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Tactics. >> we have concrete proof that they have already, terrorist groups and others are taking action, making changes and its going to make our job tougher. >> reporter: we also learned new information from general alexander about nsa leaker edward snowedden. it has been previously reported that a he was a systems administrator and contractor for booz allen hamilton. we know more details about his job. one of his responsibilities was to move large amounts data between the network systems to h...

In terms of fending off these attacks? >> much of this resides within the private sector to protect their own networks. the government is not out with a giant shield over the networks. for obvious reasons people dont want because of privacy concerns the u.s. government monitoring the traffic. the vast majority relies on the private sector. thabing said sharing intelligence with the fbi and the private sector to better help them protect themselves. >> is the private sector doing enough? i think t...

President obama begins a crucial trip today. mexico is the first stop on a three day trip that includes a visit to costa rica as well. trade, immigration and war on drugs is expected to top the agendas first face-to-face meeting with mexicos new leader. here is dan loathian. >> reporter: in an unusually close relationship, the u.s. and mexico have aggressively fought drug cartels, sharing intelligence and cross border training. but there is uncertainty as president obama heads south to a new pol...

They say without question. so from your perspective, what is the relationship in terms of sharing intelligence between the united states and russia? >> the relationship is complicated and difficult. we know that the russians in the past have listed people on terror lists that were not terrorists for political reasons. concerning the boston marathon bombers, they gave us a good tip. in this instance it was the united states that is probably guilty of intelligence failures. it was not the russians...

The prime minister may have been in the air at the time and land his helicopter in the north of israel the same time that a drone was being shot down, something that might have come from lebanon. >> i havent heard that before. but we dont know, the drone was indeed shot down over the eastern mediterranean. it was not over israel. >> do we know where it was coming from? >> we do not know yet where it was coming from. we dont know from what group and no one has taken responsibility yet. >> and fin...

Force to try to get? >> well, aording to defense sources who have sat in on intelligence assessment meetings, regarding plans for syria, even in light of the new massacre in which scores of civilians may have been killed by a combination, im told, of shelling and helicopter gun ships yesterday, there is no plan to get involved militarily because the general intelligence assessment is that most portions of the opposition, the syrian opposition are not aligned with u.s. or western interests. there...

Governments in the region supporting the resistance and with iran supporting syria backed up by russia. this has wider implications than simply a civil war which is horrific in itself. >>shepard: but, mr. secretary, this has been a proxy war among the states you mentioned including saudi arabia and the rest. >>guest: sure. u.a.e., turkeys, all the countries in the region are new supplying the resistance with weapons. >>shepard: at our direction? >>guest: not according to our direction. they feel...

There may be efforts right now that we dont even know about. >> bill: sure, sure. sabotage. >> bill: why wont russia and china help on this? >> im surprised because partly it is to maintain a sense of neutrality that they arent totally in the american camp. >> bill: they know the danger to the world and commerce and everything else. >> its dangerous to the russians because of all the muslims on their underbelly, many of whom have difficult living conditions and are fertile ground for. >> bill: t...

That we dont even know about. >> bill: sure, sure. sabotage. >> bill: why wont russia and china help on this? >> im surprised because partly it is to maintain a sense of neutrality that they arent totally in the american camp. >> bill: they know the danger to the world and commerce and everything else. >> its dangerous to the russians because of all the muslims on their underbelly, many of whom have difficult living conditions and are fertile ground for. >> bill: terrorism? >> yes, terrorism. an...

>> there are some taliban left in pakistan and few al qaeda operatives and the raid you referenced for folk who is dont remember is where bin laden was killed. there is a question about what pakistan knew about that. so at this point fwe are sharing intelligence and if we apologize, which there have been condolences and now a claim that it was in self-defense, is that enough foritous move forward with the pakistanis? >> i think its a good question. i look at it differently, jamie. i think that t...