michael leiter, the president's former top terrorism adviser. it's good to have your perspective. thank you. >> thank you, savannah. >>> there are new tensions in the already strained alliance between the u.s. and pakistan. the rift over the country's relationship with a growing terrorist network accused of attacks on americans. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins us now from washington. andrea, good evening. >> good evening, savannah. as the u.s. takes down al qaeda leaders, one of the most lethal threats to u.s. troops in afghanistan is a terror network based in pakistan that america's top outgoing military leader says is an arm of our so-called ally, pakistan. the threat, a deadly terror network called the haqqani. an organized crime family based in pakistan the u.s. says is responsible for brazen attacks in the heart of the afghan capitol. the 20-hour firefight against the u.s. embassy two weeks ago and the bombing of the intercontinental hotel in june. admiral mike mullen made 27 visits to pakistan to stop its support for terrorism and says he failed

. >> leiter, jackson's personal chef testified. >> it was a devastating day. >> she was preparing jackson's lunch when dr. murray came running down the stairs in a panic. >> he was shouting. >> what did he shout? >> get help. get security. >> she was questioned about paid interviews after jackson's death. >> were you paid for that interview? >> yes i was, $1,000. >> new tonight, natural resources police are looking to identify a man whose body was found in a cecil county waterway this afternoon near the marina services in the elk river. officials believe the body had been in the water for some time. couple -- a man could spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually exploiting a minor to produce a child pornography. the 72-year-old was sentenced to 18 years. according to his plea agreement, he made videos of himself molesting a 9-year-old girl with other obscene images. police have recalled their arrest warrant for mr. randall. he was wanted for sexually assaulting a woman. detectives say they have interviewed randall and after consulting with the state attorney have decided not to serv

. >> reporter: michael leiter who, until july, ran the national counterterrorism center, says al qaeda, now run by ayman al- zawahiri, is critically wounded. is that network still capable of a large-scale attack? >> really the ranks of al qaeda in pakistan have been very seriously thinned. so i think they can still pull off an attack, but i think it's much less likely that they could pull off a catastrophic attack like 9/11. >> reporter: beyond losing operatives, al qaeda is also losing some popular support. >> over time, al qaeda's message is resonating less and less. al qaeda's methods of attacks, suicide bombings against innocents, is becoming less and less popular. >> reporter: but the bin laden network is not dead, and we were reminded of that just last week when overseas intelligence picked up a tip of a possible attack around the tenth anniversary of 9/11. u.s. officials still cannot dismiss that threat. the greater danger, though, may now come from al qaeda franchises across africa and the gulf region. there are threats from somalia where nearly 50 americans have joined the fig

not previously freely available to the nctc now are, and so we have -- thanks to former direcr mike leiter who led enhancements, whereby the analysts can spend less time, you know, listening and lining up material and canpend more time on analysis, so we've tried to go to school on -- as we always do -- on how to improve from a potential problem, and clearly, you know, luck plays 5 part here, so we need to learn from those experiences. i can tell you we'll endeavor to continue to be a learning organization, and not only try to profit from past experience, but to use that to anticipate what are other scenarios we might have to take on. >> general petraeus? >> well, chairman, it's great to see you again. i think this comes down to integration, sharing, and comes down to actually ensuring the information gets to the right people as best organizations k and, of course, the ctc at the central intelligence agency where you have this integration of operators and animal cysts which is hugely important, and the various fusion centers out there, the advent of increasingly larger data bases with appl

. >> well, i think the things that were just said by jim miklaszewski and mike leiter are all true. i would add something about awlaki, which is that he personally harbored two of the 9/11 hijackers in san diego, and then moved to northern virginia and knew some of the rest of them. so he goes back a long way in terms of heinous crimes against innocent citizens in america. that's point one. the other thing i wanted to add, andrea, is that mike mullen is not only a patriot in terms of his efforts with the war on terror in afghanistan, and pakistan, but he more than any other member of the military was responsible for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." he was the guy who stood up and said it's not right for people to hide who they are. i think we should salute him on the day he retires from the military. >> indeed. that is a point we've been making. he said if you believe in and you follow the military code, that code requires you not to lie about anything, including who you are. let's talk about the cia's kill, and kill and capture of terrorists. who else is on the list now? >> w

i'm also proud to leave the center continuing the work of andrew, mike leiter and my testimony todayflects the thoughtful and a rigorous analysis of the expert work force at nctc. today's hearing asks the question to years after 9/11 our receiver and chairman lieberman as you said the bottom line is we are safer than we were ten years ago. but al qaeda and its allies and affiliate's continue to pose a significant threat facing the school and the hard work of the thousands of men and women and intelligence of the homeland security, diplomatic of law enforcement communities as well as the men and women in uniform who made significant progress in the fight against terrorism with the support and guidance of this committee in congress we've built an enduring counterterrorism framework. the framework that includes the establishment of the dhs, the transformation of the fbi and the creation of the montreal to the commercial center to replace pressure on the leadership, denied the group safe haven, resources and as a result, kallur al qaeda is weekend but a decade after the september 11 atta

i'm also proud to leave the center continuing the work of andrew, mike leiter and my testimony today reflects the thoughtful and a rigorous analysis of the expert work force at nctc. today's hearing asks the question to years after 9/11 our receiver and chairman lieberman as you said the bottom line is we are safer than we were ten years ago. but al qaeda and its allies and affiliate's continue to pose a significant threat facing the school and the hard work of the thousands of men and women and intelligence of the homeland security, diplomatic of law enforcement communities as well as the men and women in uniform who made significant progress in the fight against terrorism with the support and guidance of this committee in congress we've built an enduring counterterrorism framework. the framework that includes the establishment of the dhs, the transformation of the fbi and the creation of the montreal to the commercial center to replace pressure on the leadership, denied the group safe haven, resources and as a result, kallur al qaeda is weekend but a decade after the september 11 a

previously freely available to the nctc now are, and so we have -- thanks to former director mike leiterwho led enhancements, whereby the analysts can spend less time, you know, listening and lining up material and can spend more time on analysis, so we've tried to go to school on -- as we always do -- on how to improve from a potential problem, and clearly, you know, luck plays 5 part here, so we need to learn from those experiences. i can tell you we'll endeavor to continue to be a learning organization, and not only try to profit from past experience, but to use that to anticipate what are other scenarios we might have to take on. >> general petraeus? >> well, chairman, it's great to see you again. i think this comes down to integration, sharing, and comes down to actually ensuring the information gets to the right people as best organizations k and, of course, the ctc at the central intelligence agency where you have this integration of operators and animal cysts which is hugely important, and the various fusion centers out there, the advent of increasingly larger data bases with app

not previously freely available to the nctc n are, and so we have -- thanks to former director mike leiterwho led enhancements, whereby the analysts can spend less time, you know, listening and lining up material and can spend more time on analysis, so we've tried to go to school on -- as we always do -- on how to improve from a potential problem, and clearly, you know, luck plays 5 part here, so we need to learn from those experiences. i can tell you we'll endeavor to continue to be a learning organization, and not only try to profit from past experience, but to use that to anticipate what are other scenarios we might have to take on. >> general petraeus? >> well, chairman, it's great to see you again. i think this comes down to integration, sharing, and comes down to actually ensuring the information gets to the right people as best organizations k and, of course, the ctc at the central intelligence agency where you have this integration of operators and animal cysts which is hugely important, and the various fusion centers out there, the advent of increasingly larger data bases with app