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Biggest task and what weve seen since 9/11 is just this explosion of top-secrets where everything from the department of agriculture all the way up to the cia has to now do work at the top-secret level in the counterterrorism world. and clearly that is just not the way to preserve secrets. so say that the "washington post" is the one that is making a problem with this is really absurd. i mean everyone we spoke to on the record, secretary of defense gates, the cia director leon panetta, even the ...

Hes reacting now to the dustup that we witnessed yesterday at the white house. >> well, mr. macaskill is an example of european cultural suicide in action. we gave megrahi all the compassion he deserved when in the late 1990s the united states government agreed he could be tried under scottish law, meaning no death penalty. one hundred eighty-nine americans out of the 270 that megrahi murdered were full justification to try him in this country but we gave it up on the assurance that if he were c...

All. you could talk about numbers, say theres almost a million people working in the intelligence community and other issues out there that certainly need attention. in fact, general james clapper was asked about this yesterday and at his confirmation hearing to be director of national intelligence but i dont know why. perhaps it makes it more interesting. but im sure the traffic by those places are going to increase. and what i really worry about is that if youre a professional spy or a top not...

Direct attack and mr. clapper believes there may be more to come. bill: and secretary of state hillary clinton is traveling there now, we are awaiting a decision on whether or not rod blagojevich takes the stand. he has been begging for his dane cou -- day in court and now the former illinois governor is not so sure, the defense team saying yesterday they could rest without calling him as a witness, mike tobin live outside the courthouse in chicago. what is it going to be, mike, yes or no? >> re...

Tom vilsack who stood by his decision and said at 2:00 a.m. hell review it told reporters the white house had nothing to do with the case. sherrod for one isnt buying that. >> the head of the agriculture department has said the white house was not involved, he did not hear from the white house. do you still believe the white house is involved? >> i do believe the white house was involved. i dont think i would have been told that if it wasnt. >> reporter: finally, a great myth is being propagated...

Intelligence system is, where youre talking about the hundreds of thousands of people with top security clearance, or top secret clearance, youre talking about nestled in strip malls across the country contractors who are doing the work of filtering through the intelligence thats designed to seep us safe. bill: if there was a timing in the question, general clapper is director of national intelligence, some hearings set to begin this week, dana priest was on fox & friends, she said there was no ...

Were not buckled up. >> caller: i did, one girl, you know, opposite me, flew and hit the ceiling, and, i saw a number of people that way. bill: hope shes okay, 30 injuries on board the plane, thanks for sharing your story, hope you are doing okay today, waking up in los angeles. >> caller: thanks so much. martha: keep your seatbelt on, lesson learned for me, how about you. keep it on at all times, never know what could happen and a short time from now, president obama plans to sign a bill that w...

Hes going to need some help from congress to try to clean things up and get it streamlined so he can actually get ahold of this. bill: the series will make his job easier. >> it will make the job easier because its highlighted how complicated, how multi faceted, how much turf is needed to recover, and -- to cover and this was created after september 11th, with a goal of who would be a clearinghouse and unifier for the intelligence community. that obviously hasnt happened. people still dont know ...

Laws but trespassing, providing police the case to make a lawful stop. in the case, speeding. >> good afternoon, how are you today? you do you have you a drivers license, proof of insurance an rental administration. >> no. >> after a series of questions. >> who this is car registered to? whatever had a drivers license. >> the deputy cannot find a record of my identity. >> my reasonable suspicion is here now and, mr. lodgeness, i ran your name on my computer and there is no record of you ever hav...

But she ultimately used the incident she said to overcome her racial pred digits. the ag department forced her out within hours and the naacp without reviewing the full tape supported that decision. by last night, however, the naacp was claiming to have been, quote, stphaobgered by mr. britebart and by this network. they late last night the oldest and most prestigious president and ceo explained how this group with wits budget bunt and the videotape managed to get stphaobgered. >> in this -- stp...