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People assembled, al qaeda operatives, without us knowing. not knowing. thats all i want to say. i dont want to say any more. but the fact is -- >> deliberate. conscious decision. >> conscious decision by this administration not to do it. >> very interesting because a lot of folks are saying that this shows a weakness in our intelligence system. >> exactly. and the fact is that we are now starting to respond because we are getting negative publicity on it. until they keep that counterterrorism s...

Component here as well, right? if vladimir putin has had one truly critical ally in all of this, its ed snowden. whether or not snowden intended that, the secrets about how our intelligence system works he handed to putin have allowed putin to evade our communication. our satellites. we can can seat troop buildup. we can see familiar flawj neglect going up over othe fuel supplies. its a lot harder to listen in and get the intentions of what he wants to do. we know he has the capability to go in ...

Component here as well, right? if vladimir putin has had one truly critical ally in all of this, its ed snowden. whether or not snowden intended that, the secrets about how our intelligence system works he handed to putin have allowed putin to evade our communication. our satellites. we can can seat troop buildup. we can see familiar flawj neglect going up over othe fuel supplies. its a lot harder to listen in and get the intentions of what he wants to do. we know he has the capability to go in ...

>> so let me ask you this. was the leaker in question, ed snowden, was he a traitor? >> youre asking me? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> would that be the opinion also of general alexander? is that your opinion? >> absolutely. >> mr. engliss? >> yes, maam. >> and mr. cole? >> hes been charged not with treason but certainly leaking and compromising the integrity of our intelligence system. >> in your opinion, mr. cole, would he be considered a traitor to the united states? >> this is a matter thats -- ...

Next to the lectern where he was speaking and i literally bolted at that. >> with our help, a liberated iraq can be a great nation once again. >> vice president cheneys speech to the veterans of foreign wars is the opening salvo of the bush administrations effort to sell to the american people what white house insiders call "the product." >> thank you very much. >> it was a shock. it was a total shock. i couldnt believe the vice president was saying this. and doing work for the cia on iraq wmd t...

>> what we know is bits and pieces we gather through the intelligence system, what we do know, absolutely certainty, that he is using his procurements to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon. >> saddam and nukes. absolutely certainty. a terrifying prospect based on the cias discovery that iraq is attempting to purchase 60,000 aluminum tubes. some analysts become convinced that the tubes are intended to be used in centrifuges to make uranium for nucl...

Even if -- even to the extent we were able to do interceptions and now, you know, more than a decade later, weve got an intelligence system that collects it, analyzes it, and can act on it a way we didnt ten years ago. >> bob, obviously in the short term you would say its successful but had they dealt with that intelligence in the right way but effectively blowing the cover, if youd like, on this infiltration, have they perhaps caused a bigger problem going forward? >> no, piers. they have to. t...

Intelligence system that collects it, analyzes it, and can act on it a way we didnt ten years ago. >> bob, obviously in the short term you would say its successful but had they dealt with that intelligence in the right way but effectively blowing the cover, if youd like, on this infiltration, have they perhaps caused a bigger problem going forward? >> no, piers. they have to. they have -- they have to put this out that have to put it out in public because if an attack did occur and they didnt sa...

>> from russia without much love because after edward snowden gets speaking, now fears he could be leaking even more. claiming to have the blueprint for the american intelligence it? russian president vladimir putin saying the situation remains resolved and hopes snowden will leave once he gets the chance. mike baker says its time to get this guy back here in time for our president to get tough. mike, what exactly are the blueprints of americas intelligence system? >> well, i mean, it would be g...

But lets just be clear. this is a guy, according to his own lawyer in china, who only took up his flight into russia and wherever hes going from there because he realized that in prison he would not have access to a computer. so were talking about someone of fairly limited intelligence -- >> when did that occur? >> -- even working in the intelligence system. >> yeah. we have such limited material from him. you know, we have just that video that weve seen. its about 12 minutes long. and then we h...