for icloud passwords. have these terror groups become that sophisticated that quickly? >> absolutely. anything that ucs do with our phones and other commuting systems. they have the same things because they csu state. it's something they use and are comfortable with. >> bill: the last point, the number of groups in that part of the world, the syrians, the kurds, russians, americans, maybe the iranians. when the commander-in-chief makes a call to pull 1,000 americans out, the reality on the ground starts shifting and shuffling, there are moments of opportunity to be had there. do you believe this was one of those moments? had this operation already been set in forward motion prior to it? what's your view. >> based on information we know for certain it's been thought of and was processing since at least may of this year.