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Senior officials from about two dozen of the world's major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend.
pretty much wanted to make decisions about this war based on wherever they think their political opponents weren't. >> right. >> and their biggest concern was if the other guy might get credit, and this is something that makes me look like i'm agreeing with something else, then i've got to pick the other thing, and you know, the american public does not have a stable set of preferences about this other than a general reflex of getting out. i'll take issue about one thing, about the lies. people like general loot said this stuff in public. this wasn't like, you know, some secret conclave behind the doors of the pentagon, and the american public sort of shrugged and went, okay, well, there's no more terrorist attack, and it's all being done by volunteers, and i don't want to think about it. i have tv to watch. and that really is on us. >> and the reality is the way you know about it is that after we got bin laden during the
mortensen. reports out of rome today suggest catholics may get a new pope sooner than they thought. a secret conclave of cardinals was supposed to condition convenient between 15 and 20 days after pope benedict steps down at the end of the month. the vote could be held earlier than planned. joining me now from rome, nbc news vapt cannon list george weigel. it is very good to see you. as we get to the process of selecting the new pope, how soon can that begin and do you hear these reports as well that it may go earlier than expected? >> i do. i prankly think that's a very wise idea. the 15 to 20-day provision in the current constitution that govern it is election of a pope, was created to allow time for a i did any tied funeral mass, a period of mourning for the deceased pope, and a set of meetings among the cardinals and