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In the fall. >> there is one person not piling on obama for being too weak. former congressman ron paul criticized the president for being too hard on vladimir putin. quote, just days after the tragic crash of a malaysian airlines flight western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. it had to be russia. it had to be putin, they said. here is the thing -- >> with friends like that -- >> hears the thing im wondering. ron pauls son has been tr...

>> othe ukranian security services, the sbu, claims to have intercepted these communications. the first one that was released today features a man called eco bezler. this mans voice is very distinct. >> did they release the audio tapes? >> they did, and my team has interpreted it. >> theyve listened to it? >> yes. whats interesting about this, bezler attended a quote, unquote, meeting, and it had the aura of theater, something that was staged for propaganda value. essentially it was the russian ...

He participated in a press conference last week, presided over by a russian theater director claiming to be from the civil society. wink, wink, nudge, nudge, clearly a representative of the kremlin. this was a very interesting thing. it had the aura of theater, something that was staged for propaganda value. essentially it was the russian director accusing bezler and not seeming to know he was talking to a leading ukrainian separatist of cowardice because the separatist had just lost the city of...

The targets where they are about to take out to warn the civilian population around there. they find their cell phone, call them and tell them to leave. on the other hand you have hamas which not only indiscriminately seeks to kill israeli civilians, but as of earlier last week, was on tv, a spokesman, and told its own civilian population to ignore those warnings. why? because the more civilian casualties within gaza of their own population, the more propaganda value they get from that. to an am...

Ground up there. no question about that. . they seem to be taking the kinds of things that they can use, things that wont slow them down. again, i dont know much more about the scud missile. but it is a concern. the amount of gear theyve been able to capture. >> this is a big deal to see something like this. >> weve spoken. to other military experts who said their best assessment, youre looking at videos that it looked old and didnt look operable. hard judgment to make in the field. theres also ...

Aaron? >> hi, sean, great to be here. >> tell us more about this report because it makes sense, one of the first thoughts i had when this news broke. >> absolutely. i think its an obvious decision by the taliban to say, look, a soldier is going to be valuable and now that is confirmed further that a soldier is a good thing to capture. one thing to note, however, that soldiers have always been a target for killing and capture for the propaganda value, as well and the difficulty of kidnapping a so...

Two reasons for that. first of all for the problem beg propaganda value. but also, as a way to tell their own troops that what they did was a good thing to have done for the movement. i think there are many people in taliban who would have disagreed with the prisoner exchange. >> thank you very much for splang all of that. >> just ahead, he was prepared for war. a man who drives up to a courthouse, throwing out spike trips, gas grenades and firing shots. police say his home may be boobie trapped...

Up a relationship or at least get them down to hostile or less hostile, somebody would walk in the room and completely change that dynamic, and it would start all over again. that that was exhausting after four days, i cant imagine over several years. >> what does you learn about the process, that kind of shapes the way you look at this situation? >> well, as david just alluded to, that -- and steve about the propaganda value and theyre very choreographed on how they do this. he was held for sev...

>> and we got precisely the person we demanded which is the last remaining p.o.w., the last remaining p.o.w. were left now apparently to the same republicans who wanted him home yesterday, he would still be stuck over there. >> wait a second. there is a real question about putting people in a battlefield. and part of the purpose is to defend the nation and to do what is necessary. admiral mccain served for years as the head of the pacific forces while his son was in a vietnam prison camp being t...

Beheading the last p.o.w., the last remaining p.o.w., the propaganda value of that would have also been tremendous. and i believe that we did the right thing to make sure they didnt have that propaganda video. >> absolutely. you bring him home that is a great victory. this soldier is back. frankly, youre going to learn a lot about the taliban from bowe bergdahl has to say. and thats going to be invaluable to those operators and intel folks as well. >> maybe. im told that we want to ask you to st...