crowley, former assistant state republic of affairs. i m awfully glad you re here. among the questions that comes to mind, what are the security measures that are taken overseas for diplomats who are in hostile regions? it s an essential question. under the viviana convention the security at the consulates is primarily the host nation. they secure the compound from the wall out. then inside a typical embassy you ll have diplomatic security and you ll have marines. this was a u.s. consulate. i don t think there was a marine contingent there. there were diplomatic security there. but alex, it s one of those things where you can never completely eliminate the risk. if we turn embassies and
and you assume they went to this theater on a date. he lost his wallet. somebody put it in lost and found and they never called you. how did they find it? they were tearing apart a wall that used to be an original office. and there was a wall only about two inches away from the safe. and when they tore that wall out, there was a wallet. i mean, it looks brand new. yeah. it s been like an in a time capsule. david, i understand you ve got the wallet right there with you. i do. but five pictures inside and it s it was like a look at your parents as you had never seen them before because you ve never seen any of those pictures before, right? yeah. the some of these the pictures of my mom i ve never seen before. yeah. when he was 16 years old. wow.
street are rare, but the dangers remain. in the middle of a pomegranate field, they find a hidden taliban bunker. a classic spot we get rid from a lot. prepared to destroy it with explosives. i m just going to try to implode it. fire in the hole. yeah. but the blast is larger than it should have been. it s the homemade explosive, which is what they make the i.e.d. with. on the other side of the wall, causing the explosion to be bigger than what we thought and take the wall out. we find a bed down location but he hme that would have been used for the i.e.d.. many fighters fled but the i.e.d.s remain and are the greatest enemy. the u.s. soldiers are concerned about this front wall. usually indication of i.e.d.. that s what you re looking
yeah! reporter: but the blast is massive and much larger than it should have been. actually had hme which is their homemade explosives. it was on the other side of the wall which caused the explosion to be a little bigger than what we originally thought and actually take this wall out. not only did we find a beddown location, but we got a couple of jugs of hme. reporter: as troops push deeper, many insurgents have fled, but ieds remain and now are the greatest enemy. and signs of them are seemingly everywhere. u.s. soldiers are concerned about this rope along this wall. it s usually an indication of an ied. unsure if it s a bomb and taking no chances, they lay explosives to check. fire in the hole! reporter: now, because of the taliban choke hold this summer, few afghans were willing
massive and larger than it should have been. there were homemade explosives, they make their ieds with, on the other side of the wall, caused the explosion to be larger than we originally thought and actually took the wall out. not only did we find a bed but a couple of jugs of hme that would have been used for the ied. reporter: as troops push deeper into kandahar insurgents have fled and ieds remain and are the greatest enemy and signs of them are seemingly everywhere. soldiers are concerned about the rope along the flood wall, usually an indication of an ied. unsure if it is a bomb and taking no chances, they lay explosives to check. fire in the hole. [explosion]. reporter: commanders are up beat about the progress being