the former guantanamo detainee has historic ties to usama bin laden which date back to the '90s, thisroup comes 16 months after fox news identified him as a suspect in the terrorist assault which killed four americans and three months after fox connected three benghazi suspects including kumu to al qaeda leadership or the core in pakistan. >> it is accurate of the group being targeted by the bureau at this point, there is strong al qaeda ties. >> reporter: the designation after ansar al sharia and historic ties of ben kumu in pakistan further weaken the reporting of "the new york times" investigation which concluded that the attack was solely the work of local extremists, jon. jon: what should we be waiting to hear at the state department briefing today? >> that brief something scheduled to begin about 15 minutes from now. the key whether the state department designation includes his historic ties to usama bin laden which are documented in this guantanamo file released by wikileaks. when the white house was first asked about the former guantanamo detainee and his roles nine days after

we're absolutely delighted to have you all here to hear from speaker usama al-nujayfi. there are few people i would like to hear from and i think washington needs to hear from speaker al-nujayfi. a few quick administrative announcements before the speaker takes the podium. first if i could ask everyone please sky lens their cell phones. i would never ask a washington audience to turn off the cell phones. if you could at least silence them we would be greatly appreciate tiff of that. second there will be simultaneous translation. you should all have translation devices at your seats f not, please raise your hand and we'll be sure for you to get one. be prepared for that. english for arabic, whatever it is you may need. third the way we will do it. i will beautiful introduce the speaker. the speaker will take the podium and give prepared remarks on the situation. he will join me and ask a number of questions about the general situation. unfortunately our time is somewhat short and need for simultaneous translation we would agree to keep it simply to that. i hope i will be

al-qaeda from its, from the series of setbacks that it suffered cull -- culminating in the killing of usama bin laden. and here again i think the core geography here was syria and, in retrospect, syria and the whole syrian conflict is looking increasingly like afghanistan in the '80s and iraq in the last decade in terms of being a magnet for jihadists and a focal point for increasing extremism. now, the new form of al-qaeda is somewhat different from original al-qaeda, that, in fact, the defining characteristic of al-qaeda as an organization driven by usama bin laden was the focus on the far enemy. and jihaddism in al-qaeda 2.0 has gone local. the al-qaeda brand is the brand, but it's now very much a finish it's all about local power, it's all about building local alliances. in many ways al-qaeda 2.0 has more in common as an organization with hezbollah than it does with al-qaeda, original add al qaeda. and so those are the big, those are the big macro themes. i want to close by focusing on the two regions that are of big concern and drawing a contrast between them. i think you have a lot of

usama he spoke at the brookings institution for about an hour. >> i am very happy to be here with you today. as you know, iraq is a very important country. iraq havew that we in a very particular experience in the middle east. regime is followed by military occupation and a constitution that was written in uncertain conditions. that was also a roadmap the iraqis were not able to contribute to this roadmap because we were in a rush and we wanted iraq to be an exemplary democracy. iraq wasitution in written in very difficult circumstances. period. very sensitive people were arrested or condemned to execution or exile. the psychological environment was very hard and there were mutual fears between the iraqi components. this was the reason why the constitution has some problems. some articles in the constitution can be interpreted in different ways. mechanism to build institutions but the implementation of the constitution was not as it should have been because of the political tension. the institutions stipulated in the constitution were not built as it should because of the federal supr

al-qaeda from its, from the series of setbacks that it suffered cull -- culminating in the killing of usama bin laden. and here again i think the core geography here was syria and, in retrospect, syria and the whole syrian conflict is looking increasingly like afghanistan in the '80s and iraq in the last decade in terms of being a magnet for jihadists and a focal point for increasing extremism. now, the new form of al-qaeda is somewhat different from original al-qaeda, that, in fact, the defining characteristic of al-qaeda as an organization driven by usama bin laden was the focus on the far enemy. and jihaddism in al-qaeda 2.0 has gone local. the al-qaeda brand is the brand, but it's now very much a finish it's all about local power, it's all about building local alliances. in many ways al-qaeda 2.0 has more in common as an organization with hezbollah than it does with al-qaeda, original add al qaeda. and so those are the big, those are the big macro themes. i want to close by focusing on the two regions that are of big concern and drawing a contrast between them. i think you have a lot of

clinton experience was so horrific and arguably took bill clinton's eyes off the ball and allowed usama don't see it happening but at some point congress must do something. if he says to illegal immigrants i am not going to deport you if you do abc and he makes up the abc the it is not from the statute enacted by congress he has effectively changed the law. that violates his oath. he is doing it to extremes. charles: he stood proud and strong and arrogant in the state of the union address and said boys and girls it is coming. i am doing this my way. i am the imperial president. judge napolitano: we will be having a lot more of these conversations because i think he is going to do it more and more. after his state of the union speech the other night half-dozen democrats in the senate who are up for reelection all told fox and other cable networks i didn't want to hear that. he is not going to raise funds or campaign for me, period. charles: hope you have a great time. see you back here soon. is there any expectation of privacy when you are on line? one company promisesep your online acti

usama bin laden is dead. therefore in september 2012 was not terrorism.t was a mob excited by the famous mohammed video. the evidence has been that story about benghazi was wrong and more importantly the administration's line that the war on terror is over and we can handle terrorists by indicting them and trying them in federal court is wrong. benghazi is the tip of the iceberg but there is more. bill: among independents you are will at 60%. that's a critical number to observe. do you think they have been stonewalling? will they continue to be successful if you believe that is their strategy? can they? >> i think they will be unless in the house we move toward a select committee. the four or five congressional committees investigating. i think they are doing the best they can. but the investigation deals with media coverage. i think if you had leadership focus on not just benghazi, but the continuing picture of the growing threat of terrorism, that would make a big difference. i think congressional leadership, republican and democrat, house and senate, h

usama al-nujafyi spoke at the brookings institution. his is just under an hour. >> in the name of god, the merciful, i'm really happy to be here with you today. as you know, iraq is a central and important country in the world at large, and it concentrates on iraq and you do know that we in iraq went through very particular experience in the middle east. we first get rid of an oppressive regime and it is followed by a military occupation. and a constitution that was written in unfavorable conditions and circumstances. there was also a road map that that the iraqis were not able to contribute to this road map. because we were in a rush. nd we wanted iraq to be an example of democracy -- an exemplary democracy. the constitution in iraq was written in very difficult circumstances. and in a very sensitive period n the country. and on the hands of citizens who suffered a lot in the past a, who were arrested or condemned to execution or compiled or imprisoned. so, the psychological environment was very hard. and there were mutual fears betwee

i didn't want usama bin laden lining up at a karachi apple store getting iphone 5 knowing the nsa couldn'their job and glad they're doing these kind of things and make sure there is proper oversight and they're not abusing it. tracy: brian, goo to listen to imus i guess. thanks, sir. ashley: good reference. turns out you're tracked also at the mall. coming up new details about a program that allows retailers to monitor buying habits and what stores you shop at, tracy. tracy: fcc takes a bite out of apple. we'll tell you how the company changes its way it sells products to children. ashley: should general motors pay the back the taxpayer bailout before it starts paying dividends to stockholders? a panel debate. first as we do at this time of day, look how oil is trading. it is up today as you can see by about $1.80 at 94.39 this as crude inventories posted their steepest drop in more than a month last week. we'll be right back. mine was earned orbiti the moon in 1971. afghastan, in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's ened, usaa auto insuance is ofn handed down

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