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Stark, yet there was a real reluctance by the u.s. government to call it that. what are you hearing on the ground there in baghdad? >> reporter: you know, in baghdad, a lot of people giving lip service to the idea that this is not a civil war. people, you know, i was at a military base today where v volunteers were signing up. and two men said we are one nation, sunni, shia, kurd. but we all know there are real sectarian divisions in this country. were seeing it play out right now. i dont think ...

Talk to people, they want to keep their country unified. nobody blithely talks about partitioning it. well the iraqi people didnt want that, and most of them still dont, but what you do have is a real problem and that is the authoritarian, sectarian nature of the maliki government. and yes, hes pushed out all significant sunnis in various key, key areas like the intelligence, for instance. certainly in parliament. i spoke to the top-ranking sunni politician yesterday who is the deputy prime mini...

Legitimately in the air immediately after september 11, in every american city throughout the united states. but as the years have passed and the threat seems to have receded while it really probably has not receded that much. dont you think, though, one of the best forms of gathering intelligence is the cop on the beat? is the local knowledge that a police officer gets from the constituency that hes serving and protecting far more so than anything the fbi is going to do with computers and eaves...

Technology, but more importantly, it relies on good professional police and investigation work. >> thats really what it is because we always get prepped, we set up we talk about what could happen and is it really just the human intelligence what people do putting one and one together to make two? thats really what prevents things from happening? >> in my opinion, thats where it starts. youve got to have a good system in place where youre selecting intelligence. the best way to stop a threat is n...

Having the difficult task of gathering intelligence. it just is a basic principle. >> theres a lot at stake. the terrorists can be right once. we have to be right all the time. >> exactly right. the collection the united states is conducting is not what were seeing china and north korea doing. were not engaging in cyber espionage to damage infrastructure. were trying to protect national security and inform policymakers. but i will add one thing here, im a little uncomfortable with the cell phone...

The question, what did more damage, revealing that intercept which some news organizations did, cnn talked about it a bit, or the edward snowden links? two different cases. snowden revealed information officials will tell you about how the system of intelligence gathering is set up. in the case of the al qaeda intercept, the big question right now is whether or not a key method of gathering intelligence has been shutdown and where is al qaeda now communicating. experts will tell you they have en...

Titles. the championship hangover will continue with the heat having this parade. they will be honored in a parade. more on the final series that lived up to it. >> she does not have it. >> she is still on the streets of south beach where shes gathering intelligence as we speak. >> shes right in there. if you look carefully, you can see her in the middle of the party. perhaps thats why the package is not here. rest assured, it was a good one. >> the happiness you are seeing is not matched by inv...

And they talked about how they had to move their car because in addition to being worried about the five living presidents, they are worried about security for the public as well. >> yes. people dont think that. people think secret service, you just -- >> steve: just the president. >> but if you think of it this way, the problem is coming to you. so the threat, the problem is the president, or the five presidents. youre bringing it to a place, a situation to the public. so you would have to have...

Werent, the reason. >> yes. the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned, all investigations had been, the matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity document did not match his airline ticket and if so, why did tsa miss the discrepancy? >> there was a mismatch there. >> im dumbfounded with with her answer. i was told two nights ago that in march, they got a letter from the russian intelligence services that the older brother was a radical islamist...

At war with the runs. and another category where you are connected to a foreign group trying to do harm to the united states. you can be taken into the custody by the military for 30 days and questioned and after 30 days you get sent out to the civilian system? >> for in his case he was never eligible for trial by the military. thats different. im talking about gathering intelligence. two systems to play, to prosecute for the crimes he committed and to collect intelligence to to protect me and y...