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An anchor fragmented nation that will perpetrate terrorist crimes. >> we learned nothing from history to going to places where we have no business whatsoever. bill: thank you. martha: now there are reports the president is ruling out airstrikes although the white house is pushing back on that a bit. if the issue of ground intelligence is a big question, jack keane with his thoughts next. bill: dr. oz defending himself before congress. why senators are scorching him on the hill. >> if you spent t...

That? lets just drop a couple bombs. >> reporter: president obama has ruled out troops on the ground, but can there be effective military strikes without putting some troops in to find out exactly where isis fighters are operating. >> i do believe we ought to put special forces teams on the ground. with the iraqi forces, certainly with the kurds in the north and also with the jordanians, they can provide some of that ground intelligence. >> joining me now is barbara starr there at the pentagon a...

Special forces on the ground. certainly with the pesh mur ga in the north and also with the jordanians. they can provide some of the ground intelligence. >> so now one of the most critical intelligence questions for the u.s. military is whether these isis fighters can make it all the way to baghdad and challenge authority in that city. some u.s. officials are telling us no, that the isis fighters will encounter very well trained shia-base security forces from the iraqi government and that they w...

Survive for that long. right now for the next 48 hours, for the next seven days he has to protect the capitol and his army has to take back the cities hes lost. if he cant do that then no amount of assistance we can provide here will change the dynamics on the ground. >> bobby, that puts us on the same side as the iranian guard. >> yeah. >> so weve joined the side weve been fighting for this week. >> i dont think we can join the fight. its the fight the iraqis have to fight and win. theres not a...

>> if theres this wildly sort of wide disagreement in the intelligence community, how normal is that on something as important as this? >> reporter: believe it or not, its actually fairly normal. it doesnt come as a surprise tosome of the intelligence officials who have been speaking with cnn. they point to osama bin laden operation where there was not uniformity on whether bin laden was actually at that compound. they say different agencies are looking at different pieces. the nsa is looking at...

Chemical stockpile and release deadly gas. >> if there is a wildly disagreement in the intelligence community, how normal is that on something as important as this? >> believe it or not, it actually fairly normal. it doesnt come to a surprise to officials who have been speaking to cnn. they point to bin laden operation where there was no uniformity whether he was at that compound. they say different agencies are looking at different pieces. the nsa is looking at the communications, the cia may l...

Are? and if it comes down to a u.s. air strike, they have to be assured that they arent going to hit an actual chemical stockpile and release some of that deadly gas into the areas. >> if theres this wildly sort of wide disagreement in the intelligence community, how normal is that on something as important as this? >> reporter: believe it or not, its actually fairly normal. it doesnt come as a surprise tosome of the intelligence officials who have been speaking with cnn. they point to osama bin...

Its clear from listening to the secretary of state we are going to something. my question to you, david, what do you hear about our on ground intelligence within syria in terms of targeting the origins of the gas attacks where they were launched from? what do we hit? >> mike, weve been looking at -- the u.s. has been looking at this problem now for more than a year. this is one area where they really have devoted resources. i think before the u.s. strike, youll see a rollout of presentations fro...

>> going rogue. >> i dont think this is nsa gone rogue. bureaucratic agency making mistakes which is troubling. this is a great conversation to have. we should be having more oversight in this agency. dianne feinstein is saying we need more information and we need more oversight. thats great. but your right to privacy, our right to privacy also needs to be balanced against my right and your right to be protected against a terrorist attack. and i think we have got enough information now. these a ...

We afford to not use drones but can we afford to -- ive got myself mixed up in my own question. if we dont use drones we open ourselves up to attacks. >> right. >> but if we do use drones we end up being the greatest people as a test for al dade da. >> seems like a no-win situation. >> so i think drones can be a very powerful weapon against al qaeda. theres something that gives the u.s. a great advantage. the problem is in a place like yemen, the achilles heel of the united states is that he jus...