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Further information. well be talking to dan benjamin, a former counter-terrorism officials, about the fact that the u.s. and the russians both sides hold back, they dont want to share a lot of information. for one thing on human rights issues, the u.s. doesnt want to share information on potential dissidents with the russians for fear of retaliation against them and their families back overseas. theres been a lot of confusion -- >> i was going to say i think thats true, but at the same time, t...

You are in charge of your special program there. first of all, dan, what about all of this confusion over what do we do when the russians ask us for information, how we did or did not provide it. the fbi says they checked him out. he was put on a very low-level sort of sublevel watchlist and went back to the russians, didnt get back any answers from the russians. does that mean somebody sort of riss in limbo? how did it work in real time? >> well, my understanding, andrea is that in a case like ...

0 understand sometimes about all of you is that every one of you, in spite of what the chief said, joined the force, became a law enforcement officer, for the same underlying reason -- you felt a sense of obligation. you thought you could help. you all had that sort of inexplicable sense of duty, and that gross underestimation of your value and how important you are. thats the single element i think that runs through all of american law enforcement. when events like this occur, the nation is alw...

if i had more time, i would go through the considerations that led us down this path and perhaps we can talk in greater detail about the reasons that led us to be skeptical of big usia, to reject a leadership role for dod, raise questions about the capacity of the state department to take the lead, etc. let me spend a couple of minutes on the recommendations that we did make. we talked about putting the national security council in the lead. a deputy assistant to the president for nati...

they will become less susceptible to radicalization. the report lays emphasis on an islamist. as a reaction to the west and maturity. -- and modernity. the attacks on the united states are often tactical and the real enemy seems to be, the near enemy, seems to be the regimes in the eyes of al qaeda and other extremist groups. these enemies of god, all -- as al-qaeda defines them, are fair game. the victims of these are overwhelmed in malls -- muslims. -- overwhelmingly muslims. nobody ...

Murder of seven american decideses decides s -- decideses in afghanistan in 20 oat. the various actions taken today support the u.s. effort the degrade the capabilities of this dangerous group. were determined to eliminate ttps ability to execute violent acts. >> dan benjamin at the state department. the counter terror official there. pete williams, i refer to this a little bit earlier in talking to former defense secretary bill cohen opinion he said this would enable certain covert actions incl...

You whether or not its similar to other research. i wasnt aware of that at the time. this is a nonissue if it werent a political race. it is a political race. and they are going to try and, you know, divert are from their weaknesses and their weaknesses is they have done a lousy job. >> well that research, raleigh fisher, only went on the record yesterday to say macinnis is responsible for it. macinnis opponent primary has problems of his own. dan mace agreed to pay as 17,500 this week for campa...

Do. >> in terms of reach, dan benjamin, the state departments adviser on counterterrorism on our show yesterday talking about some links between aqap and yemen and al shabaab. how much do you see that i guess manifesting itself? because this is are the first time al shabaab has tried to hit targets outside of somalia. >> being success envelope doing it, why you saw the president speak about it today thats why i think we are seeing a lot mor. understand one thing, though, shabab is a somali-focus...

jeff said he can be 27 seconds over. unfortunately, we came in 34 seconds over. he made me do it. what do you learn today, richard? >> cuba. interesting things are happening. 52 political prisoners about to be released, the economy is opening up for the first time in 55 years, we are seeing political change in cuba. >> jeff zucker? >> i learned you are probably going to use piers morgan against me. >> yeah, we are. . >> he took mine. >> call my act. >> >> you will notice that jeff zuck...

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