ben wedeman is live in the capital of tripoli. there's talk of rebels invading that area before the deadline. is that right? >> reporter: certainly that's one of the options they're considering, but what we heard throughout the day from rebel officials is that they're very anxious to avoid bloodshed. they say they don't want to spill a drop of blood or shoot a single bullet. in fact, what's interesting, the fighters at least to the west of bani walid are from that town itself or members of a tribe. it is in essence the heartland of the tribe which is the biggest tribe in libya and one that was traditionally close to moammar gadhafi. one of the fighters i spoke with today said if i go in there, who

our senior international corporate ben wedeman read some of these papers, what did you find?> reporter: what we found was in the basement of the internal security agency, that's basically the libyan cia, we found hundreds and hundreds of documents detailing the emerging relationship between the intelligence agencies of libya and the united states, the uk, switzerland, canada, many other countries. this was at a time when in early 2004, libya has announced that it would renounce it's program for the production of weapons of mass destruction, and that this cooperation began and developed quite rapidly. on the part of the united states, they were very interested in libya's help in the war on terror, the libyans were very interested in american help in getting information about opponents to the gadhafi regime many of whom were members of radical islam movements so this relationship developed quite rapidly, we saw from some of this corns threspondence, everything was on a first-name basis. one of the correspondents, was the head of libyan intelligence received thanks from american

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and authorities left stacks of documents behind when they fled tripoli, and ben wedeman looks at the documents and explains what they saw. >> reporter: they didn't have much time to shred documents in the head of libya's spy agency, and most of the contents of the building are in tact. it amounts to a treasure trove of information about the shadowy world of cooperation between the world's spies. we are in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency, and it is like being in the basement of the cia, and here we have access to all sorts of documents, letters, faxes, and other communications between the cia and its libyan counterparts. top secret documents, and secret documents with names and dates and all sordid details that some people probably don't want to be made public. and that relationship was, it appears, cozy. peter bukart of human rights watch photographed hundreds of documents from the external leadership and from moussa koussa who fled last spring. >> there is christmas greetings in here. there's documents says thank you for the oranges you sent skwlr the u.s. an

ben wedeman is with us live from tripoli tonight. ve heard reports like this before, any sense of whether this one is true? >> reporter: none whatsoever, john. we have to keep in mind that that area, south -- in southern libya is the sahara desert. it's a vast area and it's very difficult, especially for the rebels themselves, to really know where anybody is down there. that area at the moment still seems to be in some form or another under the control of gadhafi loyalists. so, i think we need to approach these reports with real skepticism. let's also keep in mind that in the past rebel officials have put out reports, for instance, that saif al islam and gadhafi had been captured, it turned out not to be true, it may be part of an an effort to undermine the areas of the country that remain loyal to moammar gadhafi. outside of bani walid, they are trying to work their way, the rebels are trying to convince the local inhabitants to trust them to allow them to go in. there are battles outside the town of sirte along the coast, the hometo

our senior international correspondent ben wedeman has seen the secret papers. you were looking at them with a flashlig flashlight. tell us what you saw. >> reporter: we were in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency. the libyan cia and what we saw were files of xon s corresponde between the lead of the intelligence agency and porter goss who was the head of the cia. it documents a developing relationship between the two intelligence agencies after libya renounced its program for the production of weapons of mass destruction. it talks about the -- what is known as extraordinary renditions, basically the united states would hand over to libyan intelligence suspected islamic militants, members of al qaeda. they would give the libyan intelligence people a list of questions they wanted asked of the prisoners. the understanding according to human rights watch activists is they were handing the people over for them to be tortured by the libyan security services this a way that, of course, is illegal under american law. this relationship continued for

our ben wedeman has been able to get these documents. what did you find? >> reporter: what we did find was the libyan government's cia, where thousands of documents that went into the details of the developing relationship beginning in early 2004, between the libyan spy agency and the cia, mi 6 in the uk and others, over this program of extraordinary renditions, whereby the united states or the uk would capture terror suspects and hand them over to countries like egypt, like jordan, like tunisia and it turns out, libya as well where they would be interrogated by the standard methods in these countries which oftentimes was torture. so what we saw was correspondence between the libyan intelligence agency and the cia. some of it quite intelligent, go into the finer details of how this relationship developed and it appeared to be quite warm, despite the fact that for year after year the state department, for instance, in it's annual human rights report would document all the human rights abuses by many of these same agencies which with the cia was cooperating.

cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman has exclusive pictures from the site. >> reporter:this site about 15 minutes' drive to the northeast of the southern libyan city, there on a military base we were shown by a field commander two huge warehouses full of thousands of blue barrels with indistinct markings but some of them had a yellow tape on them which said radioactive. we also found in one of those warehouses several bags of yellow powder, also closed with this tape marked radioactive. we showed pictures of those bags to experts outside of libya, and they say that is most likely yellow cake, which is crude uranium, and in fact, to create enriched uranium for the use in the production of nuclear weapons, you need much more in the way of processing than libya actually possesses. the real danger, of course, is that local people will get on this base and get their hands on this material, which is very dangerous, dangerous if improperly handled. also on the site, hundreds of what seemed to be surface-to-air missiles and the worry is that those missiles could easily blow up n

we are hearing -- [ inaudible ]. >> ben wedeman, thank you as always.ing a little bit of difficult time with his signal. still you get the gist of what he's saying. they had been giving some of the gadhafi loyalists a midnight deadline. it came and went and now it looks like a battle might be taking place in what's considered a couple of the last strongholds of moammar gadhafi. 40 minutes past the hour. in parts of the northeast, a crisis that affects tens of thousands of people, record floodwaters covering parts of pennsylvania and new york. we're getting the latest from that flood zone. supervisor is genius...i transfer. transfer! transfer! transfer! transfer! transfer! hello...my name is... peggy? come on!!! hello? want better customer service? switch to discover. ranked #1 in customer loyalty. it pays to discover. [ doorbell rings ] hello there. i'm here to pick up helen. ah. mom? he's here. nice wheels. oh, thanks. keeps me young. hello there, handsome. your dinner's in the microwave, dear. ♪ where do you want to go? just drive. [ engine revs, tire

senior international correspondent ben wedeman has been going through this treasure trove of secret documents now in the transitional government's hands. he joins us from tripoli with details. ben, i understand you've been in that area with flashlights looking at these documents. what did you find? >> reporter: this is one of the interesting things, alina, about the fall of regimes is that suddenly the doors that are firmly locked are wide open. we were in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency. it's like getting access to the basement of the cia and being able to rifle through their file cabinets. what we found was that there was surprisingly close relations between libya's spy agency and its counterpart in places like the united states and canada, in london and other european capitals. what was clearly a fairly close relationship when it came to the exchange of intelligence and information about, for instance, alleged islamic radicals. the libyans were very interested to know about libyans living in canada and the united states and in europe who might be involved in anti-ga

cnn's ben wedeman live for us in tripoli. n, the rebels have claimed to be on gadhafi's close trail before. do we view credibly these indications tonight from their spokesman that they have gadhafi surrounded? >> reporter: i'm approaching these claims with a certain amount of skepticism. we've heard them before. we've heard a variety of officials with the national transitional council making these claims and then it sort of comes to nothing. i think we really have to wait until they can really come forward with some solid evidence they actually know where he is. this is a vast, a huge, country. and there's a lot of territory in which to hide. moammar gadhafi is known for his like of road trips, being able to move around the country. he doesn't like to fly. he prefers to drive, and he may be doing a lot of driving. the rebels don't have a lot in the way of surveillance equipment to know where moammar gadhafi is. it's all rumors and hearsay really. so, i think we can hold off on concluding that they actually know where he is jus

ben wedeman has looked at these documents. he explains what he saw. >> reporter: they didn't have the much time to shred many documents in the headquarters of libya's main spy agency. in fact, most of the contents of the building are intact. it all amounts to a treasure trove of information about the shadowy world of cooperation between the world's spies. we're in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency. it's like being in the basement of the cia. and here we've got access to all sorts of documents. letters, faxes and other communications between the cia and its libyan counterparts. top secret documents, secret documents with names and dates and all sort of details that some people probably don't want to be made public. and that relationship was, it appears, cozy. peter bukart photographs hundreds of documents from external intelligence run for years by moussa koussa who fled libya last spring. >> moussa koussa was on a first name basis with the cia and mi-6. there's christmas greetings in here. there's documen

ben wedeman live in tripoli. thank you.oammar gadhafi's whereabouts aren't known as you know, but one of his sons as i talked about talked exclusively to cnn about that. desperate options for his family, what is left. hear what he had to say later this hour and later, looking at the tense moments there at 7:30 eastern time. >>> now that the sexual assault charges were dropped in the u.s., dominique strauss-kahn is back in france. and later, a cnn exclusive interview with one of moammar gadhafi's sons, you don't want to miss this, expressing his feelings about time running out in libya. mmy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and

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department says no, but it is urging niger to detain members of gadhafi's regime and our correspondent ben wedemanripoli with us to give us the latest. ben, two separate convoys have passed from libya into niger, but as far as we know gadhafi wasn't with them, right? >> no, but all indications are that he was not with them, but where he is, nobody really knows. i mean, we have heard this and seen this reuters report this evening that he is somewhere near the border of either chad or niger, but you have to keep in mind that there's an effort ongoing by the national transitional council, the new rulers of libya to convince those cities and towns that are still loyal to moammar gadhafi to surrender, to give up, and they have sent out this message day after day that they know where gadhafi is, and that they are going to catch him soon. and this is really part of a psychological effort to undermine the resolve of those towns and cities that are still holding out. we've heard i don't know how many times officials have said they know where he is, but all indications is that they don't know where he is. h

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this fire fight, you see and hear it, ben wedeman found himself right in the middle of it it. ben is live for us now. as i said, hundreds of miles south of tripoli, way out in this desert, just after 9:00 p.m. local time. ben, before we get to that fire fight, just tell me where you are and tell us why the rebels are there so far into ethe desert. >> reporter: we're about 450 miles south of tripoli. we're on this air base that just two nights ago was taken over by the rebels. now, the reason why this is important is that we're about -- let me think in miles -- 16 miles to the north of sabah, the biggest city in southern libya, a city traditionally very loyal to moammar gadhafi. in fact, rebel commanders say they believe there's a very good chance gadhafi could be in this area. so they're very eager to establish their control over this part of the country, but they're also very much on the lookout, hunting for moammar gadhafi. brooke? >> reporter: be . >> ben, we saw the video of the fire fight you found yourself in. we have a video of you on your stomach. rebels behind you, som

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obviously this situation is very fluid at the moment. >> cnn's ben wedeman with libyan rebels.ghters holding out for moammar gadhafi. rebels are attacking several towns today, including gadhafi's hometown. we expect a live report later this hour. >>> libya's new political leadership is sending an official to get saadi gadhafi. >>> president mahmoud abbas told palestinian people a short time ago state hood is their right. abbas plans to ask the united nations to declare palestine a state next week over the objections of israel and the u.s. >> -- to demand our legitimate right which is become a full member of the united nations as a state of palestine. we will take with us as a palestinian people the suffering of our people and to end the historical prejudice against our people. >> the obama administration says it will veto the move. washington says palestinians should achieve statehood through peace talks with israel. >> we believe strongly that the road to peace and two states living side by side does not go through new york. it goes through jerusalem and ramallah. >> president

recovered but the minister says more than 600 people were aboard that ferry. >>> also in libya, ben wedemanearlier this hour that rebels are attacking a town considered a stronghold for moammar gadhafi. the attack on bani walid began at daybreak there. wedeman says the rebels ran into a lot of resistance apparently from elite forces in the town. rebels believe key gadhafi regime leaders including two of his sons may be there. . >>> well, it is just a trickle of information, but it has led to a flood of extra security this morning. we're talking about the new threat that coincides possibly with the tenth anniversary of 9/11. intelligence officials say it could be two american citizens at the heart of the threat. the information comes from intercepted communications in pakistan. they call it credible, still not confirmed. but it is a sobering reminder as we pause to remember the victims on 9/11 this weekend. we've got our susan malveaux with us from kabul, afghanistan, where troops are rehearsing for their 9/11 ceremony and athena jones is in washington keeping an eye on the increased securit

our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is joining us now from tripoli. g out? >> reporter: well, what we're finding out, wolf, is that in the messy aftermath of moammar gadhafi's escape from tripoli, that there are some documents coming to the surface that certain people would like to remain in the dark. they didn't have much time to shred many documents in the headquarters of libya's main spy agency. in fact, most of the contents of the building are in tact. it all amounts to a treasure trove of information about the shadowy world of cooperation between the world's spies. we're in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency. it's like being in the basement of the cia, and here we've got access to all sorts of documents, letters, faxes and other communications between the cia and its libyan counterparts, top secret documents, secret documents, with names and dates and all sorts of details that some people probably don't want to be made public. and that relationship was, it appears, cozy. peter buqhart photographed hundreds of documents from ex

our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from the libyan capital with more detailsthis. so, ben, approximately how many missiles are we talking about here? >> well, precisely we don't know. and that's really part of the problem. this is at a warehouse just outside of tripoli where there are many boxes of -- that should have these surface to air missiles. the sa-24 which is the most advanced surface to air missile made in russia with a range of 11,000 feet. now in fact, i have -- this is the packing list for that consignment. it includes 241 boxes with two missiles per box. and the boxes are all empty. this in addition to this warehouse was full of other less developed surface to air missiles, as well as still intact artillery shells. now, of course, the concern is, and it's been a concern for quite some time that these missiles could wind up in the wrong hands. and given the lawless situation in libya at the moment, that's a definite possibility. now we've been in touch with members of the ntc, the national transitional council here in tripoli to ask them why this s

>> cnn's ben wedeman. thank you, ben. >>> moving on to talk about the 9/11 anniversary in new york and washington and pennsylvania. a day of solemn remembrances on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. [ moment of silence ] >>> a moment of silence at ground zero this morning at 8:46. that's when american airlines flight 11 crashed into the north tower exactly ten years ago. the start of the worst terror attack in u.s. history. now the site is a sacred memorial to the nearly 3,000 people who died that day. the footprints of the twin towers transformed into deep fountains. one by one the names were read aloud of the people who died. a wreath laying at pentagon for the 184 people killed when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of the building. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, a ceremony at the site where united states airlines flight 93 went down in a field. the passengers had fought back against their hijackers. cnn's poppy harlow is in new york for us tonight. poppy, ten years to prepare for this day, b

ben wedeman joins us from libya. who are those guys and who are they traveling with?reporter: we understand that one of them was responsible for gadhafi's personal security. somebody obviously very close to the former libyan leader and somebody who probably has a pretty good idea about where gadhafi might be. now, we did hear from ibrahim, the spokesman for the former regime, who said on a damascus-based pro-libyan television channel that gadhafi is in excellent health inside libya and planning to liberate the country. however, it does appear that many of those people who were around him have left and certainly, we know we're outside this town, we were told saif al islam, the son of moammar gadhafi, was here but apparently he has left. it does appear that gradually many top leaders of the country are on their way out, not surprisingly. >> ben, are the rebels happy that they are leaving to get rid of them, or are they actually trying to stop them, arrest these people and eventually bring them to justice? >> reporter: certainly they are eager to get their hands on all o

i'm ben wedeman, cnn, southern libya. >>> you're in "the situation room."ions, as iran's president launches into a tirade against the west and was his rant influenced by his own problems at home? we've got some answers. >>> also, the jont chiint chief chairman, accusing the service of playing a key role in the attack of the u.s. embassy in kabul. >>> the congressional battle over green jobs. we're now learning house republicans are targeting a government loan program even tough -- even though one of the sharpest critics himself tried to tap into a similar program. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> speeches are consistently among the most controversial, most protests at united nations. today's address by the iranian president ahmadinejad was certainly no exception. for 30 minutes he lambasted the united states and its western allies, prompting a mass walkout by many diplomats in the general assembly. what is different this year is ahmadinejad's standing at home in i

sources say several officials were on board and ben wedeman joins us by phone from tripoli. onvoy and who might have been on it? >> reporter: there were two convoys. one entered arrived in the capital yesterday and another has entered the country. now, according to some state department officials, these convoys carried several senior libyan officials, the gadhafi libyan officials. we do know or our understanding is among them is the one responsible for the personal security of moammar gadhafi. now, the american embassy in najir has told, met with government officials there and said that some of people might be affected by the u.n. travel ban and they should be arrested but this is clearly -- there are a lot of libyan officials, former government officials who are trying to leave the country at this point. but it appears that among those people in the two convoys was not moammar gadhafi. >> do we know anything? if he wasn't in one of the convoys, do we know anything more about moammar gadhafi's whereabouts today? >> reporter: lots of people seem to say they know where he is. b

cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman filed this report. >> reporter: as soon as the deadlineed, opposition fighters fought their way to the edges of bani walid. but there, after making initial progress, they came under intense fire from gadhafi loyalists. officials saying they believe there are some special forces or elite forces of the libyan army inside that town. and they were forced -- the opposition fighters -- to move back under fire. >> our troops, they started to come out -- the remnant of gadhafi troops at the entrance of the city. and they found a lot of weapons still there. they had been fired on by rockets and also snipers all over the entrance. and they used the houses as their -- >> reporter: later in the day, we heard overhead jets and saw large plumes of smoke on the horizon. it appears that that is nato bombing on the town of bani walid. in the meantime, opposition fighters pulled back, apparently wait ring for more reinforcements before making another attempt to enter the town of bani walid. >>> the lottery jackpot was worth a whopping $99 million. but not o

we heard from ben wedeman over an hour ago. te us on your front now. >> reporter: well, i'm here in tripoli. and ben is the person who's actually been right down outside of bani walid. he's saying, and the reports are coming in that the rebels began an approach toward the town, and then they came under very heavy fire. there were snipers, there were rockets and mortars. so they pulled back. they've been encountering problems. now they also -- ben says that they believe that there are trained troops loyal to gadhafi. not just, you know, a pickup band of fighters but trained troops who are in the area but rebels do not have heavy artillery or tanks. so right now they have pulled back and are waiting. also there has been fighting although we don't have the latest reports on exactly what is happening in sirte, another stronghold of moammar gadhafi. don? >> you mentioned that some didn't really have any weapons. is there any chance of the town surrendering peacefully, jill, or this will inevitably end in a bloody fight? >> you know,

>> ben wedeman, stay safe to you and your crew. >>> still ahead tonight, crime and punishment.ly gay teen shot dead in his classroom. a high school student. why his alleged gunman could go free despite a confession >>> and the 9/11 attacks ten years later. drew griffin takes us back to that tragic day with a secret service agent who suddenly found himself a potential target. >> so you're basically counting down the plane coming overhead? >> we knew there were two coming. at that point we know they're come together washington, d.c. area but we don't know where they're coming to. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. riding the dog like

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ben wedeman reports live from libya, the only reporter with the rebels in the south of the country. at is the situation as you know it? >> reporter: well, ali, yesterday we saw a lot of actions between this group of opposition fighters. numbering at least 500 and some local -- forces not far from here, about two miles down the road. we're on an air base taken the night before last by the opposition fighters. right here we have -- on top of an airplane for us. on this air base -- these are old training planes. they're not warplane. about 15 are on this air base. fighters are concentrated here. what they found in the air base, lots of weapons and supplies which will be critical, because the plan is to stay here a couple of days and move south, one of the main strongholds of loyalist supporters of moammar gadhafi, and particularly important for them is they're looking for abdullah sanusi, the intelligence chief for moammar gadhafi. somebody who was critical in plans, organizing the attempt to put down the rebels -- ali? >> ben, we're watching closely and, of course, those rebels moving

ben wedeman in tripoli. are they ready to surrender?er: some of them were, but the negotiations have been difficult, long and largely unsuccessful. in fact the deadline does not seem to have held, because we are seeing from senior ntc officials that rebel troops are already entering the town, the holdout town about an hour and a half from here. we are told they are a kilometer and a half, about one mile from the center of the town. commanders in the field have jumped the gun. the deadline in a sense is history, and they have already gone in and the battle has begun. t. j.? >> everybody is wondering exactly where is moammar gadhafi. any indications or speculation at this point? >> reporter: it's largely speculation. we heard day after day saying the latest was they know where he is, he is in a 60-kilometer area, but they would not say where it is exactly. so we don't really know where moammar gadhafi is. the state department says they don't know where he is. there's a psychological war going on where the rebels here in tripoli want to sh

first, let's speak to ben wedeman in lebanon. >> reporter: another damning bunch of documents out of tripoli, this time an alarms agreement with china and libya. >>> and i'm zain verjee. it's the final stretch of the amanda knox trial. >>> and floodwaters are threatening lafitte, louisiana. what locals are doing to fight back the water. >> glad we got you back, ed. and we have elizabeth cohen about a new drug of choice on college campuses. students are apparently taking adderall for better grades. that story, next. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com omnaris. omnaris, to the nose. did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nose bleed, and sore throat. got allergy symptoms out of my way. now life's a picnic. [ man ] omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for only $11 at omnaris.com. >>> hi, everybody. i'm alina cho. it's labor day, the unofficial end of summer and a traditional showcase for pol

libya's rebels are claiming victory in al barack, claiming victory, and let's go to ben wedeman, he ande only international journalists in the area in the country, in that area in particular. libya's civil war, definitely trending a certain way, but it's far from over. >> reporter: it's far from over, kyra, it certainly does appear that we may be in the final chapters. right now we have three simultaneously offensives, one here in the area in the south, one around sirte, gadhafi's home down and one around bani walid as well, but as you see here, we're in a bunker, full of tank ammunition, and it's one of 12 here that the rebels now have their hands on, so every time they advance here, they get stronger and stronger because they get more equipment and -- >> ben, i apologize, we've got a bad connection with you, ben, i apologize. we'll talk more about the hunt for moammar gadhafi, we'll try to reconnect with you and get a better connection, i apologize. >>> coming up, big emmy hopes for "boardwalk empire," take a listen. >> tragic, though, it is i need hardly remind you of the passage of

cnn's ben wedeman saw two or three bags filled with a yellow powder.s a component of a nuclear weapon. moammar gadhafi had agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction back in 2004. >>> amnesty international is calling the execution of troy davis a catastrophic failure of the justice system. georgia delayed the execution for four hours while the supreme court considered the case. davis declared his innocence until the very end. he lifted his head from the gurney and told the victim's family they have the wrong man. >> he asked his family -- his family and friends to keep praying, to keep working and keep the faith, and then he said to the prison staff, the ones he said who are going to take my life, he said to them, may god have mercy on your souls and his last words were to them, may god bless your souls. >> it sounds awful but it is kind of a relief that it's over for me now. but i have to kind of digest all the things that have happened and today, too, which was very, very hard on me. >> davis got the death penalty for killing that woman that you s