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Places where it ought not be. i want to go back to your statement you that said you didn't ever seriously consider arming private security experts. tell me why you ever considered it at all. >> we considered a whole range of issues. we knew that the insurgents fighting gadhafi needed support and what they were provided was air support, facilitated by the united states. the united states did not provide any private contractors to assist them. >> it was an e-mail that was from mr. blumenthal. an e-mail before that also discussing the same situation. do you know who mark toury is? >> no, i don't ...

The government wants a cease-fire, and then he claims libyans can decide whether gadhafi stays or goes. those are his words. decide for yourself whether his government's actions say otherwise. joining us now, fred planken, and ann marie slaughter. she recently served as the director of policy planning. fred, earlier this evening, you heard loud explosions in tripoli. what is the latest at this hour? >> well, we have since then heard several loud explosions around the outskirts area of tripoli. those were by far more powerful than the ones we heard earlier tonight. we don't have word from nato ...

There. also, on the tunisian border, the rebels say they've taken a border crossing there, that's the western part of libya. it's very significant because it indicates that they've gotten a foothold in the west of the country. there are tribes there for a long time that have been opposed to moammar gadhafi. it seems as though now they are back up and fighting gadhafi's forces and have made some significant gains there. not a game changer yet as some people would say. however, it's one more thing for gadhafi to worry about. >> let me bring in ann marie. despite the rebel's success today, the fa...

Mission. inevitably, there's going to be friction when you have 27 nations, some of whom are contributing in some ways and others in other ways, but all things considered, they're learning as they go, they're improving their abilities, and having u.s. drones will help. >> fred, just to switch gears for a second, today, you also spoke with the woman who barged into the aaa hotel a couple weeks ago and told a roomful of western journalists she had been raped by gadhafi's forces. i want to play a bit of your interview with her. >> i usually get harassed when i have to show my identification card ...

Keeping them honest, that wasn't the tone on the eve of the fight. >> blood will flow, river of blood in all of the cities of libya. we will never give up love yeah. we will fast for the last inch, to the last shot. >> gadhafi just weeks ago. shortly after that, his father called the opposition dogs and said to hunt them down behind every wall and show them no mercy, and no video. we don't know precisely where it was shot, but it claims to show just how they treat captured civilians. >> not fighters, civilians, captured, hands bound, kneeling and pistol whipped and beaten.