dead. american warren weinstein and italian national giovanni. joining me now, we have bob baher. he s a former cia operative, we have retired lieutenant james reese, cnn global affairs analysis and here with me peter burgen cnn national security analyst. so peter, you have warren weinstein who had been kidnapped in 2011. this has been some time. i know a lot of people are now asking the administration could they have done more to try to rescue him? is this the way this had to end? i think the sort answer is no. this was a huge mistake. u.s. and pakistani officials about the case, for the americans, it was complicated by the fact that he was held by al qaeda. pakistanis did reach out to the people in the area he was held without success. but you know there were other americans being held today by groups in this area.