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Fbi affidavit speaking -- >> he signed the affidavit as the attorney general of the united states. did he not conduct the robe. >> how can you come to the conclusion that a working reporter with a long standing excellent career in washington is somehow now involved in espionage. that is the question. >> but the problem is it went to holder and he okayed it. >> he okay thed the work of his investigators. >> so now -- >> you are saying he is not ultimately responsible as the head man of the justic...

Medicare is exploding. billions of dollars, and we have millions of people are counting on it, will be retiring. baby boomers are retiring will go larger and larger. yet we have not talked about that yet. while were talking about grover norquist versus these members i think the devil will be in the details. well have to talk about a broader conversation between tax revenue and entitlement reform. jon: so, doug, if republicans are open to revenue increases whether that means tax rates or somethin...

Keeping up. to find out what the folks had to say. >> afternoon. what we are hearing today is a sharp divide between interpretation of the former c.i.a. director david petraeus system by the congressional republicans and congressional democrats. republicans on the one hand said sometime after the c.i.a. talk points about benghazi issued by the c.i.a. keywording that pointed to a terrorist attack was taken out. republicans want to know who took it out. democrats are in protective mode around u.s....

Divided. >> sure, greg. republicans are maintaining that keywording that pointed to al-qaedas involvement in the attack was taken out of the talking points that were produced by the cia. republicans want to know what took them out. democrats are in a protective mode defending u.n. ambassador rice and the president. >> the issue is whether or not susan rice should be pilleried for using an intelligence report which david petraeus signed off on. which the dni, the director of national intelligence...

>> it was circulated among several intelligence agencies. each in a process like this would add in the word smithing of the document to make sure it was accurate and didnt disclose so much information that it would tip off our classified sources or methods. thats what they said was done when the general was asked especially was the final product something you signed off on. it was clear yes it was. the general said he thought initially it was terrorism and i think all of us recognized from the g...

Cairo. extremists participated in the violent demonstrations. petraeus testified that he and others knew al qaeda-aligned terrorists were involved in the attack, but ultimately, they removed the language from the declassified talking points that susan rice used. nbc terrorism expert michael lighten says that this is a common practice in intelligence briefings. >> its a place the intelligence community has to be is having classified information and having to talk about it publicly. because you lo...

Others knew al qaeda-aligned terrorists were involved in the attack, but ultimately, they removed the language from the declassified talking points that susan rice used. nbc terrorism expert michael lighten says that this is a common practice in intelligence briefings. >> its a place the intelligence community has to be is having classified information and having to talk about it publicly. because you lose nuance, you lose context, and those up classified statements often appear to be misleading...

Attacks, particularly from john mccain and lindsey graham, because all she was doing, she had gotten the same intelligence briefing that members of congress did, republicans and democrats, that david petraeus signed off on, the director of cia wrote the assessment, thats what she was doing. there are people in the white house, particularly the president, but a lot of support staff feel as if susan rice has gotten a raw deal on this. that she has been a political punching bag, if you will, over t...

He said i may not make her the united states secretary of state but i dont want her to get the idea or anybody in the world to get the idea f i dont give her the job its because of benghazi in that statement. >> reporter: absolutely right. heres the thing. this has bothered the white house for weeks. the idea that susan rice is taking the fall, taking these attacks, particularly from john mccain and lindsey graham, because all she was doing, she had gotten the same intelligence briefing that mem...

Taking the fall, taking these attacks, particularly from john mccain and lindsey graham, because all she was doing, she had gotten the same intelligence briefing that members of congress did, republicans and democrats, that david petraeus signed off on, the director of cia wrote the assessment, thats what she was doing. there are people in the white house, particularly the president, but a lot of support staff feel as if susan rice has gotten a raw deal on this. that she has been a political pun...