and now we broaden this out a bit with brian fishman, counter terrorism research fellow at the new america foundation and former director of research at the combating terrorism center at west point. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> brown: so we are -- we're learning more about the man today, and we just heard some more about his ties to pakistan. what jumps out at you? >> i think what jumps out at me are these claims of responsibility that we've heard from the tariqi taliban in pakistan, an umbrella group for groups that in the past have prioritized their actions against the pakistani state. the group, the t.t.p. was founded in 2007 with the explicit focus of attacking pakistan, and now what we've seen is not only a claim of responsibility for an attack on the united states but also a statement by hakamola massoud who was believed to have been killed in january of 2010 by a drone -- >> brown: explain who he was. >> the emir of the pakistani taliban believed to have been killed in january of this year but has now appeared in a video released online and claims that his focus now is no longer