dangerously weakened. eroded. seriously eroded. its ability to carry out a big, spectacular attack against the west in my opinion has been eroded. that does not mean that there aren't smaller cells around the middle east. every -- every country in the middle east has an al-qaida cell or network in it. my sources in israeli intelligence tell me. dangerous, unpredictable but it is possible, possible, i say, if we get this arab spring right, if we help them get -- the threat of terrorism might begin to recede. >> according to my notes, this book will be made into a movie and the first scene is shot on a table news show when they get interviewed by someone like me. >> that's exactly right. you turn out to be an assassin who is here to kill the author. author disarms the assassin and saves the day. >> exactly. we have to work in a weather guy and then we can actually make this come off. congratulations on the book. tremendously creative guy that goes into the facts to write