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Laden and they found a common cause. he talked about it a decade later. >> reporter: he was many places in the early 1990, even it's believed visiting california on a false passport. his group attacked egyptian embassies and tried to kill egyptian politicians. eventually he fold his group into al-qaeda. >> he pretty much led the group. he did the strategic policy of what al-qaeda's agenda was. he called the shots. >> reporter: he was at bin laden's side when he declared war on america in may 1998. weeks later they launched an attack on u.s. embassies in africa and then gloated after they escap...

Nation are on that monday will be hoping to give people back home a big list but of course it is really important for scotland as well. and the team are having to focus very heavily on the action for the next 90 minutes. not be distracted by the wider political picture because whoever wins tonight will go on to play wales in cardiff on sunday and whoever wins that will be heading to the world cup in qatar and for scotland that i stand there in a world cup final was may 1998. this is a really important game tonight albeit that it is just football and of course everybody here is well aware that ...

Richard goodstein is the former advisor to bill and hillary clinton. can we just dispense this sad psychodrama here, do you think it's plausible that the former vice president called barack obama and said, please don't endorse me. >> he said that back in april when he announced -- let's keep this in perspective. ronald reagan did not endorse george w. bush may 1998 after it was clear he would become the dominate. when dwight eisenhower was asked to tell about richard nixon's accomplishments as he was running for vice president to secede eisenhower, eisenhower said give me a week and let me thi...

Here. >> we thought they could be outright stealing documents. they could be planting bugs, anything like that. but, you know, frankly, we didn't know what they were doing. that was the concern. >> unfortunately, after six weeks, we were no closer to the answers we were seeking than when we began. all that we confirmed was they were coming to the main state department building in numbers and frequencies that simply was inconsistent with diplomatic dialogue. we were unable to go beyond that. >> when it was done, robert took it up within his chain of command to present it to the higher ups and s...

That was a concern. >> unfortunately, after six weeks, we were no closer to the answers we were seeking than when we began. >> all that we confirmed is they were coming to the main state department building in numbers and frequencies that simply was inconsistent with diplomatic dialogue. >> we were unable to go beyond that. >> when it was done, robert took it up within his chain of command to present it to the higher ups and say we probably have a threat here. >> in may 1998, the fbi gave me permission to brief thomas, the number three man at the state department and a former u.s. ambassador t...