. >> but our top military commander in middle east, general lloyd austin tells "wall street journal"rt of the blame belongs in the iraqi government for stopping soon you sunni muslims. >> a senior administration official tells fox news israeli wawar plains struck a target inside of syria, joining us, general thoma mcnerney. your thoughts first on the report of the israeli strike within syria, presumably against russian missiles. >> i think this is true in that united states and israeli defense forces released word, they attacked at the port, a sa125 missile, which are low altitude missiles, surface-to-air, that israelis do not want they get into hezbollah hands, it would be dangerous for the israeli defense forces if they got into hezbollah hands. lou: is there an interpretation that they would be taken out by the israelis if they were preparing a strike on facilities, chemical weapons, or storage areas within syria. >> that is a secondary reason. clearly, that secondary reason is as important, but they would know beforehand if they were there. this way they were able to get them in

just ask general dave petraeus, general lloyd austin. they say our people were there every step of the way. while we were there, while we are there, what we learn about the threat is something that is necessary and important to the defense of this country we see the threats that come into this nation. we see what a foreign intelligence agency is expected to see. the question is how can we connect these dots of what you're seeing and doing it in the least intrusive manner? thanks to you, the senate, the executive branch, and the courts, we have programs to do that. congressman king, thank you for your comments. i know what you've done in new york and the statements you've made are greatly appreciated, and i would tell you every person at nsa and in the military still remembers that day and our commitment to those people that we will not forget. that doesn't mean that we're going to trample on our civil liberties and privacy. the issue is how do we do both? that's the constitution that we all swore to uphold and defend. that's what we are