by a u.s. soldier, many afghans are now calling for americans to leave their country now. joining me from chicago, former pennsylvania congressman joe sestak, lee-star admiral in the u.s. navy, welcome. nice to see you. good to be back with you. i know that you so muched in the war? afghanistan. a run the navy s anti-terrorism unit during the global war on terrorism. if the u.s. were to leave afghanistan, does that damage our terror fighting abilities or is our national security job done in afghanistan? it is done in afghanistan. it would only have an impact on our global war terror efforts if it were to have an impact on our finishing the eradication of al qaeda in pakistan. they are not in afghanistan. and second, if somehow it were to impact the government of impact of afghanistan, because if they were to fail, there are 2,000 scientists that built the nuclear weapons that are in that country. and if they came under the hands
and richard engel. in many ways, new york city has always been the center of terrorism. the 9/11 attacks, washington, d.c. as well, but the center was always here in new york. police departments reacted in different ways, not on that day that was widely documented, but since then. and the new york police department, which is a giant force. it s really the size of army divisions, isn t just a police force anymore. they have invested in counterterrorism in ways that most people have no idea. new yorkers are not aware of the extension that counterterrorism is taking place in this city. for the last several years, we ve been given access to what new york has done in the name of security, and i think a lot of people will be surprised at how
terrorism. that s where a small group of people can really make a difference. maybe one person is able to carry out a nuclear attack or even a dirty bomb attack, the results would be serious. february 2010, an elite team of american scientists and engineers assemble secretly in the nation of chile and south america. their mission is to shield and transport safely 30 pounds of radioactive uranium, enough uranium to devastate a city in a bomb blast, enough uranium to be in a bomb blast. they try to keep it off the black market, to bring it to the u.s., to lock it down. everything goes as plan. an 800-pound cast will hold the material after it s carefully removed from its storage pools.
the taliban. number two, they have a high ratio of extremists that represent, in nuclear security terms, potential insider threats, and we have seen nuclear capabilities, so we have a record of insider problems, and probably the most alarming is that their nuclear weapons are increasing. in this environment, a greater number of facilities and weapons and material production is not a good thing. that new plutonium production facility where pakistan is building the fuel for its nuclear weapons, the former director of that facility is the same nuclear scientist who met with osama bin laden around that afghan camp fire a month before 9/11. it is in this threat environment that they make vivid the threat of terrorism to the american people. coming up, in a nuclear black market, america s industries could become the highest goal. al-qaeda s goal is to build nuclear weapons. i
to tel aviv, to singapore. going overseas was number one. we wanted to establish an overseas presence so the new york city question is never ignored. not ignoring the new york city question is like when terrorists took over mumbai in 2008, they were there. they briefed officers in ncy. the terrorism in india had a direct impact on new york. if a guest requests a particular room on a high floor or doesn t let a maid in for days, the nypd wants to know. nypd was outgunned by terrorists. so new york put nyc cops otter on the terrorist system. the special operations division practices assault tactics on old subway cars. they re preparing for a mumbai scenario when terrorists attack in small units. but force doesn t work unless you know where to focus it. this $100 million command center