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You heard specifically on the intelligence front, and perhaps the challenges this poses, the u.s. has no boots on the ground? >> reporter: i think a number of things. the notion that it's been encapsulated into an 11-day surprise, a swing and miss, the intelligence assessment that didn't expect the afghan government to collapse in 11 days, it strains credibility that intelligence services were not tracking the potential for its collapse at an earlier phase and signalling warnings previously. and if they weren't signalling warnings, then that clearly shows an intelligence failure. that seems to...