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Classified. it later rose to the level of being classified. >> she didnt send it. somebody sent it to her. it still ended up on this server that she controlled that was not necessarily secure. >> went from unclassified to secret yesterday. now, also something that is raising eyebrows. she called the murdered security contractor chris smith instead of sean smith. it appears that she was mixing up the names of ambassador chris stevens and then sean smith. some say this is just, you know people mak...

Again, that is reporting tonight from carol at the "washington post." nbc news has also now confirmed the story. in september it was carol who was the first to report on an incident in 2011 in which a gunman fired shots into the white house. how the secret service bungled its response to that incident. it took the secret service only figured it out with a chunk of concrete where the bullet hit the building four days later. it surfaced around the same time last september, the security detail allo...

Was the first to report on an incident in 2011, in which a gunman fired shots into the white house. how the secret service bungled its response to that incident. it took the secret service only figured it out with a chunk of concrete where the bullet hit the building four days later. it surfaced around the same time last september, the security detail allowed a security contractor who was not allowed to be there to board an elevator with the president. the man had a gun. and the secret service h...

Veteran got all the way into the east room. "the washington post" reports gonzalez was neutralized by an off-duty agent who just happened to be there. >> dont let somebody get close to the president. dont let somebody get close to his family. dont let them get in the white house, ever. and if they have to take action thats lethal, i will have their back. >> reporter: president obama was briefed by director pierson last week at the white house. now reports of another breach in security during the...

Without a tragedy, that will be amazing. >> miriam from buzzfeed, thank you so much. your eggs may not be the only things getting poached in a game of angry birds, the nsa and british counterpart are developing ways to use popular apps like angry birds to collect user data. think about all of the info that you give up, age, gender, location, much more. "the guardian" broke this story today using files from edward snowden, turned ultimate leak source who appeared on german television. snowden s...

Kirsten powers. im howard kurtz, and this is "media buzz." it was as big as any mistake in the history of "60 minutes" based on the bogus account of a security contractor who who claimed to have been at the u.s. compound the night of the attack in benghazi. cbs news chairman jeff factor took some of the blame this week after an internal inquiry saying in his other role as executive producer of "60 minutes," "i pride myself in catching almost everything, but this deception got through and it shou...

Taking a leave of absence along with her producer. their october 27th report featured a security contractor who claimed among other things that he tried to fight off the attackers from inside that embassy compound. the contractors story was later discredited, and logan made an on-air apology. the benghazi assault happened back on september 11, 2012. it led to the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. and alec baldwins show on the cable network msnbc is not comi...

Get $100 off any tablet. plus trade in your old tablet for up to $150 or more. thats powerful. verizon. can you move your beverage away from the keyboard? its making me anxious. sure thing. welcome back to "the lead." in national news, there is a word to which most news people are almost pathologically averse. im not talking about allegedly. news would grind to a halt without that one. the word is sorry. both lara logan of cbs and alec baldwin formerly of msnbc have recently used the word. cbs...

To the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador, christopher stevens. that particular "60 minutes" report fronted by correspondent laura logan, featured a security contractor who claimed among other things that he tried to fight off the attackers from inside that embassy compound. now, that contractor story was later questioned. laura logan ultimately made an on-air apology, and that brings us to today and these developments here from cbs. cnns senior correspondent joins me here. ...

A security contractor claimed to have been dealing with benghazi. >> we end with a correction. on thursday night when we discovered the account given to the f.b.i. was different than what we were told, we realized we had been manage led and it was a mistake to include him in our report. for that, we are very sorry. the most important thing to every person at "630 -- "60 minutes," is the truth. >> while her apology was sincere, cbs left a pile of unanswered questions. how did they get duped? how ...