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Public chatter means talking among our friends. when we hear the term a lot of chatter going on, what does that mean? >> i really hate that term. it is a term that is created by political that don't do counter terrorism for a living. it is representing that they are seeing things in the intel world weather human reporting or seginal intelligence that something is being planned and it is not a accurate term and shouldn't be used. they have a accepts that attack or operational planning is going on and they are responding to it. it is a terrible term. the president and policy makers shouldn't use...

Al-qaeda is on the path of defeat and quad squad dead. and osama bin laden is dead. >> well, throughout the president's campaign for reelection last year, we heard him talk about the decimation of al-qaeda. here's what the president said in the press conference on friday. >> core al-qaeda is on its heels and decimated and i also said that al-qaeda and other extremist have matacicized in to regional groups that can pose significant dangers. >> last week, the state department closed 19 american outpost in the mideast and africa and evacuated the embassy in yemen and warned americans not to trave...

On three occasion and led counter terrorism deployments. and he has spent a career hunting down al-qaeda and author of a book jaw breaker the attack on bin laden and al-qaeda. gary, thank you for being here. >> (applause) >> we closed all of the embassy and consulateso all over the middle east or africa. good or bad idea? >> you know, when the initial statement came out they were closing the embassy based on enteleigence against a threat of wide variety. the new york times said it was specific. and so the administration may have gone overboard in terms of trying to protect themselves from crit...