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An investigation into itself. the issue, how a cia top agent in afghanistan was exposed during the president's surprise trip to the country. now the agent's top secret and dangerous mission could be in jeopardy. cnn's my zell kosinski is at the white house more. how can the white house investigate itself and what does it think it can find? >> hi, chris. at first the white house didn't have comment about this incident but now it's announced the chief of staff has asked white house council to thoroughly look at how this happened and look at the processes involved and then make recommendations so...

You're going to continue to hear. i think to paul's point, also, i think many of the wes from folks up on capitol hill not only on the national security side but the intelligence side, is that enough of an infrastructure to support intelligence operations related to our national security objectives there with al qaeda and other terrorist organizations around the globe. so again, this is -- it is -- i think it is a welcome step, i think, paul would -- as paul would argue, by a very war weary nation but does it achieve objectives. >> what does the president say, paul, to the criticism of the kin...

Republican. if here going to pass a bill to a path to citizenship or legal status they're going to need mr. cantor on board. not given much of a chance and net eric cantor is putting this in the mail essentially saying i'm going to block president obama from granting amnesty. doesn't that tell you all you need to know about the prospects before the election? >> i think so. something marginal is done in the lame duck but i agree. i don't think there's much hope when you say malers like that from one of the top republicans in the house. >> get back to you guys in new york, suze orman picking a p...

Time when they honestly were able to say that they had learned about it in the the press from the press because nobody in the government actually saw it. look, i think the comparison with the plame case in the bush administration is important because that was another case where it was inadvertent it was richard armitage who was actually a critic of the iraq war. he was unintentional. he was not trying to out or hurt anybody. the prosecutor knew about that. and, yet, he pursued this with millions of dollars until he got a scalp, scooter libby and helped destroy his career and everybody on the l...

>> the out are the spy valerie plame and they are trying to draw a connection there. brit hume suggested it's a much -- it's apples and oranges. >> well, it's an honest mistake. no one would want to do this because you are endangering the life of that person and their family. and it's a serious blunder. that said, it is a serious blow to the confidence of this administration coming off the v.a. scandal which is is actually still ongoing and several other scandals involving how they run the government. so, it's a very big deal. scott wilson of the "the washington post" is is the person that bro...