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Ambassador and from his security officers to enhance their ability to protect themselves in libya. we say well, why didnt the state department grant that enhanced security and some people say well, of course, you cant blame secretary clinton or president obama for that. i dont agree with that, either. the security -- the policy from which security decisions flow comes from the top, and if the policy, if the world view is that everythings fine in libya, you know, its sort of like iceland, of cour...

Security decisions in benghazi from house lawmakers, bret, who have been reviewing classified documents in this case. >> bret: well follow all of that. thank you. please join me for a special look at the libya terror attack friday night. a one-hour presentation, "special report" investigates death and deceit in benghazi. it can be seen tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern. so set the dvr. the clock many in washington hear ticking louder every day is countdown to the end of the year and what is the fis...

Campaign, john, these debates are moving the needle. it is pretty safe to say tonight could be a make-or-break moment for either one of these guys. jon: some historic numbers out of the first debate, thats for sure. john roberts at hofstra university. >> thanks, jon. >> i want to do everything we can to protect our people and i also want to make sure we track done however did this and bring them to justice. jenna: this is big news today. for the first time, secretary of state hillary clinton acc...

Clinton told wendell goler and a host of other reporters in lima, peru that the president and mr. biden, neither one were involved in security decisions at the consulate in benghazi. and the other thing she said mr. ambassador is i want to avoid some kind of political gotcha. how does that frame this issue? >> yeah, they want to divert attention from this. they want to say its just political. but the death of an american ambassador, the first since jimmy carter, over 30 years ago is not a republ...

Security secretary is saying that biden link the libya attack to a protest over that video erroneously because the intelligence community was providing that information. general michael hayden who led the c.i.a. and michael chertoff, both officials in bush administration they are, quote, disappointed by the vice presidents remark. it is clear that any failure was not on the part of the intelligence community but on the part of the white house decision makers who should have listened to and acted...

"kellys court." new charges levied against the obama administration regarding security decisions made in the weeks leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the benghazi embassy. >> we were moving into 9/11 and the white house wants to say we had no actionable intelligence. are you kidding me? where else in the world was our consulate bombed twice. now we have four dead americans.

im going to be 85 years old and weigh 85 pounds. >> claiming the tsa agents at jfk airport pulled down her pants and strip searched her. now shes talking about taking action on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is monday, december 5th. ali and carol are both off this monday morning. im christine romans along with alina cho on this "american morning." nice to see you. >> good morning. nice to see you. a highly classi...

We got executive orders that banned torture, committed to closing guantanamo, that reversed the so-called ashkroft rule which is a rule that kept documents secret during the last administration. and then a few months into this administration, the president decided to release the memos that were the basis for the bushs administration torture program. those were all historic decisions, pro civil liberty decisions, and also pro security decisions. i think if you step back now and look at the broade...

Happened? >> there were three rings of security coming into that base in afghanistan. when the first ring cake to it, they should have pulled the guy out, they should have searched him there, because we would be talking about one or two dead, not seven. they failed to do that. they met him in front of this motor pool, and they were going to greet him. it was a big deal. this guy was important. >> he was a friendly. >> he was a friendly. this was the big breakthrough. >> who makes the call on the...

Following the latest developments. after an evening of high political drama israel is closer to ousting its long—time leader. but we shouldnt write up benjamin button yahoo just yet. very soon after bennett, his former ally came out announcing that his joining the unity government to a decision that could see him become the prime ministerfor the next two could see him become the prime minister for the next two years, mr netanyahu minister for the next two years, mr neta nyahu followed minister...