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Be hugely influential here. china just last weekend told north korea, wait, you cant operate as though youre the only one in existence. you cant, you know, destabilize an entire region. but how far is china willing to go beyond shaking the finger at north korea? >> well, this is a dilemma for the chinese. on the one hand they dont want to see a united korean peninsula with u.s. influence spreading north. on the other hand they understand that this problem country of theirs that theyve been suppo...

He knows the adversary on the other side of the demilitarized zone. >> just their pure mass, they have the largest military force in the world. their pure mass is very, very dangerous. >> reporter: the general dealt with kim jong-il, but after the north showed progress in its recent long-range rocket and nuclear tests, sharp said the son, kim jong-un, is even more dangerous. >> he is in a place where he has more threatening assets that are being developed than his father did. >> reporter: south ...

Thats where we are. we have tremendous offensive capability, but we cannot defend this country today. so we are having sicyber attack that succeed every day. they dont destroy things, they steal things. theres a massive transfer of intellectual property from american companies to china. the government is doing nothing to stop it, because the congress wont set up laws to allow the government to defend the united states. >> richard clarke, the book is " "cyber war," just out in paperwork. this is ...

We have a tremendous offensive capability, as the united states military and intelligence community. we cannot defend this country today. and so we are having cyberattacks every day that succeed. they dont destroy things, they steal things. theres a massive transfer of intellectual property, of research and development. massive transfer from american companies and government labs to china. and the government is doing nothing to stop it. largely because the congress wont set up laws and regulatio...

Almost the rest of the world on traditional military resources. we think of ourselves as having an almost unbeatable military capacity, despite the things weve been involved in. do we have that kind of advantage when it comes to this kind of war? >> no, we dont. what if -- its not true this year, but what the red sox had a killer lineup of hitters naked slug it over the great monster but had no bull pen? thats where we are. we have tremendous offensive capability, but we cannot defend this count...

im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen am...

lets go "out front." im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. n...

im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen am...

what, if any, overseas connections he might have. joining us also fran townsend. so, brian, this was an fbi sting. what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conve...

authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he thought was some explosive m...