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Peter berg another major development. an al qaeda leader in yemen was supposedly targeted by u.s. drone air strike. this is a release put out by aqap. this is a guy named ibrahim el rabaish. he was a gitmo detainee. released 2006 i believe. what is going on over there? >> well, the leadership of this group actually is made up of guantanamo detainees. they were released from guantanamo. they went to saudi arabia. they went through a rehabilitation program that has some success, but obviously not ...

Keeping tabsz on them. that is why they keep ending up on the battlefield. >> that is ed royce reacting to the fact that ibrahim a former gitmo detainee was released during the bush administration was recently identified as being the spiritual leader87ñ of al qaea in the arabian peninsula, definitely back on the battlefield. and we are back with our panel. stephan, is this an indication that rethink this whole idea of releasing detainees. >> we audited to. the president is moving quickly in th...

Give the president a victory on this. and this white house wants to say, look, after all the attacks, this is a more positive story for them. >> the next thing is to try to find somebody else that this person may have been linked to. jen, give us information, if you can. >> well, i think its important to remember that in those initial hours and days after the attack, there was very clear information and intelligence, leading -- leading the community to and south korea and abu khattala was ahead ...

Former gitmo detainee. cops say the guy sent volunteers to fight in syria and also to iraq to fight with the group isis that weve been telling you about. that former detainee, a spanish national, spent four years at guantanamo bay after he was captured in afghanistan in 2001. he was allegedly caught there fighting with the taliban. a lot of us put a whole bunch of keys on our key chain and makes it really heavy. there is now a recall by general motors for ignition key problems that are caused ...

Operatives -- these are bad, bad guys, that will probably if back. but -- [ all talking at once ] >> the last 185 or the last 220 are the hardest ones to try to figure out -- >> under obamas definition these were the hardest. >> in january, 2009, there was an attempt to see if there was a big chunk of them could be sent back to yemen. that -- thankful at the didnt happen because that would have turned out to be a disaster. >> its raining yemen. >> let me do this. president obama is also in some ...

Operatives -- these are bad, bad guys, that will probably if back. but -- [ all talking at once ] >> the last 185 or the last 220 are the hardest ones to try to figure out -- >> under obamas definition these were the hardest. >> in january, 2009, there was an attempt to see if there was a big chunk of them could be sent back to yemen. that -- thankful at the didnt happen because that would have turned out to be a disaster. >> its raining yemen. >> let me do this. president obama is also in some ...

Occasions i have tried to address and show how they are ultimately unfounded. >> just an hour from now, ill be in the high security courthouse just over my shoulder and if anything happens according to plan here, is that nothing goes according to plan in the courtroom. just as a footnote, there is now real emphasis here on what they call recidivism, the rate of return to the battlefield, especially with the attack in libya. based on our reporting, one of the chief suspects is a form gitmo detain...

Argument are administration officials. obama political appointees. the word used is fiasco. this looks like fiasco going down. the biggest news coming out of the last 24 hours after you reported possible involvement of this former gitmo detainee. >> bret: the guy sufyan bin qumu. we have a new picture of a guy let go of gitmo in 2007. >> the news in the last 24 hours after that is existence of the report prepared bay pentagon counter terrorism group. first reported by my colleague tom jofflin at...

And i will advise congress also that i am launching an accountability review board that will be chaired by ambassador thomas pickerring. >> later in the derek members of congress were briefed by clinton and the director of national intelligence on the assault by terrorists and the possible role of former gitmo detainee. >> theyre attempt to go establish whether or not he was connected. hes certainly a person of interest. >> the story now has been changed. there was a manned premeditated attack. ...

Idea that they could construct a nuclear weapon and transport it and hide it in europe is bordering on fantasy. >> and moichael isikoff has com across the case of a former libyan jihadi who is now helping the rebels. what can you tell us about this guy? >> well, whats in these documents is going to be disturbing for u.s. officials and members of congress. it was detainee assessment of this former gitmo detainee, a long time islamic fighting group member opposed to gadhafi.