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Title by david corn. here is bill keller, former executive editor of "the new york times" discussing the media's role leading up to the war. >> but there was a kind of, you know, kind of mainstream view that this was real. add to that the kind of -- just the competitive urge that motivates newspaper reporters, the desire to get stories first, to get stories exclusively, to get stories on the front page, you know, all those came into play and in fact the times wrote a number of bad stories, inadequately sourced, unskeptical stories about particularly about saddam's weapons capabilities, and tho...

Shooting a month ago. because of this they accelerated it. they have to go through a very aggressive certification on weapons capabilities. most support it. here is the mayor. >> the first reaction is to keep the kids at school safe. it's a sad reality that we need to think about that. we need to look at all of the things that come together and provide the sort of support we need to try to avoid this as much as we can. >> lots of school districts around the country are considering whether to add armed security. some are concerned adding w weapons only increase the risk. >> until i know there i...

Attack. we got our hands on a quote from that secret cable that was based on an emergency meeting in libya a day before. it says quote rso regional security officer expressed concerns with the ability to defend both in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited man power, security measures, weapons capabilities, post nation support and the overall size of the compound. the cable was clear there were not any specific threats against the americans. it was explicit that the americans would soon be asking for beefed up security because the militias in benghazi they said were becoming more br...

Department of a lack of security nearly a month before the deadly attack killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans. catherine herridge has this from washington tonight. >> the consulate in benghazi held an emergency meeting less than a month before that attack. 10 islamist militias benghazi security spinning out of control. cable reviewed by fox news. it reads in part: the state department's regional security officer expressed concerns with the ability to defend post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation suppo...

Terror attack there. at this emergency meeting we're told, based on the cable, there was concern expressed by officials on the ground in benghazi that there were al-qaeda training camps there. there could be problems for from that. the cable says the regional security officer expressed concern with the ability to defend the post in event of the coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities and post nation is up -- host nation support and the overall size of the compound. they also in this cable say if the emergency meeting they describe the security situat...