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Knew of or not, but you say the new face of al qaeda and the ungoverned spaces, and weak governments trying to get back on their feet that arguably don't have a handle on this. what does that tell us about the broader significance of this? >> well, i think that maybe it's what is next to come, you know. it's no secret that the obama administration is looking to try and get to the suspected attacker still in libya on that benghazi attack, the diplomatic compound a year ago. the libyan government because it's not very strong at this point has not been able or willing, perhaps, to go after the pe...

But i don't think it's clear what exactly he has been doing in tripoli for the last three years. >> what can we gather from the timing of these two operations, the one in somalia and libya? any indication that they were connected, and if so why now? >> victor, i don't think there is any indication that they were connected. i think it is simply a coincidence. it's obvious from the libya operation that this has been planned for many, many weeks. they would have been surveying him and working out the operation that snatched him. the operation, obviously, in somalia against shabab, and that's some...

Professionals in the field and need to concentrate on him, and i was in contact with his family and they told me details about the issue and everything. >> understood. the last 15 years since the '98 bombing, what has he been doing and has there been a sense of inevitability that some day he is coming? >> yeah, he returned to his home. >> did he think one day they are coming back or did he think i am off and scott free and they are not going to find me? >> an interesting question. a lot of people they don't know exactly when he was involved in this operation, you know, in east africa. accordin...

Conclusion that he should have directed limited action going after assad to make very clear to the world that when we draw a line and we give our word, damn it, we back it up. >> anything embraced by vladimir putten and assad fills me with skepticim. somebody asked the president the other day, do you trust putin? my answer is are you kidding me? my bottom line is that i believe to blow a bunch of stuff up over a couple of days to underscore or validate a point or a principle is not a strategy. >> brian: one thing about gates, he was against the libya operation. he said setting up a no fly zone...

Congressional declaration of war, or a congressional authorization for use of force, or if the united states is attacked. so in this situation, not unlike the libya operation in 2011, the administration got around that, saying the u.s. wasn't engaged in official hostilities. do you feel like it's appropriate that the president has to reach out the you this go-around or take the libya model? >> it's clear to me in an increasing number of my colleagues, as expressed in the letter that has doubled in support from yesterday to today, went from 40 co-signers to 80 as of right now and i'm certainly ...