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11th attack. that mosque was shut down this year not long after sadiki's capture. back to you. >> what are u.s. officials saying about it this morning? >> the director of national intelligence issued a statement saying we are not going to comment on specific intelligence as doing so threatens to undermine intelligence operations that are critical to protecting the u.s. and our allies. sources do tell us there's nothing in the intelligence to indicate a specific credible threat to the u.s. but our national security and law enforcement officials keeping a close eye on this? you bet they are. one...

Intelligence apparatus in pakistan are aligned with the taliban, they helped create the taliban. some of them are aligned with al qaeda. that's in pakistan's own intelligence operations. others in approximate pakistani military, ditto that. but this we do know, we either get the cooperation of pakistan and deal with these sanctuaries in the semiautonomous zones, we either deal with that or we say to ourselves we can't accomplish anywhere near what we need to do in afghanistan. i would fault washington to a degree for not leveling with the american people and saying this is a problem, it appear...

Since 2001, the report questions the effectiveness. according to the post, 1200 government agencies and 1900 private companies are involved in intelligence operations. the newspaper claims the system is full of waste and because of the volume, many are ignored. allegations are one side doesn't know what the other is doing. anybody can control spending after after a two two-year investigation, the post found the system to be a mess. cathrine herridge, it was a disturbing read with two more sections to come tomorrow and the next day's paper. >> that's right, the lead reporter dana priest says sh...

Not yet be an assumption, that somehow -- that is going to be the criticism particularly from conservative quarters -- don't do this yet. don't give up on this idea that you can prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> well, certainly we should do everything we can in terms of intelligence operations, covert operations, diplomacy, to slow down and make it harder for iran to get that nuclear capability. i think we're already heavily engaged in those efforts. i think that we also need to have a serious debate in this country about the wisdom of military force, about what our military optio...

People. those officers have to be rested, trained, sharp with good information and well-led. when moral is bad, that makes it more difficult. >> terry gainer is a cnn contributor and the chief of capitol police. he worked on the first review of capitol security that generated more than 100 recommendations from hiring hundreds more officers to ramping up intelligence operations. >> we thought some of the recommendations could take upwards of a year or two. >> physical security around capitol hill is slimming. the national guard once a large presence is gone. the outer perimeter fence taken down...