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More rigorous, accountable organization, too many lawyers and not quite enough james bonds. jon: you write, there was a plot at one point for mi6 to take out the nasser, the former president of egypt. youre not able to hear me? there was a report that mi6 talked about taking out nasser, the leader of egypt? this is, this is unfortunate. he is not able to hear us. but its a fascinating read. it is, it is, the all about the secrets and so forth inside the british intelligence service. gordon corer...

For one second allow me to sound like my mom, you need a hat on your held, doug mckelway. >> reporter: i do. i forgot to bring my hat, and it is bitterly cold. these people are much tougher than i am. they come out year after year in any kind of weather to demonstrate their cause. arthel: all right. doug mckelway, thank you very much. jon: you know we were having some audio troubles during an interview with gordon, we have fixed those problems or so we think, and we are back with him now. it is ...

The fiction. but theres definitely a very close relationship between the fact and the fiction partly because so many of the writers of spy fiction who have defined how we think about the spy world were themselves former intelligence officers; graham green, john lecarry, ian freshmanning who wrote -- fleming who wrote bond. jon: the story of the exploding razor is worth the read. gordon caerer rah, the author of "the art of the trail." thank you for being with us. arthel: glad we were able to get...

>> you mentioned that. >> and i got to ask my question so i say, mr. president, this is the second time i met you. did i ask the hardball question, drones, civil liberties? no, i did not. i guess im not at liberty to say what i asked about but it was soft. >> typical. thank you for the admission. michael hastings and the book is called "panic 2012" a great read. thank you so much for joining us and well be right back. weve all had those moments. when you lost the thing you cant believe you lost....

. in retrospect, the president ace victory in 2012 seems almost inevitable. after all, on the one hand you had a truly historic figure and on the other you had an entitled millionaire whose contempt for half the population was only matched by the amount of money hes stashed away on the cayman islands. but this past election was not plain sailing for the presidents campaign. michael hastings gives us the inside story of the presidents re-election campaign in his new ebook "panic 2012." and were...

They looked at their data. and -- you know. will not lose. >> okay. after the 47% video, everybody in the campaign thought they had it locked up. after denver, we have a scene in the book where literally it is the most -- what senior obama officials wash prosecuting chicago says my god, we have been working with this guy for two years and we always thought if he lost it, it is because we let him down. obama let us down tonight. that was a real, real thing. and they did panic. and there was a ten...

Shes so brave. so brave. >> i didnt even do it. >> not brave. i literally didnt know she was doing it. >> going against an institution like coca-cola. >> get ready for lawsuits. oh, god, this will turn out so baddeley f badly for anybody that makes junk food or soda pop. >> first bloomberg goes for the movie theaters and soda and now coca-cola. >> eternal vigilance. with us now, contributing editor of "rolling stone," michael hastings out with a new e-book, "panic 2012," inside story of obamas f...

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