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Security waivers that were given to the president four times since 2010 what it does is bring us back into the equation to allow us to assess the very things that you're talking about right now that many of us do have concerns about. >> there's a lot of reporting that saudi arabia the uae and others in the gulf who are so worried about iran, adversaries of iran, now demanding that the u.s. give them advance weapon rick that they might not otherwise have gotten to help them protect against iran. this could lead to weapons proliferation in the region. could you support this -- these kinds of wea...

Terrorism, weapons proliferation and so forth, why do we want to collect against friendly foreign countries? it's a question of priorities. >> does angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, have a right to be as upset as she is? >> well, certainly she has a right to be upset. she's decided to be upset. now we have to react to that. germany is the strongest country in western europe and one of our best allies. we have a lot at stake in our cooperation with germany. >> here's what lisa monaco wrote in "usa today" . she's assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. the ...

Country and face the -- >> will be in russia at least a year. there is a year of leeway to get snowden back to the u.s., to face what he will -- kelly: exactly. >> there are a whole range of issues we have to deal with russia. the president early on tried to extend an olive branch. he called it a reset with russia. remember, kelly, the cold war never ended. the russians are working behind the scenes with iran on their nuclear program. with syria, along with iran the prime sponsors of assad regime in syria which is slaughtering its own people. nuclear proliferation, other weapons proliferation ...

Years to come. just like weapons proliferation. those are enduring challenges. since 9/11 the c.i.a. has done a tremendous job mitigating the terrorist threat. at the same time they have this responsibility on global coverage so what i need to lock at is whether or not there has been too much emphasis on the ct front. as good as it is, we have to make sure we're not going to be surprised on the strategic front and other areas. to dedicate the collection capabilities, operations officers, social media, as you said, the so-called arab spring did not lend itself to traditional intelligence collec...

Particularly with your background. if you can address that. >> clearly counterterrorism is going to be a priority area for the energies committee and for cia for many years ago. just like weapons proliferation is as well. those are enduring challenges. since 9/11 the cia has dedicated a lot of effort and very successfully, they have done a tremendous job to mitigate that terrorist threat. at the same time though they do have this responsibility on global coverage. whey need to take a look at is whether or not there has been too much of an emphasis on the ct front,ed ed good as it is. we have t...