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Then as members of congress come together and make the decisions on what occurred and how things occurred. if youre talking about the benghazi issue we had four americans killed. we have to see whether there were intelligence failures. we have to make sure more importantly that americans who work for the state department or united states, anywhere in the world, are protected. and we want to see based on the incidents that occurred here what happened, why there were four deaths, and then make sur...

Rice and supporting her during obvious controversial times. lets play that. >> you said opponents of condoleezza rice were expressing sour grapes after an election loss. why is this different? >> because every intelligence agency in the world, including the british, believe that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. that was an entirely different situation. four americans died that didnt have to die. >> so, mark, the double-standard at least as some alleged here, senator mccain does not see it. ...

Intelligence failure. of but the fbi determined, and this is all of the information that we have thats publicly available right now, that there was no security breach. and as such once they make that determination, they would really be going outside the rules and really the statute if they are going to begin starting to share this information with either congress or other executive branch agencies. megyn: go ahead, jay. >> you know, megyn, theres one problem with this whole thing, and that is --...

>> who was briefly cia director during the clinton years. some people are asking me, this is a laymans question, that comes to us, how could the cia director, who has such security, be operating in this extramarital affair, how could he have the privacy for this to have happened? >> oh, well, people find ways. thats all i can say. people find ways. and it happens over and over and over again. >> and in terms of paula broadwell, will you want to call her as a witness as well? >> well see. i dont ...

Of the most influential and historic generals in modern american military history. i would have to say on a level of reporting, its very bizarre what were seeing unfold today, and, in fact, the idea that its going to be an extramarital affair where people finally start examining general petraeus record very closely to me is very ironic. i think general petraeus has gotten a pass by most of the media outlets. theyve glorified him in a way that was well beyond what was really deserved, and i think...

There. i do agree with the larger point. if we do have answers we should have them. >> that is not at all what the many response critics are saying. the intelligence failure was the explanation the administration has offered up. but it turns out the early intelligence was right. while the attack was taking place for those six hours, there were cables sent that suggest they knew this was al-qaeda related. it turns out it most certainly was. they got it right. one of remaining questions, why did t...

Is that something that should be spoken about by your party, as we appreciate election day? or not? >> we have. i think there was a great piece by senators mccain, graham and johnson about unanswered questions. there are going to be hearings when we get back. i spoke on that last week and wondered what took so long. irrespective of this election, we are to get to the bottom of what happened. there was either a massive intelligence failure or something worse, a deliberate attempt to... you know, ...

Spoken about by your party, as we appreciate election day? or not? >> we have. i think there was a great piece by senators mccain, graham and johnson about unanswered questions. there are going to be hearings when we get back. i spoke on that last week and wondered what took so long. irrespective of this election, we are to get to the bottom of what happened. there was either a massive intelligence failure or something worse, a deliberate attempt to... you know, not fully state what happened for...

Attacks the day before. where does that leave us? >> the question becomes what was he briefed on about libya in that meeting. there is nothing listed for september 10, 2012. but an official confirmed he did have that briefing on 9/11 threats and mitigation efforts. the question becomes in light of catherines reporting that there were multiple warnings coming through the system that al qaeda was swarming over benghazi, they had 10 camps in the area. that the embassy -- the consulate couldnt with ...

F-16 and # 0% of the time -- and 90% of the time they clear it out. >> remember the conflicting cables. they say were under attack, our people are under attack and our people are missing. thats 4 something. at 6 something they say the attack is over. they gave false -- incorrect information. you dont know where are you going to send in. what they see is flames there. we have to concentrate on what is real. what is real is that we had an absolute intelligence failure. we didnt have security at th...