government's worst kept secrets. agencies like the cia using cash to get ahead. it usually works sometimes. in the long run where does the money end up? according to "the new york times" almost $1 million went to al qaeda. former cia covert operations officer joins us from washington, d.c. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve how are you? >> i'm doing okay. what could al qaeda do with $1 million of our dollars? this story i think is -- should be really eye opening for the listening audience, that one of the worst enemies we have in modern times got american taxpayer dollars. it is -- unconscionable. here the problem is not how in this case cia handled the money. they do a great job with protecting national security. doing all of the protocols, following all the laws that are on the books in order to insure