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the absentee ballots that were allegedly faked in an election last year in one city. can you believe they have taken dna samples from some election officials as part of the investigation? we have an update coming up. jamie: let s talk about the war in afghanistan. brazen attack on u.n. compound again raising questions can nato and u.s. forces really ever get the country under control? daily news is quoting a senior official calling the task nearly impossible. bring in reserve lieutenant colon colonel, operation dark heart. good to see you, sir. good morning. good to see you. jamie: i want to ask about the assessment of afghanistan. i went and asked can our brain room, they come up with all the answers to find out how much money is being requested for afghanistan. we know there will be a drawdown before you know it. but for 2011, $119.4 billion
comes from al-qaeda s affiliate in yemen. the same responsible for the botched christmas day bombing of a jet liner going to detroit. they say this outlines a more immediate threat than the terror group s vast network in pakistan. for more on the threat, we turn to lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer, author of operation dark heart, which was censored by the pentagon. also, we re joined by christine fair. christine, have you ever had a book censored by the pentagon? no, but i wish they would sensor my cook book. we should submit it and see if they object to your chilli recipe. what can you tell us about the
minority whip eric cantor and congress woman debbie wasserman schulz. find out which invited the other to dinner. all right here at 2 on fox news. part of a recent senate inquiry finds that money leaving the united states is making its way into the hands of the taliban. joining us now with more on this report and the fallout, lieutenant colonel tony shafer, author of operation dark heart. thanks for being with us today. thank you for having me. i find this story absolutely unbelievable. when you know about security for our troops should be paramount. the priority, the big concern that these people are not being properly vetted and that the money being paid to these guys making its way to the taliban. and this is not the first time this has happened. we should learn our lessons from the past. we had a problem with tran
process that we started with, northern ireland peace process, something along that line and continue to do the targeted work, i argue we should be doing more boots on the ground than drones but there s some billion of that that is necessary to actually continue to do what s necessary. and we got to find out other faisal shahzads out there he said yesterday in court there s more of them. i belt you there r let s figure out how to find out where they are and go after them. got t listen, always a pleasure, anthony schaffer, the book operation dark heart, spy craft and special ops on the frontlines of afghanistan. always a pleasure. thank you. coming up here on the dylan ratigan show, how lawmakers are, as we all know, like nascar driver. we will look at corporate sponsorship in congress as we are a month out from this big election. and what capitol hill would look like firefighters based on, well, where the cold hard cash comes from. think of it like a transparent radio. bizarre,