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>> but mark, here's what you're going to hear. you want to talk to terrorists, you want to negotiate to terrorists. what's wrong with you? the blood of americans is going to be on your hands and anyone who supports this in the future. what do you say to that? >> take a look at what the british did with the i.r.a. or the israelis did with the palestinians. if you want peace, you are going to sit across the table from people who have the blood of your friends on their hands. the very existence of guantanamo has actually put american troops' lives at risk, simply because it's created this legal b...

Asking if there's any relevant information, and then getting on their way. >> should anything be made of the fact that he is in traditional tribal dress from that region or -- what do you think of that? >> no, if anything he's in pretty formal dress. they kind of dressed him up for the occasion. obviously they made this video for propaganda value. >> he's not changing when he gets there. they are. >> yeah. >> it's interesting at the end of this tape they say never come back to afghanistan but they don't seem hostile at all. they seem like they're reaching their hands out and trying to be as ni...

Settlement forward between the afghan government and the taliban eventually. there are certainly some risks in terms of releasing people from guantanamo, but there are always going to be risks there. >> but mark, here's what you're going to hear as soon as you say that. i've seen it everywhere, as soon as you say it, you want to talk to terrorists. you want to negotiate to terrorists. what's wrong with you? the blood of americans is going to be on your hands and anyone who supports this in the future. what do you say to that? >> take a look at what the british did with the i.r.a. or the israel...

That their electronic communications are intercepted. that's why we have a lot of u.s. embassies closed last year as a result of nsa intercepts. they are being very careful. this flies in the face of being careful because clearly they felt they could do this with some impunity. >> and felt it had some sort of propaganda value. show a display of strength. there's people we don't see in this video who are part of this group, the bomb maker, correct? he's the crown jewel of the group. he's the guy that makes bombs that get on the planes. and he's really gone dark. i talked to senior u.s. official...

Communications. given that, why would they make a video about this and then have it out there? >> as barbara said, this group is relying on couriers. they know from stories in the past that their electronic communications were intercepted. that is why we had a lot of u.s. embassies closed last year as a result of nsa intercept. so this sort of flies in the case of being careful. so clearly they felt they could do this with some impunity. >> and clearly, they thought it had a type of propaganda value, again, a show of display or strength. there are people we don't see in the video. the bombmake...