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Talked about returning to the 67 borders for a palestinian state in an effort to find peace. what did you think when he said that? >> that was a horrible decision, a horrible standpoint. first of all, you totally blind sided the best ally that we have in the middle east because that speech initially was not supposed to say anything about israel and definitely not about 67 borders, now, all of a sudden you tried to get ahead of president netanyahu and put him in a tough situation and he has to do...

obamas starting point proposal for peace between israelis and palestinians. >> while israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. because these lines are indefensible. >> appalling and indefensible. but are they insolvable equations? today, the congressional impasse over taming a ferocious u.s. debt with the senates number two democrat, dick durbin. mid aeft promise in peril with leaders of the intelligence committee. chairman mike...

Actions, which likely saved lives by helping avert other terrorist attacks will continue to have a chilling effect on the critical work of their colleagues and other national security professionals in the u.s. government." do you think the president can stop this investigation, that is going on? >> i think he can, hes the president and, is the chief executive and it would be a great opportunity, today, to close this very, very dark chapter on usama bin laden. and, to set the cia off -- how many ...

Trove of information. but just how valuable is this material? luis rueda joins me now live from washington, d.c. luis has 28 years experience in the cia. luis, good morning. >> good morning. >> are there any indications from what you have seen that there is actionable intelligence gathered here? >> i think for the public its too early to know if theres actionable information. right now what they will have done is culled through anything that would give information on potential or pending terrori...

To infiltrate for espied onage in other country. when they carried off the terrorist attacks they had to have people mass carries raiding as japanese. they had to have japanese teaching them how to speak and act like japanese and successfully pulled off something as serious as the bombing of kal 858 back in 1987. so they want linguists and they want people who can teach their agents to blend in with the populations that they have targeted. they have stolen lebanese, they have stolen dutch, they ...

That he was out of the game. so what is your take, based on all the evidence so far? >> well, it certainly looks like he was a player, at least to some xernths as far as what weve seen. he was not the day-to-day manager of terrorist attacks but he clearly was the strategic head. and lets be honest. i mean, just the fact that he was out there nearly ten years after 9/11 and the attack on afghanistan was an important selling point, if you want to call it that, for al qaeda. it was a statement that...

Taliban taking credit for this strike there. what is your sense, at this time of friction that pakistan gets hit first is interesting, with you what do you make of this going forward? >> pakistan has had just i mean, dozens and dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks carried out by the pakistani taliban. the pakistani taliban has operated with an increasing al qada like agenda, sending suicide bombers to times square in may 1st of 2010. so the fact that they want to protest osama bin ladens death...

>> reporter: no direct responses yet. of course, these are only words right now. you dont have to go very far to find anti-american feeling in pakistan. a lot of people in pakistan point the finger and say, you brought the war to our doorstep. they blame that for the thousands of pakistanis who have been killed in terrorist attacks since 9/11. but one thing nato would be concerned about, if you dont have a reliable ally in pakistan, if pakistan is not going to keep those supply lines open, it is...

So for pakistan to call for a unilateral stopping of them puts pressure back on the united states. >> peter, weve spent more than a week worrying would there be a retaliatory strike against the united states. what is your sense, at this time of friction that pakistan gets hit first is interesting, with you what do you make of this going forward? >> pakistan has had just i mean, dozens and dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks carried out by the pakistani taliban. the pakistani taliban has opera...

>> well, i think one of the big surprises really is just to apparent complacency of bin laden. this is a guy who planned most of his life, planned terrorist attacks, planned for the restoration of it, but no plans for the final ten minutes of his life on earth. he didnt appear to make any preparations for escape on the raid of his compound, no preparations for destroying or securing any of this gigantic trove of data that is now in the custody of the cia. >> do you think he just got sloppy? >> i...