i'm afraid this might affect your appetite. hello, i'm eric bolling, along kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckle, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." so today the nation's top spy held a rare press conference to defend his agency's following the democrats release of a report of the cia's enhanced interrogation methods. >> we had little experience housing detainees and precious few of our officers were trained interrogators, but the president authorized the effort six days after 9/11, and it was our job to carry it out. and whatever your views are on

eits, our nation and in particular this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secure. >> but was the program worth it? here's more from john brennan. >> detainees who were subjected to eits at some point during their confinement, subsequently provided information that our experts found to be useful and valuable in our counterterrorism experts. >> do you think the bin laden case can be attributed in some part to enhanced interrogation techniques or torture? >> it is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. >> so throughout the 45-minute news conference, brennan never

used the word torture once. he said officers involved in the program did what they were asked to do in the service of our nation. so, bob, yesterday you suggested former cia directors george tenant, michael goss, lied, do you want to add a fourth and a friend of boem -- obamas? >> i didn't think i used the word lie. >> yeah, you did. >> nothing in that said advanced techniques. he didn't find out about it in 2006. the cia by its own admission kept its information away from secretary of state colin powell because they were worried he would react negatively to it. the cia's own cable said they are bordering breaking the law and rodriguez is a stellar example of somebody said -- he send a cable back saying we shouldn't be talking about the law and then -- >> but the question was and

yesterday we brought this up, there are three former cia directors who said that the enhanced interrogation techniques helped us, led us kept -- led us to bin laden. brennan said the exact same thing. >> he said in part. in part. >> what part do you wish they didn't have? how can you get to a whole if you don't have a part? >> the idea that somehow this was only the way to get to bin laden which the spin that a lot of people are giving you here is not true. >> i love it. how ungrateful. you called people who served this country fearlessly liars. that's what you are saying. it's disgusting. it wasn't called torture. it was enhanced interrogation techniques that were approved by the justice department that was illegal -- that was legal at the time it was was carried out? what part do you get, part or whole? >> these are part of the obama

won't do it. this was the bush justice department. they are not going to prosecute these guys. >> greg, any question that the eits that they used helped? >> i think there are conflicting opinions on that. i kind of believe that they did, and i actually do -- and by the way, when you compare water bordering to beheading, i still think we take the high road. i may be crazy but i think we're better than they are even when we do a little bit of water boarding. we don't cut off their heads. this report cost $50 million. what were they spending it on, carafes of coffee, pastries? that's the waste. >> they didn't even interview the people that were engage in doing this. >> you know, let's say alan west wrote a 500-page slam on you, bob, and never called you, what would you call him? >> i would think it would be unfair to do it.

i agree with you. i agree they should have asked these people questions but they have 6,000 page of information here. >> but the other problem too by defending the cia, there are people in the media that couldn't flat that with championing torture. whenever we say we're defending the cia for what they did. no, we're simply defending their role in the time. i like to use the liberal term it was for the greater good. we water boarded for the greater good. they have used that line with mao, and stalin, we water boarded for the greater good. >> just like we do predator drones. you ask a guy, you want to get hit with your wife, children, your family hit with a predator drone. >> i get dane in in here. dana -- take us through brennan. he was there during those days and now president obama has

appointed him cia director. he's been on boect sides of it. he's been there when bush administration was there and also there when obama was there. >> he dedicated his career to government. this is somebody who knows what he's talking about, extremely experienced and somebody who is trying to hold together an agency that's responsible for keeping all of us safe in the midst of a washington, d.c. that thinks they are a bunch of liars and they have stained america. i think that he is facing a morale problem and a crisis of confidence amongst his -- the agents and the analysts and the people at the cia are thinking is anybody going to stand up for us, that's what he did today and i think he he did a fairly good job of it. on the senate democrats report, this is not a senate report by any stretch. the way that it's suggesting that it's okay that they just read cables and they didn't talk to anybody who was actually involved in the program is the equivalent of doing a drone strike versus human intelligence, which is really

what we're talking about here. the question of what are you willing to give up? i'm if for the all of the above strategy and i don't want to take anything off the table, and i hope that we are going to as a country reject the suggestion today by the united nations, that the united nations now wants to do an investigation, perhaps they would even talk to the cia directors when our senate democrats wouldn't. >> let's move on to this. one of the many outraged by the cia coming under fire, dick cheney who was very fired up last night on "special report." >> they didn't bother to interview key people involved in the program. what happened was we asked the agency to go put in place a program to catch the bastards who killed 3,000 of us on 9/11. that's exactly what they did. they should receive credit. not the kind of condemnation

they are receiving from the senate democrats. we've got the terrorist who would have taken out the white house or the capital building if in fact they hadn't been for the passenger on united 93. he is, in our possession, we know he's the architect, and what are we supposed to do, kiss him on both cheeks, and say, please, please, tell us what you know. >> this report says it was not successful. >> this report is full of crap. >> did he read obamacare? go ahead, greg. he's fired up and it's refreshing someone to say i'm not backing away from the report. >> there's a lot of people, millions of people who hate dick cheney, because he's a mean son of a b, dana, but who would you rather have in your corner fighting terror? a mean son of a b or "the new

york times" editorial board who hates him. it's his rug ruthlessness that guarantees the life of pass -- pacificists. again, within the law. does everyone understand that? you are trying to punish somebody for a crime that was infer even considered a crime because now you have some moral disfavor with it? look yourself in the face and say am i hip owe krit? >> does that make colin powell a hippo krit, who felt he had false information? the president of the united states didn't get a brief on this until -- >> bob, you are taking that from

the senate democrats report? >> no. the paul thing is before that. >> we're not talking about powell. >> you have several times that the president and vice president were kept in the dark from the cia. that comes from the senate democrats report in which they did not talk to any of the directories ask them did you keep something from president. >> in the president's own book says that. >> no, he didn't say that. he said he believes he had the information he needed. >> so did dick cheney. i don't understand why you are repeating that. >> the fact of the matter is i don't believe him. >> you are all looking back and saying bush, you know, at one point there was a congressional letter that was sent by 58 democratic congress people saying we should look into whether or not george bush was criminal in what he did with interrogations. can you imagine 10 or 15 years down the road a republican senate in congress saying remember obama back in '14, he

was summarily droning people, killing some collateral damage women and children, maybe he should be a war criminal? >> i think it's a ridiculous suggestion to go after bush. i agree with you on that that. >> that's fair enough. intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein admitted she had political motives to release the report. >> i'm just surprised feinstein didn't release the last week so she could have been times person of the year. >> after her now, she will have a reputation of bearing a grudge. >> i personally believe that there's some sort of a beef with the cia and senators feinstein and this is just her effort on the way out. >> why is the bar so low when it comes to facts these days whether it's immigration, law

enforcement, national security? it's because of politics. politics was the wolf that we would bar at the door when dealing with national security, because we're all americans. but bob, not you, but the left has succeeded in making all things political, including the personal, including safety, so now whenever we discuss these things, what used to be what's best for america is now what's best for my political beliefs and that's why facts, in terms of cases about, like the rolling stone story don't matter as much when you talk about facts about gun control, it didn't really matter, when you talk about shootings across the country, it doesn't really matter. it's about feeling and ideology. it's not about reality. >> also the fact is that dianne feinstein has subjected the three people who are beating up on her, werm not -- we did not have one person who said something positive. we edited them all out. i think her feeling about the

plitization, i think she's right. if it got past january 1, the republicans wouldn't have allowed her to get to the floor and do that. >> if it got past january 1, maybe they would have been the cia directors be involved. i think it's better government to have done it that way. what she did was so partisan, so uncharacteristic of her. >> it is uncharacteristic and i've known her my whole life and i'm very surprised that she's decided to do this and i'm sad that this is going to be a legacy that's going to stick with her going forward. >> it's my racket ball partner and i don't think i'm playing with her anymore. >> wise decision. >> ahead on "the five," you'll never guess which countries are coming out to criticize us, the united states for human rights violations after that report's release. that's next. ♪

♪ >> that loud rubbing noise heard around the world, it's our en y enemies kneading their hands in delight over america's self-loathing spine collapsing

introspection. iron's dsh iran's leader and china are telling us to stop human rights abuses. that's light kate moss telling us to stop eating twingies. it's like diane fine stain saying don't plit size our safety. iran, china, treat people worse than we treat our prisoners. here we are where the media and enemies agree, isolating -- >> if you envisioned the nazis doing this or the khmer ruj doing this, you can imagine that. >> those groups you mentioned killed 8 million people. our cia water boarded roughly 40. not quite the size of our

audience, but close. they did it to safe you. you got to love china, creator of the great leap forward that killed millions. so if you are in the military, what do you do when the people you protected for so long say so long? don't become a cop. >> so dana, since anderson made that statement, he tweeted that that's not what he did. he didn't mean to make it equivalent between what cia does and nazi germany and the kmeer ruj. >> sound bite and he says i even hate to say this and next morning, obviously i didn't mean what i said, but he actually -- obviously he was thinking through what he said, and he did say it and it shuts down conversation when you call someone a nazi. there's like nowhere to go from there. >> yet you still do it to me. >> eric, when your adversaries

agree with your point of view, isn't it time to re-think your point of view? >> it's funny, the world hates us until they need us, we're curing ebola and earthquakes and floods. then they hate us once the disaster passes. they are going to sign this thing and become law. we've increased our foreign aid up to $49 billion. we're giving away $49 billion. >> it's not that much. >> it's $49 billion. in the scheme of things is -- >> how about a billion and a half to egypt? how about $6 billion fighting aids? listen, they all point the finger at us for the way we do things, but the way we do things frankly is allowing us to spend $49 billion on other countries. >> correct. >> you are a big fan of china, bob. you've said that many time. one of your favorite countries. you love that wall.

>> yeah. it's wonderful. i wish it was higher and they would stay where they were. >> should we listen to iran or china? >> no, of course not. this seems to have been an ideal opportunity for barack obama to come out and say, wait a minute, what are you talking about? you guys, particularly, north korea, russia, iran, you guys are some of the greatest human rights violators in the history of the world, and again i don't agree with what happened, the idea there's any qifles si is here happen. i think he should have fired back and said shut up while you get your act straightened up. >> the white house argument could be that this is why interrogation was wrong, because it allows the enemies to criticize us and claim a higher ground but they are going to do that anyway. >> but guess what, if you have thin skin, if you care, if you

know that you have the moral high ground, you are doing the right -- you are actually effecting justice and national security for other countries as well. we're helping to keep all of them to safe, who is the first person they call when they need help, with when they have people murdering and slaughtering and committing genocide. you call the u.s. this includes to be one of the greatest propaganda victories for isis and al qaeda. they are going to be able to are bad, evil. putting the men and women who serve overseas in danger. there's going to be some kind of act or retribution for something we don't do anymore. >> it makes a good point about propaganda. i think hopefully when we get past this report and the congress can reconvene in january, they are going to be a focus of helping the cia, dod, state department others, deal with the fact that we are going to be a 70-year long propaganda and ideological war.

this is not something that we're going to be able to deal with in 13 years and move on like it never happened. they are determined and they are going to use anything they can against us, but our propaganda and ideological war has to be superior to theirs and right now it is not. >> can i throw one quick thing in there? what's the big thing with iran right now? the nuclear negotiations, right? well, let's just turn around and say, really, you don't like the way we do business, we don't like the way you do business anymore and i don't understand why we're letting them go through this. you think china is a big problem, iran is going to be a big problem, especially when they have a bomb. trouble. up next, sony gets hacked and their sensitive emails get exposed. does it actually matter what those emails say and should they bother to apologize? ♪

♪ >> well, tinsel town is on edge as leak from the sony hack being scandal keep on going. the latest one reveal two racially charged emails. they mocked president obama before attending one of his fund-raisers last year. they joke about the president only liking black comedians and

if he liked django in chains. what do you make of this? you are scratching? you are concerned? >> this is not a scandal. it's actually a crime, and we should not be reading these emails. just because we're getting a political story out of this, that's wrong, because this could happen to us. this is no different than getting nude pictures, medical information, financial documents being taken and being put -- you know, putting at any the cover, that's a disgrace, us doing a story this way. this is going to happen to us. i have 15 years of drunken emails, flirty emails, smears and slurs, god knows what i did when i was younger and they are going to come out, if you laugh at this and you think it's funny that these people are getting screwed, you are next. >> how do we get them? >> we have to actually start a movement where the media decides not to read other people's

stolen emails. we should decide that, right now, that we will never read another person's email if it's been stolen because it's wrong. even if we don't like that person. >> i've never looked at anybody's picture or stolen email. we're talking about this because i think it's importantly because it shows a serious lack of security and how preflet hacking is. i think that's also an important aspect of the story and there should be stiffer laws and penalties. >> you know how gawker gets the stuff they get, they hack a lot. >> this is about a film on north korea. >> it's about sony. >> that upset the north korean government so they might have hired hackers spraps from -- perhaps from china and go in and screw with sony. they will do it to fox at some point. they will do it to fox. >> well, i tell you one thing, it would be a very tragic thing if that happened to me. in fact, i'm going to go erase everything i got on there because it would be a shocker. >> it doesn't matter.

>> i've been in his phone. let me tell you better have a strong stomach. >> that's the truth. >> there's going to be a senate democratic report on it. >> please delete those pictures of me. >> if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere. people's email should be the same as their personal mail, going into your mailbox. >> i think it should be very stiff penalties for this type of crime. this is the new wave of crime. >> the hackers want what we're -- hackers want terrorists want, what mass murderers want, which is attention for their activity and they want to embarrass the and then force them into a position. there are several anti competitive things happening all throughout the tech industry, especially the sony playstation, microsoft, whatever that play thing is. you should be able to be frank with your colleagues with your communications? if we sanitize our communications to each other to the point we're rebots, we might as well be robots.

>> i enjoy the emails that you send, especially when you are angry. >> how about the ones i send in the morning? >> those are my favorite. >> i don't even know, bob. >> you are going to bed and she's like awake, that's a whole other story. what do you make of this? >> i just read that literally, they hacked into sony. their password was password. >> you bear some responsibility there. >> you use password as the password. >> that's not hacking. that's stupidity. >> the or thing i find -- you are right, dana, i think you have to, giving what's going on the other hollywood celebrities, they hate fox, they are trying to hack right now as we spoke, probably. get rid of your former emails, declare email bankruptcy on a weekly or day-to-day basis. can you imagine how just -- it doesn't matter who you are, you

could be the pope if you read his emails and the pope said that. >> do you remember how the media loved sarah palin's emails? they loved them when they were leaked. >> can they hack into texts? >> yeah. >> oh, no. oh, no. >> that's even easier. >> you got to delete them off your phone. >> i'm telling you. where does all that stuff go? does it go into ether? some of the stuff is really sick. >> imagine a giant cloud. that's where everything is floating. >> it's going to blow bob's mind. it might explode on the table. >> if light of that, i don't know you want to talk about it, because the information was on hacking, but when a big-time hollywood producer uses some of the most racist, greg, if you or i said something like that on an email and it got exposed, i'm sure i would be fired. >> you probably would. >> i'm sure i would. >> it's like the owner of the

basketball, sterling, all that stuff was taken surreptitiously. as repugnant as it was -- >> these two would say they had a relationship where they knew they were joking. i don't know if the sterling thing falls into that category, but when you have a hacking, there's no context. >> what's interesting is this is about a movie about an assassination in north korea so it actually is inciting something, perhaps the film maker should be jailed? >> for a probation violation? >> it also could be a disgruntled employee who was on the i.t. department. >> bob's deleting everything. look at him. >> it's just -- no, no, you don't want to look at some of this. >> we got to go. we're going to look at his phone during the break becaushis pass. >> no, i changed it. >> no, you didn't. the rolling stone reporter is caught on camera making a stunning admission about her

reporting. the tape next.

"rolling stone" story is starting to unravel.

students are challenge gs the account. it turns out this kind of questionable journalism may not be new to sabrina reuben erdely. >> do you ever just kind of really want to expose a certain situation or topic and then kind of like shop around for a -- for like a more concrete story that would like -- that would be better for print? >> yes. i absolutely do. it's very hard when you find a topic and then you want to find the story, because then you have to find like the right story and you wind up sort of preinterviewing a whole bunch of people. it's almost like they are doing tryouts. >> greg, you were a magazine editor for a while, did anybody like this happen to you, somebody bring you a story that was full of holes? >> stuff that was plagiarized or fake quotes.

that's pretty bad. what they are basically saying it doesn't matter if the facts aren't there, because it's true somewhere. this particular case may be false, but somewhere else this is happening. well, if that's true, you should find that story. there were 14 english girls raped and that was kept silent for ten years. you can chase that story. >> in england. >> instead of fabricating one. the one thing that is kind of troublesome if you question the statistics on rape, these young activists will say you are minimizing rape what you are trying to do is maximize the facts, they p keep using the 1-in-5 statistics which has been debunked which makes campuses for dangerous than detroit. the statistics is 6.1 per 1,000. not one in five. that's from 1995 to 2013. let's say 16% aren't reported, that's still not 1 in five. the reason is that's important. one in five creates a nation of

victims but also a nation of victimizers. rape is a horrible thing, so horrible in fact you don't have to create fictions about it. >> so true.. i wondered, kimberly, given that it is an issue and she's a good writer, why didn't she just decide to write fiction, if that she's good a writer, you can make a difference writing short stories or a novel? the great american novel. >> yeah. she might as well go ahead and make things up, the problem is she's losing her journalism process. that to me is not a journalist, maybe go write some children's books, that would be less harmful, you know, than what she's doing here. >> roy rolling stone" is just trying to see if the storm will fast. do you think there's any consequence? >> look what happens in the news. the news cycle is so fast. this is the same thing when a

news station, msnbc misreports something or one of their hosts plagiarizes, eventually it just goes away. chasing down a story, am an idiot for thinking that's that's what a journalism is, i hear it all the time. they start searching it out and sometimes it takes them to a dirn conclusion. unfortunately, in her case, she couldn't handle the other conclusion. she went with the original conclusion. i think a lot of journalism and expose happens when you go down a rabbit hole that's each more important or interesting and then you have the story. she was bent on having the story in the magazine. i have always liked "rolling stone" i don't know where they come from. yol their opinion or poifer. usually i trusted what they are saying, research is true. that's gone for now. show me stories where they are well researched, but i got to be honest with you, i can watch a

liberty television network. i had read a liberal newspaper or magazine and still enjoy it for the content. not necessarily forment pov. >> she also decided to do this at university of virginia which had a long issue going on here about rape on campus that was not reported and other things, when she went to the university of virginia as her backdrop that seemed to bring some credibility to it because they had a lot of stories about it. oh, university of virginia, they had some problems, they had some credibility, but they didn't check, they didn't check. somebody ought to pay a price for that. >> the university shut down universities until january. >> they wanted to indict a white fraternity, that's when they were going with this. if tmp a gang in philadelphia, "rolling stone" wouldn't have commissioned this story. if they did, they would have chased the facts. they wanted to boil the witch.

that's what they wanted. >> what do you pay for a story like that. >> a couple bucks a word. >> what about with inflation? >> well, it went down with the internet. actually the price per word dropped. it used to be higher. >> what about health care coverage? >> i don't know. rng i'm kidding. we'll continue on the break. think of santa is an annual tradition on "the five." we're about to find out who is getting who if '?

ain't nothing like this time of year. christmas just 14 days left, that's when we give each other's presents. we're going to do our secret santa picks. it's been three years now. some people have been doing better than others. mine have been okay. each one is going to get this. we're not going to tell each other about it, we're going to do it and give it out. >> this is considered really good television. >> we're going to hand around things and we're not going to reveal it. >> kimberly. >> okay. this is good tv because i'll tell you what, let me just open them and tell you. >> don't open them. >> i'm only kidding them.

>> he's trying to get them out. >> this is really good tv. >> this is becoming a joke. >> i already know who you got. >> there's only five people. >> i got dana throoe years in a row. >> bob. >> who did these? this is like becoming a joke. >> can i just say -- am i getting another picture of you? >> i got kilmeade. that's actually a verb. i actually got kilmeade. i got to go to a doctor. >> does it hurt? >> oh, it's painful. >> get a sponsorship at a health facility. >> whatever you are going to get is going to charge by the hour. >> there's a gym on the third floor. >> i can't use that because i'm not an employee. they won't let me in there which is pretty obvious. >> is it wrong to pray somebody to have you? >> i'm sure it is. >> we were looking at ways you could do christmas for $100 or less. do you think there's any way you can do christmas for $100 or less? >> sure. >> if you are going to, does

this sound bad, do a gift certificate? >> no, nor the whole christmas. >> no, i think you are reading the story wrong. >> that wouldn't necessarily be a mistake. >> the whole christmas? >> yeah, decorate the whole apartment for $99. >> no, decorate. not all the gifts. >> you can. you could, if you don't do christmas presents? >> you can't decorate anything because you got to buy it all from china and they it all from china. >> have you ever gone to the etsy website? you can find a lot. >> the srchl.t. website? >> etsy website. people make crafts and sell them for christmas. >> greg? >> i decorate my apartment economically i just cry and tears are everywhere because i hate the holidays. the best way to spend your money? on my book. it's such a great gift? your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, your son --

>> your doorman. >> the doorman would love this. >> kimberly, what would you like to get, your biggest gift? >> well, i actually right now since i freeze in this cryogenic chamber every day, anything warm would suit me well. >> would a mink? >> anything warm. >> dana? >> if there was a cordless cup warmer that you could put here. it's rechargeable so this could stay warm. >> that would be great. >> eric, what's your wish -- your lovely wife is here in the audience. >> i have a beautiful wife, a wonderful son, a gorgeous dog. >> you don't want anything? >> i want -- i want you to come around to the conservative viewpoint by the end of the year. >> that will be a lot of

christmases. >> i could never be a conservative. i told you this. my father took me into a voting booth? i tell you this already? okay, i won't say it again. greg, yeah, we've heard that a thousand times. >> we're all going out to dinner tonight as a family and it's going to be really fun. >> we are. >> bottomless bread sticks. >> i can't wait to spend more time with you. >> we're having our "five" christmas party. >> i hope you brought your wallet. >> i'm having a steak tonight. >> one more thing is up next.

test all right, time for "one more thing." k.g., you're first. >> this is a statement that was just released by former president george h.w. bush who we affectionately refer to as

41. he served as the director of central intelligence from 1976 to 1977. he said it was my privilege to lead the men and women of the cia during by short time. i learned firsthand that they are among the very finest people serving in the united states government whose selfless and often dangerous work always behind the scenes went unheralded. i felt compelled to reiterate my confidence in the agency today and to thank those throughout its ranks for their ongoing and vitally important work to keep america safe and secure. >> very good. very good. >> a building is named for him. >> greg, you're up. >> all right. everybody knows tom who fills in for me. he's also in a barbber shop quartet. and here he is with steve carell and jimmy fallon last night on fallon. ♪

♪ and when i get that feeling ♪ >> that was tom second from the left. it's kind of weird but amazing that he's in a barbershop quartet. i do think he's a serial killer. i think he is. there's something about him. >> i'm so happy to sit across from him. that's really comforting. >> so yesterday a guy who lives in my town, grew up in the town i live in right now was in the building. there he is right there to the five. he's promoting a basketball. remember that? best television movie ever, sharknado. there may be a sharknado 3.

let him know that i have no time to do a cameo in sharknado 3. >> you know he's friends with my brother, too, tony. >> am i the only one who doesn't know him? >> bob, you're up. >> all right. this is a happy story for christmas. gauge, a 6-month-old sheep, a friend of our executive producer, was found wandering through an omaha neighborhood wearing a christmas sweater. the christmas sheep spread online and led to the reunion. he was found wandering around omaha sunday night and they sent it out on social media. it got millions of hits and thankfully the news reached his owner, margaret vazquez and industry retrieved her pet tuesday. >> speaking of porter berry, the executive producer bob always gives a hard time to, but we

want to talk about his dad, bob allen. he has a seeing eye dog named april and she is a lovely black lab and she is going to be retiring. she is going to be nine in january. they have had an amazing partnership. you should see these two together. not only does she help him but there's a lot of love there. he's going to miss her very much and they plan to get another dog from the same organization, which is called the seeing eye. so we wish them lots of luck that w that. >> does the dog move to florida? >> no. actually he's going to california, though. with porter's aunt? >> no, because he'll

>> it is friday december 12th. the house voting overnight to keep the lights on in dc. now it is up to the senate to avoid a shut down. but is a war waging between democrats? >> firing back america's chief making a speech defending the cia? >> this agency did a lot of things right during this time to keep the country strong and secure. >> fuelling our enemy. how the taliban is now vowing revenge. >> only