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And hes going through the newspaper and he sees this photo and he says he recognizes this guy, seen hanging out with john mccain in syria, this week, holding a camera, as the photographer and spokesman of the rebel group that kidnapped and held him captive last year. the former kidnap victim telling the lebanon daily star today, quote, i recognized him immediately. he was the photographer who was brought in to take our photos during our captivity. he works with the kidnappers. he knows them very...

Hes going through the newspaper and sees this photo. and he says he recognizes this guy seen hanging out with john mccain in syria this week, holding a camera, as the photographer and spokesman of the rebel group that kidnapped and held him captive last year. the former kidnap victim telling the lebanon daily star today, quote, i recognized him immediately. he was the photographer who was brought in to take our photos during captivity. he works with the kidnappers. he knows them very well. now, ...

Spokesman for the kidnap group, but if it turns out mccain did accidentally meet with a guy from the kidnapper group, that would be, and i am quoting, regrettable. now, imagine the quote that you would get from john mccains office a year from now when, lets just say hypothetically, some surface-to-air missile we shipped into syria ends up shooting down an israeli plane full of passengers. whats a word stronger than regrettable? joining me at the table, journalist rula gibril and matt welch. its ...

In post-assad era. and this photo confirmed that. >> let me explain this in terms of the dynamics. two major strains of islam, sunni and shia. sunni is majority, shia minority, throughout the region. but there are basically three pillars of shia power in the region. hezbollah, the militia in lebanon, the assad regime, which is a small sect of shia, and the iranian regime. those three are now, together, allies, right -- >> i would add iraq. >> iraq, increasing. those are now allies, fighting agai...

As if there is some awesome foolproof vetting process for rebel militia groups in the middle of a war zone. do you work with al qaeda? do you hang out with al qaeda? if you had some missiles, what would you use them for? okay, maybe not so easy which brings us back to the photo of john mccain hanging out with syrian rebels this week and the big revelation. when this photo surfaced in reports about mccains secret trip, a guy from lebanon saw it on the news and he thought to himself, you know, i r...

So high and thats why there is no major defection and thats why the shiites are so concerned theres no future for them and they would be slaughtered. and this photo confirmed that. >> let me explain this in terms of the dynamics. two major strains of islam, sunni and shia. there are basically three pillars of shia power in the region. hezbollah, the militia in lebanon, the assad regime which is a small sect of shia and the iranian regime. those three are now together allies, right? >> i would ad...

Country of canada or the city of toronto who believes him right now? who are the people that voted for this guy into office? >> mayor ford is very charismatic and really connects with people on kind of an average joe. hes a very wealthy man. his family is very wealthy. they have a company up here and also offices in the states. but he really connects with the working guy. they call themselves, you know, quote unquote, ford nation. which ive written a piece about, its kind of canadas tea party. a...

Being held captive by this rebel group, okay? but one of the two kidnap victims, hes been released and hes going through the newspaper and sees this photo. and he says he recognizes this guy seen hanging out with john mccain in syria this week, holding a camera, as the photographer and spokesman of the rebel group that kidnapped and held him captive last year. the former kidnap victim telling the lebanon daily star today, quote, i recognized him immediately. he was the photographer who was broug...

The star has been reporting on him and his antics and these rumors, investigating them for about a year and a half. we ran a story about 2 1/2 months ago, about his battle with alcohol, and thats kind of started, i guess, opening a pandoras box of this sort of information. and everyone, i dont know, its every single day, wide-eyed, and just cant believe the next twist and turn, theres a lot of comparisons to "the wire." people are saying up here, and, you know, thats, of course, perhaps an exagg...

Mccains office telling buzz feed only that none of the rebels he met with identified himself by the name of the spokesman for the kidnap group, but if it turns out mccain did accidentally meet with a guy from the kidnapper group, that would be, and i am quoting, regrettable. now, imagine the quote that you would get from john mccains office a year from now when, lets just say hypothetically, some surface-to-air missile we shipped into syria ends up shooting down an israeli plane full of passenge...