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Constantly gloss over. in egypt, what we have is the product of a real revolution. this government really represents the people. it was a real revolution, done over the objections, essentially, of the united states. mubarak was our true friend and ally for 30 years. in libya, what you had happen was, initially a revolution that then was intercepted with a military intervention, and what was put in place is largely a government of expatriates, who don't necessarily represent the country. and you're going to have, inevitably, militias that come out and violence and factions that are contesting f...

Through the motivations of the various factions and shadowy militant groups that are currently vying for power. and the outcome, who wins and who loses these struggles, could decide the very shape of american foreign policy in the decades to come. middle east with an egypt that is friendly to american interests is very different than middle east with an egypt that is not. here to help us make sense of all of this, is hillary man lever, and a former foreign service officer, who was twice stationed at the gasembassy in egypt, and spencer ackerman, senior writer for "wired" magazine, and one of t...

When i was in egypt, it was typical for the ambassador to go to cairo to alexandria pretty regularly. it would be a normal thing too. >> and spencer, do we know anything, or anything we feel is firm about the motivations behind the attack? some people thought, at least, initially, it was about the video. then there seemed to be some indication, maybe, that the protests over the video was cover for a attack that had been long pre-planned. it's not clear if they knew the ambassador was going to be there. what can you say? >> we can say nothing in confidence, but make some inferences based on wha...

In egypt was this mysterious video made by someone who may or may not be named sam bacile, who may or may not be israeli, who may or may not tricked his crew and dubbed in anti-muslim propaganda after the movie was done, and who is definitely really terrible of making movies. you watched the clip of this thing online. it's a low-budget, badly acted, completely ridiculous amateur production. it's a joke, a deadly joke. but at the heart of the political furor today is a 99-word statement released by some terrified staffer in the american embassy in cairo asking for religious beliefs to be respec...

Egypt and libya, attacks that left four americans the dead. romney hastily released a statement late last night that read, "i'm outraged by the attacks on american diplomatic missions in america and egypt and the attack on a american consulate worker in benghazi. it's disgraceful that obama administration first response was to condemn attacks on our diploma ikts ic missions, but to sympathize with the protesters." some republicans have been quick to defend him. south carolina senator jim demint released a at the same time today that read, "governor romney's absolutely right. there is no justif...