any government in afghanistan would allow al qaeda to return. they know exactly what we'd do, we'd come back and drive them out again. >> to that point, does it trouble you that no large part of that hearing was devoted to recognizing the fact that we had an actual victory in a...

Supporting through our training and security policies and other means, including millions of dollars, that division and that dichotomy in the country. i just don't see how we're going to solve it. petraeus said our objective as the president has said is to get rid of al qaeda. we got rid of al qaeda several years ago. the remnants are in pakistan. they're not in afghanistan. and i can't for a moment imagine that any government in afghanistan would allow al qaeda to return. they know exactly what we'd do, we'd come back and drive them out again. >> to that point, does it trouble you that no lar...

The united states? and unfortunately, all too often. i got a timeline for you here. post- 9/11, the first big event after 9/11, this one. richard reid, the would be shoe bomber. december 2001. and jump up to the next one. jose padilla. we have some video of him. when you see him, you probably think of the term dirty bomb because she was originally accused of attempting to set off radioactive dirty bombs in the united states and he was convicted of supporting terrorism and conspiracy charges. that was one big event early on. come back to the timeline here. the lackawanna six. these people arres...