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You heard that intelligence is very necessary to thwart these attacks. >> all right, it's frightening. it's also confusing. the assumption is we are getting better not that the space outpacing our efforts. we will unveil more later in our show. thank you, we appreciate it. two americans are detained in north korea. the white house is demanding their release. one is an 85-year-old korean war vet detained since october a. video released over the weekend shows merrill newman reading an apology for crimes against the state. let's bring in cnn's barbara starr. she's at the pentagon watching this ...

From north korea. what do you make about newman and his apology? >> two things, first of all, technically the war is not over. they are going look at him as an enmy combatant, which is bad news. secondly, in his so-called information he was recontacting networks in north korea, which is propostrouse, really. they are not using him to set up networks in north korea. the north koreans are reaching on this. it's an irrational government. who knows what they are going to do next. >> let's turn back to snowden and the snowden documents. what is the bigger deal, that the nsa tracked the websites, we...

We're hearing an emotional appeal for the release of a 85-year-old veteran being held in north korea. merrill newman's wife and son are standing by to share their story. we'll talk to hem in a moment. they're growing more and more concerned about mr. newman's health. it's been a month since he was mysteriously yanked off a plane and detained by the north koreans. >> reporter: mr. newman's case has brought a lot of concerns. his family has sent medicine, the swedish ambassador to north korea, who handles america's affairs there still has not been allowed to visit newman. there's been no answers...