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Are very specific intelligence requirements from our national command authority and they are laid out to the intelligence community and then the intelligence community goes forward and lays out a collection plan the best way to get that very needed information. occasionally, fareed, occasionally, what you have is political guidance kind of being placed on top of your operational planning. i had political guidance while i was director of nsa. i had targets. i had legitimate needs. but i was told frankly back off. that target is too sensitive. i don't want you doing that at this time for this pu...

Specific intelligence requirements from our national command authority, and they are laid out to the intelligence community and then the intelligence community goes forward and lays out a collection plan the best way to get that very needed information. occasionally, fareed, occasionally, what you have is political guidance kind of being placed on top of your operational planning. i had political guidance while i was director of nsa. i had targets. i had legitimate needs, but i was told frankly back off, that target's too sensitive. i don't want you doing that at this time for this purpose. >>...

>> get down! i don't give a [ bleep ] whether you did it or not. neither will anyone else. but i will put such a stranglehold on your gun money, you'll be out on the streets throwing rocks. >> great stuff. by the way, alex baldwin looked really young there. tom clancy died in baltimore where he grew up. his next book, command authority, set to come out in december. very young and tragic. 66 years old. still ahead, on way too early, baseball lay ploplayoffs. stephen colbert and washington dysfunction. >> obama can give some concessions and the republicans can accept his concessions. [ laughte...

When they became hollywood block busters we had harrison ford playing jack ryan. that made harrison ford this larger than life figure. alec baldwin also played jack ryan. ben affleck played jack ryan. in 2003 he wrote "the teeth of the tiger." he introduced jack ryan, jr., as the next big intelligence agent in washington. he has a book that will come out december 3. there is an unpublished novel that's coming out called "command authority." we'll see more of his work in a couple of months. it's shocking. >> i interviewed him ten years ago. i remember being dumbstruck by the level of access tha...

"the hunt for red october" was his first novel published in 1984. basement a bestseller after president reagan complimented the book. he went on the to write a host of books centered around character jack ryan. in 2003 he published "the teeth of the tiger." that made jack ryan, jr., the central character. he has a book to be out december 3 called "command authority." that's the latest book in his arsenal he's had there. but, again, we are getting word in that tom clancy has died at the age of 66. we are still getting more details on this. of course we'll follow it throughout the day. >> he's f...