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Most vulnerable but the administration did not act. the chairman of the house intelligence committee telling reporters today the current crisis is a policy failure, not an intelligence failure. >> we watched training camps get built and developed. we watched them get weapons we watched them get finances. we watched western passport holders show up at these camps. we watched it all. >> reporter: a senior intelligence official confirms that isis wants to strike american targets but offered no firm...

Asked whether american recruits are now among the isis fighters this, video is from yesterday just west of baghdad, the senior intelligence official said its a given adding that the best estimate is that 10,000 fighters between iraq and syria and of that 3,000 have come from other countries, many carrying u.s. or european passports. the head of the powerful house intelligence committee telling reporters today the administration was warned. >> i argued this is a result of an indecision -- which i...

Solidified. listen. >> this is not an intelligence failure. its policy failure. we watched training camps get built and developed. we watched them get weapons. we watched them get finances. we watched western passport holders show up at these camps. we watched it all. >> and they didnt hit them. they were out and exposed, like it was 2000 when we could have hit bin laden and chose not to. we could have hit these guys. we chose not to. now they are growing, and theyre using the humvees you used t...

Most vulnerable but the administration did not act. the chairman of the house intelligence committee telling reporters today the current crisis is a policy failure, not an intelligence failure. >> we watched training camps get built and developed. we watched them get weapons we watched them get finances. we watched western passport holders show up at these camps. we watched it all. >> reporter: a senior intelligence official confirms that isis wants to strike american targets but offered no firm...

Chief tell intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in the washington bureau with new information on that. >> reporter: good morning. the chairman of the powerful house intelligence committee telling reporters this morning there were multiple warnings about the rise of isis in the region and they were ignored by the administration. >> i argue this is the result of an indecision, which i argue, indecision which is a policy failure. this is not a intelligence failure. its a policy failur...

We had a white wash afterwards. if it was an intelligence failure then the white house should come clean. we have seen a cover up all along. it is not just bepg beng, it is trust in the government to tell us what was going on. >> that is a great point, aaron, you have president obama coming out moments ago, saying that the united states is always going to go after terrorist and they will face justice. at the same time, were they going after these guys when reporters got to them first? >> i dont ...

We did decisive. it doesnt work out. >> i think air strikes are an answer here. >> to erics point with the administration having to say on background that they were caught off guard by this, do you think that we have yet another problem in that there is more intelligence failures because an army like this doesnt just amass overnight. this is something thats been going on for a while. in fact, the secretary of homeland security said syria is a threat to the homeland. how big was the intelligence ...

Washington were hoping that it wouldnt come to pass. but this march by isis and the quick taking of city after city has certainly caught a lot of people off guard. >> i think this is more a policy failure than an intelligence failure. certainly intelligence officers have known that isis was getting stronger and stronger both in northeast syria from iraq east along the euphrates valley. and in iraq, two months ago, isis was effectively in control of mosul. you could listen to national public radi...

We have this amphibious assault vehicle with over 500 marines on board that could assist with any sort of emergency. what are the odds right now the does the pentagon think of such an evacuation and how safe are the people at the u.s. embassy? >> first the embassy is a very safe compound. youve probably been there yourself. its big, well protected. there is no request by the state department for any kind of evacuation. the embassy is still operational. its true that they relocated some of the pe...

Clined. >> they are trying to create a wide swath, a caliphate if you wrong?what kernel, do you think >> i think it is massive failure of intelligence. the ability of them to rise up like this and move either says it was a massive intelligence failure or we were failing to work with iraqi counterparts in preparing them to be ready for the movement and respond to it. i know i would like to remind our viewers the iranians were directly responsible for the killing of hundreds of american men and wo...