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david, walking to the cars. president bush came up. he put his arm on my shoulder. and he told me to go get them. and i said, "yes, sir, i will." >> loganexpecting a conventional response? >> crumpton: they expected that we would not respond in any meaningful way. >> logan: weakness? >> crumpton: weakness. and the enemy thought the u.s. was weak. the last thing they thought is that we would drop commandos, c.i.a. and special forces behind their lines, and we would assume the role of insurgents, and forge these deep alliances with these afghan tribal leaders, these non-state actors. and in the matter of 90 days, subvert and overthrow the taliban regime and... and kill large numbers of al qaeda. >> logan: crumpton fears the return of al qaeda in force to afghanistan if the u.s. withdraws too quickly, but he and cofer black believe the original american mission changed after the taliban was defeated. >> black: my mission was not to ensure that little girls go to school in afghanistan. my mission was not to establish, you know, a legal system in afghanistan. that was not my mission. my mission was to destroy al qaeda. and to do that, we had

if logan act covers -- today they are meeting with a group in chantilly, virginia, and you never really hear the media talking about it. even though they thank the media for not covering it, like davidockefeller and the queen of the netherlands and everyone is there and you can look at the information and it is really a violation of private-sector and government agencies. like henry and obama was there before the election. and the press course -- press corps from the white house was hijacked on the plane and -- who was going to be the vice- president of the secret kabals. i would like to hear about this logan act and a lot of things cannot get covered. now people are saying ron paul -- romney is the nominee and when their real delicate count i of looking at right now is six sons and 72 for mitt romney and 1864 ron paul -- 6724 mitt romney and 186 for ron paul. guest: have not read this yet. i had a working meeting this morning. i would be glad to read this and find out a little more how this might apply. breaking news today. but i would be glad to look into it. it is the kind of issue we appreciate and respect the public's right to know. host: petersburg, pennsylvania pirie -- penns

transparency if the logan act covers like today their meeting with the group in virginia, you really never hidden me talking about it. even though they thank me for not not covering it, like david rockefeller and the queen of the netherlands and everybody is there but you can look at information and disability in ability in violation of the private sectors and government agencies. it's like hillary and obama was there before the election. and the press corps for the white house was hijacked on a plane when obama's going to be on the plane and he was in chantilly, virginia, when he was going to pick the vice president. i'd like you about the act. a lot of things don't get covered. i mean, like now they are saying that ron paul is not romney's nominee when the real delegate count i'm looking at right now is 672 for romney and 186 for ron paul. >> host: the column their. go ahead. >> guest: haven't read it. had a meeting this morning with bipartisan working group on the debt and deficit. so i'll be glad to read this and find out more about what he's talking about how this might apply. breaking news today but i'd be glad to look into it. it's the kind of issue that we appreciate an