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>> reporter: the justice department says witt worked with iran to target at least eight u.s. government agent computer accounts in order to deploy malware that would provide access to computers and networks used by the u.s. intelligence community. the u.s. also alleges witt created target packages for iran to identify and track down u.s. government agents. this week, iran marks 40 years since the islamic revolution brought the current regime to power. and the rhetoric from the trump administrati...

On behalf of the islamic republic. monica whitt including names of u.s. intelligence officers defected to iran in 2013 and was once thought to be missing. instead the justice department says she was recruited by irans islamic revolutionary guard corp. >> it was with identities of the u.s. intelligence communities operating covertly. >> they worked with iran to target at least eight u.s. government agent computer accounts in order to to provide to networks used by the u.s. intelligence community....

Intelligence officers defected to iran in 2013 and was once thought to be missing. but instead the justice department says she was recruited by irans islamic revolutionary guard corps. >> monica witt provided the iranian government with the identities of authorities operating covertly. >> reporter: the justice department worked to target eight computer departments to deploy malware that would provide access to computers and networks used by the u.s. intelligence community. the u.s. also alleges ...

Of phoenix, and garvin stein ross. color me skeptical here. vladimir putin says, sure, hes open to cooperating with the united states. does he really mean it? >> well, i would take that at a significant arms length. but it is an opening. this is the first time weve really heard this. and what i think hes really saying is, look, i want to be a part of this and if not a part of it, ill do what i want to do, which hes already demonstrated that thats a behavior that theyre willing to take on. but th...

>> you know, you cant get into target packages. thats very classified, highly classified information. we have targeted hussein, who we successfully killed in raqqah, who is sending these internet directives to attack military who inspired garland, the new york plot, fourth of july, and also many others, including possibly chattanooga. and so, look, let me just say, hes been on our list and radar. he escaped from belgium, went back. this is where the cell actually took place, was in belgium, the ...

Might be radicalized. of course, also some people were demanding very strong reaction, especially after the fact that isis claimed responsibility for these ating thes and the french government itself also said it believes isis is behind the attacks. and were getting information that three of the attackers seem to have been inside syria and possibly had contact with isis there as well. michael? >> yes. >> of course, many people wondering what the implications might be of france declaring this an ...

Until now as a regional threat, as a group that was primarily interested in creating a caliphate across the middle east and north africa. if theyre responsible for what would in effect be the worst act of air terrorist since 9/11, doesnt that change the nature of the threat from isis? >> well, you know, again he called it the jv team, but now were seeing isis bring down airplanes with bombs, which is what al qaeda did. as you said, the greatest aviation, terrorist event since 9/11. what i want t...

Until now as a regional threat, as a group that was primarily interested in creating a caliphate across the middle east and north africa. if theyre responsible for what would in effect be the worst act of air terrorist since 9/11, doesnt that change the nature of the threat from isis? >> well, you know, again he called it the jv team, but now were seeing isis bring down airplanes with bombs, which is as you said, the greatest aviation, terrorist event since 9/11. what i want to see, whats intere...

Ive heard this on the news, that the president is flip-flopping on this boots on the ground thing. we need a functioning number of troops for support in force protection, meaning protecting the embassy. when people say troops -- boots on the ground, they are talking about big footprint, the fourth infantry division, the 101st infantry division, those kinds of things. thats not what were talking about. not talking about large-scale troop unit. youll need trainers on the ground, intelligence offic...

Terrorist threat, today the head of the nsa justified the sweeping surveillance programs by emphasizing the growing threat from global extremists citing 2,300 deaths this month alone, bret. >> kathrine, tonight news in the hunt for benghazi suspects? >> yes. we were first to report here on fox a key suspects in the attack have ties to the al qaeda senior leadership. and what we also understand through our contacts is that about half a dozen target packages were approved but have not been acted u...