bad policy from four presidents, from both parties. joining me now craig whitlock, investigative reporter for "the washington post" and author of the forthcoming book "the afghanistan papers: a secret history of the war. and an investigative reporter and contributing writer, back in 2019, reporting from battlefield provinces. thank you both for joining me this evening. craig, let me start with you. is it fair to say based on all of your reporting, especially the leaked documents you got hold of in 2019, the afghan papers, we were lied to by presidents of both parties, by generals, by diplomats for 20 years? they knew everything about the afghan army and the government. none of this could have come as a surprise to them surely. >> no, it didn't. one minor correction. those documents weren't leaked. we had to sue the federal government for three years under the freedom of information act to obtain them. so it wasn't a leak. this is old fashioned reporting. but you are absolutely right. you know, every presidential
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