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>> well, i think you could ask some of our allies to drop the clawed brains, shock-shock routine. i think most people in senior reaches of government have understood that governments spy on both enemies and allies alike. and sometimes they do so with -- for mutual benefits. i mean, the french have security concerns about jihadists in their territory. the germans do, too. muhammad atta came from hamburg. there are reasons the national security agency would be monitoring or covering metadata for c...

In syria and iran, and americas relations with pakistan already strained since the bin laden raid, took center stage this week as prime minister sharif visited the white house. what to make of it all and what, if anything, to do about it? joining me now, richard haass, karen elliott house, retired as the publisher of "the wall street journal," where shed also been foreign editor and diplomatic correspondent. brett stevens is the pulitzer prize winning foreign affairs columnist. brett, let me ask...