perhaps that wasn t the case here in recent months and recent years, especially following the trade for bowe bergdahl. that the president took a political hit on. well i can t tell you what getting into specifics into the search of dr. weinstein. that this is a top priority for the intelligence community. certainly for the administration and the president whenever there is american held hostage to do everything possible to locate them to figure out if there is a safe way to rescue them. it s often very difficult and these hostages were held for a long time and the fact that this compound was under surveillance for as long as it was without any indication that hostages were present gives you an indication of just the kind of operational trade craft that al qaeda uses. they know that these are valuable hostages for them. they know we re looking for them. they know we ll try to rescue them. so, they take a lot of precautions. the other point i would make and this is something that you