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Strikes within syria. starting just in september. do you see this as in any way connected to that? >> i mean, i think the short answer is, of course. you know, on the question of the intelligence failure, every time theres a big attack like this, theres always an intelligence failure:the british police knew the leader of the july 7th, 2005, he was on their radar screen, they dropped him for the reasons that juliette has outlined, they didnt have enough manpower and didnt think he was important e...

About this, finally. >> did he blame it at all on faulty u.s. intelligence or american intelligence for why he decided to help us out in iraq? >> he didnt but he did pointedly talk about the intelligence we received. of course, the united states does the lions share of this kind of intelligence collection. it is a massive u.s. intelligence failure, and i get into that. but it was an intelligence failure partly because that was what the united states was looking for. there were several people hoo...

Extension, jeb bush about 9/11? >> i think it sun fair. >> both? you do it one way or the other. the fact that in the case of hillary clinton why are they asking about her husbands intelligence failure before 9/11 the fact that jeb bush has to become the spokesperson for his person, that is completely unfair. >> in a way you say hillary clinton is not put on-the-spot. >> it is a long campaign. thank you very much for dropping by. ahead on "media buzz," talk to a silicon valley journalist who w...

Intelligence failure. while few are doubting that the american master sergeant wheeler went in, acted selflessly and saved lives, and according to the accounts, there are about 70 hostages who were rescued from this house and that is an enormous number. i cant think of another time anywhere in the world where 70 hostages were freed in a single mission but there was an intelligence failure as they were looking for other hostages. these werent the people that they thought were in this isis prison....

So mr. trump tried to claim he was not blaming president bush for the attacks on 9/11, but was just saying that he failed to keep us safe as jeb bush has claimed. do you believe he was blaming george bush for 9/11? >> well, i dont know. but i can tell you first of all, the people that were here that conducted those attacks were here legally on student visas. the 9/11 attacks were the result of an intelligence failure of an inability to pick up the signals that something was going to be done, tha...

Is giving a speech and attacking you as weak on immigration, claiming your poll numbers took a dive based on immigration. his point is, hes the toughest candidate there is on immigration, and he would have cracked down even on the student visas that allowed these terrorists into the country prior to 9/11. >> six months ago, he was saying he was in favor of legalization of the people here legally. he criticized mitt romney for using the term self-deportation. he can claim thats what he is now, bu...

>> mercedes, i want to challenge you on that. one was here on a student visa, the other on tourist visas and business visas. is it fair for donald trump to say those would go away under his administration? you no longer grant people those? >> no. you have to keep in mind when they are coming from countries like saudi arabia, you have to make sure the become ground checks are there, that immigration services are able to track these individuals that could possibly come with terrorist ties. that is...

>> correct. bill: with intent. >> absolutely and before that, a month ago the leading iranian general went to moscow to cut the deal. so we now have a new alliance in the middle east which is russia, iran, iraq, syria, assad. a shiite crescent throughout the region. they have iranian troops moving back and forth across borders. russian aircraft is in the region. the problem with it, were not sure where it is going and were not sure who they are targeting. bill: if it is true in the end we did no...

People, the mastermind of that attack was actually found in bangkok over ten years ago, and that was a direct result of cooperation with the united states, and so certainly in terms of forensic evidence, dna, and cctv footage, the thais will no doubt be sharing that with the u.s. and also picking up potential electronic chatter that may have come across in the last week or so which could have been ignored. there is already criticism of the authorities in thailand this this could be an intelligen...

Decision to put the small group of rebels into this area of northern syria was a major intelligence failure. the u.s. did not think al qaeda would attack. they only thought isis would. just a few weeks ago defense secretary ash carter did not seem to think this could happen. >> my presumption would be we would assist them from defending themselves from attack. is that a fair estimate? >> i think we have an obligation to do so. youre right. i dont expect that occasion to arise anytime soon. >> re...