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>> lets bring in cnn military analyst james spider mark joining us by the phone. one of the things interesting senior administration official told our state department correspondent that the operations targeting al qaeda, the operation was targeting al qaeda combatants and u.s. intelligence had, quote, near certainty there were no hostages at the target site of course. of course, this is a target site that did have hostages. i think this once again shows that intelligence is flawed. and as much ...

Embassy closed no the just diplomatic but also a listening post, we talk about intelligence gathering. and you have a u.s. partner there in the government the former government of yemen, collapsing. those are three major hits to take against what is widely described by officials i talked to as the principle or one of the two principal terror threats to the u.s. that is aqap. when i speak to counter intelligence officials, they say, yes, we have lost capability there. they are concerned that that...

But the government feels its doing more. and a lot of suggestions are coming in when it comes to intelligence and also to involve the community better when it comes to intelligence gathering. >> joining us live there in nairobi, kenya. thank you for your reporting. two new york women have been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack on u.s. soil. the women appeared in federal court thursday afternoon, but did not enter pleas. the federal complaint says the women planned to build a bomb to car...

They were in and out. that could be a sign that there could be more attacks later. maybe they wanted to in a way, just cause this kind of havoc right now and watch what is going on on tv and see the kind of reaction of the french people and the world and then maybe return with another plan perform of course theyre at large right now, so a lot of details by the french authorities cant be disclosed, however they do appear to have carried themselves in a guerilla style warfare attack. >> would the ...

Criteria, you are really making americans unsafe. so what we need to do is a better job of communicating to the american public that yes, we all want the troops home. but there are things that we have to do like intelligence gathering which require u.s. troops on the ground. that is what its going to take to defeat isis and this growing radical islamic terrorist problem. >> finally we can eventually -- we can defeat the radical islamic terrorists. you have the increasing number of foreign fighte...

Time, but they were heralded as heroes but they were trying to do harm to the united states and infiltrate our intelligence gathering. just make the point clear, that allan gross was a hostage, lets make it clear, he was held in prison, against his will for a crime he did not commit. im happy that hes home. >> but the president announced an embassy in cube barks but its not going around congress, congress has got to appropriate the money to build that embassy. so congress does have a big say in ...

Time, but they were heralded as heroes but they were trying to do harm to the united states and infiltrate our intelligence gathering. just make the point clear, that allan gross was a hostage, lets make it clear, he was held in prison, against his will for a crime he did not commit. im happy that hes home. >> but the president announced an embassy in cube barks but its not going around congress, congress has got to appropriate the money to build that embassy. so congress does have a big say in ...

Pointed out, endanger the working relationship weve had with a variety of different countries and trying to deal with intelligence gathering. it was short, it was a big step in the wrong direction. >> some of the tactics that were written about in the senate intelligence report were brutal. and as ive said before, it constituted torture in my mind. and thats not who we are. >> three former directors of the cia denounced the release. they wrote that the cia investigation did produce lead to the c...

Even a death in the name of intelligence gathering. the goal never was achieved but the cia tells a different story. theyre unapologetic. they claim these enhanced interrogation techniques did help stop terror attacks. joining me now, peter baker, white house correspondent for "the new york times." peter, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> lets get right to your interview with vice president dick cheney. let me just read his quote thats being read all over. what i keep hearing out there is the...

Wednesday, december 10th. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. u.s. facilities around the world are on high alert right now. officials are concerned about possible reprisals in response to an explosive senate report released on the cias use of harsh interrogation techniques after september 11th. this report includes pretty shocking revelations about mock executions. days of sleep deprivation. this is all in addition to waterboarding. cnns michelle kosinski is at the white house with latest. >> hi, john an...