today i hope nobody is in denial al qaeda. al qaeda is not finished. at time when we are focused on daesh's threats, i hope to god i'm wrong, al qaeda has regrouped, and now we need to deal with a renewed al qaeda threat. -- ands are common threadses but what is the platform? the criminal economy provides ps the common platform for all these movements. narcotics and refugees. smuggling are part of the same network, and unless we focus on the -- of globalization, the $1.7 trillion of criminal economy, we will be acting on the part of the problem, not all of it. there's the additional trouble. state sponsorship of a lined nonstate actors continues. worse, some states behave like nonstate actors, and this is of course driven by the failure to agree and act on rules of the game. all of this combined to have a displacement effect. when we address the problem in one part, it results in displacement of thephone na the phenomena in the other. particularly needs attention is action in syria and iraq unless daesh replaces it geographically and spatially. so we n

this is a very distinct difference between al-qaeda and i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. has got a ready source of revenue that does not fend as much on a-- depend on a donor network, depend on countries that give you money through the back door. they've got a bit of a business going >> absolutely. they've always been that way. donations have always been a small part of their revenue portfolio. right now it clues oil and also extortion and taxation, much like a state would do >>> ransom has become a smaller part of this or is it still a major part of their revenue? >> ransom has always been a nontrivial but small part of it. nothing compared to extortion, taxation, nothing compared to oil, nothing compared to the amount of money they stole from banks when they took over cities throughout iraq and syria. is it >>> through your work you have estimated last year that i.s.i.l. produced over 150,000 barrels of oil a day. that's huge. that amount has changed significantly since then. what's their current production load and what's the best way to cut into that revenue stream? >

they're going to go to al qaeda. there's a saudi element in terms of fundraising so history will not record this administration's foreign policy toward syria in a very positive light to say the least. >> jon: we remember when the president said assad had to go. tom rogan from the national review and daily telegraph. thank you. >> jenna: up next, the desperate search for a missing server. the latest details in the hunt for a florida man who was last seen 11 days ago. plus, the former homeland security director showing his support behind john kasich. heexplains why casey is his candidate . >> i think john has every bit as good a chance as anybody else to prevail in the long run and that's what he's committed to. he's not going anywhere. >>> tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums >> jenna: the politics now. john kasich picking up a new endorsement before the nevada caucuses. the former homeland security d

assess the taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan? how much of the territory of afghanistan today is controlled by the taliban? >> it is a difficult question to address because a lot of times the telepathic control of certain areas is dynamic and fluid. they will will go in and take various government and military outposts, season the pullback. there is large parts of the country that fall under the taliban influence and we have been working closely with the afghan military security services to try to concentrate their focus on areas that need to be protected, whether it be critical infrastructure, cities, transit, and transportation routes. as you know the taliban and controlled a lot of terrain outside of the central government's reach. al qaeda continues to have a presence particularly inside the eastern part of afghanistan. they continue continue to work with the taliban as well as with the -- and they present a threat to the afghan government as well as to our u.s. personnel inside of afghanistan. >> thank you. >> thank you very

al qaeda is on the run. al qaeda has been decimated. we've seen the neglect of that growing threat has led to. we've got isis pro liverating. al qaeda around the world. the democrats had not taken it seriously. they thought it was overtaken. the president has enacted policies that reflected that. the problem has gotten worse. this will be a major issue in the 2016 campaign. >> note to the white house. test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. a mouthbreather! how can anyone sleep like that? well, just put on a breathe right strip and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right >>> it's our time. it's the men and women in nevada to decide tonight. >> it's an important day for the state. you are now the fourth state in the country that is going to get to giv

so we know al qaeda has been a part of or national policy for years. they launched the attacks on 9/11. they are clearly a transnational threat we have to target. >> they are our number one ct mission in afghanistan. >> yes, sir. then we have seen the emergence of islamic state in the khorasan province. now there have been some questions about what does it mean to be operationally emer ge emergent. we know the intention of is. we've seen this globally and in the media. we know they have the contention to conduct terrorist attacks and they have identified the united states as a target. what they don't possession in afghanistan or haven't until recently is an operational capability to enable them to act on that intention. >> are we targeting isis forces as part of our ct mission? afghanistan? >> yes, sir, as of december. >> do we target the haqqani network and taliban as part of our ct mission? >> sir, they are not a part of that designation right now -- sir, i could talk to you in another forum about some of this. but we know the haqqanis. of course, ou

and they warn that moving al qaeda-linked detainees to the u.s. could create security concerns around the new location. there are currently 91 detainees at guantanamo bay. of those, 35 are expected to be transferred out by this summer. at its peak in 2003, guantanamo held nearly 680 detainees, and there were about 245 when obama took office. president obama is expected to detail his plan tuesday to begin the shutdown of the detention center at guantanamo bay, in a last-ditch effort to make good on a 2008 campaign promise. obama will speak at 10:30 a.m. tuesday morning from the roosevelt room, the white house announced, saying the topic would be guantanamo bay but giving no further details. obama's address to shut down the controversial facility and transfer the remaining detainees to a holding center in the united states will be delivered to congress. the administration will attempt to convince lawmakers to allow the pentagon to move nearly 60 detainees to the u.s. to a facility that will cost up to $475 million to construct, but could save as muc

isis' estimated strength exceeds that of al-qaeda. they are inspired to attack the homeland. although the u.s. is a harder target than europe isis external operations are a critical factor in the threat assessment for 2016. >> host: peter bergen? >> guest: those are sobering figures. the last time we heard there were 4500 westerners who had gone to syria for training and now the director of national intelligence saying 6900. the last time we had the overall number it was 30,000 and now it is close to 40,000. we significant numbers of people are going to syria for training. the good news is very few are americans. the ones going it is a one-way ticket where they get killed over there. i could only find two examples of people who trained with a jihadi group and came back to the united states. there might be more. but we are talking about handful. in paris, everybody involved in the attack trained in syria. eight people were involved in the actually attack and probably a couple dozen other people supporting the attack in one way or the other. 1500 frenchmen go to syria to train

al qaeda continue to seek resurgence. pakistani army operations across the order added to the dynamic pushing other bad actors including the pakistan taliban and haqqani network into afghanistan. i look at the assessment for the challenges in the coming year and prospects for reconciliation between the afghan government and the taliban. while isil controls less territory in iraq and syria than it did a year ago, it remains a significant threat to the region's stability, the united states and our allies. as our efforts to support the iraqi security forces and local forces in syria continue, there are a number of questions we must ask. what local forces will serve as a whole for us once ice sill removed from mosul, raqqah and the surrounding areas? how will iran seek to increase its interest in iraq? how will turkey respond to the threat of isil to its borders? will our partners across the gulf unify their efforts in syria and how will isil act within iraq and syria and tra transregionally as it is put under increasing amou

you saw them flip and become turned against al qaeda. can we replicate that now and what are the prospects for the sunnis once again turning against the terrorists? >> i think of the sunnis believe they have a real prospect, even for involvement with the iraqi government or some other confederation construct with their views and interests are represented, i think they will likely turn against i asked il. i don't think that message has been communicated yet. i think a body would like a more inclusive government but i am not clear if he has all of the members of his ruling body behind such inclusivity. until that occurs, the sunni tribes are very likely to remain either on the fence or choose the least worst option which is to not and tag and eyes and maybe even support isis in the western part of iraq. >> that would be the decisive action that needs to occur and the decisive action would be if the sunnis would turn against isis as they turned against al qaeda. >> i think that would absolutely be decisive, but i think they will be very cau

you have al qaeda growing. with all these threats who do you put on the top of the list as the number one priority for the united states to keep us safe? >> the one which we see growing fast and we see attacking us is isis and al qaeda. the thing that is most strategically threatening for the states, for the arabs, for everybody in europe is indeed the iranian regime because they are closer to achieve strategic parity with missiles and probably with the nukes soon and they are going to surprise us. jenna: he also mentioned in his testimony the joint effort between iran and north korea has been speculated but it certainly gives us something to think about as we take in the politics of today and who's going to be the next leader of the united states. it's great to have you on the program as always. thank you so much. gregg: as hillary clinton pulls ahead in the polls, the new york times is now calling on her to release transcripts of her wallstreet speeches . how they could affect her campaign coming up. >>> pet

al qaeda along the afghanistan pakistan border, al qaeda notice arabian peninsula, al qaeda and in syria. while they may not have advanced third goals, similar ideology and analogous tools of terror drive them. furthermore, the jury is still out on the largest state sponsor of terrorism, iran and its affiliates. we do not yet know yet if iran will behave responsibly or how they will invest the $100 billion they receive as a result of the joint comprehensive agreement. let's not forget that since 19, 1984, iran has been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. we will not take our eyes off of these threats. we also face uncertainty in south asia, the taliban has launched its first ever winter offensive in order to make a comeback in afghanistan. and it has increased attacks in pakistan. daesh is attempting to expand in the south and central asia as well as southeast asia. drawing your attention to africa, a see a volatile security environment due to dysfunctional political systems and conflicts creating permissive environment for transnational terrorism. in north africa, years of civil con

and isis' strength globally exceeds they have of al-qaeda. isis' leaders are determined to strike the homeland beyond extremist attacks. although the u.s. is a harder target than europe, isis e ternal operations remain a critical factor in our threat assessment for 2016. >> host: peter bergen? >> guest: those are sobering figures. the last time we heard there were 4500 westerns who went to syria for training and now the number is 6900. the last time we had an over all number it was 30,000 now it is close to 40,000 he is saying. so the fact is we are continuing to see significant numbers of people going to syria for training. the good news is very few are americans and the ones going it a one-way ticket with them sometimes getting killed over there. i could only find two examples when researching the book of people who train with a jihadi militant group and come back to the united states. we are talking about a handful. look at paris. everybody involved in the attack trained in syria. there were eight people we know of who were involved in the

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. this is serious and monumental. ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? >> this is the beauty of that little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. explanatory memorandum of the strategic goal. written in 1991. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to every one of your questions. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, performing what the muslim brotherhood and other islamist call the hidra, colonizati

al qaeda troops were not part of this deal. >> translator: there is no development, there won't be peace. one of these young men armed with kalashnikovs supposed to eat? >> she is aware that it is a target. >> the u.n. mandate now includes the protection of civilians. an ambitious goal for mating peace in an attitude of war. monica villamazar, al jazeera, mali. >>> thousands are said to be losing their jobs, as companies slash their cost. famida miller reports from cape town. >> doesn't want to think about the future he has worked at the time platinum mine in south africa's northwest province for eight years but a dramatic decline in commodity prices means jobs have been cut. >> we don't know what has really happened because now a lot of employees are stressed about that, so we don't know how many jobs are going to be lost. >> it's estimate they'd 52,000 jobs are under threat in africa's most industrialized economy. many say it's an industry in turmoil with frequent strike action over wages, safety issues and escalating electricity and labor costs, efforts to cut expenses are unavoidable

and just last friday a group linked to al-qaeda attacked a post in timbuktu. we went on patrol with peace keepers who are operating under constant threat of attack. >> the makeshift starts. we were given rare access to the united nations blue helmet parole police. this unit came under attack last friday when al-qaeda exploded a car bomb outside one of the spaces. the u.n. police provided support to its local counterparts. >> when the residents want suspicious behavior, strange things happen and they call us to verify what is going months. >> city is in permanent lockdown. no vehicles are allowed in or out after 6:30 in the evening. and there are constant power outages. >> we can't see anything because there are no lights. but they're still patrolling for a short block. there is no electricity. >> the mission has around 10,000 soldiers after the fight for independence in the north. the mission is one of the most dangerous in the world. 60 of its soldiers have been killed since the creation i in 2013. we are fully equipped the swedish contingent has replaced som

qaeda has probably about 100 or so, somewhere in that area of al qaeda members in the eastern part of afghanistan. they have married married up with some of the other militant organizations in the area, including the taliban. so they continue to ply their trade on the ground inside of afghanistan. but we're concerned that al qaeda can regenerate in that afghan-pak border region which is why we need to maintain the intelligence collection as well as working with our afghan and pak partners. isil has been able to take advantage of some elements within the taliban have that have been disenchanted with the organization. so isil is seen as a threat certainly by afghan officials. when i have traveled over to afghanistan just two months ago it was one of the real concerns they had that isil is planting the flag in different parts of afghanistan and they are now seen as a competitor to some of the existing militant and terrorist organizations there. >> stop there. how do you assess that? >> we assess it based on our -- >> no, no. not the methodology but how -- in a vernacular, how big a deal

in this regard, isis has a different dream than al qaeda. osama bin laden wanted to perpetrate large-scale terror attacks against the west. but he did not want his own state. isis does and it uses its caliphate as a base to launch its terror attacks. the best way to understand the difference between the two groups is to go back to al qaeda's signature moment, its most spectacular attack. ♪ september 11th, 2001. 19-year-old operatives hijack four planes, knock down two skyscrapers, crash into the pentagon and kill almost 3,000 people. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> at that moment with the american people terrorized, the american government searched for a fitting response to this attack. at that moment, the seeds of isis were planted. it would take years and untold numbers of dead before isis would supplant al qaeda. but you can draw a line from the horrifying events of 9/11 and the american response to the creation of the islamic state. that line begins 18 months after september 11th, the united

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the al qaeda chapter in syria are the two most capable al qaeda branches. the increase use by violent extremists encrypted secure internet enables them to go and undercut intelligence and law enforcement efforts. iran continues to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism and exert its influence and regional crisis in the middle east through the islamic resolution regard. it's terrace partner lebanese hezbollah and other groups. iran and has blood remain a continuing terrorist threat. we saw firsthand the threat posed to the united states by homegrown violent extremists in the july attack in chattanooga and the attack in december in san bernardino. in 2014 the fbi arrested nine isis supporters and that number increased fivefold. turning to weapons of mass distraction, north korea continues to conduct tests concern to to the united states. on saturday evening they conducted a satellite launch and claimed that it was successfully placed in orbit. additionally last month north korea carried out its fourth nuclear test claiming it was a hydrogen bomb

finally today all your viewers have to understand, for 90 years, fundamentalists, brotherhood, al-qaeda, have said we want to re-establish the caliphate, empir of islam. what happens june 2014, leader of isis walked into the grand mosque, second biggest city of declared caliphate re-established with himself as the emperor. this threat is real, 93 people in america arrested as members of isis, 30% of them with no intention to travel to the middle east to kill over there but here, kill americans on u.s. soil. threat is real. arrived, armstrong, your viewers need to prepare themselves. >> one example of how serious re in america is, comess from the director of fbi said he has 900 investigations of islamic-state related operations in every one of our 50 states. this is probably the tip of the iceberg, frankly. addition to theslamic ate, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in a

fights against isil is actually benefiting al-qaeda. what is that relationship between al-qaeda and isil? >> y i have seen that. i don't know that i could say airstrikes against isil are somehow benefiting al-qaeda because we are still keeping the pressure on al-qaeda. >> you are familiar with those reports? >> i have read them. but i am not sure i would subscribe to them. there have been, you know, i think there has been progress made against isil in its iraq-syria incarnation because it assumes some of the characteristics of the state and that makes vulnerabilities we can exploit. the important thing is to keep the pressure on on multiple fronts and keep attacking those things which are near and dear to isil which is the oil infrastructure that it owns and its access to money. >> one last question. my time is expired. but the rd-180 issue is one we are all looking at and i think there is a recognition we need to keep using for a period of time as we make any transition that might be in the future. in the defense authorization bill of

al qaeda alone, the afghanistan-pakistan border, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, l qaeda in syria, while they may not have advanced their goals in a caliphate, similar ideology and terror drive them. furthermore, the jury is still out on the largest state sponsor of terrorism, iran and its affiliates. we do not know yet if iran will behave responseably or how they will invest the $100 billion they received as a result of the joint comprehensive agreement. let's not forget that since january 19, 1984, iran has been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. we will not take our eyes off of these threats. we also face uncertainty in south asia. the taliban has launched its first-ever winter offensive in order to come back in afghanistan and has increased attacks in pakistan. da'ish is attempting to expand its enterprise in the south and central asia as well as southeast asia. drawing your attention to africa, i see a volatile security environment due to dysfunctional political systems and conflicts, creating permissive environment for transnational terrorism. in north africa, years of c

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the al nusra al qaeda in syria are the two most capable al qaeda branches. the use of encrypted and mobile-based technologies enables terrorist acts are to, quote, go dark and undercuts law enforcement efforts. iran continues to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism and exerts its influence in the mideast through the qods force its terrorist partner lebanese hezbollah and proxy groups. iran and hezbollah remain a continuing -- a continuing terrorist threat to u.s. interests and partners worldwide. we saw first hand the threat posed in the united states by homegrown violent extremists in the july attack in chattanooga and the attack in san bernardino. in 2014 the fbi arrested nine isil supporters and in 2015 that number increased over fivefold. turning to weapons of mass destruction, north korea continues to conduct test activities of concern to the united states. on saturday evening pyongyang conducted a satellite launch and subsequently claimed that the satellite was successfully placed in orbit. additionally last month north korea carried ou

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. explanatory memorandum of the strategic goal. written in 1991. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to every one of your questions. people can get a look for free, securityfreedom.org. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, brotherhood and other islamist call the hidra, c

finally today all your viewers have to understand, for 90 brotherhood, al-qaeda, have said we want to re-establish the caliphate, empire of islam. what happens june 2014, leader of isis walked into the grand mosque, second biggest city of iraq, we used patrol and declared caliphate re-established with himself as the emperor. this threat is real, 93 people in america arrested as members of isis, 30% of them with no intention to travel to the middle east to kill over there but here, kill americans on u.s. soil. arrived, armstrong, your viewers need to prepare themselves. >> one example of how serious here in america is, comes from the director of fbi said he has 900 investigations of islamic-state related operations in every one of our 50 states. is is probably the tip of the iceberg, frankly. when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back hello! i'm mack lyon and i'm phil sande. we're here eve week th a bible messag

al-qaeda linked groups were not part of the deal. >> if there is no development, there won't be peace. these men are armed and all signed that a peace deal. they can't eat sand to survive. there is nothing more than sand in this desert. >> they keep an eye on the port outside timbuktu. the police commander says she is aware that the u.n. mission is the target. >> we say hello and explain what we are doing here. we ask if they need anything and get feedback. >> the u.n. mandate now includes the protection of civilians, a goal for a force that has to maintain peace in a theater of war. al jazeera, timbuktu, mali. >>> a third of our four part series in the widening contraction in the european union has grown to 28 members in the pursuit of economic stability. now integration and ever closer union may be no more. >> in a matter of months, britain is expected to hold a referendum to decide the country's future alongside its chief trading partners in the european union. successive waves of crisis battering the eu have bolstered euro skeptic opinion on both sides of these channel waters, a w

more extremist fighters from the linkeduster of font are to al qaeda and designated a terrorist group by the united andons, which is why russia syria insist they are bombing legitimate targets. rebel positions in northern syria are the syrian kurds, keen to extend. they're working with the americans against the so-called islamic state controlling the territory in red. they're are using the syrian-russian push for their anyand, turkey is receiving push out the border as a security threat. from damascus, a pleasure secured by the u.n. personal envoys could go to areas tomorrow. katty: russia's involvement in syria is a testimony to the syrian government's own weakness, and it would be smarter to focus on it political institute. a new article was written, entitled "why obama's middle east policy is failing." a shortack joined me time ago. it does not look like there is much movement on the diplomatic front. what are you hearing from the white house on how much america is prepared to commit itself to what is happening in syria? ken: what do you hear from the white house is the united stat

againsts terrorists like al qaeda and isil, we are using every element of our national power. ur military, intelligence, diplomacy, homeland security, law enforcement, federal, state, and local, as well as the example of our ideals as a country that's committed to universal values. including rule of law and human rights. in this fight we learn and we work to constantly improve. when we find something that works, we keep on doing it. when it becomes clear that something is not working as intended, when it does not advance our security, we have to change course. for many years it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. this is not just my opinion. this is the opinion of experts. this is the opinion of many in our military. it's counterproductive to our

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? >> this is the beauty of that little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. explanatory memorandum of the strategic goal. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to every one of your questions. people can get a look for free, securityfreedom.org. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, performing what the muslim brotherhood and other

>> al qaeda is probably about 100 or so, somewhere in that area, of al qaeda members in afghanistan. the leader there have married up with some of the other militant organizations in the area including the taliban. so they continue to apply their trade on the ground inside of afghanistan. but we're concerned that al qaeda can regenerate in that afghan border are region, which is why we need to maintain the intelligence collection as well as working with our afghan partners. isil has been able to take advantage of some elements within the taliban have that have been disenchanted with the organization. so isil is seen as a threat certainly by afghan officials when i have traveled over to afghanistan just two months ago. it was one of the real concerns they had that isil is planting the flag in different parts of afghanistan and they are now seen as a competitor to some of the existing militant and terrorist organizations there. >> stop there. how do you assess that? not the methodology, but in a vernacular, how big a deal is that? >> it's a concern, isil probably has several hundred me

last week a group linked to al-qaeda attacked a post in timbuktu. a colleaguened unt patrol with peacekeepers operating under threat of attack. >> >> reporter: the sun falls on timbuktu and the night shift starts. we were given access to the united nations blue helmet patrol police. this group came under attack when al-qaeda exploded a car bomb outside a base. the u.n. provided support. to their counterparts. >> translation: when the residents report suspicious behaviour they call us to verify what is going on. >> reporter: the city is in permanent lockdown. no vehicles allowed in or out after 6:30 in the evening. there are constant power outages, normally this is a mosque, we can't see anything. there are no lights. they are still patrolling for a short block. they are scared to do this when there's no electricity >>> the u.n.'s mission in maui has around 10,000 soldiers and is helping to stablilize the country after a fight for independence in the north. the mission is one of the most dangerous in the world. 60 of its soldiers have been killed sin

we're now confronting threats from a resurgent taliban, a reviving al qaeda and a rising isil. isil sanctuary in syria has been deadly enough. we cannot afford another one in afghanistan. this complex and expanding terrorist threat tests both our own counterterrorism capacity as well as the capability and capacity of the afghan military, which is still developing key enablers including intelligence, logistics, special forces, airlift and close air support. by now we should have learned from the precipitous withdrawal from iraq and the disaster that ensued that wars do not end because politicians say so. nor will any politician be able to schedule an end to the threat of radical islamic terrorism that's emanating from afghanistan or the region more broadly. that's why as the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate, it makes no strategic or military sense to continue the withdrawal of american forces. indeed, our military commanders increasing realize that preventing the reemergence of terror safe havens in afghanistan will require a long-term partnership with

al-nusra is one of the rebel groups with links to al-qaeda. it has some allies that are called by the russians as terrorists. remember something that harra sham or jaesh. those groups are designated by russia and the russians are pushing to include them as terrorists. that's where they are coming from. the opposition is not very optimistic about this cessation of hostility any ways. >> translation: our main concern in opposition is that both russia and the are not serious about their commitment to cessation of hostilities. including i.s.i.l. and al-nusra can be deplord by their regime and allies to keep slaughtering our civilians and trying to finish off the real syrian opposition. excluding al-nusra in this agreement can be an excuse to continue the destructions of our cities. we need real guarantees by the international community. so all parties will be truly committed to the ceasefire. we don't want this to be a trap where the real opposition will fall into and risk all that we have accomplished for the sake of the syrian people >>> clearly

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. explanatory memorandum of the strategic goal. written in 1991. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to every one of your questions. people can get a look for free, securityfreedom.org. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, performing what the muslim call the hidra, colon

how do you assess the taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan? how much of the territory of afghanistan day is controlled by the taliban? >> is a difficult question to address because a lot of times, the taliban controls certain areas and its dynamic and fluid. they will take various government and military outpost, then pull back. large parts of the country that fall under their influence, we have worked very closely with to afghan military services try to concentrate their focus on areas that need to be protected whether it is critical infrastructure, cities, transit and transportation routes, but as you know, the taliban control a lot of terrain outside of the central government's reach and al qaeda continues to have a president -- presence, particularly in the eastern part of afghanistan and a continued to work with the taliban as well as the economy's. haqqani's. >> my view is you cannot have passionate debate in this room without the great work that the men and women of the intelligence community due to preserve our freedom. i want to start

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the al nusra front are the two most capable al qaeda branches. the increased use by violent extremists of encrypted and secure internet and mobile-based technologies enable terrorist actors to go dark and serves to undercut intelligence and law enforcement efforts. iran continues to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism and exert its influence in regional crises in the middle east through the qods force its terrorist partner lebanese hezbollah and proxy groups. iran and hezbollah remain a continuing terrorist threat to u.s. interests and partners worldwide. we saw firsthand the threat posed the united states by homegrown violent extremists in the july attack in chattanooga and the attack in december in san bernardino. in 2014, the fbi arrested nine isil supporters and in 2015 that number increased over five-fold. turning to weapons of mass destruction, north korea continues to conduct test activities of concern to the united states. on saturday evening, pyongyang conducted a satellite launch and subsequently claimed that the satellite was su

the al qaeda peninsula and the al nusra front of the two most capable al qaeda branches. mobile-based technology enables terrorist actors, and serves to undercut law enforcement efforts. iran continues to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism and exerts its influence in regional crises in the middle east during the islamic revolutionary guard corps quds force, its terrorist partner hezbollah, and proxy groups. we saw firsthand the threat posed in the united states by homegrown extremists in the july attack in chattanooga and the attack in san bernardino. in 2014, the fbi arrested nine isil supporters. in 2015, the number increased more than fivefold. moving toward what was a mass discretion, north korea continues to conduct terrorist activities. they claim that a satellite was successfully placed in orbit. additionally, in january north korea carried out its fourth nuclear test, claiming it was a hydrogen bomb, but the yield was too low for it to be successful. pyongyang continues to develop missile material. it is also committed to developing a long-range nuclear ar

i had more penetrations with al qaeda and better knowledge of their threat profile and had more legal restrictses. congress had actually taken some steps, and so i removed it become but that was no judgment on what had gone on before. and when people ask me, would you have done it? my answer is, in this is from the heart, my answer is, i thank god i never had to make that decision, and for those who are quick to criticize, they may want to thank god, too, that someone else stepped up and made that tough call. >> host: which is kind of what some aspects of intelligence are about, making decisions that nobody else well make. >> guest: in an infinite gray area as you know. >> host: absolutely. let me ask you about khalid khad shake sheikh mohammad. there was a dispute ongoing, i speaks, whether or not he being the only person who was waterboardded a substantial number of times, once or twice, whether or not the waterboard offering him produced information from him that did in fact help lead us to osama bin n laden's courier or to a phone. what's your view on that. >> guest: really nice t

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? >> this is the beauty of that little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. explanatory memorandum of the strategic goal. written in 1991. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to people can get a look for free, securityfreedom.org. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, performing what the muslim brotherhood and othe

when you throw into the mix in addition to the islamic state, hezbollah cells, hamas cells, al-qaeda cells, then there is the muslim brotherhood on top of them. >> armstrong: hold that, we are coming back. we'll be back. >> i know we have a book, men ran dumb from the archives of the muslim brotherhood, right here in america how did they build their infrastructure? how do they describe themselves? how do they use american's laws against them. how do they plan to make their presence known or have they already? >> this is the beauty of that little book, armstrong. this is the secret strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood. strategic goal. only came to our attention, 2007-2008, largest terrorism trial holy land foundation trial. that lays out the answer to every one of your questions. people can get a look for free, securityfreedom.org. this book talks about how you build stelfully the infrastructure for jihad. there was an article back in wall street journal talking about in germany overrun by migrants, refugee seekers, performing what the muslim brotherhood and other islamist call th

we know that al qaeda started to develop biological weapons. they lost a program in afghanistan to develop anthrax into a mass casualty weapon. the u.s. discovered evidence of that unsuccessful, or not fully realized program after our military entered. we know that i so has publicly expelled biological weapons -- publicly et isil has spoused biological weapons. syria iran, russia, and continue to engage in suspicious, dual-use for biological weapons and that we believe were in violation. cachets of old say programs cannot be accessed again. then smuggled to other regions for today's war by proxies that includes some of today's terrace. possessesat isil now what he means to get a biological weapons program going. infrastructure, like labs and manufacturing facilities. scientific expertise, professional military personnel who would know how to best apply the weapons. so, we believe this is part of the panel's discussion. we need to do a better job. the resources it needs to address the biological threats properly. frankly, our assessment of the b

al qaeda in the islamic maghreb hassing claimed responsibility for a raid in mali. the al qaeda affiliate has been behind several recent attacks that have killed several in the region including in mali and burkina faso. reporting from timbuktu, mali. >> the sun falls on timbuktu and the night arises, al qaeda exploded a car bomb outside one of its bases. the u.n. police provide support to its local counterparts. >> translator: when the residents thought suspicious behavior strange things. they immediately call us to verify what is going onen. >> the city is in permanent lock down. no vehicles are allowed in nor out after 6:30 in the evening and there are constantly power outages. so normally, this is one of the most important morvegz. wmosques. we can't see anything because there are no lights. they are still proalg, the patry are scared to do this when there is no electricity. the u.n. is helping stabilize the country, the mission is one of the most dangerous of the world. 60 of its soldiers have been killed since its creation in 2013. >> it is dangerous to operate

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the city extremists and al qaeda linked fronts have not been included by the truce. oliver farry reports. oliver: a two-week cease-fire that has the syrian government and the rebels on board. groups on either side will have to put down their weapons by saturday, allowing for humanitarian access to the areas that they control, committing to releasing prisoners. >> russian and american military personnel will jointly define the areas on the map where such future active. the russian military and the us-led coalition will not carry out military operations against them. >> rebel forces must not be allowed to strengthen their positions. opposition groups had earlier given a conditional yes to cease-fire. military action will continue against terrorist groups recognized by the un security council. since the five-month air campaign, russia says it is against the islamic state group, has said thatrces it poses a threat to a sod. assad.d. -- >> washington and moscow are under pressure to make this deal work, especially as the previous truce was never implemented. this time the

fights against isil is actually benefiting al qaeda. there is relationship or what is that relationship between al qaeda and isil? >> i've seep that. i don't know i could say that airstrikes against isil are somehow benefiting al qaeda because we're still keeping the pressure on al qaeda. >> you're familiar with the reports, though. >> i've read them. i'm not sure i would subscribe to them. there have been -- there has been progress made against isil and its iraq, syria incarnation because that assumes some of the accouterments a of a nation state and that presents vulnerabilities we can exploit. the important thing is to keep the pressure on, on multiple fronts, and keep attacking those things which are near and dear to isil, which is the oil infrastructure that is owns and its access to money. >> one last question. my time expired. the rd-180 issue. one we're all looking at and there is a recognition we need to keep using for a period of time as we make any transition that might be in the future. now, we have in the defense authorizat

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the al qaeda chapter in syria are the two most capable al qaeda branches. the increase use by violent extremists encrypted secure internet enables them to go and undercut intelligence and law enforcement efforts. iran continues to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism and exert its influence and regional crisis in the middle east through the islamic resolution regard. it's terrace partner lebanese hezbollah and other groups. iran and has blood remain a continuing terrorist threat. we saw firsthand the threat posed to the united states by homegrown violent extremists in the july attack in chattanooga and the attack in december in san bernardino. in 2014 the fbi arrested nine isis supporters and that number increased fivefold. turning to weapons of mass distraction, north korea continues to conduct tests concern to to the united states. on saturday evening they conducted a satellite launch and claimed that it was successfully placed in orbit. additionally last month north korea carried out its fourth nuclear test claiming it was a hydrogen bomb

al qaeda central, who attacked us on 9/11, is more or less out of business. isis is taken their place. think we will see more large-scale attacks in europe. will see isis-inspired attacks in the united states. many will be disrupted by the fbi. some, by the law of averages, will get through. texas -- that, or kind of thing will continue. host: john is calling in from northport, florida. me.er: excuse thank you for listening. why are you not talking about the country of turkey? the reason why i say that is i grew up in pennsylvania. there was a clergyman out of the country of turkey who was put into the united states back in 1999. amsterdam, i spoke to him , regarding this man. there is now an investigation because of charter schools that he is under investigation, he is considered a terrorist, which the country of turkey put him on the terrorist list. the country of turkey hired robert amsterdam. host: john, where do you want to go with this? caller: is he familiar with this man and i feel the country of turkey is funneling terrorists out of the country of tu