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Were beaten up, i believe. it raises the whole question with this whole thing seemingly collapsing as rapidly as it does, how safe are these correspondents going to be if theres real chaos in the capital of tripoli? >> i mean, there is no sign of where she is this morning. which is just frightening. on a number of levels. what do you make of this story, eric bates? i know its very limited in terms of information but it kind of gives you a sense of what were dealing with as we move in yet again o...

>> there are many, its mostly republicans but theyre asking for a plan, clear objectives, theyre asking for backup plans if it doesnt work. i would say these are probably legitimate asks. to an extent. because we are now engaging again. we may not be putting troops on the ground but were putting our -- >> you heard richard say they got a bunch of guys picking up guns walking in one town after another, gadhafis forces are disintegrating, the cities are falling. who rises up to power in there? we ...

Happened. theyre prosecuting 12 of the soldiers. the question is is it going high enough? >> and in the piece, eric, you say then general stanley mcchrystal was briefed on this last may. we just saw these under spiegel last week and in your magazine now. >> thats right. >> what were the efforts if any by the pentagon to erase these files, keep them under wraps? >> the pentagon launched a massive effort to keep anyone from seeing these photographs. they knew they had another potential abu ghraib ...

The "rolling stone" executive editor, eric bates, on a piece this morning on alleged crimes by the so-called u.s. kill team in afghanistan. keep it on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence thats helping business rethink how to do business. in here, machines tell factories when theyre thirsty.

"new york" magazine, john heilemann and msnbc political analyst pat buchanan in the studio here this morning. i love that. >> pat in the flesh. >> youre okay after that accident. >> i hope the other people are okay. >> it doesnt sound like it. hope everyone had a good weekend. i had another trip to the e.r. what else is new? >> oh, my. >> kids. we have a lot going on today. shes fine. thanks for asking. >> youre here. >> sprained ankle. no, not me. we have a lot going on today. we talk...

Rolling stone magazine reporting that the u.s. army, the legally ordered a team of soldiers to ma lip nate american senators for more troops and funding for the war in afghanistan. the orders reportedly came from lieutenant general william caldwell, a three-star general in charge of training afghan troops. according to "rolling stone" when they resisted the order, it was a campaign of retaliation. however, in the statement, a spokesman for caldwell denies allegations that the troops were used to...

He said i hope mitt by the way takes a shot at the army of doing to these guys today according to his father to him p it would show some loyal to the old man and his memory. thank you, eric bates. great. its great on have you on. you know, eric, youve done it again. hell of a piece. i mean, your magazine is hot. thank you very much, eric bates and good piece. and john pike, thanks for helping us with the facts here. up next jon stewart versus don rumsfeld. i dont know if thats a fair fight.♪...

Government and not manipulate it psychologically? i want to go back to eric bates on this again. i know its a rhetorical question. i know the answer, they ought to know. >> they ought to know and i think that were seeing something -- whats similar in the mcchrystal case. a disrespect of civilian command. are there very, very clear federal laws and military policies regarding this. the men themselves who are being ordered to do this were protesting and saying, look, this is not right, this is ill...

>> eric bates is editor of "rolling stone" and john pooiks a military analyst and director of globalsecurity.org. gentlemen, start with this -- eric bates. congratulations. i dont know if eligible for the pulitzer prize but you ought on win it with this, baby. this is manchurian candidate. the fact that were using state-of-the-art srqák brainwashing to go after our own civilian people who are in charge of setting policies, amazing. dont they give these generals copies of the institution, eric? ...

this was not someone who was led along by law enforcement. and they say that this young man,ç khalid ali-m aldawsari, o is 20 years old, had come to the united states in 2008 with already the intention formed in his mind to carry out some kind of terror attack in the u.s. now, according to documents that were found in a search of his house, the fbi says, he had written a diary indicating that he started to think about jihad when he was still in high school in saudi arabia, and that h...