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Benghazi? >>reporter: these are conversations i have had with people familiar with intelligence. this area, libya, north africa, was considered a hot zone or a hot region. since june of this year there were at least four incidents, either successful or plots, against diplomatic interests or on diplomatic personnel. so it was considered a hot region, active. now, when they say there was no "actionable intelligence," that means that there wasn't something specific enough in the opinion of the intelligence community to do something, to try and mitigate the threat. that's the subject or where the ...

Former c.i.a. convert officer and president of the global intelligence and security firm, mike baker. you heard catherine talking about they did not have "hot," intelligence, the signs were everywhere with attacks in different areas. we know there are all kinds of missing weapons in libya. we know it was lend. -- we know it was 9/11. but there was no "hot" intelligence. >>guest: i don't believe the white house had actionable intelligence about a specific attack in beach gaza but the bigger problem is we knew what the environment was. this is a problem where the state department which has prima...

Right. so that's going to be a challenge for her. but she is somebody that because of who she is and the issues that she focuses on will have appeal on the movement conservative right. but, yeah, she has to be more careful now, because there's going to be more scrutiny. she's not just a backbencher congresswoman from first, second, and thinker term who's out there trying to get better known. once she is on this stage, she's going to face a lot more scrutiny and tough coverage. >> has she any way to staff up? i know she's raised a lot of money, but what about getting the kind of people around h...

Immediately. others have defected to the opposition. a new website reportedly authorized by iran's government is calling for suicide attacks in bay irani after saudi troops supported bahrain's government, cracking down on protesters there. the eu is defending bahrain's actions. and here with me now to sort through all of this, intelligence expert, former congresswoman, jane harman, who is now the president of the wilson center, a nonpartisan think tank here in washington. well, where to start? first of all, syria. never seen pictures like this coming of out of syria. >> there's been an emerg...