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Wikileaks released earlier this week. one of them described him as a skillful politician who has manipulated local rivals and his own sons so he could remain in power. that same cable also said the unholy alliance of corruption and cult of personality politics on which the system has been based is ultimately limiting. is that what we're seeing here do you think? >> i think what we can clearly see is factions in libya. both within the family and outside of the family. we know there are huge rivalries within the family between some of the sons and we know also that there are tribes who are great...

Broad. people are talking about reintroducing sanctions or a no-fly zone so they can't put helicopters and warships up there to fire on their own people. should the u.s. do more at this point? >> i think the u.s. is doing plenty behind the scenes. we don't know about it as front page news. i would venture to guess that there is quite a bit of conversation going on between the state department, defense department and the treasury department because as you say, this is a situation where economic policy globally is at play, which is linked to foreign policy, u.s. foreign policy. this is not just ...

Way the secretary of defense might be, we might end up seeing things deteriorate there and gadhafi have to go or be overthrown. but if the power center stays behind gadhafi, maybe he can hang on at least for the short run. now, in the long run i think we're seeing an overall bubbling up in the middle east that we certainly hope is going to be positive in the long run and bring more democratic processes to the middle east. >> lisa, your former boss secretary of state hillary clinton had this to say. let me play a clip on her take of the deteriorating situation in libya. >> this bloodshed is com...

A key factor as this goes forward. i think it's quite important to make the point, chris, that although he is this slightly odd, wacky character, what's happening in libya is truly tragic. unlike in other places, here you have someone who is showing himself willing to kill his own people. >> willing to go door to door as he said yesterday and kill the people protesting against him. fascinating stuff. people can see this online from "time" international. thank you so much. talk about having priorities straight. check out this youtube video. 5-year-old girl talking about a career and marriage....

It was donated to the sixth floor museum in dallas and they restored it and just released it. scientists think they have a key to unlock the mystery surrounding amelia earhart's disappearance. scientists want to harvest earha earhart's dna from envelopes she licked and test dna profile against recently discovered bones. her letters are the only items proven to be hers and that would let them retrieve dna. who is moammar gadhafi? is libya's longtime leader on the edge of sanity and what do we learn from his words, his actions and even from detailed reports? richard lui is here and he's been...