afghanistan and could potentially harbour al-qaeda again? potentially harbour al-qaeda a . ain? . potentially harbour al-qaeda aiain? ., . ., again? there are certain structural— again? there are certain structural changes - again? there are certain structural changes that i again? there are certain l structural changes that we again? there are certain - structural changes that we have made to the way that we think about and share intelligence. the united states had not been attacked on its territory that way since the war of 1812, so we thought of internal security and external security. as a matter of fact, we didn't even have an organisation that was responsible for internal security. everybody else ministry of interior did what our fbi debt plus, our interior department does indian reservations and national parks, and so we had to create a homeland security department. we now have a counterterrorism centre that actually merges internal and external intelligence, and so we have made some structural changes, but i am worried about the loss of the eyes and ears on the ground in afghanistan, which gave us a way of dealing with