>> the c.i.a. throughout the course of its history has played an important role in different areas and one of the areas has been in covert action. almost every president since we stood up 68 years ago has utilized the c.i.a. covert capabilities. i believe the c.i.a. needs to retain the paramilitary capability, should that the chief executive officer and military need us, the c.i.a. needs to be prepared. by concern is that the c.i.a. has a lot of responsibilities worldwide. i want to make sure we're able to address those different responsibilities cape capably across the board and not swing widely one way or the other. in the last 15 years with 9/11 with the situation in iraq and afghanistan and the counterterrorism efforts, we've had to utilize a number of paramilitary skills and capabilities working with our partners in order to address the threats we face and thankfully the c.i.a. had that capability and experience. so it's not as though i'm trying to diminish it. i'm trying to make sure this is

the mission - who will drive conditions. >> when i was in the c.i.a. part of my life and job was driving around - looking for people following me, trying to get information from a human source. it wasn't just my experience at the c.i.a. that gave me confidence that i could outperform kosta. i don't think anything can compare to the distractions of driving kids to [ laughs ] >> cut it out. while they are fighting in the back seat. keep it down. talking to siri. at the university of utah, isn't professor joel cooper is testing the impact of voice-activated infotainment systems, available in many cars. kosta was up first. >> i have a headset on, a finger clicker, a heart rate monitor and a microphone. i'm like a cyborg. >> there's a g.p.s. system, a wide-angled camera. it allows us to monitor your speed, where you are looking as you drive down the road. >> to establish a baseline for the measurements, the first test was to drive while responding to the drt lights. >> as you go down the road this little light flashes red or green. when it flashes green, i'

the c.i.a. warned the demeself of the syrian regime could open the doors to i.s.i.l. john brennan says the c.i.a. is being revamped in order to combat i.s.i.l. and other threats to security. more from washington d.c. >> reporter: an assault on staff at the newspaper "charlie hebdo" in paris. bun fire at a cafe in copenhagen and the killing of children at a school in pakistan, the head of u.s. intelligence, says these attacks were a trend to show... . >> the emergence of a terrorist threat difficult to track, and more difficult to this ward. >> that's why the director of the c.i.a. says he's overhauling the agency. critics argued that the c.i.a. has been too focussed. a drop in analytical capability yes and errors were noticed, notably that iraq contained weapons of mass destruction. a pretext to invasion. the c.i.a. would now combine into 10 different mission centers around the world. >> these will ply them more efficiently and effectively. >> the former c.i.a. intelligence officer fears that co

>> c.i.a.ke sure we are able to work in all the demains, physical, maritime and aviation but digital is grow and evolving and it will be used by terrorist groups and others to be able to communicate and insight and encourage and use propaganda and c.i.a. and our other intelligence agencies need to master that domain as a way to protect the american people. >> speaking of mastering that the domain was the united states behind the internet outage in north korea in december after the hacking of sony. >> north korean system is fruit with a number of challenges because it is a country that unfortunately has put its pursuit of military capabilities in front of the interests much the people. there is an infrastructure that has challenges technically and there are a lot of reasons why the north korean people and the internet system has problems m did the united states give a shake to that system? >> i am not builting anything. >> you are not denying it. >> you can raid any questions and i will not conf

the c.i.a. added his voice to the warnings against i.s.i.l. saying the demise of the syrian regime could open up the doors to i.s.i.l., saying the c.i.a. is being revamped to combat i.s.i.l. kimberley halkett has more from washington d.c. >>> the staff at the newspaper "charlie hebdo" - gun fire in copenhagen and the killing of children in a school in pakistan. the head of the u.s. central intelligence agency say the attacks are a disturbing trend showing... >> the emergens of a threat that is decentralized, difficult to attack tore thwart. >> reporter: that's why the director said he's over hauling his agency. critics argued the c.i.a. has been too focussed on hunting down and the drop in analytical areas. notably that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. the c.i.a. will now combine the operations and analytical staff into 10 different missions around the world. >> they say are designs for analysis technology, support and innovation and apply them efficiently and effectively. >> this former in

. >> former c.i.a. director david petraeus might avoid prison time for his guilty plea for mishandling classified information. prosecutors say the retired four star army general shared classified material with his former mistress and biographer paula broadwell. petraeus resigned from the c.i.a. in november of 2012 after admitting to that affair. prosecutors are recommending two years probation and a fine. by comparison other c.i.a. officers who have pleaded guilty to leaks have received up to 30 months in prison. the alabama supreme court is ordering the state's probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. the court ruled the u.s. constitution doesn't offer the judges duty to administer state law and it says the federal court used sleight of hand in a ruling in january. it resulted in most of alabama allowing gay marriage. we are waiting on new information from the justice department. it is expected to release a full report later today after finding evidence of widespread discri

. >>> now, the c.i.a. is planning a major re-organisation that will focus the agency on digital espionage. the director said the changes are driven by a wider range of threats, and the impact of technological advancements. new units will be created for mission centers. the changes are aimed at making managers more accountable. well, robert is a former director of the c.i.a.'s counterterrorism and he says the overhaul will strengthen analysis. >> it's the first major re-organisation of c.i.a. but that said, there was less to the re-organisation than meets the eye. the world will continue to be divided up in a way that it has for many decades. it will be a center for the middle east, for instance for africa and east asia. it's taking an existing methodology that has been practised in the counter-terrorism center, whereby analysts work closely in spreading the methodology throughout the c.i.a. it will give analysts better insight in how the information received is gathered and noble them to do better judgment

he collected them five days later, just before he became director of the c.i.a. and took them to his own house. later, when confronted by f.b.i. agents petraeus maintained, according to the court documents, he had never provided any classified information to broadwell. petraeus was not charged with lying to the f.b.i., which say felony, apparently because there was no triment of that interview. after it was revealed he was also having an affair with broadwell, petraeus resigned from the c.i.a. and signed a document stating, "there is no classified material in my possession, custody or control at this time," even though the notebooks were still stored in an unlocked desk drawer at his house. if convicted of mishandling classified information, petraeus could have received a maximum punishment of one year in prison. his guilty plea faccepted by a judge, would spare petraeus any jail time, as well as a trial that surely would have revealed details of his affair with broadwell. none of the classified information petraeus gave broadwell appeared in her obamacare so arg

>> leon, the internal c.i.a. review called these pain points. what the c.i.a. has to do to be more effective. and these pain points weren't interrogation methods but instead, a major indictment of how the sprawling spy agency is managed, organized, and ready for the future. the verdict on the top it turns out a movie about the c.i.a. would be more office space than bourne identity. john brennan says he wants major changes. this review cited bad management too much office democracy and either tune out at their desk or simply leave the agency all together. director brennan said today he wants one of the biggest overhauls in the agency's history and he's vowing to make managers more accountable and significantly boost the cyber capabilities and analysts and all the way back to espionage after a decade more focus on counterterrorism. that's the latest from the live desk leon. mu story on the website. i'm rebecca cooper reporting live, abc 7 news. >> thanks, rebecca. coming up at 5:00 confusing for riders every year. we'll help you plan ahead as metro meets daylight

lindsay moran is ex-c.i.a., she's about to join them. entering a biolab. >> sorry, we cannot confirm your identity concern? >> what is going to be like ebola, but we haven't seen it yet. dr charlotte mcshane is a mechanical engineer. tonight what she learnt about tornados. phil torres. i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. that's hour team, nout let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", joined by dr ross shimabuku, and lindsay moran. microscopic things have been making news. viruses. take ebola - it caught america offguard. in some places we overreacted and in other places we doesn't do enough. >> there's a lot of scare around ebola, because we don't know much about it, compared to measles. which is also a hot topic. >> when we think of diseases we tend to think of containment. how do we contain them. i had an opportunity to meet a small group of scientists who are seeking out the pathogens in order to understand it. it might surprise people that metropolis. that's good reason for that. let's have a look. >> reporter: w

former c.i.a. director david petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials. prosecutors say the retired four star army general shared classified material with his mistress for her book. he resigned from the c.i.a. in november 2012 after admitting the affair with his biographer. federal prosecutors are recommending two years probation but no jail time and no word on a sentencing date. democrats tonight are blasting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's speech before a joint session of congress. house minority leader nancy pelosi called the address on iran's nuclear threat a condescending lecture. brad bell has more on the speech and reaction oochlt. >> the israeli prime minister's speech had all the trappings of a presidential state of the union address. he used the vast majority of his time, as promised to blast a proposed u.s. nuclear bill with iran. >> it doesn't block iran's path to the bomb. it paves iran's path to the bomb. so why would anyone make this deal? >>

. >> the c.i.a. warned that there might be an attack on the 9/11 anniversary. >> during the attack they didn't send help that was waiting in tripoli c-130 to assist these guys. >> coming up, they could have saved four americans but instead, our government told them to stand down. >> jon: so basically you're saying the government of the united states told its military-- if i want to put this in a catchy, protesty kind of phrase-- stand down don't shoot. and fox didn't restrict its anger stoking to words, because let's face ttheir older viewers who are heard of hearing, also have a right to be mad, so scary opens and that burning benghazi footage in a semicontinuous loop like some kind of fox news yule log. ( laughter ) oh, they're running the burning compound footage again. it seems like benghaz-mas comes earlier and earlier every year. but, of course, unlike ferguson protesters fox wasn't being irresponsible and divisive. they just wanted the truth. >> we have unanswered questions about benghazi. >>

. >>> america's c.i.a.anning a major restructuring with the focus on digit espionage and cyberspace. the director john brennan says he's creating new units called mission centers on a range of security issues and threats. the overhaul is meant to allow for more collaboration between departments. >>> edward snowden has made a public appeal for switzerland to grant him asylum. he would like to return to geneva where he once worked undercover for the c.i.a. and he's wanted by the u.s. government for leaking details about its mass surveillance programs. >>> a u.s. president president obama has defended the justice department not to charge officer darren wilson for the killing of michael brown. his death led to nationwide protests over the police treatment of african-americans. >> we may never know exactly what happened, but officer wilson like anybody else who is charged with a crime benefits from due process and a reasonable doubt standard and if there is uncertainty about what happened, then you can't just ch

the c.i.a.'s budget has eclipsed them. that is because it's very, very expensive to put things into space. but it seems like there are a number of new n.r.o. programs that have been going up in the last few years and they're trying to put up, looking forward. there's a new generation of synthetic apper tour image satellites. that was the octopus patch that you showed. we're trying to build a new generation of photo imaging satellites and of course they're also building and expanding the signals intelligence satellites that they use. cory: so every google search that you do on your phone, is that the kind of stuff that the n.s.a. is sucking up using the satellites launched by the n.r.o.? guest: to a certain extent. they do a lot of their sensor collection over fiber optic cables. that's really where the bulk of the internet is. is in fiber optic cables moving across the continent and under the seas. but they have dedicated spacecrafts for doing signals intelligence satellites and that's typically what they'll do is for sate

visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: c.i.a.director john brennan announced friday that he is ordering sweeping reforms designed to dramatically change the agency, starting at the top. but exactly what is changing and why? yesterday i spoke with associated press intelligence reporter ken dilanian. why did the cia director feel these changes were necessary in the first place? >> well i'm not sure he's going to be completely leveling with us about that. but i can say that it comes amid the backdrop of a series of intelligence failures where the cia has not predicted major global developments. whether you want to talk about weapons of mass destruction in iraq or the movement of russian troops in the u. ukraine or the rapid rise of the -- >> there is a felling that since the cia has done thinging incredibly well since 9/11 there are also some gaps. and the world is changing a lot. so director brennan assembled a group of experts and internal people and looked for three months intensively at the agency's functions and came up with th

. >> a former c.i.a. director reaches a plea deal over what secrets he spilled to >>> this morning the firestorm over hillary clinton's personal e-mails has aides rushing to her defense saying she didn't break any laws or share classified information. >> the current law was signed after mrs. clinton left the state department and it requires government officials who use personal e-mail accounts to forward those e- mails to a government account within 20 days so they can be archived. susan mcginnis has the latest. >>> the growing e-mail controversy involving hillary clinton is raising questions as she eyes a bid for the the white house in 2016. >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: speaking in washington last night, she avoided any mention of the scandal surrounding her four years as secretary of state. during that time, clinton solely used a personal e-mail account to conduct government business. state department spokeswoma

the c.i.a. is clean on this.

the c.i.a. money, mr. karzai told reporters, was an easy source of petty cash and some of it was used to pay off members of the political elite and a group dominated by warlords. this past sunday an article in the raleigh north carolina paper titled c.i.a. cash help to refill al qaeda's covers. according to the art erikle the c.i.a. contributes to al qaeda bottom line was another in a long list of examples of how the united states largely because of poor oversight and loose financial controls has sometimes inadvertently financed the very militants who have been killing american soldiers. finally, the article stated, the cash flow has slowed since a new afghan president, mr. beganny, assumed office in september. afghan officials said, but they added the cash was still coming in. for at least five years, it has been reported that cash from the united states has been funneled to the afghan government through the c.i.a. as a sort of slush fund and some of that money has made its way to al qaeda. this is only o

contractor snowden and the c.i.a. has been trying to break the apple encryption on the iphones and the apps they use. the report does not say how successful the c.i.a. has been but it sheds new lie on the government efforts to exploit any mobile security gaps for intercepting personal information from phone calls and e-mails. >>> privacy concerns this morning at a college in sacramento because of peepholes popping up in the men's restrooms. officials say the peepholes are made through the ways of bathroom stalls and the problem is not new but those with work at school say it has been an off-and-on issue for the last decade. >> if a hole is found metal and screws are used to cover it. at this point, it is not clear if the peepholes are used to spy on other students because no one has ever actually been caught in the act. >> a colorado man is scheduled to appear in court after police say he burned down his ex-wife's home in an apartment act of -- an act of revenge. when crews arrived at the burned down home they found "

deaf deaf >>> c.i.a. money meant for an afghan fund went to the al qaeda. it was used to pay a ransom for a diplomat. they were warped that it may be contaminated with poison or contain a tracking device. the story came to life when letter were submitted as evidence in the federal trial of an al qaeda lieu dennant, and the c.i.a. refused to comment about the story when we contacted them. >> secretary of state john kerry said that he hopes whomever wins the election on tuesday is dedicated to peace in the region. it's a tough battle between likud, and rival isaac herzog of the labour party. >> president obama is committed to a 2-state solution and remains hopeful whatever choice the people of israel make that there'll be an ability to move forward on those efforts. >> it's the peace effort that isaac herzog is counting on calling for peace. it's a campaign making the election too close to call. we have more from imtiaz tyab in ramallah. >> reporter: he has met palestinian official more time than any other israel your politician in the past year. and isaac he

today an exclusive interview with c.i.a. director john breten., the iranians, in a wide ranging interview we discuss iran's nuclear program and the growing threat from isis and president vladimir putin's global ambition. >> as director of the c.i.a. do you see any indication that vladimir putin wants out of ukraine? >> spy master john brennan only on fox news sunday. >> new tensions between the white house and israel after prime minister netanyahu is re-elected

the report does future say how successful the c.i.a. been but it sheds new light on the government's efforts to exploit any possible security gaps for intercepting personal information from our phone calls and e-mails. >>> many of us at abc got to spend time at the professional business women of california conference in san francisco. we sponsored a booth with amy hollyfield and cheryl jennings emseed the event. this conference was formed by our congresswoman jackie speiers 26 years ago to hope level the playing field for women. >> we node to have each other's back and this is what the conference is doing we have each other's back. >> rocket fuel is a great program on the peninsula to teach "stem," to young women. more than 5500 women attended. we got great nominations for abc stars, people in our community making a difference. thank you for those that attended. you inspired us. >>> wall street starts the morning hopping to are race losses from a big sell off. >> here is the money report. >> good morning, everyone topping america's mone

c.i.a. money meant for a secret afghan fund wound up going to al qaeda in 2010, according to a "new york times" report. it was used by afghanistan to pay part of a ransom for a diplomat. at the time osama bin laden warned operatives who took the cash that it may be contaminated poisoned or containing a tracking device. it came to light when evidence came forward in the trial of a former al qaeda lieutenant. c.i.a. refused to comment >>> secretary of state john kerry said he hopes whomever wins the election in israel on tuesday is dedicated to peace in the region. binyamin netanyahu's rival is isaac herzog. >> president obama is committed to a 2-state solution and it's hopeful, whatever choice the people of israel make that there'll be ab ability to be able to move forward on the efforts. >> it's that peace effort that isaac herzog is counting on calling for peace. >> reporter: he's get palestinian officials more times than any other israeli politician in the past year. isaac herzog the leade

the c.i.a. refused to comment about the story when we contacted them. secretary of state john kerry is not sure the agreement over the iran nuclear programme is within reach. negotiators hope to develop a framework for an agreement by the end of the month. kerry renewed concerns that a letter sent to iran last week may have undermined the talks. the united nations sent emergency teams to vancouver, in the wake of cyclone pam. eight people are confirmed dead on the island nation laying east of northern australia. thousands have been forced to shelters after their homes were destroyed. vim has the latest. >> venturing out of their homes to assess the -- kim vinnell has the latest. >> reporter: venturing out of their homes to assess the damage by cyclone pam. vanuatu hit by wind of up to 270 k/hr. the category 5 form the most severe on the scale uprooted trees and tore about homes and stores. power was cut, and as the storm raged residents could do little but wait. >> i was in the bathroom, back against the door. i'm listening to the roof which souped like

former c.i.a. analyst, senior fellow for center for security policy is joining us. let me break this down and we'll start first with iraq. i spoke with a form u.s. commander in the region who said look a key to fighting isis is that kurdish peshmerga. so is president obama making a serious mistake aligning with iran to fight isis in iraq? >> it's great to be here. i think that's exactly right. the rise of isis is because of the abuses of the shiite government under president maliki and his use of iranian trained shiite militias. the more iran is involved in iraq, the more we drive sunnies to isis. so first we have to say get iran out of iraq and as you said, we should be training the kurdish peshmerga forces and right now they're grossly underarmed. unless we do those two things, i don't think there is going to be stability in iraq. >> let me turn to yemen now. iran has armed the hutsis, the saudis are bombing them. yemen is so out of control dangerous that the u.s. is actually pulled everybody out and yet in the same breath president obama continues to insist every

so did the former c.i.a.irector, david petraeus, admitting that pleading guilty to charges that he shared classified material with a woman for her book. that came out at three minutes past 11:00, at exactly the same time the prime minister began to speak. if there is something you don't want to get a lot of notice, put it in there. the ex-cop that kept looking this. drew peterson is in court he tried to have a hit man murder the prosecutor that helped put him behind bars. we follow drew peterson since the old studio "v" dade. i have had the pleasure of speaking with him. the neighbors say they saw you carrying out a big, blue barrel. >> that's not what we agreed to talk about. >> i didn't agree to any restrictions on conversation. i would never do that. >> then, i guess i have to walk away. have a good day, mr. shepherd. >> he didn't want to talk about the blue barrel neighbors testified they saw him carrying out of the garage one that would have been big enough to put one of the former wives in there. mr. pe

so there are places throughout the world where c.i.a. has worked with other intelligence services and has an been able to bring people into custody, and engaging debriefings. although there are not a lot of public pieces on fox news, there are a lot of examples where we are getting some very good insight into what terrorist organizations are planning. a lot of times we rely on our partners services in order to have the understanding about what is going on in the country so they can elicit that information. charlie: here, and then it will go to the back there. you are all raising your hand, so i cannot distinguish between you. >> i will try to stand up. [indiscernible] [laughter] director brennan: it is tough sorting out the good guys and the bad guys, it is. human rights abuses, whether they take place on the part of isil or of militias or individuals who are working as part of security services needs to be exposed, needs to be stopped. in an area like iraq and syria there have been some horrific human rights abuses. this is something we

stance of the official media was to discredit the victim, like one that said he was a spokesman for the c.i.a. mossad in the united states embassy >>> the official media tried hard to link nisman with the interests of the enemy. >> translation: therefore, it's within the framework of these two polls that the news coverage relating to the nisman case developed. >>> the prosecutor's widow went before the senate asking that nisman's death not be politicized. her request went unfulfilled. president cristina fernandez de kirchner is not the only leftist smern -- south american leader that must contend with owners leading to the right. nicolas maduro ecuador and others face challenges. cristina fernandez de kirchner was the first to try to reshape domestic media. in 2009 her government passed a law mandating that media ownership be divided into three equal starts, a third owned by the state. a third in private hands and the remainder community owned. the clarine group fought that in court. when a paper followed a draft document recommending that the president be arrested a senior aide tore the pape

a lot have been angered by a statement made by a c.i.a. director. the u.s. do not want a chaotic fall of the regime. they worry that extremists will take power. for the people how they understand this is that the world wants to keep the syrian president bashar al-assad in power. people here have lost hope a little faith in what is next >>> it's distressing. zeina khodr orping. o iraqi kurdish forces say they have evidence that i.s.i.l. fighters attacked them. the kurds say the toxic chemical and clothing samples collected in january prove that. iraqi fighters filmed this saying an i.s.i.l. suicide bomber was driving an oil tanker filled with chlorine >>> heavy fighting in central libya, one killed, two injured as fighters backed. they'd be accused of looking into and being connected with muammar gaddafi regime >>> following tropical cyclone pam, 18 have been declared dead. it was a category 5. ripping through. this was a sturdy traditional by built house in port villa. this is all that is left. it had withstood two cyclones. after cyclone pam, the family is

. >> former c.i.a. director david petraeus will plead guilty to handling classified information. charged with unauthorised removal and detention of classified material. investigators are looking into whether he shared it with his biog raf yes paul aa bradwell whom he admitted to having an affair with. >> the national people's congress sets out the ruling communist party. the gathering has been overshadowed by a corruption campaign. it's china's important annual gathering, a number of faces will be ab sent from the congress. 36 delegates and advisors are under investigation. one is a former aid to the president. many wonder who will be next. so far more than 100,000 low and high ranking officials across the country have been implicated. 14 generals were added to the list on monday. >> the president's anticorruption campaign is expected to be a dominant theme of the congress and is a campaign that appears to be far from over. >> the parties never a haven for corrupt officials. we support and endorse the investigation into their cases. >> some analysts belief the campaign is a guise

. >> ifill: former c.i.a. director and retired general david petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling secrets. in a federal plea deal today, he admitted to illegally keeping classified documents and to allowing paula broadwell, his biographer and mistress, to use them. petraeus resigned as c.i.a. director in 2012 after the affair came to light. he could face a year in prison and a fine of $100,000. >> woodruff: in iraq, thousands of iraqi troops and shiite militia, with help from iran battled for a second day to retake tikrit from islamic state fighters. officials said hundreds of roadside bombs and mines slowed the offensive. but in washington, the head of u.s. central command, army general lloyd austin, said isis has already been battered by an american-led coalition. >> we are having significant effects on the enemy. since commencing our air operations in early august, just seven months ago, we've killed more than 8,500 isil fighters. we've destroyed hundreds of its vehicles, along with tanks and