despite request from the hill we have yet to receive a single piece of information about the administration's revised counter-terrorism plan. meanwhile, the taliban continues its relationship with al qaeda and the new interior minister has a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head for killing americans. any hope that americans will protect security is a fatal flawed assumption. you must redouble efforts to reach ct agreements and preserve disappearing intelligence network. they should risk a strategic downgrade in their relationship with the united states. we also must understand pakistan's role in this entire matter as the chairman has alluded to. this is a difficult but important situation. i also remain concerned that the administration is rushing to normalize ties with the taliban government. this must not occur. without extensive congressional consultation. the notification that you