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The ground in kabul at a hamed karzai airport that resulted in the death of 13 sailors and marines and more than 100 civilians on august 26. also with a substantial body of intelligence indicating the immense of another attack, in the 48 hours prior to the strike, sensitive intelligence indicated that the compound at point number 1 on the map -- let's bring the map up, please. we're going to bring this up. hopefully you have an opportunity to see it. john, can you see the map there? john, can you hear me now? >> the press has hard copies.

>> roger. i'm going to continue based on that then, john. in the 48 hours prior to the strike, sensitive intelligence indicated point number 1 was being used by isis-k planners used to facilitate future attacks. we also received a significant number of reports indicating multiple avenues of attack planned simultaneously in which isis-k would attempt to harm our forces including with rockets, suicide explosive vests and vehicle-borne ieuds. our leaders on the ground and in the strike cell received more than 60 different pieces of intelligence related to imminent threats were some corroborating ...

White toyota corolla as a key element in the next attack. because the compound at point number 1 was our strongest lead for this series of imminent attacks, we initiated an intense surveillance with as many as six mqn reapers on the morning of 29 august. at 8:52 a.m. local time on 29 august, a white toyota corolla arrived at point number 1, the compound we believed to be a key area of interest associated with imminent threats to the airport. two adult males exited the vehicle, met with an adult male in the compound and received a bag from him. the corolla departed the compound heading south an...

Males were observed leading the trunk of the vehicle with items assessed at the time the be explosives. before departing at 3:47 p.m. with four adult males heading north. 4:07, the corolla dropped off one adult male carrying a bag and continued north. after driving near point number 1, the corolla dropped off one adult male at point number 5, which is several hundred meters north of point number 1. at 4:39 p.m., the corolla dropped off its last passenger. at 4:51, the corolla backed into a compound that was three kilometers from the airport. which was the closest it came to the airport all day...

Over-the-horizon strike, which is what the u.s. is going to be relying on from now on in afghanistan. so what does this incident say about the reliability of future strikes against terrorist threats in afghanistan? >> i'll take the first part and begin with that. is a point 1 on the map, we assess associated with isis-k. in fact, less than 24 hours later, rockets will be launched. we had really good intelligence to think that point 1 is where isis was centered. that was a very good intelligence in support of that belief. now, the second part of your question about whether this is -- whether th...