deadly attack in libya, is the united states decision last year to help the rebels overthrow muammar qaddafi? a number of analysts have suggested the u.s. led airstrikes helped create the instability plaguing libya now. joining success our senior judicial analyst, judge napolitano. i remember this time last year we called libya the not wore because it was the war that was not a war that we were not going to do anything with the war and each day it seemed there was a little bit more going on in the not war and finally it was a war and we were doing things and now it is biting them on the butt. >>judge napolitano: you may recall the president announced while the congress was on spring break, he decided to participate in the bombing of libya and there would not be any boots on the background, which i meant there won't be any active duty military on the ground, there were military in the skies in the planes that were bombing and intelligence officers on the ground, guiding the pilots in the skies as to where to bomb. as a result of that bombing, we, the united states of america, without a declar

now, muammar qaddafi had more american blood on his hands than any individual other than usama bin ladenand so we were going it make sure that we finished the job. that's part of the reason why the libyans stand with us. but we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making certain that we knew who we were dealing with, that those forces of moderation on the ground were ones that we could work with. and we have toto take the same kind of steady, thoughtful leadership when it comes to syria. that's exactly what we're doing. >> governor, can i just ask you: would you go beyond what the administration would do. for example, would you put in flow fly -- no fly zones over syria. >> i don't want to have our military involved in syria. i don't think there is necessity to put our military in syria at this stage. i don't anticipate that in the future. as i indicated our objectives are to replace assad and to have in place a new government which is friendly to us, a responsible government, if possible, and i want to make sure they get armed and they have the arms necessary to defend themselves but al

used it to unseat muammar qaddafi. also i rio violent tangible issue.they see the protests that occurred in russia earlier in the year against to 10 days see the hand of the non state says why they kicked out the ngo organizations supported by the u.s. and last few days. he sees his position similar. they don't like change in the middle east a few u.s. intervention made the entire middle east worse. they don't want to see it happen again in syria. but they have to be careful. to bring up the shot of iran but a great example. we incurred the wrath. when you cut ties with a leader who was unpopular in his own country? i know the russians are having discussions about this. how long do we stay? this is an international test of power between the united states and russia as it asserts itself for the response going on for about a decade now. do you know, the regime will change when the russians start to change their tune. [laughter] >> i have read both books with the interesting metaphor this might go corleone who was not meant to be hit -- the godfather. it w

the arab spring is tossing out mubarak and overthrowing muammar qaddafi and not making plan or slowingdown the way hillary clinton wanted originally so he could in an intelligent and adult way create another government there that would not be muslim brotherhood. it looks like the people who did this were released from egypt because of the arab spring. what does the arab spring bring us? the terrorist that killed our ambassador. thank you. >>neil: here is where the money issue can come in. there is a debate now in our country, whether we should still be giving money to the middle east, libya, cairo, anywhere in this environment where whatever we do give it comes back to boomerang us or they are trying to kill us, so stop it. the administration has already requested more money for egypt. what should mitt romney do or say about that? >>guest: i would say i put more strings around it and hold it up. i would nut take the money away this is not about money but our pulling out militarily. this is all happening because harry reid, president obama, and all geniuses gave us the idea that we shou

now, muammar qaddafi had more american blood on his hands than any individual other than usama bin ladend so we were going it make sure that we finished the job. that's part of the reason why the libyans stand with us. but we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making certain that we knew who we were dealing with, that those forces of moderation on the ground were ones that we could work with. and we have to take the same kind of steady, thoughtful leadership when it comes to syria. that's exactly what we're doing. >> governor, can i just ask you: would you go beyond what the administration would do. for example, would you put in flow fly -- no fly zones over syria. >> i don't want to have our military involved in syria. i don't think there is necessity to put our military in syria at this stage. i don't anticipate that in the future. as i indicated our objectives are to replace assad and to have in place a new government which is friendly to us, a responsible government, if possible, and i want to make sure they get armed and they have the arms necessary to defend themselves but also t

analysts cautioned us that such decisions were made amidst the chaos of the toppling of muammar qaddafihad to wonder about who we were helping and who we were empowering and the logical consequence of recognizing that last year would have been the benghazi of dangerous city even this year even with the overthrow of qaddafi accomplished. >> the internal state department panel reviewing the benghazi episode led by thomas pickering held second meeting today they're expected to report back in december. harris? >> james rosen, thank you very much. turkey is not far from war that from that country's prime minister tonight as he warned the syrian government not to test this country's patience. despite that the two allies turned enemies reportedly exchanged gunfire. reporting turkish troops responded after another syrian mortar shell hit inside turkey it's the third straight day the military has fired into syria and it comes after a syrian mortar shell killed five people in a border town on wednesday. so far no response from officials in damascus. but according to one turkish official. syria pu

a year three, he was released by muammar qaddafi to appease the islamist.ago, candidate obama said he would close guantanamo bay. that was the first act as president signing the executive order. here we are, four years later, the camps are still open and we are a year away from the beginning of the 9/11 prosecution. >>gregg: long wait for the families, almost 3,000 of those families. thank you, catherine, from guantanamo bay. >>heather: a political icon has died today, former u.s. senator arlen specter passed away early this sunday. he was a major political figure with decades long career in congress and a reputation for working across the aisle. now live to washington to look back at senator specter's contribution to his country. >>peter: senator specter served pennsylvania and the senate from 1980 to 2010, first after a democrat and then as a republican, then as a democrat again, right around the time that president obama needed all the votes he could get for his health care law. today, prominent politicians on both sides of the aisle are mourning senate

they were barely able to protect themselves from armed gangs, muammar qaddafi loyalists or roving militias. as a result, libyan government was unable to extend security assets to diplomatic missions in customary ways we expect around the world. we could not rely on the libyan government for security, intelligence and law enforcement help to identify emerging threats or to ask them for assistance in mitigating those threats. in benghazi however, the government of libya, through the 17th, february, martyrs brigade was able to provide us consistent armed security since the very earliest days of the revolution. routine civil unrest, militia on militia violence, general lawlessness and surprising motor vehicle accidents were the primary threats facing our mission and personnel during my time in libya. as colonel wood noted, in the spring of 2012 we noted an increasing number of attacks and incidents which appeared to target foreign-fill rated -- affiliated organizations. in response to these incidents we implemented a number of changes to our security posture designed to mitigate those threats

among the libyan public and risks squandering the goodwill generated after helping loafer throw muammar qaddafig the revolution. there is double-edged sword. jenna: why do you think that is important to us? in the past we hadn't talked about libya until the overthrow of qaddafi. why is the goodwill of the libyan people in your opinion to the united states? >> at this point in time our best ally is the libyan public. we can't rely on the libyan government which is not strong enough to move against these militias. two weeks ago we saw a rally that brought out 25 and 30,000 people against the militias an against ansar al-sharia which is the group many people are behind the attacks. at the end of the night they stormed the brigade barracks. militia loyal to the government could not do this. they want anticipates. they want to help find these people. if the united states attacks at this point in time it will move the people against the united states and we won't have any help from people on the ground. jenna: do you think it would be best, you say that we can't trust the libyan government but we sho

in bombing the way he did, he destroyed not only muammar qaddafi personally and qaddafi's governmentut also destroyed government material, government personnel, police station, the intelligence community, and by creating this vacuum in the government once qaddafi was dead, he opened up room for the gangs of militias that now rule the country to come in and one of the first things those did was open up some of the jails. out of the jails came some of the people qaddafi locked up and members of al qaeda. in the case of a few of them they had been released from guantanamo bay because the u.s. military captured them. so he is largely, in my view, responsible for having created the environment in which ambassador stevens and others were murdered. jon: he is the commander-in-chief and does the war powers act not give him the opportunity, the right to use military force where he deems it appropriate? >> it does but to have suggested that he had time to consult and get the approval of the arab league and nato and not the approval of the united states congress is an insult to congress, an ins

the fall of muammar qaddafi after four decades of aauthoritarian rule in libya, led to the dissolutions security forces. the disbursal of tens of thousands of small and heavy weapons and rampant lawless inness. in another memo from nebraska of this year nordstrom warned quote al qaeda affiliated groups including al qaeda aqim and other violent extremist groups are likely to take advantage of the ongoing political turmoil. the u.s. government remains concerned that such individuals and groups may use libya as a platform from which to conduct attacks in the region. >> there is two real aspects of this that we need to look at. one is the events leading up to the attack in and the intelligence failures there. and then what clearly is either a coverup or is gross incompetence following it. >> state department spokesman mark toner told me the secretary of state will fully address these matters only after the department's internal review board has submitted its findings on benghazi. dave, alisyn, and clayton? >> james, thanks so much. really stunning information. and very eerie now in retrosp