brazil; the suicide bombing of a cia post in afghanistan; and latin american poet ernesto cardenal. brazil; the suicide bombing of a cia post in afghanistan; and latin american poet ernesto cardenal. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: u.s. consumers got a serious case of nerves this month. the business research group conference board reported today that consumer confidence dropped to the lowest since april of 2009. it cited stock market swings and the standard and poor's decision to downgrade the u.s. debt rating. the news sent wall street down at first, but the market rebounded later. the dow jones industrial average finished with a gain of more than 20 points to close near 11,560. the nasdaq rose 14 points to close at 2,576. thousands of people rallied across syria today in a show of defiance as the muslim holy month of ramadan came to an end. activists said security forces shot and killed at least seven people, including a 13-year-old boy. amateur video showed crowds filling the streets of several cities. they carried pictures of loved

. >> ralph moet larson had been planning on a new cia posting in beijing, but after 9/11, just after fted personally by cia director george tenet to lead a new effort instead. >> that is one of my most vivid memories. he said to me we're behind the eight ball, and the reason he said that, which i didn't know what he meant at that precise moment, was because we had information about this meeting with the pakistan scientist and bin laden before 9/11. >> november 2001 moet larson and tenet at the direction of president george w. bush are dispatched to pakistan to confront pakistan's president pervez musharraf about the fireside chat that's turned up in u.s. intelligence reports. the possibility that pakistani nuclear scientists are assisting al qaeda in pursuing a nuclear bomb. sfroo president musharraf's initial reaction was men in caves can't do this. that's what we expected. it's the same incredulity we all felt. >> it's part of a two-part series that starts next tuesday night. it's called day of destruction, decade of war. been working on it for a long time with richard, and we're bo

he's headed for a new civilian post as director of cia. the general was served as the top u.s. commander in iraq and afghanistan. he starts his new job tuesday. >>> final report on a three- year investigation into wartime spending is due today. an independent panel says up to $60 billion in the u.s. funds has been lost to weight and fraud in iraq and afghanistan over the past ten years. the commission on wartime contracting blames the losses on a lack of oversight or planning and widespread corruption. >>> libyan rebels will not give any specifics, but they say they are closing in on gadhafi and are confident they will catch him very soon. the rebels are hunting for gadhafi and fears that he could continue to stir up violence that his moved since 1969. gadhafi fled from eee last week but his whereabouts are unknown. his wife, daughter, two of his sons have escaped to algeria. >>> it's going to be easier to get from the by area to hawaii starting next march. alaskan airlines says it will start daily service. it will also currently offer three or four flights a week on those rout

he is headed for a new civilian post as the director of the cia replacing leon panetta who is defense secretary. general petraeus has served as the top commander in iraq and afghanistan although he could have stayed in uniform at the cia, petraeus, who is 58, chose to leave the army. he starts his new job on tuesday. >>> conflicting reports are come out university libya about whether -- are cull out of -- are coming out of libya about whether moammar gadhafi's sons is trying to find out if he will be safe if he were to give up? cnn said the son e-mailed a reporter and said he had no plans to surrender. meanwhile, colonel gadhafi, remains in hiding and most of his family has escaped to eight jeer -- to ail tear -- algeria. >>> it was designed to put traceable guns into the hands of criminals but instead it simply supplied thousands of weapons to mexican cartels. u.s. attorney for arizona dennis burk resigned, a third person assistant u.s. attorney, emery hurley, was reassigned to a lesser job. >>> fema officials are promising federal aid for hurricane victims hurt by massive flood you

continue to be hidden from public view you know some are suggesting that the cia not only make their strikes public but may even post videos of them i don't know if that's the answer and i'd rather not be any drone strikes but what i do know is that not questioning our military and intelligence officials not pressing them for the truth that's a big mistake we could make. ok it's friday and it's time for happy hour so joining me this evening is r t correspondent lauren lyster and derek thompson senior editor at the atlantic thanks for joining me guy you ok so we were just talking about the g.o.p. debate from last night all the presidential candidates maybe rick perry is going to join in the race sarah pailin nobody really knows at this point of course her bus made a convenience stop in iowa this weekend but she has released a new ad out there about her bus tour and. take a look. brighter and therms we grow good people in our small towns. near the mines some of them work in america. all right it's not like there are good people they come from small towns and do some of the hardest working american they only come from

he's headed for a new civilian post as director of the cia, replacing leon panetta.eneral petraeus has served as the top commander in iraq and afghanistan. he starts his new job on tuesday. >>> today is the anniversary of the death of princess diana. 14 years later, she's still britain's most favorite royal. according to a survey by skype, she was named the number one person of royal that people would want to chat with if she were still alive. princess diana was the only one to make the top list of any celebrity that britains would want to spend time with. >>> the federal government is increasing security nationwide to get ready for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. as alison burns reports from our d.c. bure yo, a -- bureau, a scathing report shows me may not be as ready as we think we are for another attack. >> reporter: first, the feds are indicating there's no major threat to the united states. but they are taking precautions. you can expect to see enhanced security at airport, u.s. border crossing and major athletics events. the fbi and home land security

cia, 4.5 years in the national security council staff, and then a number of years at the very top of the director of national intelligence, helping to shape that institution, before moving to his current posting at cia. these bios are subject to correction by you gentlemen. he served from may 2007 to august 2010 as director of national intelligence policy, plans and requirements. he wa in particular, he led the review, executive order 12333, of the intelligence policy. he developed and implemented the national intelligence strategy published in august 2009 for the intelligence community and led all strategic planning efforts to determine future intelligence priorities for the community and the nation. we have two highly experienced people here who know all the ins and outs of the intelligence community. we thought we might start by asking them a broad question about the intelligence community and let them talk a little bit about how they see the intelligence community today l.i. of the reforms that have come especially -- today in light of the reforms that have since thecially fro director of intelligence has come on the scene. you might tell us if the national intelligence strategy developed

post." remarkable take leads the cia to an eastern base in eastern afghanistan.ce up. i haven't finished it yet. i can't wait to. but it is a good read. now, the new yorker piece this is a these the current issue by -- it is called getting bin laden. let me give you an example of one of the quotes. here's the scene, after they shoot or are shooting bin laden. as he fell backward the seal fired a second round into his head, just above his left eye on his radio he reported for god and country >> very dramatic. stuff for a movie. by the way, the movie is coming out in october. we read it is from the same people who made the hurt locker, a really bad movie. this is really backed up my thoughts are backed up by maureen dowd of the "new york times" this morning. this was really an attempt by the white house to shore up its own abysmal popularity ratings. throughout the piece all you see are sources, most unnamed. presenting obama as the commander in chief. the man who was going to lead the seals on to victory. i must say that this is really horrific. i'm sure the seals

cia officer, 4.5 years on the national security council staff, and then years at the very top of the office of the director of national intelligence, helping to shape that institution before moving to his current post in at cia. these are subject to correction by you gentlemen. he served from may, 2007, to august, 2010, as a director for policy, responsible for overseeing formulation to implementation of major policies across a fill spectrum of issues from information-sharing, too analytic standards and more. in particular, he led the review of the executive order 12333, the foundational u.s. intelligence policy which was revised by president bush in july, 2007. he developed and implemented the national intelligence strategy, published in august 2009, for the intelligence community, and led all strategic planning efforts to determine future priorities for the community and the nation. so, we had two highly- experienced people here, who know all of the ins and outs of the intelligence community, and i thought we might start by asking a broad question about the intelligence community, let them talk a little bit about how they see the intelligence community today, in light of the reforms that have com

posted on the libya. plus what is next for libya and everyone involved we spoke with a former cia agent who questions the end game for the country. america's the greatest country. but it didn't get that we're going to. move over mccain and lieberman there's a new neo con poster boy in town so with conservatives turn to cuban american marco rubio to win over latino votes are they forgetting something say his stance on immigration. good evening it's wednesday august twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our team well libya's moammar gadhafi is wanted dead or alive there is a one point six million dollars bounty out on his head he's a large but he did pledge overnight in an address to the nation that he will fight until victory or martyrdom meanwhile though the rebels seized the colonel's compound and rebel leaders are reportedly moving their headquarters to tripoli the question becomes now what will the government look like in a post gadhafi libya and of course who are the rebel leaders that will come to power the national transitional council they say that they are

cia annex increase or and you know where they could be stopped it's together. these sort of analytical documents these are summaries of raw intelligence that they gather from different sources over to the post season for them to. use to shift the look at the meeting between. the reason to go get a free person who for the conclusion. of the secret is from google groups they knew about these activities they knew they were happening and knew about links to paramilitary troops and yes u.s. aid continued to flow. closer reach. i mean the fact that it has it is going to. refute you she wants. or who i'm sure we're going to. put it through the resources you know to do so under somebody. whom the scrutiny as you put. the will for your quota for the ship or the raiders who. in the. middle. of. this is the tenth meeting organized by the national movement of victims everywhere in the country dozens of people have taken part in these meetings thanks to them several legal actions have been undertaken allowing the identification of people responsible for violating human rights to. your money my brother's name was paid his kind of game as he was the first president of the corporation for the defense of hu

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cia agent. my guess is joby warrick. he has covered intelligence now for the "washington post." it's great to have you here. >> guest: appreciate you doing this. >> host: let's talk about the title of the book, "the triple agent." history has a double agents. what made humam khalil al-balawi, what made him a triple agent? >> guest: a historical case. very unusual in the sense of agents come in various stripes, sometimes low level people who decide for whatever reason to sell secrets or sell their knowledge to an intelligence agency sometimes they're well-trained double agents who spend years behind the enemy lines, cultivating information. these are very special highly trained agents. our triple agent is none of these. he's someone who came from a very al qaeda sympathy, or sympathetic background. mitchard through some really unusual circumstances to become an informer for the ca while really being in al qaeda's camp in terms of his sympathies. so he played this double game with us and it was essentially made him a triple agent. >> host: let's take a step back. if he's a triple

unique insight from a cia analyst from a government local kristie and that is going to do it for this evening but for more on the stories we covered car see dot com slash usa we also post most of our interviews on line you can find those on you tube dot com slash artsy america and should also follow me on twitter you can find me at.

>> a cia agents and retired military personnel secretly work not guilty mexico after the new york times published an article that they are postedse in northern mexico. the mexican government felt pressure to respond. in a statement, the mexican government admits that there's cooperation but doesn't confirm or deny american persons at military bases. we have developed spaces for analysis, evaluation and exchange of intelligence information, the statement says. adding that foreign personnel in mexico don't carry out operations, nor do they carry weapons. opposition leaders say it's important to remember that mexican law prohibits operations by foreign police or military personnel on mexican soil. >> i believe that it's important to sign cooperation agreements, but there has to be restrictions. there has to be clear rules in how we carry out these agreements, and i don't think that has been the case. it appears to me the new york times has revealed a reality that we already suspected. >> a top mexican official said in july that the arrests of a reputed mercenary for a cartel was made thanks to the exchange of information between t

that when the air force decided to take over the cia's espionage program, their idea was to have it be a spy plane that could go in and photograph post nuclear site to figure out what to follow up the bombing with, and i think that's one of the more interesting parts or perhaps more provocative parts of my book that i hope people will read and think about which is how these different federal organizations that we have work together, fight with one another on these secret programs that on balance perhaps keep us safer and for nationally secure, but sometimes enter into the area of recklessness, and i write about that in the book also, some of the weapons test that we did out there were in my opinion wreckless, one of which there was a program that we had called project 57, and i tell the story through the eyes of the security guard who worked on that program. he was also the first security guard at area 51 during the u-2 program. he worked overtime to buy a new car and agreed to moonlight this project 57 which was the idea that the defense department had, well, what would happen in america -- this is 1957 by the way, what would happen