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Counterterrorism thing for a living is not drawing any connections with what happened in london and what it is this ban thinks it will prevent. >> there's no question about the president's right and authority when it comes to the constitution. it is about whether or not this is right to do. as you layout. you have two different bases of analysis. first is context of what he saw in the uk of why you need a ban. he says it doesn't match. you look at the u.s. security landscape. what the ban wants to do is is that what is necessary to keep america safe? is that the main threat. people coming over...

To exert its influence and change the security landscape in a country where there is still no central government more than five years after moammar gadhafi was ousted. top u.s. commanders now increasingly concerned. >> was russia trying to do in libya, general? >> senator, russia is trying to exert influence on the ultimate decision of who becomes and what entity becomes in charge of the government inside libya. >> they're trying to do in libya what they've been doing in syria? >> yes thashs's a good way to characterize it. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn in recent weeks reconnaissance un...

Hamstrung by something? >> well, they're going to have to answer for that. one can only think that they needed to prioritize to a certain degree. triage to a certain degree. given the scale of the threat they're facing, the number of people they're having to monitor, to follow. they did roll up the leadership of this organization, this network. in november, they arrested the five key figures. the five key pros tallizers, the people influencing others to join isis. what they didn't do in november is roll up all the foot soldiers. so the worry is there are other foot soldiers out there. youngste...

Them at some point when the ban and evacuation is lifted to protect ours? >> i think that's a great question, jamie. i think what we have to be cognizant of is the security landscape in pakistan at the moment is incredibly fragile. there needs to be a fusion between policy and military strategy, and in my experience in the 20 years that i spent hunting al-qaeda, i think there needs to be a strategy for me as a dialogue between desire and possibility. i think what the u.s. is becoming increasingly frustrated over the desire of pakistan prime minister who is the outgoing to actually attack and t...

But now he is saying the threat is from nuclear terrorism. the possibility of terrorists getting a hold of nuclear materials and attacking the united states or other countries like al qaeda. the president making it very clear that he believes that this is the most important and serious danger that is threatening the world. take a listen, john. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security, both short term, medium term and long term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon. this is something that could change the security landscape of this country and aro...