I read what he said. I just doubt if it is the main factor responsible.
I suspect that good old-fashioned bribery is the biggest factor.
Not that technology is not nice, but you don't win this kind of a war with mere technology. You win it by getting information from those willing to sell it, and using that information to destroy the enemy. That is what we did in Iraq, and it worked rather well there. That is what we are undoubtedly doing in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I have heard of many "breakthroughs" that were mere flashes in the pan.
David F Mayer