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So we need to deal with kind of the heads of the snake here.
They have communication. They are bringing intelligence, but it's from the Taliban. So we lost 98 to 99% of our collection, our assets we developed over 20 years. We're now bringing in reporting, but it's from the Taliban. The Taliban is now the source of the U.S. government and the source of counterterrorism information in Afghanistan.
They have communication. They are bringing intelligence, but it's from the Taliban. So we lost 98 to 99% of our collection, our assets we developed over 20 years. We're now bringing in reporting, but it's from the Taliban. The Taliban is now the source of the U.S. government and the source of counterterrorism information in Afghanistan.
They have communication. They are bringing intelligence, but it's from the Taliban. So we lost 98 to 99% of our collection, our assets we developed over 20 years. We're now bringing in reporting, but it's from the Taliban. The Taliban is now the source of the U.S. government and the source of counterterrorism information in Afghanistan.
Yes. So that's who we get intelligence from and from Shiraz Shadeen Haqqani.
Yes. So that's who we get intelligence from and from Shiraz Shadeen Haqqani.
Yes. So that's who we get intelligence from and from Shiraz Shadeen Haqqani.
Yeah, I mean, even our State Department basically went to the government of Tajikistan, right, the leadership and the intelligence leadership and said, don't have relationships with the resistance or it's going to affect your relationship with the U.S. government. Like, that's at the level it's at. And, you know, we need to be honest. We have Taliban sympathizers in our government, right? Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, even our State Department basically went to the government of Tajikistan, right, the leadership and the intelligence leadership and said, don't have relationships with the resistance or it's going to affect your relationship with the U.S. government. Like, that's at the level it's at. And, you know, we need to be honest. We have Taliban sympathizers in our government, right? Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, even our State Department basically went to the government of Tajikistan, right, the leadership and the intelligence leadership and said, don't have relationships with the resistance or it's going to affect your relationship with the U.S. government. Like, that's at the level it's at. And, you know, we need to be honest. We have Taliban sympathizers in our government, right? Yeah.
We have them in the State Department. You know, we likely have them in the NSC. We definitely have them in the CIA, right? This is a problem unless we root them out. It's just like when you had communists in the government, which we still do, right? When you have these influences in the government, they're the ones making these deals.
We have them in the State Department. You know, we likely have them in the NSC. We definitely have them in the CIA, right? This is a problem unless we root them out. It's just like when you had communists in the government, which we still do, right? When you have these influences in the government, they're the ones making these deals.
We have them in the State Department. You know, we likely have them in the NSC. We definitely have them in the CIA, right? This is a problem unless we root them out. It's just like when you had communists in the government, which we still do, right? When you have these influences in the government, they're the ones making these deals.
They're the ones making sure the money keeps going to the Taliban and to the terrorists. And so you're up against those types as well. And it is a lot of money involved in this. There's corruption involved in supporting terrorism as well.
They're the ones making sure the money keeps going to the Taliban and to the terrorists. And so you're up against those types as well. And it is a lot of money involved in this. There's corruption involved in supporting terrorism as well.
They're the ones making sure the money keeps going to the Taliban and to the terrorists. And so you're up against those types as well. And it is a lot of money involved in this. There's corruption involved in supporting terrorism as well.
And the crazy part, Thomas West, they've moved him to another role in the State Department, but what he's in charge of is sanctions, right? So we got now a Taliban sympathizer in charge of sanctions. So how often do you think he's sanctioning the Taliban?
And the crazy part, Thomas West, they've moved him to another role in the State Department, but what he's in charge of is sanctions, right? So we got now a Taliban sympathizer in charge of sanctions. So how often do you think he's sanctioning the Taliban?
And the crazy part, Thomas West, they've moved him to another role in the State Department, but what he's in charge of is sanctions, right? So we got now a Taliban sympathizer in charge of sanctions. So how often do you think he's sanctioning the Taliban?
Well, you know, Legend kind of brought up a bit, right? He talked a little bit about Sirajuddin Haqqani and ISKP. I think what a lot of people don't understand is how al-Qaeda fits into that and why it matters, right? So al-Qaeda is planning an attack on the U.S. homeland, but who are they using, right, to be involved in that attack? Siraj Hadeen Haqqani, right?