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Cia station chief, and lo and behold, his name was no longer there. so maybe, wolf, there really is such a thing as disappearing ink even on the web. >> maybe the russians made a mistake and got the wrong guy and decided to remove the name also. jill, thanks very much to are that report. i want to dig a little bit deeper right now with cnn intelligence analyst, the former cia officer, robert behr. bob, thanks very much for coming in. you worked in moscow right after the fall of the soviet union....

0 sd says philadelphia eagles fans need a reality show called flipping the birds. indeed. thats it for "the lead." i am jake tapper. have a great weekend. i leave you now in the capable hands of mr. wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." thanks very much. happening now, on the hot seat. with the temperature turned all the way up. the ousted irs boss tells congress foolish mistakes not politics led to the scrutiny of conservatives. o.j. simpson is back in the public eye today. af...

e number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that im not bsing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that im going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether im right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look...

Who would be? >> joining me, fran townsend, former national security adviser to george w. bush, also robert behr, jim richards who recovered his own sons body after 9/11, and attorney alan dershowitz. let me start with you, fran, to tee up whats really happened here because this character was first arrested in turkey. im not quite sure what he was doing there. then after 33 days he was released because turkish lot said he had to be. then he was flown to jordan. >> lets talk about what we didnt k...

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just drilled more then gas prices would come down. we have been drilling more. under my administration america is producing more oil than at any time in the last eight years. >> more outrage over the lavish $800,000 conference in vegas paid for with right, your tax dollars. lawmakers are holding another round of hearings on the spending scandal at the gsa. they say huge amounts spent on food, parties, hurts the reputation of all federal employees even those not involved. >> we can pick...

million miles in 39 missions. well bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the presidents policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> p...

>> each of these situations is different. in libya, when a leader says spare nothing. show no mercy and calls out air force attacks on his own people, that crosses a line that people in the world had decided they could not tolerate. >> robert behr is a former cia operative. he joins us via skype. welcome. >> thank you. >> robert, is the situation in syria vastly different than in libya? >> it is because the serians have a real army. they have a multiple division capable of fighting the real war....

>> if syria gets worse and the united states is seriously considering this, how might its involvement be different than the united states involvement in libya? >> in syria, we would need vastly more military resources to go into that country. im not even sure we have them. they have a very advanced surface-to-air missile system. they have the ability to hide tanks. they fought multiple war was israel. they are a combat-trained army. the officers who lead it are very loyal to the regime. we would...

29 and being over the hill. thats like depressing. thanks, guys. have a great day. its 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 in the west. a second win for libyas rebels. they are marching toward gadhafis hometown after a weekend of victories. president obama getting ready to tell the american people what the u.s. role is in this mission. plenty of confusion right now on that front. in japan, water with radiation levels 100,000 times the norm. and fears that some of it might be in the p...