taliban lead afghanistan once again become a pariah state, but if i had to bet can i think it's probably where we are going to end up. iiruilieii where we are going to end up. when ou are in where we are going to end up. when you are in charge _ where we are going to end up. when you are in charge of— you are in charge of counterterrorism, you had troops on the ground there, you had that formidable oversight of the us embassy, which was an intelligence hub. he had oversight from the planes that were flying over the top, the drones, an awful lot that has been stripped away now. do you think the agency has the capability to keep and off a lot of that has been stripped away now. do you think the agency has the capability to keep a night on the terrorist threat that will grow there?— that will grow there? well, i think there is both _ that will grow there? well, i think there is both human _ that will grow there? well, i think there is both human intelligence | that will grow there? well, i think i there is both human intelligence and technical intelligence. technical intelligence is still possible, but it is much more difficult when you don't have a base either in the country, inside afghanistan, or on the immediate periphery, i suspect there are efforts under way to try to get that, but as of right now, it doesn't appear that us intelligence has that. there's also the issue of human intelligence, and as you know,