>> they are not. but they're being told that this is a catastrophic event, an epic failure for america. it's not for a few basic reasons that i can tell you as a counterterrorism official. we collect intelligence that we could never have collected and collated 20 years ago because we have a lot of people, a lot of money, a lot of technology, and a lot of focus. we have a willingness in the congress at the white house to act on that intelligence. that is send a drone or plane in and kill people. you could not have done that 21 years ago, ever. we have partners, people like the saudis, maybe the pakistanis, believe it or not, who are more focused on this than they were 20 years ago. americans won't like this, but it's a reality. we have relationships with warlords, people who murder other people, but warlords who have the ability to collect intelligence to tell us where the foreigners are. i'm not saying it's great. it's not. we're not as safe. but it's not a horror show and the media characterizations of