bill donovan, first world war hero, arch american fighting 69th, that sort of thing. and he encourages donovan in trying to create an american equivalent to boost sis, mi6, and the organizations for the oss and during both of those things. there are problems, about that as well they can discuss on another occasion or later if you like, and of course donovan and roosevelt were classmates at college, so immediately you've got this kind of human dimension to bring in an important component of acid for the modern warfare which the united states for the various reasons, institutional rivalry and steve e-business, they don't read other gentlemen's mehl, we don't need to know about the rest of the world because we are sufficient unto ourselves. those kind things contributed to the absence of a foreign intelligence capacity. nevertheless, when the challenge emerges in the second world war, the united states got off very quickly to develop precisely that. >> claim to degette will lead the british intelligence in the creation of the american special services because the period w

what he did after the war but here is this close human intelligence of a liaison and friends with bill donovan first world war hero that sort of thing. and he encourages donovan in trying to create an american equivalent and a british special operations, there are problems about that as well. and of course, donovan is a friend and they were classmates who immediately you have this human dimension to bring in an important component of modern where five-- warfare which the institutional rivalry, fastidiousness and you don't read other gentleman's mail and we don't need to know about the rest of the world because we are suspicious unto ourselves those contributed to the foreign intelligence capacity but nevertheless the challenges emerge and the united states got off very quickly to develop that. >> i have been rather cautious about claiming a two big of a role because there was a point* when he was very important and there is a perception that the british saw themselves as being superior andrew threatening to gobble up capability because they had a head start but once resources were applied they

he is friends with bill donovan, first world war hero, irish american, fighting at 69 qiepped of thing. he encourages donovan to create an american equivalent to boost mi6 and the special operations organization. there are problems with that as well that we can disgust later if you like, and don ran and roosevelt were classmates in college. you have a human dimension to bring in an important component of as it were modern war fair which the united states for various reasons, institutional rivalry, sort of a studiousness and gentlemen don't greet other gentlemen, we don't need to know about the rest of the world because we are sufficient unto ourselves. that contributed to a foreign intelligence cay trass trough fee. nevertheless, when the challenge emerges in this second world war, the united states got off very quickly to develop precisely that. >> yeah, i've always been rather cautious myself about claiming too big a role for british intelligence in the creation of the american special services because there was a period when he was very important. certainly there was a perception on

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billed as a crucial match-up between the eagles and skins. this might have been the most even part of the game, the skirmish before kickoff. the game quickly turned into a michael vick highlight reel. donovan macnab talked about the crushing loss and the -- mcnabb talked about the crushing loss and the new five-year contract that he signed before the game. >> are you relieved to have the extension done? >> at this point, no. my photojournalist us -- my focus is just on the game. this game is just -- i mean i'm embarrassed. a game with everything that was kind of tied into it, wait the thing just went and snowballed in the wrong direction. >> mcnabb's contract extension worth $78 million over five years. $40million of that guaranteed. redskins nation buzzing this morning. if you would like to share your thoughts or read through our viewer comments, head to our facebook fan page and can you follow us on twitter. search for wttgmorningnews. >> with all due respect to president obama, that was a shellacking. >> yes, sir and really unfortunate that the contract had to get signed right before the game. >> it is weird because he has one of his best days and worst days on the same day. you get the