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Questions he has about why diplomats in libya were not given enough security, despite repeated requests for security. there is also the former number two at the embassy, former deputy chief of mission, gregory hicks. hes been talking quite a bit about what was going on. one little bit of news that he expressed earlier was that the reason why the compound in benghazi was there, and why the ambassador, chris stevens, who was killed the night of september 11th at that post, the reason why he went t...

Maintain that balance of increasing the security as much as we can without overstepping those bounds. >> europe, israel and the rest of the middle east have more experience with terrorism. and their security environment reflect that reality. but here in the u.s., there is a delicate balancing act between liberty and security. and its still a work in progress. bret? >> bret: steve centanni live here in d.c. steve, thank you. some of the most compelling accounts to come out of boston are from the ...

Maintain that balance of increasing the security as much as we can without overstepping those bounds. >> europe, israel and the rest of the middle east have more experience with terrorism. and their security environment reflect that reality. but here in the u.s., there is a delicate balancing act between liberty and security. and its still a work in progress. bret? >> bret: steve centanni live here in d.c. steve, thank you. some of the most compelling accounts to come out of boston are from the ...

Time. but let me again say to you, that even those forces that are on a tight alert time of n plus 2, notice plus 2 hours to be able to get on a plane, once those forces are put on air lift it still requires many hours in that part of the world to fly distances, long distances in order to be able to respond. i firmly believe that the department of defense and the u.s. armed forces did all we could do in the response to the attacks in benghazi. we employed every asset at our disposal that could h...

Theres an awareness on the part of american people we cant have 11 million people living in the shadows forever. i want to emphasize we want to not repeat this again. in 1986 we gave amnesty to 3 million people and said we would secure the borders and we didnt and we now have 11 million. one of the areas of agreement we have, a number of areas, besides a path to citizenship is securing our borders. we still have drugs flowing across our borders in a huge quantity across the arizona border. citiz...

Flood of weapons and facing a deteriorating security environment. attacks were escalating on the compound, yet, the compound was inexpicably forced to rely on unarmed libyan guards and a militia that included extremist elements. no wonder the board found a pervasive realization among those in benghazi that security was not a high priority for washington, according to the report. the board found that responsibility stopped at the assistant secretary level below the departments most senior managem...

Of weapons, and facing a deteriorating security environment. attacks were escalating on the compound, yet the compound was inexplicably forced to rely on unarmed libyan guards and a militia that included extremist elements. no wonder the board found a realization that security was not a high priority for washington. according to the report. the board found that responsibility stopped at the assistant secretary level below the departments most senior manage. this seems to contrast with the recomm...

Challenging a security environment. they tell us they know of no credible threats against the inaugural. but theyre always evaluating by the hour tips and threats that continue to pour in. its a constant cycle that goes on until the inauguration is done. >> youre talking about not only a lone wolf but actually a major terrorist attack. you were talking about things that can detect the presence of any sort of chemical in the air. its not like just metal detectors and snipers on rooftops. >> no. y...

It also offers cash for killing american soldiers. catherine herridge has details from washington. is this threat authentic, catherine, do we know? >> reporter: thank you, jon. good morning intelligence sources tell fox news they believe the threat is credible al qaeda in yemen is considered the most active and lethal of the al qaeda affiliates. what separates al qaeda in yemen from the other franchises attacking western specifically u.s. targets including u.s. homeland. this is propaganda video...

I remember that term was used. why does it take this report to determine this? and this is another quote from the report: the absence of specific intelligence about an immeant attack -- imminent attack should not have prevented the department of state from taking more effective steps. it seems like that would be a given. >> well, it should be. but, you know, defense says we didnt hear of an attack that was pending within the next 24 hours. that shouldnt be standard. if you look at the deteriorat...