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Nonetheless, it's a big pr problem. now they're saying it's an intelligence problem which alexander had been saying before. they continually need to push back. i would be surprised if alexander isn't asked to say, in what way have they changed things? because when you look at kind of the broad overview of what we know, lots of folks have said, well, it seems like terrorists would already know we were monitoring phone calls and that we have a way of figuring out who they're calling and for how long and that kind of thing. so, but very definitely, this is still an administration and nsa still on...

Intelligence problem. >> it would be an intelligence problem. >> bret: that's what stephanie cutter tried to say. >> that's what clapper said and that's what petraeus said and rice said and the under-secretary kennedy said yesterday. but you know there are examples of specific instances that you just cited, where individuals say you know what? we thought right from the start this was highly suspicious. in addition to which they could link the individual who had been at guantanamo who then became the poe cuss of investigative efforts. >> bret: charles? >> we know there was no demonstration. the...

today the world is asking what happens next. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our special -- our viewers through our special coverage of kim jong il's death. we're covering all the angles of this developing story. we have reporters across the world from beijing to the pentagon, to london, to the white house and beyond. instability in the region is a major worry right now. stan grant is in beijing and is joining us now live. stan, just a couple of hours ago we learned north korea test fired a short-range missile. what's the reaction in china, which obviously has the ...

>> well, it says that our intelligence services really have their work cut out for them. in fairness, however, the facts are that we did find bin laden, that we led a successful operation through navy s.e.a.l.s without american casualties. and as a result, there is, i think, renewed confidence that some people are doing a lot of things right in our intelligence services. the point i'm making is that we are not going to be able to comprehensively handle every intelligence problem, but we must center on ones that are very important with al qaeda, the taliban. for that matter, terrorists in somal...

They seemed to at about 10:00 a.m. eastern time today. >> rachel, you are more than primetime's leading authority on this subject. thank you very much for joining me tonight, and we're going to see you at the top of the hour when you come back with your coverage. >> thanks, lawrence. ahead in this news hour, the missteps of the obama administration today. the president's cia chief telling congress that it seemed likely mubarak was stilling down. does the u.s. have a major intelligence problem inside egypt?