he believed he had found an al qaeda sleeper sell to assist him. after months of planning, he parked what he believed was a truck bomb underneath a skyscraper and dialed a cell phone number he sought would detonate the bomb. the bomb was a fake supplied by our undercover agents, and the call signaled the agents to make the arrest. last year, he was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison. intelligence led us to him and the combined efforts of our federal, state, and local partners help us stop him before he could do any harm. in the face of this threat, we and the bureau will continue to enhance our intelligence capabilities to get the right information to the right people at the right time, and we will continue to build strong partnerships, for these tools have been the foundation for our success against terrorism over the past 10 years. we must keep adapting to these changing terrorist threats to stay one step ahead of those who would do was harm, and we must do all of this while respecting the role of law and the safeguards guaranteed by t

al qaeda is in this. you have al qaeda groups on the rebel side.a little bit like the atheist watching the methodist notre dame game. you don't know which side to root against. assad is the guy to root against in this one. it's a tough one. >> i think obama was reluctant to intervene. that's a healt take. he's learned to be careful and not to get bullied. now eventually he had to say yes. i don't think he was wrong to resist intervening when you don't know what ththe unintended consequences are and you're aiding al qaeda. > i'm with evan on this. i see no good outcome. it doesn't matter what we do there is no good ocome. how deeply are we involved and what are the consequeences fterwards. >> obama played hamlet for two years. >> no, it isn't. >> let me explain. >> a year and a half ago the rebels were not dominated by al qaeda. it began as a revolt by syrians who were not al qaeda. they were the local people and that's when the help could have been decisive. assad was on his knees. >> there was no unified oppositi to help. there were al qaeda peopl

war against al qaeda? war against al qaeda and all of its affiliates? what war? >> he believes there's an end date to the war on al qaeda core. he believes with justification that al qaeda core-- are fairly well decimated and so he -- he feels he can put an end stamp on that one. not until we get out of afghanistan and beyond that, but that is a war against a group and we can decimate that group. he doesn't see the al qaeda affiliates in the same exact light by my point i guess is a larger one. i'll use afghanistan as an example. he that has -- to me it's little verbal tic or speech writing tic. he talks about the end of the war in afghanistan. the war in afghanistan is going to end in 2014. he doesn't say what is s moring a vat that the war in afghanistan is going end in 2014. the war in afghanistan is going to go on and we might, four or five years from now, being talking about the sudden sprouting in afghanistan of al qaeda safe havens. hard to imagine this going very well after we leave. so in other words when barack obama says, you know, this war, like all w

forces sabotaged the al qaeda online magazine "inspire" including in some ways that al qaeda apparently noticing. things like screwing up their bomb-making instructions to the instructions still sort of looked right but the bombs that were made by using those instructions would not be bombs that worked. "sometimes the disruption occurs when the magazine is being put together intelligence officials said. a u.s. operator might aller a technical point in a set of bomb making instructions so the device will not work. the sabotage could go unnoticed for a long time. "the source said. the "washington post" was able to publish it because these unnamed officials leaked it to the "washington post." if al qaeda was not noticing that their bomb making instructions online were sabotaged, it seems important that officials leaked that fact to a newspaper because now al qaeda knows, right? we do not know why these officials leaked this information because we do not know who they are. they are unnamed. we can't acquire as to their motivations, can't report about their motivations. it seems right now li

there's ten thousand fighters with al nusra front which is al qaeda in iraq reconstituted in syria they might as well call themselves you know al qaeda in syria but you know they want to rebrand while the west and russia remain at odds on where u.s. support of the opposition could lead. washington has its mind set on providing vetted groups of rebels with small arms and ammunition they're deluding themselves they think that they can cherry pick which factions of the opposition to support but somehow or other we can control the flow of weapons because we give them only to select people. many experts indicate that american politicians are kidding themselves if they think the arms flow can ever be managed and this question of how to give arms to one group but keep them out of the hands of another can likely never be answered i don't know if i've even heard a clear and unambiguous answer. the obama administration or any

none of us love al-qaeda. us want them in our territory, but what we want less than al-qaeda? you and your drones. we encourage people to adopt the mentality of the enemy of my enemy is any friend ignoring the impact of our poll sate our own peril. it's shameful in our society the only people that have to pay attention to what's going on abroad in these wars are military families with loved ones deployed in the war zones. they think about it every single day. they worry that that their son or daughter's going to come back in a body bag, and they pay attention. many people in the country go about their business. you know, the real housewives of new york and whatever wine they drink, that's reality television, and then the real widows of baghdad are an afterthought if they are even mentioned at all in the newspaper. we -- [applause] we destroyed iraq. we created a reality where suicide bombings are a normal part of daily life in iraq. we built the largest embassy in the history of civilization there. you know, i

but al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al-qaeda in iraq, al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb, al-qaeda operationsn the world and affiliates of al-qaeda, loose affiliates, are really increasing their threat. so the president's choice of words that al-qaeda is evolving, i think, just represents the reality that smacked him, unfortunately, with tragic consequences in benghazi, at the boston marathon, in the streets of london and paris. but honestly, i don't think it really changes what the president really thinks. he's never believed there was a war against terrorism. he doesn't want there to be a war against terrorism as if the terrorists are going to let us follow that course. he wants to treat it as a criminal law matter, and i don't see that changing. jenna: one of the things the president talked about after he said our fight against al-qaeda is evolving is he went back to the big speech on foreign policy he just made a few weeks ago and, again, quoted from president james madison who was talking about continual warfare. and the president said today we must remain vigilant about the threat of te

and now it has become al qaeda versus hezbollah. of those folks are our friends and we should just stay out of it, that is one of the theories that is out there. >> well, that characterizes the opposition about qaeda. just noc the syrian population has become more radicalized and they are becoming more chaotic and committingth atrocities.o the but that is because we have done nothing. if we come to the site of helping the millions, their onlp tens of thousands and al qaeda.c we will help defeat the ultimate source of the radicalization, sod.h is bashar al-assad. remember that hezbollah, those are my conservative side tow qa believe that doing nothing will allow al qaeda to guide. al qaeda is thriving. has was driving. terror will thrive without our involvement. the question is which side has less problems. melissa: thank you for your your thoughts. we appreciate it.tact >> these people are having some contact information about the person or a connection to that person. so they are saying 6 million e-mail addresses and telephone numb

they're helping with al qaeda round up al qaeda operatives in some parts. they were supporting the taliban in afghanistan. the drove strikes that have been done with the notification of pakistan's government, the people seem to flee at the last minute. intelligence is that your suspicions of tipoff. basically the feeling was the worship and ministration had been too deferential to pakistan and by two make al qaeda built up a base about rations in the tribal areas of pakistan that looked a lot like afghanistan pre-9/11. base of operation for bush to launch attacks and bush was convinced by the cia it was time to start doing things unilaterally and that's one of the reasons you cite increasing drought strikes that obama carried through an increase in tensions between u.s. and pakistan. >> host: when you refer to sub title ii a secret army, are you referring to the cia? >> guest: i'm referring to a couple things. i'm referring to the cia paramilitary force evolved over the last decade. it could be people who work on the drugs, man hunting, all those things. th

al qaeda never claimed the organization. had an office or any official standing in that organization. even anwar himself never said anything regarding that he is a member of al qaeda. so it is a complete lie. i am really astonished that the american president who made an oath that he would protect the american constitution would say something like this against an who has neveren been linked to any crime and was not given the chance to come to court and defend himself. >> we require to continue this conversation after a brief break of just about 30 seconds. we are bringing you this democracy now! exclusive. nasser al-awlaki is joining us from sanaa, yemen where he lives, the father of anwar al- awlaki, grandfather of abdulrahman al-awlaki -- two of the four people u.s. government admits it kills in u.s. strikes. saleh bin fareed is also with us, yemeni travel leader, uncle jeremyr al-awlaki scahill will respond to what they said. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo

just tell them i had nothing whatsoever to do with al qaeda.s.leh bin fareed, if the government had presented you with evidence, would you have turned anwar awlaki over to u.s. forces or to the yemeni government? i would have done it. i'm sure his father would have done and. i've known anwar for a long time, since he was a child. to be honest, born to be a leader. was a very promising young man. he was loved by the people all over the country, but the tribesmen, by the village people, by the politicians. anywhere heme to would go, but i assure you he had nothing whatsoever to do with what they claim. i am sure i could have handed him over, me and my family, but they never, ever asked to do that. >> nasser al-awlaki, you are the father of anwar awlaki. if the u.s. government had presented you with evidence and you're convinced, would you have handed your son over? well, if we go back, when i wrote the letter to mr. obama telling him not to target my son, and i asked him to give me some time to have a dialogue not my son and convince him sentimen

all references from al qaeda and warnings from the cia have been deleted.here is in the final talking points, no mention of the video. only a reference to earlier protests in cairo. 10:32 a.m., sunday september 16th, the president of libya's general national congress appears on "face the nation" and says benghazi attacks were anything but spontaneous. >> it was planned, definitely planned by foreigners. >> reporter: on the same day, susan rice, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, makes the round to all five talk shows and contradicts the libyan president directly. >> what sparked the recent violence was a very hateful, very offensive video. >> reporter: he was insulted in front of his own people, his ability to lead his own country was angry. i was stunned. my jaw dropped, and i was embarrassed. >> reporter: on september 25, the president addresses the united nations. >> the crude and disgusting video that sparked outrage throughout the muslim world. >> reporter: two days later, nikoula arrested and held without bond. the hunt for perpetrators makes scan

al-qaeda the army the militia everyone was fighting men to. abandon bodies became prey fit to be devoured by stray dogs that my little girl saw dogs eating the dead which i had never seen before in my life packet which has left me ritual for just a few apathetically. living in baghdad ming surviving attacks but it's also an everyday battle. in the capital of the world's third biggest oil producer the electricity system works for just a few hours a day. the best business in town is selling generators. for khaled my driver a visit to the barber after ten days on the road should be a moment to relax a moment of peace but nothing is that simple. yes quite simply hell here sheer hell out of. thousand of it's not a normal life like other people have around the world. may god act to improve things what do you say to the good of. i know for sure god is good. even. though. the schoolteacher she's invited us to. get out of twenty years of. how you got through it as a woman. i grew up in email on your head. first the war with iran then the embargo and th

not of lawless i know some of your guys who joined al qaeda just to get some money. so out of the car then the model of seven gives the money whereas the government abandons them farther thought there were flaws. but that paid to kill here on that floor. about michelle obama so they've ruined their futures that lives and their families find out oh my while home. i know i might for nothing goes. on october thirty first twenty ten a terrorist group claiming all kind of affiliation occupied the catholic cathedral in baghdad. five suicide bombers activated their explosive belts fifty eight people were killed. in nine years of occupation of civil and religious wars and attacks of caused more than one hundred ten thousand victims a century civilian. syriac l.d.n. orthodox and armenian churches have become choice targets. al qaeda assassins and sunni and shia fanatics agree on nothing except on effecting the christians they accuse of being western crusaders. baghdad as it were. using it's a less tree as christian past. checkpoints abound every hundred meters crossing baghda

and signed by the 14 members of a tope al qaeda council. months after it was sent, he broke away from the al qaeda northern command and went out on his own. he calls the new group, the signed in blood brigade. bear in mind, a.p. says three isn't experts, including one who worked at the pentagon, have authenticated the letter. we do not independently vouch for its validity. al qaeda management in north africa accused him, now 40 years old, of being a prima donna, among some 30 complaints? he doesn't file his expense reports on time. he doesn't return phone calls or emails. he shows off on the internet, he doesn't get along with the local amirs and he doesn't charge enough for the ransom of hostages. the going rate is $3 million a head. the unkindest cut of all was the accusation that with plentiful weapons and plenty of new recruits available, he hadn't pulled off a really big media-friendly blood bath. quote, your brigade did not achieve a single spectacular operation targeting the crusader alliance. the overall effect of the letter is that

>> wolf, just as boston is trying to heal, one of the most ruthless branches of al qaeda is launchingfort. this is the latest version of "inspire" the magazine published by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and much of it, including this article, titled the inevitable is cruelly devoted to the boston marathon bombing. >> what it tells you is this group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is opportunistically trying to take advantage of the attack. >> it says they're brilliant carrying out the attacks which al qaeda says were an absolute success. the magazine mentions copley square, fenway park, boston university. it says these heroic bombings exposed many hidden shortcomings of the american security and intelligence system. the tsarnaev brothers are believed to have read a 2010 inspire article entitled make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom, which detailed how to make the type of pressure cooker bombs used to carry out the attack in boston. and now boston may be leading al qaeda and yemen to offer new guidance to its followers. >> the message they're putting out to followers in the wes

police arrested eight people who they say were recruiting fighters for al qaeda.hering the recruits and provide them with money and means to travel under the orders of al qaeda. where were they sending the fighters? to syria. an al qaeda funnel funding and training dozens of young men to go blow themselves up in syria. this is al qaeda specific, and it follows recent reporting that the new study this month, it says syria is the celeb for sunni fighters. poring over international borders to go wage war. the most famous previous mobilization like is that of course the warriors in afghanistan. and they fought the russians, who ultimately became the core of al qaeda, who are sending the new round of sunni recruits into syria via part of spain that i thought was morocco. this news today, that news today pops alongside this news from the l.a. times. president obama said last week we would start to provide military aid to the rebels, and the cia and the u.s. military have been training the rebels on heavy weapons, like anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns. we have not announ

it's al qaeda, the muslim brotherhood. if, in fact, they take power in syria, you will end up with a regime in there that is going to be far worse for u.s. interests and extremely anti-israel. >> monica, stand by. we need to pause for this alert. >>> just in, another big player in the syrian conflict, iran. this just in, the country now has a new president. the candidate baed by the opposition and reformist political factions hasan rohani has won the election. turnout in friday's election was unbelievably high. 72% of the country's eligible voters weighing in on this election. monica, let me get some reaction from you on this latest news. >> yeah. it will be very interesting to see how this shakes out. we know the mullahs were favoring a different kind of candidate. we'll see what happens between them and the new president. keep in mind that the iranians always act within their own national interest regardless of who their president is. they have backed assad and continue to back hezbollah. the iranians aren't really going

there is concern they could fall into the hands of al qaeda.pments have been moving from libya to syria over the past year. >> jennifer, thank you. an al qaeda terrorist questioned in connection with last fall's benghazi terror attacks has reportedly been set free. the washington free beacon reports al chalabi was let go due to insufficient evidence. a u.s. official said the u.s. government has evidence of his involvement in the benghazi attack but didn't share it with libyan officials. join me tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special look at where we are in the libya investigation. benghazi, the truth behind the smokescreen. a terrorist in the white house. it's a plot line of movies and tv shows. tonight correspondent molly hanburg is here to tell us depending on your definition of a terrorist it happened at the invi tag of administration officials. good evening. >> brett, his name is sheikh ashs bdaya and he's the vice president of a group that supports hamas which some call a terrorist organization dedicated to destroying israel. the hea

those could go to al qaeda or al qaeda affiliates in iraq to disstabilize the government. we spent so much time and effort trying to stabilize. we have serious questions that need to be answered by the white house andi its team. >> mr. udall, thank you, it has been a pleasure. >> thank you. >> talking to nsa director general keith alexander, let's listen. >> -- really challenge. sitting at tran transparent democra democracy. we are trusting the country to prevent another the 9/11 attack but this trust can be hard. there is incomplete information painting an inaccurate picture and fostering distrust in our government. this is particularly so when those of white house have taken the oath to protect information that can damage the national secure fit released, cannot publicly clarify information because it remains classified. it is at times like these where our enemies, with our enemies within, become almost as damaging as our enemies on the outside. it is critically important to protect sources and methods so we aren't giving the enemy our play book. it is also important, ho

it's the rise of extremists al qaeda fighters who have been leading the fight against assad. and unless we do something, those will be the dominant forces in the field. that's what vladimir putin should worry about. he should worry about al qaeda having a foothold on the mediterranean at the gates of europe ready to launch operations. and the best thing you can say about, well, we're doing and helping the moderate general, is that he can push al qaeda back. in fact, on thursday, he -- his fighters fought against al qaeda in a town called deron i'm told in southern syria. that's a sign of what i think is really important and what this policy is. chris: a former general in the syrian army. >> a man who was a general in the syrian army. a professor of electrical engineering. he's very well spoken. german educated. and he's trying to become a military leader now. >> i think as -- as part of what this general has also spoken about is the fact that there is now hezbollah fighters in syria. and they have said we will go into lebanon. and we will chase hezbollah back into lebanon. be

spent ten years billions of dollars in afghanistan and iraq to dismantle al qaeda and now mccain and the obama administration you know it's getting dragged along so we can give weapons back to al qaeda i mean the new sure fun is. in iraq reconstituted they did a little rebranding i don't know al qaeda in syria did it work for them but essentially annex about ten thousand twelve thousand fighters right there and then the salafia star i mean there's tens and thousands of them who make the muslim brotherhood look tame i mean these are the people that. are also known as to who are poor weapons into syria and not get them in the hands of extremists i don't know how he's going to pull that off that's a good question eric we don't disagree about that at all there's no doubt that we should you know we should also remember that what's happened in syria is part of a larger context and the united states has had these networks in place for quite a long time lest we forget going back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. and the establishment of the mujahedeen going all the way through the nine

he was in pakistan working with elias kashmiri, one of the operational leaders of al qaeda. he worked for lashkar-e-taiba, a pakistani terrorist group that organized the attacks on hotels and a train station in mumbai, india. over 160 people were killed, including six americans. 300 others were injured. it was headley who mapped out the targets supplying videotapes maps, and g.p.s. coordinates to the attackers. between missions, headley remained under the radar screen, living quietly in chicago. in 2009, a tip from british intelligence led to headley being put under surveillance. the n.s.a. program stitched together communications between lashkar-e-taiba and a pay phone headley used in chicago as well as e-mails sent under a code name to al qaeda leaders. now, when headley was identified and arrested by the f.b.i. he was at the airport in chicago ready to board a flight to complete plans for his next plot. that plan: to take over the offices of a danish newspaper, hold hostages, and behead them on live television. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. we thought you might li

al qaeda training camp forn teenagers within syria.w report documentsjihady firefighters in the u.s., chechnya, egypt, gaza, jordan, to you nearby and saudi arabia fighting for the terrorist group. what is interest is the data being pulled from facebook and social medi by the foreign fighters. >> shepard: do we have a way to know how manmericans are there? >> right now there are two well-documend cases of americans fightingor the opposition in syria. ericaran is on trial in virginia on federal charges fought alongside al-qaeda in ria. the recent case, a woman from flint, michigan, the family of nicole mansfield confirmed the convert to islam was killed fighting f opposi. the state depentlledn all foreign fighters to leave the coun >> we arencerned about the influx of all foreignghters regardless of their side and the overflow of the fight into neighboringntries. thatomething we we are concerned about. we've expressed that to the opposition. >> the key take away is when you start to see fore fighters, especially from as far as the u.s.

>> al-nusra is a global part of al qaeda ink.y want to create a group like usama bin laden and al-zawahiri have preached. they don't want to end the revolution when assad false. they want to take the revolution to israel. they want to take jihadism to jordan and saudi arabia. they want to topple all the friend in the region and that is big problem for washington. jenna: you talked to lawmakers about this. john mccain made a visit to syrian rebels inside syria. there is a push to arm the rebels. what did you tell lawmakers about that? what do you think, what is the right move here? >> washington right now needs to arm the national units from the fsa with rocket and grenade launchers as well as recoil he's guns. provide them with difficult to obtain ammunition, if the weapons fall into hands of jihadists like al news remarks and they will, jenna, we can control the flow of ammunition and those weapons won't be good anymore. jenna: thank you. valuable insight as always. look forward to having you back. thanks again. >> thank you ver

are they not connected to al qaeda? >> well, here's the problem, that is a bad situation getting worse. and i think the president by trying to believe that that was just going to go away on its own has really created quite a problem here. you have every flavor of terrorist in the world high seems to be congregating in syria. they all want the chemical weapons, the advanced congressional weapons, anti-aircraft weapons and those kinds of things. what's concerning here is that we don't see a comprehensive plan being presented by the administration on how this would unfold and what america's end game. and that's important, the end game. i believe we have to find some friends there or we're going to be in real trouble if and when the assad regime falls and the mad scramble from some real letter bad actors that would threaten israel, southern europe. sophisticated conventional weapons and chemical weapons. we haven't seen a plan yet that would allow me to come to a comfort level that we're on the right track. i'm willing to m

. >> al qaeda. >> al qaeda is also the number one enemy of iran. according to al qaeda members, any shi'a, any iranian has to be killed and if you kill an iranian you will go to heaven and will you have -- >> enough of his western educated "newsweek" double speak. the real seething anger was on the streets. >> so when did you start hating americans? >> to hating americans? >> uh-huh. >> what do you mean. >> hating? >> never. >> no, no, we never hate them. >> we're just trying to do a thing here where we say iranians hate americans, can you just do that for me. >> you would like me to hate. >> yeah, could you. >> to hate. >> yeah, please. >> no, why, no. >> i'm not hate of americans. >> okay. >> i'm not hate. >> no, no, apparently they didn't feel free to express their hatred for us in public. so mahmoud secured an invitation to a private iranian home. >> hello. >> hello. >> hi. >> hi. >> oh. you have a beautiful cave. >> thank you. >> if i could just earn their trust i could finally peers this society and expose their true feelings. our meeting beg

a break from al qaeda.a promise to respect the constitution including the rights of women and minorities. senior officials are not sounding optimistic. telling reporters it is going to be a long hard process if it advances significantly at all. in the u.s. there is widespread skepticism about the taliban's willingness to talk. >> they have a sense that just as they outlasted the soviets to my they can outlast us. they are wrong. we have created a 350,000 strong afghan security force and we have every intention of continuing to fund and advise it. >> the u.s. intentions have not been spelled out. how many troops will stay and how much will the u.s. provide? the president promises he will not abandon the afghans for will and the war responsibly. the past few hours there has been another attack in afghanistan. four u.s. soldiers were killed and an attack at agrium airbase. attacked with indirect fire which could mean in has been hit with mortar rockets. 27 people have been killed in a suicide attack. in thisne

sighting with are not fighting against the al qaeda guys, but on the same side.tification on this is chemical weapons. the u.s. termed a high degree of confidence that the syrian government killed 100 or 150 people using sarin, chemical weapons, which he said all along would be a red line for the united states and would change his calculous in deciding how intensively we would get ourself into that civil war. which brings us to the really big story of the day. it's this story from lynch from the "washington post." do we know for the sure the chemical weapons, do we know that allegation is true? independent experts interviewed by the washington posts saying the evidence is circumstantial evidence, and the claims are unverifiable, and there is a real chain of custody issue for the samples that were reportedly tested for chemicals. smuggles out of the country. precisely who acquired the evidence and what methods were used to guard against tampering may be unknowable. if you are the opposition and you hear the white house has drawn a line on the nerve agents, you hav

but can we keep them out of the hands of the al-qaeda? we'll see.hat's why the president has been reluctant to send anti-aircraft missile because they can turn around and use them against our commercial aircraft. >> george: you were at the border, specifically focusing on the wave of refugees coming across the border. the majority are muslims, but the ones reaching out to them are christians? >> yes. it is wonderful, and they're responding. the muslims are responding to that. i went into a tent for some muslims and they allowed me to pray for them. and rarely do they turn the christians down on that. the christians are the once who are the first responders, and they're feeding them and administering to them. and they're saying how else can we help you? we're interested in you and your future and your family. >> george: real quickly, we reported on the story of the mass exitous of christians out of the middle east. what can be done to stop this mass exitous? >> politically we have to put pressure on those governments to stop the persecution and to pr

military approach and in the meantime we remain fully committed to our military efforts to defeat al qaeda and to support the afghan national security forces. >> there have been 444 british dead. almost all of them killed between 2006 and 12 and helmand. politicians and military leaders agree it is time to talk. >> have long argued that we need to match the security response in afghanistan where our troops do fantastically important work and the program is on track three we have to match that with a local process to make sure that as many people as possible give up violence, give up armed struggle. >> that has been no call for cease-fire. the war would not end with these talks that these talks could end the war. today could mark the beginning of the end of afghanistan's long torment. , dustyten's long campaign and the deserts of helmand draws to a close, it might be some time when we can say whether it was refit. -- worth it. >> i spoke with mark grossman, he formally served as the envoy. you have an advocating for these talks to take place between the taliban and the americans for a long

the ability to target the government says are high-value targets and has severely denigrated al qaeda and the taliban. and now there are some changes that can be made that will bring us back. one of the things that we have talked about, but not in detail is the control of the drone program from the cia to the pentagon. also changing a little bit of how some of the decisions were made about what targets to often one's not go after. that was three weeks ago and we haven't heard a lot about it since. desensitization change in government policy? >> well, i was there at the national defense university. [applause] >> for those of you that don't know, i was actually an audience member and i was really hanging on every word that the president is saying. i have read a lot but this is going to be a shift in policy i was going to be a market change with what has been going on in this is something i have been working for no for 11 years. i was very anxious and i thought i might hear some of the things that you alluded to. i thought you might say that we are making this now and the u.s. will no lo

no one has claimed responsibility but authorities are pointing the finger at al qaeda.w u.s. -- new u.n. peacekeeping forces are preparing to deploy to molly in july. there are concerns they will not be capable of taking over from the french ministry. james spade explains why. >> african troops will form the backbone of the new u.n. cause. in july they will be given pots of u.n. eight and will paint their own home it's blue, officially becoming part of the newest these keeping mission in the world. but there remain big challenges. in a new report to the security council, the un's secretary- general ban kee moon says the situation remains volatile and complex. says the-moon situation remains volatile and complex. there are concerns about the ability of african peacekeepers to maintain the pace, which until now -- to maintain the peace, which until now has been kept by the french. >> whether the un's force can equal the french in terms of equipment, training, technical capacity, sheer skill, i doubt. >> the new u.n. force will not only be made up of african troops. peacek

but what exactly is an associated force of al qaeda that we are at war with but we have some idea this is a two thousand and four list of associated forces identified by the department of defense this information was found in the kuantan m o files made public by wiki leaks as you can see it's a rather large list and includes organizations you probably didn't know we were at war with over the last decade including the iranian intelligence agency pakistani intelligence the muslim brotherhood has blown up and hamas plus more than sixty other groups now here's the thing if we include the organizations that are listed as associated forces by the pentagon here then really the global war on terror looks a lot more like this including nations like algeria lebanon morocco egypt respect as in tajikistan iran tunisia saudi arabia syria and really the list just goes on and on so this war is far more expansive than most of us can even imagine and some in congress now want to rein it in the hill reports today that early draft language in the new national defense authorization act would quote require

state department as a terrorist organization linked to al qaeda so. we're going to supply arms to you i talked to. the northern ireland we are aware of the. al-qaeda to. beheaded. in the mountains and it's these kind of people who are fighting mr. you would you supply arms to these people that's our concern or secondly we're also concerned with the fact that. if you take a decision on a regime change we are very much concerned with the political vacuum this will follow was a very straight forward during our discussions at the g eight summit and mr merkel can confirm this by use the same words ok facet goes. there's going to be political vacuum that is going to stir maybe it's these terrorist organizations there will step in when you know once this but how can we avoid this because they are armed and they're very aggressive belligerents parts i don't get an answer to this so what do we do i don't get an answer to this either there's only one reasonable idea that has that has been supported by everyone i would like to voice it once again. we need to all