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This war in libya is al-qaeda, bar none. >> sean: al-qaeda is claiming michael that the terrorist leader saying the arab revolts are boosting al-qaeda. they are open about this. we foe from our own state department and other reporting, that in fact, we may be arming those people, if they decide to arm them and may be protecting the very people that want our destruction. >> well, thats why we need more intelligence information. the intelligence gathering has been wrong, like iraq even. the day be...

Very, very turgid bureaucracy, thats very difficult to get decisive decision making done. gregg: look, the u.s. has always been a driving force in nato. so the command may have a different name, but its really going to be dominated by americans? >> absolutely, gregg. i mean, this operation never would have gone down without american enablers, systems and weapons that only the americans possess. so everything from isr to drones to refuelling to some of the more technical aspects of intelligence g...

>> youre referring to the documents, i think youre referring to -- jenna: the wikileaks documents. >> the wikileaks, exactly. there is nothing new there in that regard. jenna: one of the questions that comes up when we talk about these stories, they are scary when you hear reports about a dirty bomb or atomic weapon being in a terrorist hands. what would we really do about it? what would be our line of defense if they get a weapon. >> our first line of defense is always good intelligence gatheri...

When it comes to high order skills, intelligence gathering, administration, repairing equipment, things of that sort, that is a real problem with the u.s. trainers who are trying to teach the mechanics of warfare to a group of men who cant read or write. >> jamie: i learned at the pentagon when i visited two weeks ago they have manufacturered comic books that explain strategy and some of the capability they have to have, thats how we teach them to do this job. i like the sound of this. you know,...

Toward the gulf of mexico. theyre not developing it much but anything that gets in there we have to watch this time of year. we want to give you a heads up and let everyone know whats going on. >> thanks. day 91 in the gulf oil disaster and a new glitch. parentally there to cab leak in the capped off oil well. the government is giving bp another 24 hours to test the integrity of the cap. the security of this country is unwieldy and unmanage about and inefficient. no one knows how much the in...

Agencies are within the department of defense. has it grown too big to succeed? >> i just spoke to a senior defense department official a few moments ago. he said, look, yes, we acknowledge the intelligence community grew very rapidly after the 9/11 attacks. there are some redundancieredun. there are some inefficiencies. you said, but remember, the u.s. government thwarted several attempts since 9/11. several potential terrorist attacks. of course as recently as that attempted christmas day bomb...

Course of this very, have fierce and intense battle. and, u.s. and afghan joint patrols, 400 meters outside of the base, before the battle was fully erupted, and, after about 30 minutes or so of intense fighting, the battle died down, we finally moved back and, now, 400 meters, doesnt sound like much, to move out of the u.s. base, but, according to commanders, bill, that this is farthest theyve gotten out of that one spot in the last two or so months. bill: remarkable, connor powell in the heat ...

Intelligence community is bracing for "washington post" series that could be critical of their effort and may release sensitive national security information. the series is apparently two years in the making and led by pulitser prize winner reporter data priest and is -- dayna priest and expected to lay out the private practice of using contractors, used for intelligence gathering. the first installment with online data base of information could be published online as early as today. wednesday, ...

Children by my count two, younger children here and two older children in montclaire. so theres at least four children that were the product of what may have been arranged marriages but quite apparently real marriages. >> bob, thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> sure thing. >> for more, let me turn to form ia officer jack rice. ive been so anxious to ask you, what makes us think that this is the extent of it? in other words, i hear folks calling my radio program and im guilty of this t...

Need to start from. bill: but my point would be they are learning things that they did not think before. and thats what forces them to change their minds. >> yeah, well, its interesting, bill, the left, the middle and the right have all been advising the obama administration informally and in written products and in public events that starting from a law enforcement model only is inappropriate, that enemy combatant is an enemy combatant, that you can detain an american citizen as an enemy combat...