taliban. i ll be specific about akani, because my engagement with him over the years, he has committed to that. i think one of the issues that is just a challenge for us is our clock moves a lot faster than his clock. that has been the case so far, and i think it will be the case in the future. and i m not trying to give him an excuse, but matching those clocks has been pretty difficult. admiral, speaking of alkani you were there last month in pakistan, you talked about the strained relationship between the isi and alkani has on the u.s. relationship with pakistan. is it time to say with the pakistani, clearly you have a relationship with them, just turn them over to the united states. is it time to do that? i think my comments from a month ago still stand from that perspective. i was very clear about the priority for the leadership in particular with respect to the
alkani network and the need to get at that. and i wouldn t change that right now. the fact that you turn over alkani we will tie that to our aid to pakistan, is that the right thing to do? i think our approach needs to be with pakistan a very comprehensive approach across the totality of government. i think picking an individual string that says this is how we are going to do it, that isn t going to answer it. it has to be a comprehensive approach. the secretary talked about the resources, which are considerable, and certainly it s understandable that there would be those that would look at that. i mean and i understand that. and i think, quite frankly, the sacthepakistani military leaderp would understand that. you said you don t think the top leadership in pakistan new that bin laden was there. do you presume that someone in the isi for the army knew he was there and supported him?