have you an interview with jeff porter, he was the man who briefed ambassador steve and was killed thatht on security. let's watch a clip from that interview. >> why was manpower so lacking in benghazi? >> we're talking about a cia mission in benghazi. whose information. the purpose was to collect information, to collect weapons, potentially. and they may have deliberately wanted to keep a low security profile. >> because they didn't understand, they just underestimated the threat? >> that's right. but i think one of the problems in benghazi at the time was there were so many armed groups, the u.s. couldn't identify the threat, they couldn't distinguish which was a group threatening the united states' interest. and which was simply a violent nonstate actor pursuing their own agenda. there was a real deficit of understanding, a real lack of situational awareness. >> this confirms my sense about benghazi. it was just general chaos and disinformation and lack of real understanding of what was going on on the ground. >> that's leading into it, on the other end it was what they were doing ab

his name is jeff porter.n i asked him why there was not enough manpower, ambassador stevens had requested multiple times to have teams in benghazi, to have more security and there was some money put into new guard gates but that was pretty much it. according to jeff porter, he thinks that the united states simply didn't even understand the scale of the problem. here's a little clip of what you'll hear from him. >> why was manpower so lacking in benghazi? >> what we're essentially talking about is a cia mission in benghazi, whose purpose was to collect information, to collect weapons potentially and they may have deliberately wanted to keep a low security profile. >> so because they didn't understand, they just underestimated the threat? >> that's right. but i think one of the problems in benghazi at the time is that there were so many different violent non-state actors, armed groups, that the u.s. couldn't identify the threat. they couldn't distinguish which was a group threatening the united states' interest

. >> jeff porter briefed stevens on the security risks. >> the best way to characterize the securitynvironment in benghazi on september 10 and 11 is that it was unpredictable. there was no law and order. so while it was probably unlikely that something bad was going to happen, were something bad to happen, it was likely to be catastrophic. >> stevens made repeated requests for more security. guard booths and gates were added to the benghazi compound as part of $100,000 in upgrades. but they still didn't have enough people. why was manpower so lacking in benghazi? >> we're essentially talking about a cia mission in benghazi. whose purpose it was to collect information, collect weapons potentially, and they may have deliberately wanted to keep a low security profile. >> cnn's drew griffin reports cia agents have taken multiple polygraph tests to prevent them from talking about the cia mission in benghazi. but we know in july, diplomatic security agent eric nordstrom asked to have a 16-person special support team stay on as extra security until mid september. that request went unanswere

. >> jeff porter briefed stevens on the security risks. >> the best way to characterize the securitynvironment in benghazi on september 10 and 11 is that it was unpredictable. there was no law and order. so while it was probably unlikely that something bad was going to happen, were something bad to happen, it was likely to be catastrophic. >> stevens made repeated requests for more security. guard booths and gates were added to the benghazi compound as part of $100,000 in upgrades. but they still didn't have enough people. why was manpower so lacking in benghazi? >> we're essentially talking about a cia mission in benghazi. whose purpose it was to collect information, collect weapons potentially, and they may have deliberately wanted to keep a low security profile. >> cnn's drew griffin reports cia agents have taken multiple polygraph tests to prevent them from talking about the cia mission in benghazi. but we know in july, diplomatic security agent eric nordstrom asked to have a 16-person special support team stay on as extra security until mid september. that request went unanswere

. >>> "outfront" tonight, tim clemente, former fbi counterterrorism agent along with jeff porter, adviserr political and security risks in north africa. good to see both of you together tonight. jeff, let me start with you. you just heard brian todd reporting that perhaps al asiri has trained others. so he's the most wanted guy. the u.s. hasn't been able to get him. >> that's right. >> but if they do, there would have been others that have been trained in these sorts of devices of implanting in household caulk, something dogs and machines would not be able to pick? once he's gone, would the threat go away? >> no, it would just -- it would change. one of the things that al asiri would be able to do is transfer the current bomb making techniques to trainees or to his disciples, but you would lose that innovative component. what makes al asiri so dangerous is he's been innovative, he's been creative. some people use their creative juices. >> not incredibly bright. >> right. some use them for good, in this case, he's using his creative juices for evil. so you'll have a transfer of the current

porter hill. so today i really want to share with you in the celebration and recognition of the 50th anniversary, i'm going to ask you to come up here, jeff. look at him. this is amazing, everyone. but today is march 18, 2013. today marks the 50th anniversary united states court's decision that someone should be defended at no cost. where journalist and concerned citizens will gather at the san francisco public defenders 2013 justice summit on march 19 to discuss ways to better fulfill gideon's promise justice for all where clarence combid gideon convicted to be stealing change at a pool hall. he wrote a petition to the supreme court from his jail cell arguing that his rights had been violated. he presented a victory for civil rights and justice. san francisco one of the first cities in the united states to establish a public defenders office opened it's doors in 1921. whereas gideon's promise lives on in the san francisco public defenders office which service 25,000 indigent people every year. whereas city of the san francisco joined with the public defenders and the legal aid lawyers to celebrate the right to counsel. therefore be it re