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Counter terrorist organization that were the most dangerous people on the face of the earth. >> in june 2006, jsoc gets intel on the most wanted jihadist in iraq. >> this was the head of al qaeda in iraq. he was carrying out the kind of attacks that were so horrific that even al qaeda was criticizing him, killing other muslims, killing women and children. he was really public enemy number one for the u.s. at the time. they caught up to him. >> he is dead. the terrorist responsible for horrific acts of violence in iraq from beheadings to car bombings was killed by u.s. military forces in an air...

The spot. blessedly, he looked again and saw something he liked. had it not been for his patience and vision and extraordinary leadership under some difficult pressure, i probably would be renting surf boards at second beach in rhode island. >> on the island, flynn leads a platoon engaged in electronic warfare, tapping into enemy communication systems and providing intelligence for army, navy and air force operations. >> the technology in use then was maps on paper with pins. >> the intel community along with our ability to do joint operations was pathetic. you can't ad hoc these. you can't pu...

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...

Where were the biggest changes to the strategy? >> i think it was about letting the afghan people know we were there partner, and getting the afghans in the lead. getting their security forces out front. >> what was general flynn's contribution to formulating that new vatstrategy? >> i think he was the voice of reality in the room. >> flynn, with two others, put their findness a report that was highly critical of the u.s. military and intelligence community. >> he wrote this famous report about fixing intel and expressed genuine reservations about how intel was gathered and amized. did you thi...

>> in june 2006, jsoc gets intel on the most wanted jihadist in iraq. >> this was the head of al qaeda in iraq. he was carrying out the attacks that were so horrific that al qaeda was criticizing him, killing our muslims, killing women and children. he was really public enemy number one for the u.s. at the time. jsoc and mike flynn caught up to him. >> he is dead. the terrorist responsible for horrific acts of violence from beheadings to car bombings was killed by u.s. military forces in an air attack on a safe house near baghdad. >> that was a great achievement of mike flynn in iraq. >> the a...