now it's time to play c.i.a. theater, "john brennan c.i.a. director goes online." eeehh. errrrr. arrrr. megan get off the damn phone your father it's trying to get some intel. ( cheers and applause ) ehhh-ahhh. and how does having an a.o.l. e-mail account at this high a level not raise a red flag in 2015? i look at a.o.l. on an e-mail the same way old white people look at the name deshawn on a resume? all right? i mean, sorry, deshawn. ( laughter ) it's so unfair to deshawn, too. i mean, at the very least, get some g-mail with two-step verification. and in this day and age, unprotected e-mail is just like unprotected sex. sure it's easier and there's it less to think about but it's a good way to end up with someone in there you weren't expecting. ( laughter ) ( applause ) is that's true! babies are just nature's little hackers. that's what they are. hackers. but forget all this. the real question is who are these guys? >> a group calling themselves w.c.a., is taking credit for hacking into their private e-mail account. >> larry: hmmm. ( laughter ) c.w.a. what does that stand for

the c.i.a.'s director of information joe lambert. [ applause ]. >> thank you, mark and thank you, david. on behalf of all my leagues back at langley, i want to welcome you the c.i.a.'s latest declassification release on pdbs, thir our 24th major release event in the last seven years. the first occurred at georgetown university in 2008 and focussed on the tenure of richard helms as drektser of central intelligence. since that time we held events at nay juror universities and presidential libraries all over the country highlighting release of the significantly historical documents such as air america where at the university of texas at dallas we put air america helicopter pilots in touch for the very first time with the air force pilots they had rescued. we've held events on the '92 to '95 bosnian war with president clinton in little rock. we held an event on the camp david accords with president jimmy carter at his library in atlanta. back in washington, we held an event on the declaration of poli

quote c.i.a. suggested that mission personnel could co-locate to the annex if the security environment degraded suddenly. in the longer-term, we believe former co-location with the c.i.a. will greatly improve our security situation. the state department has always been reluctant to confirm the emergency meeting took place. and the classified cable was one of the last documents provided to the senate intelligence committee investigation. brett? >> were there plans to make the consulate or the facility permanent in benghazi? >> well today mrs. clinton gave the impression that the u.s. operation in eastern libya was only temporary. >> there was not a, an active plan for a consulate in benghazi. at any point during this period. that is not what the compound in benghazi was. it was a temporary facility. placed there to help us make a determination. as to what we would need going forward in benghazi. >> but ambassador chris stevens' deputy, greg hicks, testified under oath on capitol hill, about a speci

scott: neither the c.i.a., f.b.i. or homeland security would comment other than to say they are aware of the report. "wired" magazine which spoke to the suspected hackers says they claim they successfully prank called director brennan multiple times and plan to hack other top government officials soon. on capitol hill, scott thuman, abc7 news. maureen: now hillary clinton's e-mail habits while she was secretary of state will come under harsh scrutiny on thursday. that is when she will testify about the 2012 attack on benghazi that killed ambassador chris stephens and three other americans. today the department of state delivered more than one thousand of stevens' e-mails to the benghazi committee. a dramatic rescue north of phoenix today. rescuers saved a woman from the floodwater around her minivan. authorities say she tried to drive on a washed-out roadway but got stuck. she was not hurt. we don't want to see that kind of rain around here. brian: for sure. our big story is the chill. we got up to 70 degrees downtown

this is not an analytic construct from the analysts at c.i.a.this is what he says to his closest friends. you say what does that mean, reestablish the russian empire? he would say direct control over or significant influence in all of those parts of the former russian empire, which, by the way, just happened to match up nicely to the former states of the soviet union. that's what he wants more than anything else is the ave the russian state. glory to >> rose: -russian -- of the gloy of the russian state. >> rose: it's fear of influence instead of taking territory back. >> he doesn't want to take a territory back. he wants to take over or have a sphere of influence in. >in. he certainly has a point that there are russians that are slavs who are russians that live in many places because they spread during the soviet union. they certainly do not outnumber the populations in the other countries but he's absolutely right they're there. >> rose: john kerry and sergei lavrov said today the two governments would try to deconflict their operations, meani

c.i.a. director john brennan and homeland security secretary jeh johnson. an anonymous hacker has been bragging aboutut brereing into these accounts, but now multiple law enforcement sources tell us the breaches actually occurred. and jeff pegues is breaking this new development in our washington newsroom tonight. jeff? >> r rorter: scott, this is a criminal investigation, and authorities are working to locate the suspect. he seems to be feeding off the publicity, and that's in part why investigators are reluctant to talk about it, but multiple law enforcement officials tell cbs s ws that he had unauthorized access to both private e-mail accounts. late in the day, the person tweeting under the handle of cwa followed through on threats to release sensitive information. "you know we don't lie. what you have all been waiting for. sorry for the delay." along with that statement came an attachment with the names, social security numbers and phone numbers of about 20 people said to be affiliated with the head of the c.i.a. in fact, the unidentified hacker, who cl

they worked with the c.i.a., conspired with the c.i.a. were independent contractors. >> you think the agencies just going to hang them out to dry? >> what the government has done in past lawsuits that we've been involved in is assert what's called the state secrets privilege, basically saying any litigation of this case, torture cases is harmful to u.s. national security interests and say that it will reveal means and methods of intelligence gathering, and it will harm u.s. relations with foreign powers. with the senate report, a 6,000 page report, it sets out the basis of our claims. it sets out who designed mitchell and jesson the torture program and that our clients were tortured, actually names them. for the government in this case to step in and assert state secrets privilege, that would be absurd. >> even when the agency admits it has done something, nothing gets done. they said the same thing about in the congo, 60 years after he was killed, the agency admitted that he did wrong, the same in chile. even though there i also a record

that the c.i.a. the real evil and that america has no right to protect itself from those who wish to destroy it. because after all, we are evil. with that mentality. the end justifies the means. why not expose a man's most private information. making the c.i.a. vulnerable puts all of us at risk. perhaps it's time to redefine what an enemy combatant is in the cyber age. because wikileaks doesn't do this to corrupt countries or jihadists, as if as if they're waging cyber warfare only on us, how odd that those who claim to champion rights to privacy now cheer those who assault it perhaps it's time to hack the hackers and the hackers' backers. how do we do did? our leaders and journalists must admit that cyber attacks are attacks, not expressions of freedom. the attack on brennan was an attack on us, it wasn't china who did it but the heroes of modern media. may their social security numbers run wild. >>> eric did wikileaks -- >> this is the first time you started with me in two years. >> did wikileaks -

a high school student hacking his way into a top c.i.a. official's personal e-mail. >> jadiann: this is a high-profile hack involving the director of the c.i.a. the apparent victim isn't just any american or government official. it's john brennan, the c.i.a. director since 201. a longtime key player in the u.s. intelligence community. a man who says he is an apparent american high school student claims he hacked his way into brennan's personal a.o.l. e-mail account by fooling verizon and a.o.l. into letting him reset the password. the hacker blanked out the social security numbers. the hacker says he found brennan's application for security clearance. and claims he got into the comcast big account of homeland security secretary jay johnson. this was brennan's personal e-mail account. not his government account. and it appeared no classified information was compromised. still it's an embarrassing reminder that there is nothing secure about e-mail. >> i give people this advice all the time. when you are typing into a keyboard, no matter what

were prepared by the c.i.a. >> the former acting c.i.a.irect who edited the talking points testified otherwise. >> when she talked about the video, my reaction was, that's not something that the analysts have attributed this attack to. >> with the memo leading directly into the white house, speaker boehner took action. >> he thought he had been obstructed, he agreed to allow a select committee to be appointed. >> after secretary clinton's use of private email became public, politics set in. >> i have told my own republican colleagues and friends, shut up. >> the only suspect in u.s. custody is abu katalla, there's no timeline for the trial. brett? >> thank you. the third part of your series, tomorrow, please go to our home page for part two of another series we've been doing about border security. the tonight the view from yuma, arizona, fox news.com for that piece. >>> house speaker john boehner on finding his successor, navigating the partisan waters of washington and the benghazi select committee hearing. we'll get reaction to what he s

the aol email account of c.i.a. brennan has a spread sheet of intelligence officials including the social security numbers of the alleged hacker told the "new york post" that he was motivated by his opposition to u.s. foreign policy and support for palestinians. >>> word in washington, an announcement about joe biden's political plans are coming and people in the know say he will run for president. and he toyed with some saying he is late to the game. >> i am the late joe biden and i just want to you know as much as i love you, i have been in the meeting with the president on another matter for the past two hours and it is hard to say mr. president, you are on your own, i am leaving. although he is on his own, he doesn't need me. >> and a congressman pointed this tweet, i have a source close to joe that tells me that v.p. biden will run for president. >>> republican candidates trump and carson requested protection from the secret service. the request will be assessed by the second of homeland security in consultatio

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were prepared by the c.i.a. >> the former acting c.i.a.ect who edited the talking points testified otherwise. >> when she talked about the video, my reaction was, that's not something that the analysts have attributed this attack to. >> with the memo leading directly into the white house, speaker boehner took action. >> he thought he had been obstructed, he agreed to allow a select committee to be appointed. >> after secretary clinton's use of private email became public, politics set in. >> i have told my own republican colleagues and friends, shut up. >> the only suspect in u.s. custody is abu katalla, there's no timeline for the trial. brett? >> thank you. the third part of your series, tomorrow, please go to our home page for part two of another series we've been doing about border security. the tonight the view from yuma, arizona, fox news.com for that piece. >>> house speaker john boehner on finding his successor, navigating the partisan waters of washington and the benghazi select committee hearing. we'll get reaction to what he sai

i don't see the c.i.a. here. there were many, many other agencies involved in this and yet yours has been the one that they have obsessively focused on. i think that's a shame for a whole lot of reasons, but one thing this committee as it's been in the news in the last several weeks has been yet one more step in denigrating this institution. i happen to this this institution needs more support not less. would stop doing that. and i -- you mentioned beirut and that was the first thought that occurred to me when this happened was a democratic congress at the time did a fair and quick investigation of what was an unspeakable tragedy. two separate suicide bombings, four months apart. and there was clearly inadequate security. the focus there was not on partisanship. not on embarrassing the reagan administration. but actually figuring out what happened and how we can better protect americans. now, i want to ask questions about what i think is the central issue. and that is how do we have that presence in the world tha

it's the story of a beautiful bipolar c.i.a. agent, crime fighting and having sex, frequently at the same time. it is packed with action, controversial drone strikes, al qaeda plots, chaos in the middle east. it's a great escape from watching the news every day. season 5 just kicked off, and i'm loving it. there is so many pressing questions i can't wait to have answered can carrie return to normal life in the private sector? will saul restore the c.i.a.'s reputation? will we ever see the hot wife from season one again? well, last sunday'y'episode had a shocking twist that no one who can't read arabic saw coming. >> three graffiti artists hired to add a touch of authenticity to a set for the show "homeland," they used the opportunity to make a statement. >> carrie mathison, played by claire danes, can be seen striding past an arabic wall reading "'homeland' is racist." >> stephen: that is a major intelligence failure. ( laughter ) looks like the next episode might explore the ethics of enhanced screaming at an intern. it turns o

there was information about him from a c.i.a. informant who was speaking to the c.i.a. in the months before the bombing, and in the cables that were produced from the-- from the time with that informant, this person was named. and this person was named in named in cekd with abdelbaset ali mohamed al megrahi, the one person convicted of the bombing. hhe was tied with him including records indicated that he had been at the airport in malta where the bomb was said to have originated on the morning of the bombing. the c.i.a. thought he was a technical expert. that's what you find in the c.i.a. cables. beyond that, they didn't know. they had his landing card when he landed in malta and it had his fingerprint on it and there was a passport number. as any of us who travel to a foreign country have to fill out landing card where's you say the flight you came in on and the passport information and the passport information is what i dlowng, to match the fingerprint and passport number to a flesh and blood real person who i felt if i could prove he existd and fully flesh out who h

. >> a top c.i.a. official at hack attack. >> a high school student managed to tap into the permanent e. mates of the agency's director. jadiann thompson explains. >> reporter: the apparent victim is not just any american or government official. it's john brenon. the c.i.a. directors since 2013 and a long time key intelligence community. a man who says he is an apparent american high school student claims he hacked his way into brennan's personal account revealing enough information. this twitter account is going now. the apparent hack irsays posting what appears to be an actual spread sheet of names and current of former intelligence officials. the hacker blacked out their social security numbers. he said he found brennan's application for security clearance and claims he got into the comcast billing account of jay johnson. account. not his government account and it appears no classified information was compromised. still, it's an embarrassing reminder that there is e-mail. >> i give people this advic

the c.i.a. said the preaches are under investigation. wednesday, it directly addressed the matter saying: >> secretary of state john kerry is meeting with israel's prime minister today, benjamin netanyahu net to try to end the violence that has left more than 50 palestinians now eight israelis dead, both men sitting down in berlin where netanyahu told kerry the international community should send a message to palestinian leaders, accusing them of inciting the violence, something that they deny. >> no question that this wave of attacks is driven directly by incitement, incitement from hamas, incitement from movement in israel and incitement i'm sorry to say from president abbas of the palestinian authority. >> it's critical to end all incitement and all violence and find a way forward to build the possibility, which is not there today, for a larger process. >> kerry is going to meet with the leader of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas later this week. >> hours after thundershowers two men meet, two palestinians were shot in an ultr

. >>> the c.i.a. desperately lying trying to find the hacker who broke into the personal e-mail accounts of two national security officials. a high school student claims he's behind the attack telling cnn he's motivated about his support for palestine. the student claiming his next target is a major official at the pentagon. officials confirm the account to c.i.a. directory john brennan and jay johnson but to classified information was accessed. >>> the woman you see here who's moved to the back seat of her car was surrounded by rising floodwater. emergency crews raced to save her. they grabbed the woman out of the van pulled her through the water to safely. the woman insists when she a little muddy. and all of a sudden she says the water rushed in and trapped her. oscar pistorius is out of jail he's on house arrest. the former track star behind bars for a year after killing his girlfriend reeva steencamp. the remainder of his sentence will be served on house arrest prosecutors asking pistorius to be

so for insight into all of this, we'll going to michael morell, former number two at the c.i.a. andd our cbs news senior security contributor. michael, how much difference does it make to have 50 u.s. special operations forces on the ground in syria? >> scott, it doesn't sound like much but i think it's going to make a significant diffefence r two reasons. one is these special forces will be with syrian kurdish fighters who are right up against the heart of isis geographically. they're up against the center of mass of isis. and secondly,y, the special forces will, i think, just as they have in iraq, make these fighters better strategically and better tactically, help them make better decisions militarily. >> pelley: now, the r rsians have troops s the ground at a military base in syria. does this increase the likelihood of a u.s.-russia confrontation? >> scott, i don't think so. i'm not concerned about that. kurdish forcess forces that we're going to be supporting are focused entirely on isis. they're not focused on fighting the assad regime. so i think the chances of us butting

. >> the house committee found quote no evidence that the c.i.a. conducted unauthorized activities in benghazi and no evidence the intelligence community shipped arms to syria. >> are you saying categorically that the u.s. government and the c.i.a. played no role whatsoever in the movement of weapons from libya to syria? >> we played no role. now whether we were watching other people do it, i can't talk about it. >> libya's central government collapsed and the power vacuum created a safe haven for terrorist groups like isis. >> the irony is the same folks who were so critical president bush, for not having a plan, on what to do after we got rid of saddam hussein, had no plan at all in terms of what to do after we got rid of moammar gadhafi. >> at the democratic debate, mrs. clinton emphasized the first free election since 1951, not the current chaos. >> they voted with the hope of democracy. because of the arab spring, because of a lot of other things, there was turmoil to be followed. >> expect more questions about the administration's libya polic

with unique insight into this we'll bring in michael morrell, former number two at the c.i.a. and senior security contributor for cbs news. michael, how significant is this? >> scott, this is of historical significance. this is the first time the russians have conducted combat operations in the middle east since the end of world war ii. >> pelley: what do you think russian president vladimir putin is up to? >> there's lots of reasons here, scott, but i think they boil down to two. the first is that he is trying to prop up assad. assad is weaker today than he has been since the fall of 2012, and putin is trying to prop him up. why? because putin really fears that if assad were to depart the scene, that there would be even more instability in syria, that isis could grow even more, perhaps even take over damascus. he really believes that. the second reason, scott, is that russia in general, putin in particular want to be seen as major players on the global stage, and this gives that to putin as well. >> pelley: has the obama administration been outmaneuvered by russia? >> you kno