is that fair? let's go back and look at the tape. >> reporter: london. how serious is it? any implication that it was coming here? any of the things that they have seen were coming here? director clapper? >> all right. i mean, point taken, there, sawyer's wording may have been vague. instead of saying today's arrest of a dozen terror suspects in the united kingdom, she said london, not uk. but then again, mr. brennan clearly understood what she meant when he jumped in to save his colleague. by this morning, clapper's office had dropped the ambiguity defense. they said this, director clapper had not yet been briefed on the arrest in the united kingdom at the time of this interview taping. his spokeswoman said the dni was working throughout the day on important intelligence matters including military and political developments on the korean peninsula. providing answers to questions concerning the ratification of the s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty and other classified issues.