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That motivated me more than the events of september 11th. i was going in and i knew it. >> i was in marine corps ro 12th grade -- >> were you deployed overseas. >> one in kosovo in 2000 the initial invasion of iraq in 2003 and then again in iraq. i sustained the major injuries december 3rd, 2003. we were ambushed by 35 enemy insurgents and used my body to protect myself. >> i took a couple of steps and figured what was actually a chinese made land mine that they had hooked up to two five-gallon ...

The bus driver, knowing hes in trouble, pounds the steering wheel in frustration. >> i just started shaking. i mean, i really did. i started shaking. things were flying all over the car. >> the bus driver approaches as a shaken hummel gets out of her car. >> its the scariest thing ever. i was in tears. >> the driver is fired for violating his employers policy. though plagued with constant pain and high medical bills, betty jo hummel considers herself lucky to be alive. for distracted drivers, hu...

And i remember how difficult that decision was. >> reporter: august 2001. nermeens father, afaf khalifa, flew from her home in cairo to baltimore to visit her daughter. and there was something else. afaf khalifa was asking permission to take her two grandsons and her daughter for a rare weekend trip out of state to new york, to visit a relative. shannon was suspicious but reluctantly agreed. >> i said to my father, i said, well, theres no way she can take them to egypt. i have full custody. i ha...

Guardian for watching adam for a weekend. and i remember how difficult that decision was. >> reporter: august 2001. nermeens father, afaf khalifa, flew from her home in cairo to baltimore to visit her daughter. and there was something else. afaf khalifa was asking permission to take her two grandsons and her daughter for a rare weekend trip out of state to new york, to visit a relative. shannon was suspicious but reluctantly agreed. >> i said to my father, i said, well, theres no way she can tak...

Where they asked, well, would it be okay if her mother was the guardian for watching adam for a weekend. and i remember how difficult that decision was. >> reporter: august 2001. nermeens father, afaf khalifa, flew from her home in cairo to baltimore to visit her daughter. and there was something else. afaf khalifa was asking permission to take her two grandsons and her daughter for a rare weekend trip out of state to new york, to visit a relative. shannon was suspicious but reluctantly agreed. ...

>> and it was found wandering in central park. >> that was my dog, jerk. >> we started building the alliance with saudi arabia and that began to shape the -- both the cold war policy, which was also a huge part of our support for iran and the shah through the same period youre talking about, so this has been almost a 70-year thing, or 80-year cycle. but i would argue that we dont really know what that foreign policy is going to look like. richard said a minute ago the era of iraqs and afghanista...

>> tom brake a senior official at nsa before august 2001 to 2008 before he resigned for reasons well tell you about in a second. are we talking about e-mail traffic, facebook postings? telephone calls, traveli itinera itineraries? >> i dont know. the nsa is not saying, but i would suggest that and even more. >> drake says that americans could be concerned about this. >> a perfect security state would be "1984." george orwell. >> bill benny worked at the nsa for nearly four decades, starting as a...

Close because right now we are 500 feet over the you sadat taw center this is as close as you are going to get without a security clearance. >> cranes at 12:00. >> from the sky its huge. >> yes. >> races the most serious questions about the vast amount of data that could be kept in one place for many many different sources. >> drake was a senior official at the nsa from august 2001 to 2008 before he resigned for reasons we will tell you about in a second. >> where does this data come from? are w...

The bus driver, knowing hes in trouble, pounds the steering wheel in frustration. >> i just started shaking. i mean, i really did. i started shaking. things were flying all over the car. >> the bus driver approaches as a shaken hummel gets out of her car. >> its the scariest thing ever. i was in tears. >> the drivers fired for violating his employers policy. though plagued with constant pain and high medical bills, betty jo hummel considers herself lucky to be alive. for distracted drivers, humm...

We could see it from the sky. >> i would like to look real close because right now we are 500 feet over the you sadat taw center this is as close as you are going to get without a security clearance. >> cranes at 12:00. >> from the sky its huge. >> yes. >> races the most serious questions about the vast amount of data that could be kept in one place for many many different sources. >> drake was a senior official at the nsa from august 2001 to 2008 before he resigned for reasons we will tell you ...