. >> atta, mohamed atta, leader of 9/11's al qaeda. from prague comes a photograph allegedly showing mohamed atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohamed atta was a slight guy barely what, 5'5", 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muscular and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohamed atta on the photograph. but send to it the lab anyway. in my mind, it's put to bed. >> event without defensive evidence. >> it's pretty well confirm head did go to prague and meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service last april. >> i was sitting in my den at home in washington, d.c., and i remember looking at the tv screen going what did i just hear? and i first time in my life, i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, the vice president for years would say, "we had a report of this meeting." it's true. there was a report.

that's not mohamed atta in the photograph. sent it to the lab anyway. in my mind the matter is put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague, and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home in washington, d.c., and i remember looking at the tv screen saying what did i just hear? and first time in my life i actually threw something at the television because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> you guys are pros at this as reporters. i want to get to the final one. the nail in the coffin. you guys know almost everything there is to know about this. what was the motive for cheney to take us into this war if it wasn't the evidence? >> it certainly wasn't the fact that iraq was a major wmd threat working with al qaeda against us. i think maybe some regrets over what happened with the first gulf war. i think -- but after 9/11, you know, sort of a fuse kin

. >> mohamed atta was a slight guy. 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muscular and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohamed atta in the photograph. send it to the lab anyway. in my mind it's put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home and remember looking at the tv screen saying what did i just hear? and i -- first time in my life i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, the vice president for years would say we had a report of this meeting. it's true. there was a report. and nobody believed it. that's what they didn't add. >> that is from "hubris" based on the same book by david corn and michael isikoff on monday night right here. i will be hosting the documentary on what

. >> atta, mohamed atta. leader of 9/11's hijackings. rague comes a report of a photograph allegedly showing atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohamed atta was a slight guy. 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muscular and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohamed atta in the photograph. send it to the lab anyway. in my mind it's put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home and remember looking at the tv screen saying what did i just hear? and i -- first time in my life i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, the vice president for years would say we had a report of this meetin

. >> mohammed atta was a slight guy. 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muck lar and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohammed atta in the photograph. send it to the lab anyway. in my mind it's put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home and remember looking at the tv screen saying what did i just hear? and i -- first time in my life i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, the vice president for years would say we had a report of this meeting. it's true. there was a report. and nobody believed it. that's what they didn't add. >> that is from "hubris" based on the same book by michael isikoff on monday night right here. i will be hosting the documentary on what happened when

being dragged naked and brutally beaten and in addition there was a young protest from front to mohamed atta in the who reportedly died in custody from torture people activists human rights groups have been saying this was a key grievance against him a dark regime that shouldn't be happening now in a price revolution presidents the biggest opposition coalition not to salvation front for that party a sticking by those amongst which is asking the tough and it to resign if they want to not so salvation government and the constitution to be revoked if this happens then they should be one have dialogue with the president president is moving on these key issues so we're looking at a divided egypt continuing in the near future. in tunisia clashes between mourners and police have marred the funeral of a secular opposition leader whose assassination led to a. ja's in the streets and a crisis in parliament violence erupted near the cemetery as demonstrators threw stones and said cars a blaze while police responded with tear gas adding to the turmoil the country has been paralyzed by a general strike a

>> i confess i was surprised that mohammed atta made a cameo appearance. john brennan is the fifth c.i.a. nominee to come before the committee over the past 12 years. plenty of opportunity to litigate or to write and rewrite history. i think it is -- an indication of the trench warfare that still exists on capitol hill. >> john: i agree. after mr. petraeus, i was glad that nobody asked if he had a girlfriend. mr. brennan was executive director of the c.i.a. from 2002 to 2006. i know you know him. is it credible, as mr. brennan claimed, he had no involvement with the enhancement interrogation program? >> he would not have had any direct involvement in the program. obviously, as you said today he's had his own personal views and obviously he's open to review the exhaustive evidence that the intelligence committee has put together regarding its eth cassie. >> john: so you're satisfied as deputy executive director of the c.i.a., he had no knowledge that this was going on? >> well, i said, you know, as he said he had a view. he had some knowledge that this was

that's not mohamed atta on the photograph. but send to it the lab any wayway.my mind, it's put to bed. >> event without defin sieve evidence. >> it's pretty well confirm head did go to prague and meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service last april. >> i was sitting in my den at home in washington, d.c., and i remember looking at the tv screen going what did i just hear? and i first time in my life, i actually threw something at the television. because i couldn't believe what i had just heard. >> over and over again, the vice president for years would say we had a report of this meeting. it's true. there was a report. and nobody believed it. that's what they didn't add. >> we clearly know that -- >> in a pbs interview on "the news hour with jim lehrer", national security adviser condoleezza rice reveals with certainty more evidence of saddam's supposed terrorist link. >> we know too that several of the detainees, in particular some high-ranking detainees have said that iraq provided some training to al qaeda in chemical weapons development.

. >> atta, mohamed atta. leader of 9/11's hijackings. rague comes a report of a photograph allegedly showing atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer.

. >> atta, mohammed atta.

. >> the issue is whether or not there ever was a meeting in prague between mohamed atta, one of the people who attacked the trade center, and the iraqi intelligence. the cable that came in has been classified by the cia even though the report of the -- and this is what the cia did to the cable. now, will you check with the checks, with the source of this cable, and see if they have any objection to the release of this cable relative to the report of that meeting? >> yes, senator. since our courtesy call i have looked into this issue. know you and director petraeus who were involved in a discussion on this and i would be happy to follow up on it, but there does seem to be some concerns about release of that cable. >> well, the report of the cia, by the way -- excuse me, the unclassified report of the intelligence committee, which was not classified, was not redacted by the cia, made at least four references to the czech intelligence service providing the cia with reporting based on a single source about this alleged meeting which never took place. we knew it never took place, and yet