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Ultimately were surveilled by the cia in 2000 in kuala lumpur, malays malaysia. they made their way to los angeles and san diego before they board the flights ont 9/11. >> a lot of people saying malaysia not a terror center. what about the group calling themselves china martyrs brigade. they claimed responsibility. would there have been a legitimate claim of responsibility by now if this were an act of terror? >> you would think that a terrorist organization would want to get a lot of propaganda...

Noticed this week, of course, was now that famous handshake at the memorial service for nelson mandela between president obama and raul castro of cuba. you likened this to the handshake between neville chamberlain and adolf hitler, that pacifist -- >> do you regret that statement? >> i think it was gross exaggeration. but i have no doubt that its a great propaganda value for the cuban government. which is oppressive, repressive. continues to jail dissidents and continues to be one of the -- prob...

Necessarily agree with mr. obama or agree with president obama and/or support all of his policies. so i think its much ado about nothing. and youre right, senator mccain is, quote unquote, guilty of these same kinds of hand shake exchanges as well. >> you make a great point. this is a memorial service and trying to dissect all of the human nature interactions is obviously a game of sorts for a lot of people who are observing this internationally, but as the congresswoman pointed out there, there...

Happened in the past and north koreans have held american citizens, often waiting until u.s. officials have gone in to pick them up and bring them home. officials do speculate that perhaps in this case with newmans advancing years with the so-called confession that they felt they had milked it for all its propaganda value and that now was the time to appear benevolent and to let him go, alex. >> all right. well, we know hes coming home and safe and sound. thats the good news there. now to sout...

Lawyers that are charged with reviewing what we do, it was not torture. i dont believe it was torture. >> there are those who dispute it, that that is what caused him to give the information, but even positing that it did, it has had tremendous propaganda value for the enemy. >> we will trade propaganda value for lives. >> but cant propaganda value cost lives? >> no, i think in this case, there are bound to be critics out there. theres no question but it was controversial, it was the right thing...

Are. >> we are given the heads up of 1:15 eastern time for this statement. as often happens, with this white house, it is a bit delayed. we dont have a two-minute warning as of yet. we are back with our panel, chris wallace and ollie north. what do you expect him to say? is this more laying out the case? >> i think we will probably -- with a situation where he will announce he will continue to deliberate on this and will try to build some relationships. my guess is because the window is so narro...

Motive efficient way to do that but what they may have is propaganda value. iran has put forth the technology in a space program as a way of promoting the region and internationally so if anything in the short term that would probably be the most value. >>shepard: from the outside, the iranians have a lofts domestic problems, a huge embargo against them, trade sanctions and people are suffering and their government is not very favorable locally, and they need a boost of local self-confidence. >>...

This was a pre-existing list of demands by the democrats, by the obama administration, that they kept under wraps according to the washington post, through the election cycle, and now theyre trotting it out. and of course, theyre going to surround themselves with children and the problem that i have is not just with the cynicism and the propaganda value of the image that theyre conjuring up here, but the fact that theyre going to present the american people with a series of proposals that will t...

Successful in luring one of the networks, often "60 minutes," to come and be interviewed. of course, they get the propaganda value out of it and of course, the correspondent and the network gets their scoop. but is it in the interest of america? usually not. so theyre playing that old game again in this letter. >> gregg: liz with her commentary, as always, thank you very much, liz. >> thank you, gregg. >> heather: the deadly shooting of an unarmed teen-ager in florida raising new questions about...

Propaganda value to bring harm to u.s. service members and the mission in afghanistan. those are the two big things we should look for tomorrow. it couldnt be understated. >> it comes back for many people asking what are we doing there? our mission there. these broad questions that cant be answered in a few seconds, but they are a natural reaction as you walk up to two soldiers were killed. >> the obama administration is saying we shouldnt make unforced errors. just the burning of the koran is u...