. >> stahl: meir dagan is the former head of the mossad. his primary mission was to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. few know their regime better, which is why we were surprised when dagan told us... >> the regime in iran is a very rational regime. >> stahl: do you think ahmadinejad is rational? >> the answer is yes. not exactly our rational, but i think that he is rational. >> gupta: it all started in 2004, when sal khan was working as a hedge fund analyst in boston, and his cousin nadia, a seventh-grader in new orleans, was struggling with algebra. he agreed to tutor her remotely, and wound up posting lessons on youtube. but then, an odd thing happened-- total strangers started using them, too. >> just like we talked about consumer surplus, this is a producer surplus. >> innovation never comes from the established institutions. it's always from a graduate student or a crazy person or somebody with a great vision. sal is that person in education, in my view. he built a platform that could completely change education in americ

and israeli intelligence agencies the cia and mossad admit that iran hasn't yet decided to develop nuclear weapons but let's discuss this in depth and i would preserve russian he's a political analyst and historian joining me live in london where the wrongs pretty frightening for quite a while to shut down the strait of hormuz could we really see this happening. well i think what we're seeing at the moment has been is the culmination of a long term that lived on zone of us to force the iranian government and what corner to force them into a position where they're left with an invidious choice between on the one how into steer a course between on the one hand seeming to be bullied and giving in and appearing weak and on the other hand alone themselves to be provoked and allowing themselves to be forced into a confrontational position gives reasons for going with these financial story just to ask the reason for pushing iran into the corner all of it based on the supposed nuclear ambitions that now as i just mentioned mossad the israeli spy agency is now joining the cia and imaging that iran

european states their work was coordinated by qatari and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia mossad and blackwater agents but it's also seized this really well in especially in taking missiles and israeli drones the us defense contractor formerly known as blackwater and now called academy notorious for its heavy handed tactics during operations in iraq pakistan while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted al qaida linked extremists groups cite the armed opposition in syria dr salinas says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide their involvement i think this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iran. these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for a status thing in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail dated and had of course blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for a new in serious crisis since last year but she says this is a story with three main chapters weapon

and that netanyahu didn't renew his tenure at the mossad. but i -- you can tell that he deeply feels that an attack soon sometime this year, which is really what the drumbeat is all about, would really be a mistake. sincere. >> this is a fascinating piece. >> thank you. >>> lesley, thanks. you can see the report sunday night on "60 minutes" here on cbs. >>> this morning shall the republican presidential contenders are focusing on primaries in mississippi and alabama. it is an opportunity for rick santorum and newt gingrich to make up ground on front-runner mitt romney. >> nancy cordes is covering the campaign in jackson, mississippi. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: charlie and erica, good morning to you. mitt romney basically admitted yesterday he's not exactly on his home turf here in the deep south. but this is where the delegates are right now with mississippi and alabama voting next tuesday, louisiana the week after that. so he's come courting. >> in pascagoula mississippi, romney declared himself an unofficial southerner. >> i'm learn

i've made the commitment. >> now later nozette negotiated the price that he thought the mossad shouldse secrets. >> at least 200 million, so i would say theoretically, i could charge you certainly, you know, at most 1%. >> now larry nozette was arrested right in that mayflower hotel room shortly after the fbi made the recording. today he was sentenced to 13 years on attempted espionage, fraud, and tax charges, larry. >> eamon, any evidence that israel was actually involved at all in this case? >> no. in fact the government is not alleging that israel had anything to do with this, just that nozette thought he was dealing with the israeli mossad. actually he was dealing with an undercover fbi agent, larry. >> right. eamon, you have another big story tonight regarding american veterans? >> yeah, that's right, larry. at least on paper, two mortgage brokers in georgia became instant millionaires last week with jpmorgan's settlement of their whistle-blower settlement against the bank. we flew down to atlanta to find out more about a scam that allegedly involved charging improper attorneys f

the former director of the mossad and meir doug on the former head of israeli intelligence who both went on the record last week to rebut mitt romney's op ed in the washington post so you saying that a nuclear power armed iran does not represent an axis so you want more countries have nuclear weapons you think that will make our world safer now where do i get up and i am i'm in favor of nuclear nonproliferation but i don't well wrong with bombing them if you know that line of questioning bryan is like saying do you think that you know candy causes cavities so what does well let's start killing people dressed can doing the same thing everybody is against war nobody wants to see us go to war the country i surely don't want to see us go to war go to war with another country so they say and i'll say it again i don't want to go to war with anybody but i don't love this b.s. on that area of the controversy. producing and putting together a nuclear weapon what happens who has a hard right in iran what we did to what you guys did you know what happened while i was going i got a dressing down by

. >> i if you accept the p premise as laid out by t the former head of mossad that it is a rational regimeand theherefore interesteded in its own selelf preservation, talks make as much sense as they did with the soviet union. that is the first point. the secondoint is that missing in all of this debatete about the united statates and mitt romney rattling sabers he does not know even exist, what is the compelling national security interest of the united states that he sees? what is the last resort for going to military power? what is the popular support for it? what i is the consequences of our acting? what is the exit strategy? romney is making a terrible political mistake. obama is a flawed president with the political weakness. the streth he has is national serity and foreign policy. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so where to next? ♪ ♪ >> what we need

. >> if you accept the premise laid out by the former head of mossad that i.t. is a rational regime, and therefore interested in its own self-interest and sell provision, talk make as much sense as they did with the soviet union. that is the first point. the second point is that missing in this debate about the united states and mitt romney rattling sabers that he does not even know exist -- what is the compelling national security interest of the united states that he sees? what is the last resort before going to military power? what is the popular support for it? what are the consequences? what is the exit strategy? romney is making a terrible political mistake. obama is a flawed president, but the strength he has his national security and foreign policy. >> you have a response, charles? >> i understand you are obsessed with the elections today, but long after the names "romney," "santorum" and "obama" are forgotten, if iran has the bomb able why on every child. what is the american national interest in the iranian bomb? all the arabs on our side are terrified

. >> if you accept the premise laid out by the former head of mossad that it is the rational regime, and therefore interested in its own self preservation, talks make as much sense as they did with the soviet union. that is the first point. the second point is, missing in all of this debate and mitt romney it rattling sabers he does not know even exist is what is the compelling national security interest of the united states that he sees? what is the last resort before going to military power? what is the popular support for it? what are the consequences of our acting? what, finally, is the exit strategy? romney is making a terrible political mistake. obama is a flawed president with political weakness. the strength he has is with the national security and foreign policy. >> you have our response, charles? >> imagine israel didn't exist. what is the american national interest in the iranian bomb? a, as colby said, all the arabs on our side would be terrified and it would be hegemony over them. but in the end, it would be a threat to the united states did not imminent as it would be t

so there is time. >> israel is not convinced of those numbers. >> well, the israeli mossad itself, thehas said that iran has not decided to make a nuclear weapon. this is very tense right now and very important that the facts are straight. and that's key. and so the intelligence community assessments, those facts should be listened to and that should really help drives the diplomatic process. >> joel, thank you so much. i'm sure we'll be talking with you very soon. great pleasure having you on. for the first time in 16 years, congressman dennis kucinich loses his seat in congress. we'll have details on the race that pitted two members of congress in an intechbs battle. plus, were colts right to ditch peyton manning after he bled tears for this team for 14 years? >> he brought them a championship. dave zyron will join me to make the case why is peyton should join the cowboys. >> thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. i truly have enjoyed being your quarterback. brad needs car insurance, but, uh, brad doesn't want to spend too much. who's brad? this is brad. ahh! well, progress

dot com and security operation in hong reveals the cia and mossad avenue tori's group formerly known as blackwater are involved in the ongoing military violence there even though american says it condemns the fighting interesting read online from us and libyan leaders say they'll use necessary force to keep the country from splitting apart as the eastern region declares seventy autonomy again if you want to go to speed or not want to start t. dog corner you can also check out our you tube channel. but ima put in strongly refuted allegations by an independent body of russian election observers who said his presidential victory was tainted the league of voters except c one a majority vote but claims there were multiple violations during the poll the country's central election commission has now officially confirmed putin as president elect our correspondent peter all of us in central moscow with the latest . a league of voters already group of public figures in russia bloggers as well who are independent electoral group observers prime minister vladimir putin who said well ok that's yo

and israeli intelligence agencies the cia and mossad admit that iran hasn't yet decided to develop nuclear weapons and peter rushton political analyst and historian has told me that he thinks it's ideology not facts driving talk of war against iran but it was an extraordinary development particularly in a very detailed story that appeared in the new york times on sunday now those stories don't appear by accident and i think what that reflects is the reaction of professionals in the intelligence community diplomatic and intelligence professionals who once again are having their reports having for would be used for political and ideological reasons there's a political ideological agenda in washington and tel aviv to an extent here in london as well to willfully misinterpret intelligence just slant or to spin to use the term that's become used recently to spin intelligence in a direction that forces people on the path to war we saw it in iraq where they were they were they were absolutely disastrous consequences from in charge the intelligence process being abused and i think we're seeing it

israel's mossad and interpol in the investigation and none of these organizations had any questions about the inquiry and it's to process so i have absolutely no doubts about the fairness of that certainly. and you can catch on more of this exclusive chat with the russian president in our interview show spotlight throughout thursday here on out. summer three hundred a french police may have surrounded a house in to lose with a suspect in the killings of a at a jewish school is holding out he's already thrown a handgun out of the window but is reported to have other weapons including a k forty seven but the interior minister killer told them he would surrender at noon he's reported to be a french national about jiri an origin what officials said he belongs to an islamist terrorist group that's not a journalist and author barry lando joining us live from paris so here on the program good to see you the suspect is said to be a french citizen who has spent time in afghanistan and pakistan is a homegrown terrorism a big problem in france because we've got reports here that the gunfight goes on

european states their work was coordinated by kotori and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia and mossad it's also seized israeli weapons especially in take take missiles and israeli drones while the us and many other countries have admitted al qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond opposition in syria dr salim says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide their involvement this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for a stablish unit in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and how the coach never blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for an important and serious crisis since last year she says this is a story we three main chapters often smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria then you really believe that this is comparable to what happene

. >> pelley: the former head of israel's mossad talks to lesley stahl. the most viral video ever.en tracy on who's behind it and what the motive might be. gas prices continue to rise. anthony mason tells us what and who is driving them up. and one year after the tsunami. bill whitaker takes us back to japan where the healing has barely begun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this week, president obama and the israeli prime minister discussed when and whether to go to war to stop iran from building a nuclear weapon. well, today, six nations, including the u.s., russia, and china, urged iranian president mahmoud al ahmadinejad to open s nuclear facilitie facilities to inspectors. tonight we're going to hear from a man who usually knows the most and says the least. he's mire debegan, the former head of israeli intelligence. in a rare interview for "60 minutes," lesley stahl asked him about the question of war. >> reporter: you have said publicly that bombing iran now is the stupidest idea you've ever heard. that's

week mitt romney wrote an op ed in the washington post which was criticized by the former head of mossad in the former head of the israeli intelligence service. as not continue not being accurate and is making the situation worse. what does this in regard to iran doesn't this show us how unpredictable and as robert just so eloquently said how a horrible war isn't and should give us pause before we you know just like john mccain you know bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb iran. it's well absolutely and already as you were referring to earlier the polling suggests that americans or the question i believe that they were asked was do you believe that the benefits have outweighed the costs both human and financial of this war which is now over ten years old and now yes over sixty percent of americans say it has not been worth it perhaps more significantly though we should look at the fact that republicans are now even least split on the war the first time that we've seen that in five years of polling data so that's a very interesting takeaway to it's to see it that there really is a shift in mentality

security service and these are really mossad. because these release yes these rail a security service and interpol they never said there was anything wrong they didn't have any suspicions i also ordered the investigative team to film and already a record holder questioning sessions and since the moment these men were arrested that much to their surprise they never denied their guilt and if they give a full account of the crime and showed how they said it a lot it was sufficient material evidence to throw we conducted a public trial with a courtroom packed with four hundred people if you for example decided to come over and watch it or two or four about it during the welcome anyone was welcome foreign diplomats the parents of the accused the parents of the injured and those maimed in the terrorist attack it was an open trial anyone can stand up and state their. if the mother had any suspicion or doubts she was welcome to speak about them i made it clear that every day every clue needs to be checked and that's the way it was organi

israel's mossad interpol all two part of this investigation none of these organizations had any questionsreading quietly i'm just to process most importantly of my personal request every step of the investigation since the first interrogation was recorded on tape with not one since the arrest of the defendants claimed innocence testified to everything and charges have been supported by evidence from the trial itself was held in open court absolutely no doubt about the fairness of the person. and you can hear more from the russian president alexander lukashenko in our international spotlight throughout the first day here on r.k. it's time to get the latest market news from the business press with katie i understand china is setting the tone once again for the business exactly right. commodity stocks around the globe taking an absolute saying after china raise its fuel prices by the most in two years and executive from the h.p. business and also acknowledges that china's demand i know is something else i would bet that says tom like i just three percent you can see the stock figures on the

israel's mossad and interpol all took part in this investigation and none of these organizations had any questions by being quietly on the stoop and most importantly at my personal request every step of the investigation since the first interrogation was recorded on tape not once since the arrest of the defendants claimed innocence they testified this through everything and charges have been supported by evidence and the trial itself was held in open court so i have absolutely no doubts about the fairness of the courteously than the. you can hear more from belarus president. throughout thursday here on our team well time now to go to business desperately need pilbeam is standing by with more so i understand investors are closely watching oil right now yes it really is the case at the moment this is staying at the geopolitical risk for the rest in provoking yet another spike about sauce to the head of the i.m.f. christine lagarde that this is one of the primary race for the global economy as the european concerns have now so lightly if we look at the ore prices for this we can see tha

not iran's nuclear activities to justify further economic sanctions says israel's own spy agency mossad and the cia iran is not developing nuclear weapons but. historian peter rushton says that won't stop those who are out for war. what we're seeing at the moment has been is the culmination of a long term effort by ron zonen is to force the iranian government to work order to force them into a position where they're left with an invidious choice having to steer a course between on the one hand seeming to be bullied and giving in and appearing weak and on the other hand alone themselves to be provoked and allowing themselves to be forced into a confrontational position diplomatic and intelligence professionals are having their reports having for wood abused for political and audiological reasons there's a political ideological agenda in washington and tel aviv to an extent here in london as well to willfully misinterpret intelligence to slant or to spin to use the term that's become used recently to spin intelligence in a direction that forces people on the path to war. bahrain has been

israel's mossad and interpol all took part in the investigation and none of these organizations had any questions about the inquiry and its process so i have absolutely no doubts about the fairness of the verdicts because that certainly. you can watch the full exclusive interview with the by the russian president in our spotlight show work throughout thursday here at r.t. . britain's prince william is back from his tour of duty in the falkland islands ways been stationed at since february as the plot has added to the growing tensions in argentina as the thirtieth anniversary of the falklands war approaches what us are is a lot and have had a long standing dispute over the islands with both countries claiming ownership across by that i bet it has the story. first that prince. then there was shit all apparently routine but to watch and tina the message is clear when i go sour it's a regional and global issue because there are militarizing in the south atlantic one more time try as we me we can't interpret it any other way they are sending a destroyer the words out that is huge in modern a

best interest is not to launch a nuclear strike on israel even tinier pardo the head of the israeli mossad intelligence service says that so it's really benjamin netanyahu and acting through a pac which is like their shadow government in washington to alter american policy and move against american interests and they've already done that with sanctions the obama administration has fought sanctioning iran central bank because they knew that it would raise gas prices and oil prices inside the u.s. congress passed it one hundred to nothing this apac resolution and now we have high gas prices and americans don't really understand why and now they're pushing us war for israel to apac netanyahu it seems so messianic and so influenced by a neo conservative line of thinking that he's taking israel down this path of self-destruction. hyping war rhetoric and pushing the united states attempting to corral the united states into a war that could be catastrophic according to the world renowned economist nouriel roubini a war that could cause a global recession. now that the russian presidential electio

and on our website out there a security operation in holmes revealing the cia mossad and the notorious group formally known as blackwater are involved in the ongoing military violence even though american says it condemns the fighting is an interesting read from us online tonight for not calling already also if you go to get it online libyan leaders say they'll use necessary force now to keep the country from splitting apart as the eastern region declares seventy autonomy as we were reporting yesterday for more that go to our also don't forget to check out our you choose channel two. israel is cautiously welcoming the newly agreed resumption of nuclear talks between iran and world powers to run earlier said it would allow the clear inspectors to visit a secret military facility which is yet to be arranged the move follows israeli threats of a preemptive strike on two rounds nuclear sites the western allies suspect around maybe building an atomic bomb which he denies saying its programs and for peaceful energy previous visits by un atomic officials could not conclude the existence of we

iran's nuclear activities are being used to justify a mix sunshines says israel's own spy agency mossad agreed to the cia that iran is not developing nuclear weapons. consultant. says there's a certain hypocrisy when it comes to scrutinizing iran's plans. since iraq we just cannot take seriously practically any american there to ration regarding a legit weapons of mass destruction as saddam hussein was supposed to have or iran's nuclear program had put myself in the shoes of uranium leadership and if your country is threatened all the time if the only country with weapons of mass destruction nuclear bombs in the region is israel and israel threatens iran every other day there is going to attack it unilaterally well i wouldn't be surprised if iran did think about militarizing their nuclear program why is it that the united states britain france can be trusted with nuclear weapons israel can be trusted with nuclear weapons whilst israel's behavior in the region even worldwide has been deplorable over the past decades however iran has to be practically erased off the map because they want