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More rigorous, accountable organization, too many lawyers and not quite enough james bonds. jon: you write, there was a plot at one point for mi6 to take out the nasser, the former president of egypt. you're not able to hear me? there was a report that mi6 talked about taking out nasser, the leader of egypt? this is, this is unfortunate. he is not able to hear us. but it's a fascinating read. it is, it is, the all about the secrets and so forth inside the british intelligence service. gordon corera is is the author. there is the book. you might want to pick it up. he has fascinating stories to...

For one second allow me to sound like my mom, you need a hat on your held, doug mckelway. >> reporter: i do. i forgot to bring my hat, and it is bitterly cold. these people are much tougher than i am. they come out year after year in any kind of weather to demonstrate their cause. arthel: all right. doug mckelway, thank you very much. jon: you know we were having some audio troubles during an interview with gordon, we have fixed those problems or so we think, and we are back with him now. it is a history of mi6, the modern history of mi6, the british secret service agency. you say that, you kn...

The fiction. but there's definitely a very close relationship between the fact and the fiction partly because so many of the writers of spy fiction who have defined how we think about the spy world were themselves former intelligence officers; graham green, john lecarry, ian freshmanning who wrote -- fleming who wrote bond. jon: the story of the exploding razor is worth the read. gordon caerer rah, the author of "the art of the trail." thank you for being with us. arthel: glad we were able to get him back. jon: yes. interesting book. arthel: really, really sounds like it. her disappearance and...

>> you mentioned that. >> and i got to ask my question so i say, mr. president, this is the second time i met you. did i ask the hardball question, drones, civil liberties? no, i did not. i guess i'm not at liberty to say what i asked about but it was soft. >> typical. thank you for the admission. michael hastings and the book is called "panic 2012" a great read. thank you so much for joining us and we'll be right back. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home.....

. in retrospect, the president ace victory in 2012 seems almost inevitable. after all, on the one hand you had a truly historic figure and on the other you had an entitled millionaire whose contempt for half the population was only matched by the amount of money he's stashed away on the cayman islands. but this past election was not plain sailing for the president's campaign. michael hastings gives us the inside story of the president's re-election campaign in his new ebook "panic 2012." and we're delighted that he joins us. i've read it. it's a rip roaring read. and you say that after the f...