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I'm not surprised to learn we're getting more information about the air strike that killed the radical al qaeda cleric anwar al awlaki. let's bring nbc news chief investigative producer bob windram your sources always as good as anybody in our news organization. tell us more about the strike. >> first of all, chuck, we're hearing just moments ago that among the others who were killed with al awlaki this morning was someone named samir kahn who is also an american who was the editor of "inspire" magazine a magazine set up by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to instruct people in things like bo...

V.q. day, his words, victory over al qaeda day. is that going a little too triumphant? >> it may be a little triumphant but i think the critical point here is that we have reached a turning point in that the united states is able to go out on a regular basis and take out people not only at the top leadership but people at the next level of leadership who are aspiring to be al qaeda leaders and that has an effect of essentially causing fewer and fewer al qaeda leaders to raise their hand and say, i'm ready for that job. that is one of the intentions of this campaign is to not only kill the lead...

Virginia. developing now, the justice minister in cyprus says he believes an alleged russian spy has indeed fled that mediterranean island. christopher metsos is believed to have supplied money to an alleged spy ring here in the united states. he was arrested in cyprus but released on bail. u.s. officials were concerned he might escape the island and now it appears he's done it. meanwhile here on u.s. soil, more bail hearings for some of the ten suspects in custody. two more of them admitted using fake names and prosecutors say the couple known as michael zottoli and patricia mills had $100,...

Something to send back. it doesn't always have to be classified. one of the big things is is it current because you're not always sure what's online is current, and i think that that's part of it as well. it's hard to -- for us to figure right now just how important it was to them, whether it was -- whether it was something that was giving them any benefit, but right now in terms of classified information, no. >> i've got to let this -- i've got to wrap this up. do we have a bureaucracy like this in other countries? will we see ten american spies pretending it's 1980 as well? >> i was told 15 ...

Classified information back to moscow which led me to pond they are morning whether these were actual spies or people that were playing spy but not actually coming up with anything. the information they were tasked with collecting like political policy and gossip could in fact have been more easily found with a google search perhaps than by virtue of spending spies all over, and this youtube video showing one of the suspected spies doesn't exactly cry out espionage as it's posted on a public site for the world to see. now, while they are not facing espionage charges, the group is charged with ...