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A week. conversations within the administration, as you noted. the president has asked for a finetuned set of options, he is told he will have that within a matter of days. his phone calls to the leaders of france and great britain. they want to move quickly, they want to know what the others are willing to bring to the table. they do not want assad to think this is a bluff by any means, which is why you see those war ships moving into the region, and all indications are, they're moving on a quick time table, to fran's point, will we see an emergency meeting of the nato allies or will the u.s....

The christians as well. we need to separate these people. fran is right, the longer we let this go on, the nastier it gets, the more it will spread, and it will take down lebanon, move into jordan and it could move into the gulf. it's just the way it's been going for the last year. >> and mike, we've already seen that spread. obviously beirut, we're not sure if that's directly linked. we've seen the spread of it? >> actually, those bombings you mentioned, i point legislation to al qaeda in syria. it's our job to build up the moderate syrian opposition. we together with our allies, that's what ...

Did this. now it really seems that people are thinking about this differently. and, of course, they're afraid of the u.s. getting involved and more involved in this war and somehow tipping the balance in all of this. it's a fear that's going on, these people have been living in this sort of civil war situation for a long time, they also know that the u.s. could change things on the ground very quickly if they choose to do so. >> more now on what happens next, with national security analyst and former bush homeland security adviser, fran towsend. also, bob baer joins us, senior fellow at the br...

Them. it's a political issue mostly now because all these countries that we're talking about whether it's china, moscow, russia, whether it's cuba, venezuela, ecuador, all of them have something to gain by rubbing america's nose in this current situation. beyond that, i'm fascinated to know, maybe john or fran might know, what is on these computers. what kind of knowledge does edward snowden have that might be really dangerous to have, and whether china or russia has been able to suck out that knowledge from those computers, while he's been in their countries. >> let me put that question to yo...

Repercussions if they criticize the government. the government here says that's just not true. that what plays well here, and not just in this country, anderson, but this part of the world, is a standup to the united states to say, you guys are hypocrites, you go around the world criticizing other people's freedom of expression, other people's human rights. you have problems on your own. by doing that, this president believes he can be applauded here at home, but also applauded here in south america, and with the allies that matter, allies like china. >> paula, reporting from quito, ecuador. t...