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Is not a single nation but a terrorist network. >> i guarantee you, chris, that if in fact this man's life had been lost and it came out that we had this opportunity and our commander in chief passed on it, the republicans would be going crazy right now. we saved this man's life. >> reporter: and speaking from afghanistan where he was treating u.s. troops, defense secretary chuck hagel responded to criticism that congress was not notified. information was not shared with congress because of the urgency of the situation. there were fears about his health and safety. >> we'll talk about this a l...

And, you know, people will -- this will have to play itself out to see exactly how it happens, how it happens in terms of the security of those people. >> but the truth is, we weren't really ever at war in afghanistan against afghanistan or pakistan or any country. we were at war with a group, groups, but nonetheless in the world of asymmetric warfare, where we are fighting groups and not nations, we used to do prisoner exchanges with nations all the time when we were at war with them. why not now? >> the haqqani network is a terrorist nation, not a nation state. it's a terrorist network. they...

>> the haqqani network is not a nation state. it's a terrorist network. they don't control government services -- >> but we were at war with them. >> we're with war with anyone that declares war against the united states which is al qaeda and its affiliates and those who provided resources. >> therefore, if you're at war with this group as you would be with a state, germany in the past, don't you of necessity have to negotiate a prisoner exchange? >> no. here is where i disagree completely. we have other means to use, and remember, they came to congress about a year ago and we're thinking abou...

Has been des similar mated. chief intelligence correspondent kathryn hairage on what the facts say. >> weekend suicide bombings in syria by al qaeda my lish shas are further evidence that the terrorist network is now a movement. republican congressman mike pompeo who sits on the select committee says the affiliates are working together. they are not acting in isolation as administration suggests. >> their capacity to communicate, their capacity to build teams, training grounds in these spaces either unobserved or unpressured by u.s. forces allows them to continue to expand their reach. it's no...

Jenna: right now some major concerns about a top al qaeda commander this man is psalm same's cousin. he is based in syria and may be setting up camp to train and recruit new followers. chief intelligence corresondent catherine herridge is live in washington this story. so catherine, what more do we know about this operative. >> reporter: this operative is very open and public and has a twitter account with more than 14,000 followers. he tweeted information about key meetings between al qaeda senior operatives and al nusra front and used it to show martyrdom propraganda. he is known as a leadin...