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Act of terrorism or mechanical malfunction. there is this claim by an isis-linked group that says they shot it down. however, that is seemingly more unlikely. most security analysts dont think that this group had access to sophisticated surface-to-air missiles that could have brought down this airliner. and it was flying about 25,000 feet or so, well above the reach of most surface-to-air missiles. so theres a lot of conflicting ideas and tearies about what happened, but the data voice recorders...

Bills got a very tough 13lie here...... looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. i believe thats a "kraken", bruce. it looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. that may not be enough club... well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. if youre a golf commentator, you whisper. its what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. its what you do. this golf course is electric... there are new developments...

Area controlled by isis. the barrel bombs are highly imprecise and trapped with explosives. intelligence and security analysts bob baer says he thinks the situation in syria is deteriorating fast. >> assad is losing at this point. he lost palmyra to the islamic state. the rebels have moved in and taken the rest of idlib. theyre pressing hard on ikea. this is an existenceal wore for the assad regime. they shouldnt have lost palmyra. theyre in trouble. i talked to a couple of syrians in the regime...

California, those suspects were never apprehended, as we saw in that report. we dont know who they were or what they wanted and why they attacked that substation. >> let me push back on what some security analysts are saying regarding the scope of this. politico surveyed about half a dozen experts. they said look its virtual low impossible for one of these online only or cyberattacks to cause a widespread power outage to our north american power grid. do you think thats an accurate assessment. >...

Siting cost and privacy concerns. >> lets go overseas where details are emerging about the man known as jihadi john. according to bbc the man denies being an extremist in a 2009 interview. he also claims british spies told him they would be keeping a close eye on him. meanwhile is this the first film of jihadi john? the video posted online and reported by the daily mail purports to show him delivering a speech in syria. security analysts say there are similarities but nbc cannot confirm the mans...

Killed in the conflict since russia annexed crimea back in march. meanwhile, the president listed the u.s. and nato as top military tlets. russia is in the middle of a stand off with the west. we have more from moss cow, including what this could mean for peace talks. >> reporter: well, russian security analysts say they see this as the kremlins response to western sanctions and political statements on the situation in ukraine. while calling it defensive in nature, the now doctrine identifies na...

More than 4700 people have been killed in the conflict. meantime, the russian president signed a doctrine on friday calling the u.s. and nato top military threats. russia is in the middle of a standoff with the west over ukraine. erin mclaughlin has more from moscow including what this doctrine could mean for peace talks. >> russian security analysts tell me that they see this in new doctrine as the kremlins response to western sanctions and political statements on the situations in ukraine and ...

Evan, the second biggest mystery of the year, maybe the sony hacking. president obama and the fbi have said that north korea is behind the attack but some security analysts have argued, you cant quite pin it on them. how confident is the obama administration that it was, in fact, north korea? >> im not a security expert. im not an internet security expert but i will say, you know, a lot of them have raised questions about what happened about some of the data and some of the evidence that the fbi...

December. meantime, mr. putin signed a new doctrine on friday listing the u.s. and nato as top military threats to his country. erin mclaughlin has more for us from moscow. >> russian security analysts tell me they see this new doctrine as the kremlins response to western sanctions and political statements on the situation in ukraine. and while calling it defensive in nature, the new doctrine identifies nato expansion and western military activities "on russias doorstep as areas of deep concern....

Who was responsible for this, and in a record amount of time. i cant speak more highly of the agency than that. the -- they were really the folks who we were in touch with in this process. >> and this is a story that continues to evolve. lets get our legal and political panel back in here. the question before the break was how much did sony underestimate perhaps the destructive potential of the cyberattack, and this has now become very much a cautionary tale for every company in the world. lauri...