coalition and dr michael scheuer professor at georgetown university's center for peace and security studies and a former cia analyst and former guest on my radio show yes summer times over the years thank you and you've been on the program before if you're new to us thank you for joining us or you have been here that with you ok and thank you very much let's let's first i want to start out with a clip from a major motion picture that glenn beck is making the i think kind of sets the stage for this this is from a movie that he's called the project based on the muslim brotherhood taking over the u.s. . the project is a document that was recovered after nine eleven the project a plan to infiltrate and defeat the west this is happened in history in fact it happened in recent history will judge this form i used a debug mental official is branded a common is by an american journalist. today it has happened again the united states government has been infiltrated as the project is implemented. they use political influence operations they use propaganda he said at one phase we're supposed to be nice

for more on this, i'm joined by "new york times" reporter steven lee myers. and daniel byman, director of the center for peace and security studiesgeorgetown university. steven lee myers, let me start with you. two top administration officials say it was terrorism. one makes a direct link to an al qaeda group but how much and what exactly is known at this point about the attack in benghazi? >> well, i think administration is clearly trying to learn more. from the first day they've launched an investigation headed by the f.b.i., of course. then you have an internal review. and they've been very careful not to jump to conclusions, if you will. and that's led them to sort of change-- not change, evolve their story a little bit each day. you learn a little bit more. the question of whether or not it was a terrorist attack. initially it seemed to be more of a mob or riot that was prompted by the video that's been circulating and causing protests across the region. that now seems not to have been the case. it seems to have been a much more organized attack that was perhaps sparked by the video but not a spontaneous protest as initially

and public affairs. she's also studied at the institute in paris. the university of tehran and tell the aviv university. she's also an adjunct assistant professor at the center for peace and security studies at georgetown university and a contributing writer for the monitor and member of the international institute for strategic studies. to her right is matthew amitrano, a foreign affairs officer, state office of iraqi affairs. mr. amitrano has covered iraq's energy sector for almost ten years for both the department of state and the defense department, which includes assignments to in the c baghdad. his total service in iraq is roughly equivalent to a full tour, and he developed an overseas technical assistance program for the iraqi minister of oil in the part of commerce and the department of interior working with the minister of electricity and the department of energy and the iraqi ministry of finance and central bank of iraq with the department of treasury and all of these programs together totaled well over $40 million. he has received a superior honor award and an extra model award during his years of service that the department. he has received a certificate of achievement

a lobbyist for the washington institute for near east studies now according to their website their opus the city emergence of a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east. and a center right who wouldn't want a peaceful and prosperous middle east well check out what he had to say recently. it's very hard for me to see how the united states. president can get us to war with iraq. which leads me to conclude that if in fact conference is not coming that the traditional way of merit america gets to war is what would be best for u.s. interests if in fact the iranians aren't going to compromise it would be best to somebody else started the war. what if the iranians are going to compromise would be best if someone else started the war is anyone listening to this war mongering hawks like clawson are openly calling for the u.s. to strike iran first in order to jump start world war three oh but it gets better. i mean look people iranian submarines periodically go down someday one of my not come up who would know why. we can do a variety of things if we wish to grease the pressure i'm not advocating that but i'm just suggesting that. if this is not a either or proposition and