you'll find not only the hakani network but also some afghan taliban, some pakistani taliban, commander nazir group, some al qaeda elements, islamic movement of uzbekistan, among others. >> and some of that is, there's a strong relationship through the quetta shua? >> the quetta shura encompasses a number of those but not all and al qaeda would not be necessarily viewed as part of that although there is a relationship. the hakani network calls themselves astal been and sometimes responds to central direction but not always. >> is -- the taliban uses acts of political assassination to further their gains, do they not? >> yes, absolutely. >> i just want to cover a few of these quickly. as do other groups. >> again the hakani ump indicated in these as well, islamic movement of uzbekistan up in the northern parts of afghanistan. >> hakani also uses political -- dpsh. >> yes, all of these organizations. >> so they're very lethal, they've been successful to some degree in their attacks? >> they have. >> i just want to cover a few of these that, just to bring to light. going into the fall, the talib

again the allies of al qaeda such as the commander nazir group, inu and some others.to say the afghan taliban has not been pressured sufficiently in the sanctuaries that it enjoys in ba luge stan and other areas as well. >> general burgess you've been integrally involved in this issue relative to cross-border activity. anything you want to add in this? >> no, sir. in fact director petraeus laid the line out very well in terms of where things are progressing. >> director mueller, a month ago the president signed the national defense authorization act and issue a signing statement in which he outlined his reservations about certain provisions. regarding section 1022 which mandates military detention for a limited type of non-u.s. citizen terrorist, the president stated that he would use his waiver authority for entire categories of cases and would design implementation procedures to provide maximum flexibility and clarity to our counterterrorism professionals. are you aware of any categories of terrorists for whom the president has used or intends to use his waiver auth