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Get into any type of condoning or sanctioning military action. certainly the russians dont want it. the chinese dont want it. i suppose richard was saying if they got a direct plea perhaps from some libyan diplomats, they might consider it. but theres not a lot of appetite for that. >> joining us from washington, steven hadley, former security adviser under president george bush. and in california, former cia officer robert bear, and co-author of "the company we keep." secretary clinton is sayin...

Exiles werent particularly reliable. we havent had an embassy there for that long. its a totalitarian estate. people are afraid to talk. and then you had this inner circle, you know, among his sons, its a question of -- i think theyre deminted, all of them. so getting inside gadhafis head has never been easy, and theres never been a military that the cia could penetrate and figure out whats going on because gadhafi eviscerated it. so we are dealing with very much in a black hole, and a very unpr...

In a black hole, and a very unpredictable man who is tired and is getting worse by the day. >> bob, if youre saying the idea of him retreating to the desert and fomenting a civilian war or some sort of insurgency, what resources does he have really, though, you know, if he doesnt have ongoing access to oil money because the oil is in benghazi and in the east, how much of a force does he have? >> he doesnt have much of a force. if there was an army, it would be easily defeatable in tripoli, it co...

Package that might put -- ratchet up the pressure and actually do what we need to do, which is to get this guy to leave. >> bob bear, from your perspective, how is the obama administration play thing and how many options do they have on the ground in tripoli, how much assets do they really have? >> they dont have good access to the gadhafi regime. no one is talking to washington from the inner circle. gadhafi is increasingly isolated and increasingly talking about retreating to the desert if he ...

And you can accompany this with private messages, making it very clear that the military and the like continue to hold to gadhafi, there may be no room for them in the new libya. and if you talked about suspending relations and maybe even recognizing the government thats emerging in benghazi, that would be a diplomatic package that might put -- ratchet up the pressure and actually do what we need to do, which is to get this guy to leave. >> bob baer, from your perspective, how is the obama admin...

California, former cia officer robert baer. secretary clinton is saying its important for the libyans to win their own freedom but you think the u.s. could be doing more? >> i do. i think between what theyve done, the sanctions are good. theyve put negative pressure on the regime and you should consider about the no-fly zone. but theres more room for more active diplomacy. i would like to see them being forthright, have the president on the record saying that gadhafi has forfeited his right to r...

Circle, you know, among his sons, its a question of -- i think theyre deminted, all of them. so getting inside gadhafis head has never been easy, and theres never been a military that the cia could penetrate and figure out whats going on because gadhafi eviscerated it. so we are dealing with very much in a black hole, and a very unpredictable man who is tired and is getting worse by the day. >> bob, if youre saying the idea of him retreating to the desert and fomenting a civil yar or insurgency,...

Zone are directed against the humanitarian crisis, the killings going on. those wont stop as long as gadhafi is in power. so as bob baer says, the objective is to get rid of gadhafi. what i would like to see is more energetic diplomacy on that end, while we look at these other military options. but theyre problematic. people have to fight and win their own freedom. they want to fight and win their own freedom. if we start getting involved militarily in some way, it makes that more complicated. t...

I think it would show to folks on the ground who are opposing the regime, that they can win. and they will have international support to do so. >> steven hadley, bob baer, thank you very much. still ahead, tear gas fired on protesters in iran. and james arthur ray, remember him? he faces a judge today. and also the antisemitic rant that is getting the designer fired. its unbelievable. next. lets jet get an update with isha. protesters in iran clashed with police today. the demonstrators ar...