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Understanding of islam. >> reporter: benotman's risk would leave him vulnerable to attack. but after 2 1/2 years, it paid off. more than a simple peace agreement, the libyan jihadists issued their manifesto. more than 400 pages of complex religious arguments that challenge, point by point, the very justifications al qaeda uses to recruit young men to violence. >> translator: i have over 20 years experience in the libyan islamic fighting group. >> reporter: this prisoner, tariq durman, was picked up in jordan, where he was a commander running a cell. he'd previously fought in afghanistan. hid o...

Challenge, point by point, the very justifications al qaeda uses to recruit young men to violence. >> translator: i have over 20 years experience in the libyan islamic fighting group. >> reporter: this prisoner, tariq durman, was picked up in jordan, where he was a commander running a cell. he'd previously fought in afghanistan. hidden out in sudan and yemen. >> translator: we came to the conclusion trying to establish the islamic state by using violence and fighting was not the way forward. to start with, we looked at sharia law and there was no evidence in the koran or in the sayings of the ...

Rebutting a lot of the points that he views as being more political as they go through this, do you think that they can get past this? when you guys come back from lunch, can -- do you think that there can be a different mood set and actuahv start talking, point by point, about what can be salvaged, or is that impossible if republicans open up, as lamar alexander did, by saying you have to start over? >> the president set four criterias for discussion. we're not even through the second discussion criteria. these are defined by the president. these are not the four that i would have chosen if i...

Their argument. in this instance, this particular leak does benefit them. it has their entire game plan in there of, the president might want to give an interview. here is the reasons why he can't. here are the reasons why any obstruction charge would be wrong or here is our argument against that. i think that in this case, this leak might benefit them. of course, that past leak of all the questions they might want to ask the president, it depends who is spinning what of who benefits. >> i'm curious, who do you think and why was this letter written in the first place? do you think it might hav...

Role that russia played in the election? >> well, every new indictment or guilty plea that special counsel bob mueller has been able to obtain that my colleagues will see the seriousness of what the russians did and understand that our obligation to make sure it doesn't happen again. the only way to do that is to show unity. disunity is our best shield and i'm not giving up hope that we could still come together and -- in some meaningful way. but putting the government on trial rather than the country that did us -- did that to us is not helpful. >> well, to that point i want to -- you to resp...