essentially because the united states was destined to lose the war on terror and yet as we know he was ultimately killed by the very troops he said could not win. tom foreman, thanks very much. our cnn national security analyst peter bergen. he interviewed bin laden, wrote a book on the search for him. also former congresswoman jane harman leading expert on intelligence heads the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. also retired lieutenant colonel james reese, former delta force commander. babb bare cnn cnn security analyst, former cia operative. peter, let me start with you. the washington post quoting from some of the documents released today saying that he seems to have been exhausted when he spent six years in that compound. he wrote this. i have been living for years in the company of some of the brothers from the area and they are getting exhausted security-wise from me staying with them and what results from that. i think that i have to leave
research shows many other factors drive our minds and performance. like motivation, discipline, adaptive abilities and, of course, our environments. scott barry kauffman, expert on intelligence, argues in a culture obsessed with measuring talent, ability and potential, we often yore look the important role of inspiration in enabling potential. he knows this issue personally as a child, kauffman was diagnosed with auditory learning disabilities and kept in special education classes until he personally lobbied his school to let him out. his research focuses on intelligence, creativity and the mental processes of dating and sex, his most recent book is ungifted, intelligence redefined. welcome. thanks for having me. absolutely. tell us what is wrong with the current sort of conventional conception of intelligence. i want to say off the bat i m not anti-iq or standardized testing. i think they can be used as tools. but i look at the education