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Important that now and a future government of egypt honor the 1977 peat treaty. that's one of the most important things to the security of israel, because that's all of israel's southern border. >> now, you're on the senate intelligence committee. i've got to put it to you, i think, that there seems to have a massive breakdowns? intelligence. no one seemed to see this crisis coming. why was that? >> well, they knew that problems were brewing. they just didn't know what was going to be the catalyst, the spark to cause the reaction, and that turned out to be tunisia, and nobody saw that was goin...

Important that now in a future government of egypt honor the 1977 peace treaty. that's one of the most important things to the security of israel, because that's all of israel's southern border. >> you're on the senate intelligence committee, and i've got to put it to you, i think, that there seems to be a pretty massive breakdown in intelligence with all this, no one seemed to see this crisis in egypt coming, why was that? >> well, they knew that problems were brewing. they just didn't know what was going to be the catalyst, the spark to cause the reaction, and that turned out to be tunisia. ...

Of course, i knew these were security forces. i'm not a hero. i slept for 12 days. the heroes were in the streets. the heroes are the ones who went to the demonstrations. the heroes are the ones who sacrificed their lives. the heroes are the ones that were beaten. and the heroes are the ones that were arrested and exposed to dangers. i wasn't a hero. that was a marketing executive for google speaking on egyptian tv. he was released today after being held for nearly two weeks. the situation in cairo is calmer tonight, but what comes next? joining me now is nic robertson and fareed zakaria. kn...

I think that what is absolutely critical here is that they all work for what is best for egypt. i think that if this is a long, protracted struggle, no one will benefit, the country won't benefit and only the extreming will benefit, but i think if we see some concrete -- steps leading towards reform and the kemp -- and in fact only the president in egypt can initiate, perhaps the relationship between the president and the people and however the transition takes place will -- will actually -- that process will be less tense. but there's going to have to be some concrete steps, not cosmetic step...

That ultimately yoef whelm him. >> nick, one of the most fascinating things tonight i thought, was newt gingrich has come out strongly against the muslim brotherhood. he said there's a total absolute misreading. the muslim brotherhood is a mortal enemy. they say so openly. what do you make of that? >> well, i mean, i think that people here misunderstand the muslim brotherhood to some extent. people lump it with al qaeda, they hate each other. i tend to think it would be a disaster if the muslim brotherhood were actually running egypt, but there's no indication that egyptians want it to run the...