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Intelligence, getting a sense of who the rebels are, maybe doing liaisons with the rebels, so in addition to the other intelligence gathering between the air and from satellite, this is human intelligence, and the cia is the right people to do that, to go into libya, to assess the situation and let policymakers know what they think is going on. jenna: we talked about the rebels. were seeing video about whats happening in libya. it seems very disorganized at times, it almost seems tribal as some ...

That time period, jenna 310 americans have been murdered in mexico. jenna: 310, an important number to keep in mind. thank you so much for that update. jon: an american-born al-qaida leader tied to deadly terror attacks here in the united states. now hes breaking his silence on the uprisings in libya and other parts of the middle east. how al-qaida could use these conflicts to its advantage. and nato now heads the effort to enforce that no-fly zone over libya, while a key member of qaddhafis inn...

Other things we offer rebels besides arms? >> well, sure. there are a lot of things you can do. certainly arms is one of them. if you wanted to go in this direction, and im not we have or we should, because we dont have a good sense of who these rebels are. even american folks on the intelligence committees here in congress have said they have real concerns about arming rebels and so does the administration. we need to know who these people are. we know what theyre for, this which is getting rid...

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In syria, if assad go, there is a question of who would replace him. syria is a diverse ethnically and religiously, so if the authority is precipitously removed, will it break down into chaos and discovery. in a much more strategic area of the middle east than libya, on the border of israel, lebanon and turkey, many of cubs that are our friends. so i think thats why the united states is hoping that president assad survives, but survives in a way that moves the country fompletd and i think theres...

People who got it done, thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. were just supporting the japanese over here and theyre doing a fabulous job. jon: they sure have their hands full, thats for sure. jenna: moving to another area of the world, the obama administration just approved covert operation necessary libya. big news item. what exactly does it mean, though? makes you think about a movie, doesnt it? were going to talk to a former cia operations officer about whats really going on w...

Case in iraq sometimes involve both enormous human and fiscal cost. jenna: that is defense secretary robert gates earlier. he was briefing congress on what is happening in libya. that hearing just wrapped up on capitol hill. adam smith is the ranking democrat on the armed services committee who teld that hearing and hes joining us now. congressman smith you might have heard a little bit about the reporter was reporting to us about the qaddhafi forces really pushing back the rebels. the question ...

2002 and 2003 that were not going to put our young american troops on the ground in libya. the president has to answer to congress at some point. i think hes within his powers and as a nation we made the right decision by stopping a humanitarian disaster, a massacre and then on the up side if we do happen to get qaddhafi that is a great thing. that would just be a bonus. jon: you say the president has to answer to congress at some point. you have heard many of your fellow members saying he was s...

What is absolutely clear is if after the u.n. resolution we in the u.s. had not acted, this would probably be over now and qaddhafi would be back in power, the rebels would be crushed and thousands of people would have died. the decision to go in and prevent that humanitarian catastrophe was really looking at the short term. in the short term we could do this. no guarantee for the long term but there was an absolute guarantee of failure if we didnt act. anyone who says we shouldnt have done this...

Moved them he would have and he would have had ample time to do that if the president had to come before congress, congress then debated this and we went in two weeks later, probably when it was too late any way. the president has to have the ability to stage a surprise attack if its in the nations interest. and with the u.n. security council resolution and with nato taking control now, lets just push this to nato, lets let nato determine what the end state is, lets let nato take total control o...