to replace its leaders. just a few months before bin laden was killed ,he received a memo talking about their current leadership status, and what they were doing to in fact replace the leaders being killed in drone strikes. his top manager at the time sent him a detailed memo saying, not only do we have these old generation guys who can fill in the second leadership tier, we have a new generation we have been grooming. we have a lot of talent coming up in this new generation. this was written just a few months before bin laden was killed on the early morning hours of may 2, 2011. some of the guys listed in this document, contrary to what brennan would have you believe at the time, are still in the game today. al qaeda knew we were trying to take out their leadership, and the obama folks never wanted to tell you that. they never wanted to say they are taking steps to counteract what we are doing. couple things about that clip. brennan claims bin laden was struggling to communicate with affiliates. you heard about that language.