juan zarate, the former national deputy security advisor is our guest.e are talking about 9/11 11 years ago. where were you that day? in the bush administration? guest: i was in the bush administration. i was in the justice department and about three weeks before that and -- had been switched to a different apartment and was working on money laundering operations. i was watching on the tv that day, horrified. my office based south and i could to the smoke rising from the pentagon. we were evacuated. i went with senior treasury leadership by the time -- at the time to secret service headquarters. and i remember much like a view like this at wondering whether or not the next plane was going to come hit the capital. it was a dramatic day. my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims. host: and your job change that day. guest: absolutely. i have been working prosecution cases by shifted -- and i had shifted to looking at generally, money laundering to issues. everything changed dramatically. president bush said we would use every element of national power.

. >> juan zarate, deputy national security advisor in the second bush white house and a cbs news consultanttold us hiring bout was a mistake. >> this was one of the grave complications for the united states. viktor bout's tentacles reached so far and so deep that he had access to planes that could provide services for the u.s. government. >> zarate admitted the u.s. could do business with bout, but it couldn't catch him. >> i had always thought of viktor bout as untouchable. and i also, frankly, didn't think that anyone could get to him. >> a challenge zarate from the white house threw out at a meeting with mike braun and his d.e.a. team. the d.e.a. had just pulled off a string of extraordinarily successful captures of high-value terrorism targets around the world, like afghan drug lords. >> d.e.a. agents live for the hunt. >> but, mike, no one had even gotten a sniff on this guy. >> let me tell you something, armen, when i'm sitting there next to juan and my guys are sitting across the table from him--the very best that our government's got to offer--and he tosses this out on the table, an

juan carlos zarate will be our guest. is 45 minutes. >> juan carlos zarate, the former deputy security adviser from 2005 to 2009, our guest this morning, talking about 11 years ago. where were you that day? in the bush administration? >> i was in the bush administration. i was a career prosecutor. about three weeks before that shifted, i was working on international money laundering issues. on that day, i was watching and horrified on the tv what was happening in new york. i could see the smoke rising from the pentagon from my office as they were evacuated. i went with the treasury leadership at the time and the under-secretary to the secret service headquarters. and i remember much like this, looking out of the sky and wondering when the next plane was coming and what it hit the capital. it was interactive for most people. >> your b changed on that day? >> absolutely. i had been a prosecutor working cases. but i shifted to look at some of those issues. the largely to look at things like money laundering and customs and t

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juan zarate, thank you for being on the "washington journal" this morning. we appreciate your time. guest: likewise. host: thatn a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority leader and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each. but in no event will debate go beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, on a cool september morning in texas, i was driving my jeep to the courthouse where i was the judge for a long time. i was listening to kilt radio, a country western station, willie nelson was si