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Developments. with that, michael shoerer, what did you make of nut gingrichs assessment of how the administration is handling this? >> i think the speaker is was right. whats interesting about the egyptian situation, both parties, the president, and the american people, are cheering on a disaster for america. there is no chance for a secular democracy in egypt, that congressman who was on just previously is really not a very intelligent fellow. what follows mubarek, if he goes, and if suleiman g...

Michael shoerer joined us, the former chief of the cia bin laden unit end had this to say about our intervention there. take a quick and short listen, i want to get your reaction: >> its something weve seen all over the world, the more the west intervenes somewhere, the more radical the local muslims become. jenna: his point was the more intervention that we have in this area, the more we could actually spar people to come to these radical groups. what do you think about that? >> i disagree with...

Is still erupting and now scientists fear a second volcano may erupt any day now. if that happens, a glacier could melt sending floodwaters across the island and volcanic ash and fog all over europe. brian? >> hes accused of recruiting three of the september 11th hijackers. why did a judge order this detainee released from gitmo? the judge said the government did not have enough evidence to keep him at gitmo and has something to do with the way he was treated. were jouined by former c.i.a. opera...

Memos. these arent transcripts. gary is in our new york studio. these are memos, theyre not transcripts. could she be right that the lawyer was the only one talking saying this waterboarding thing is legal. thats all im going to tell you. >> clearly, she responded to a lawsuit by amnesty international that stated that she was briefed in april of 2002. so her statements in a judicial process are different than those made under the political process. you know, it demonstrates hostility to the agen...

-- there were lawyers in the justice department that thought that they were legal, period. >> really? joining us right now to take a look at the controversy, a former c.i.a. operatives gary burston the author of "human intelligence" and "jawbreaker" and former c.i.a. counter intelligence michael shoerer. you heard the controversy then. she was minority leader at the time or the whip. what do you think about hthis? >> it seems to me mrs. pelosi is a liar. the agency has shown documents that she w...

About that relationship which will not bode well for pakistan. were going to have to convince the pakistanis that, you know, some of the past transgressions will have -- you know, will be set aside and allow us to move forward to destroy the taliban as an organization. were only going to do that if we get direct access to them. >> final thoughts, mike? >> i think gary is right but im also afraid its gone on too long. the taliban and al-qaida are very smart organizations. theyve changed their cod...