guest: people to this day think the c.i.a. never recovered from my father spilling the beans because it set up a culture of exposure of leaking, of the congress being perhaps overly zealous in its attentions to what the c.i.a. is up to. robert gates i interviewed as well and the c.i.a. doesn't like on the front page. they should be not in the newspaper at all, not referred to. they are a secret organization, remember. host: gates is not in this documentary. no.t: host: you said you did 85 interviews, 35 are in it. what do you do with the rest of the material? . all of the material will be part of the expanded d.v.d. and other follow-up programming that we may do. so, keep tuned. but gates, for instance, is an extraordinary person because he has humility, he has deep understandi nderstanding, and he also told me that he has the support of a very strong president during his contentious hearings which were about iran-contra whereas my father had little or no support from what woodward called in the film ford, the accidental presid

>> i think he would feel that number one that the c.i.a. is ascendancy and high regard in terms of the american people would be he would find that very favorable. i think what he would maybe question would be these persistent drone attacks and other such things. the drobes to him would be perhaps not the most efficient way to deal with our enemy in the field. it's one thing to take out bin laden in a seal raid or to take out others on a drone attack, a senior al qaeda official. but when you start using them against other mid level officials, death from above, it's so antiseptic and surgical that my dad would coldly think maybe it would be worth capturing that fellow interrogating that fellow and hope to god turning that fellow. remember, that fellow lind who the american taliban they called him? that guide gie from sonoma, california. he grows a beard, goes to pakistan and in two or three years he's in the inner counsels of the enemy. don't urning we could recruit a few people like that? i think he valued the relationship. just like you have

the c.i.a. did n pass the information... >> rose: has anybody acknowledged it was deliberate or just an overnight? >> i don't know. according to c.i.a., about 60 people in the agency had read the information about the two terrorists who we knew on september 11 they were on flight 77 that hit the pentagon. they read the traffic information about them and unfortunately the information did not make it to the f.b.i. >> rose: this is one of the best opportunities to have discovered the plot. >> absolutely. think about it this way. we had a team working in yemen under very dangerous circumstances trying to find those who are connected to the attack on the "cole" that resulted in the death of 17 sailors and here we find out that we're looking in the wrong place. they are actually here in the united states. and the c.i.a. did not say only that the information was not passed to the f.b.i., the c.i.a. goes further than that saying the information was not psed to the f.b.i. on a timely basis, it was not pas

she referred to the c.i.a. as catholics in action just flike the f.b.i., especially in the early years, a lot of action because they have a moral compassion. and they certainly operate from a moral point of view. ready h john moral, is pat of my mind set. i went to gonzaga -- in d.c. and i went to georgetown. so i was surrounded by them. and they made you think. we were takeen as boys. is this legal? should they be here without a permit? is there a greater cause at work here? what do you boys think? what do you 14-year-olds think? >> that's the best education i ever got. but to the point, my mother lived the life. she was his partner. she may not have known very many secrets or any secrets at all. but she supported the member of the club. she was not a mib but she supported the membership. just like we all did. i remember once i had been in indonesian. i said owe, i met mr. x. fantastic guy. wonderful. says really nice things about you too. i said, oh, never remember his name again. what i took by that, well, ea

the c.i.a. ization that says it is going to scale back and crackdown. last year, they had the lavish party. it cost $50,000 for the holidays. they had california wine, fried osters, grilled shrimp. quesadillas. the c.i.a. caught bin laden this year, they deserve a lavish party, but it doesn't look good so they are doing the right thing. >> eric: in d.c., they put their neck and that you are it be on the lin -- neck on the lid their butt on the line. we give billions of dollars to fannie and freddie. a couple weeks ago they took bonuses. they're bleeding the taxpayers. >> the only way to attract anybody to become executive is promise bonuses. the only thing you left out, c.i.a., a great party. you had, you know, you throw balloons and things? dunk somebody, your boss. they did waterboarding. it was great. >> party favor. c.i.a. didn't have to worry about getting sued from their own attorney general. isn't that nice. >> bob: did you get smaller? >> andrea: no. maybe you got bigger. i don't want to

it came out in if the c.i.a. inspector general report and the executive summary of the inspector general report has been dlassified and itlear says that the c.i.a. did n pass the information... >> rose: has anybody acknowledged it was deliberate or just an overnight? >> i don't know. according to c.i.a., about 60 people in the agency had read the information about the two terrorists who we knew on september 11 they were on flight 77 that hit the pentagon. they read the traffic information about them and unfortunately the information did not make it to the f.b.i. >> rose: this is one of the best opportunities to have discovered the plot. >> absolutely. think about it this way. we had a team working in yemen under very dangerous circumstances trying to find those who are connected to the attack on the "cole" that resulted in the death of 17 sailors and here we find out that we're looking in the wrong place. they are actually here in the united states. and the.i

there was a threat to prosecute the c.i.a. agents. technique to pull back from that. a lot of trouble. obama doesn't want to go to the election defending eric holder. >> bret: do you agree with that? holder accused the republicans of playing politics. but it seems like fast and furious is not going away. >> it was fascinating to me. i thought that maybe he would under the pressure and the promise of continuing scrutin scrutiny, there will be more, he would maybe resign. in the weeks and months to talk about this. he made it clear he thinks it will blow over. he is struggling now. he is basically accusing them of this is a political stunt. he will be testifying before long. brewer could have more problems on his hands but the attorney general thinks he will get through this. i thought that was purr sizin sizing. >> in a weird way, the scandal and problem is overshadowed by the economy. and everybody's focus on jobs. that is why this isn't a bigger deal. where it can be down the line and i agree that republicans will keep hammering this

the unmanned aircraft was on a c.i.a. mission and was part of a special fleet of stealth drones that have spied on iran for years from an afghanistan air base. >> jon: yeah, that makes a little bit more sense. no harm no foul, you know what i mean? iran, you're just trying to develop nuclear weapons to blow up the world and we got outed as a high-tech peeping tom. it's called a draw. let's call the whole thing evil. >> the iranians have recovered that wreckage and the concern here is that they'll use those high-tech cameras and censors to try to develop that technology for their own. >> it could have glided into iran largely intact. if it did, the drone's skin, which keeps it invisible from radar, could be an intelligence bonanza. >> jon: what? so not only did we not find out if iran is developing dangerous new technology, we inadvertently gave them our dangerous new technology. oh, irony. seems at the very least we should have intentionally crashed the drone or activated its self-destruct button. unless we gave it to ira

when she said the c.i.a. lied to her. in regard to the intel pieces. so then, the c.i.a. xcuse us? when? produce it. she never talked about it again. the media just let it go. i guarantee you if a republican did that, they wouldn't give a pass. >> andrea: she has ethics issues after being accused to use campaign money and pay family members and then she hit on insider trading. she probably should don't this. >> eric: it's legal insider trading in congress. >> andrea: it doesn't look good. >> eric: it doesn't smell good or pass the smell test. optics are horrible. remember the other thing the loan her brother-in-law was involved in. energy department loans. questions. why is she getting involved? if barney frank says they feel very -- i don't know -- blessed that the person that they might go up against, being in the left, might go up against newt gingrich. wife doesn't she shut up if it's a great deal for them? what are they trying to do? >> greg: nancy pelosi is a terrible poker player. which says something given the fact that her face has no expression. but the thing is,

thank you. [ applause ] >> leon panetta, the former head of the c.i.a., now the defense secretary, speakingrting iraqis to work together with the united states, saying the u.s. isn't going to abandon this partnership and it will stand to block those who want to undermine the mission, the sacrifices that have been made by the iraqis and the u.s. troops. the one million americans that at one time or another have served during this very long engagement inside iraq. next we're going to be hearing from general martin dempsey. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff. >> mark this new beginning in the history of iraq of the united states. and at some level, for the entire region. i'm honored to share this moment with secretary panetta and secretary jeffrey and general mathis. and sergeant major. they stand tall among american leaders who have been dedicated to seeing this difficult mission through. they represent a generation of my fellow citizens who came here to make a difference. to keep america safe and to free iraq from tyranny. they have shouldered their duties in partnership with our

>>trace: an american man went on trial in iran today accused of spying for the c.i.a. imed the iran ins arrested him this year and the prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. the man was born in arizona to an iranian family and joined the u.s. marines in 2001. his family denies all the allegations. and wendell has the news live from washington, dc. what is the administration saying about this? >>reporter: officials deny that he is a spy but the iranians have refused to release him and refuse to allow the swiss who look after u.s. interests in iran, to visit the man and check on his well-being. early this month they released the iranian video supposedly containing a confession by him in which he said he was fooled by u.s. intelligence services, the iranians say he was trying to infiltrate their intelligence agency by offering some real and bogus u.s. secrets. the family says he never had any intelligence training, never worked for the c.i.a., and experts think he might have been working for himself, arrested two weeks into a visit to iran to visit his two grandmothers

these new claims come after hezbollah partially unraveled the c.i.a.'s operations in lebanon.bollah has been a bitter enemy of the c.i.a.'s since the 1980s, blamed for bombing the u.s. embassy and the kidnap and murder of cia officer william buckl buckley. officials say the group gets weapons, training and money from iran. this is a foreman cia officer who tracked iran's operations in europe and the middle east. who do you think has the upper hand right now in the covert operations side between the u.s. and iran? >> well, i mean, side between the u.s. and iran? >> i think the iranians have the upper hand in a covert engagement because they do it all the time. the iranians have a very he active covert paramilitary force, the quds force really does go around the world and kill people. >> now, on hezbollah, one u.s. official who didn't deny hezbollah's claims to identified american intelligence officers said, quote, repeating hezbollah's claims does nothing but serve that group's interests, making things harder for americans in beirut. this official said no one is giving up again

pakistan ordered the c.i.a. out by today in retaliation for u.s. and nato air strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers last month. the white house is opposing a senate bill that would require foreign terror suspects captured overseas and here in the u.s. to be prosecuted in military, not civilian courts. the controversial bill is working its way through congress. ten years after 9/11, the debate still rages. homeland security correspondent bob orr explains. >> after underwear bomber umar farouk abdulmutallab was caught trying to blow up a passenger jet over detroit, the f.b.i. questioned him for 50 minutes, then read him his miranda rights. abdulmutallab quickly stopped talking. republican senator kelly ayotte wonders how much intelligence was lost. >> when a terrorist hear, "you have the right to remain silent," that's inconsistent with what we need to do to get nose information out of them to protect american lives. >> ayotte, a former prosecutor, supports the senate bill requiring that all foreign terrorism suspects like abdulmutallab be detaine

. >> in libya, the c.i.a. has been trying to find the thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that gadhafi bought. as of this week there are 10,000 still unaccounted for. 10,000 missiles that could bring down a plane. chris: wow. when we come back, the big question this week. it's the season for bests and wofts. here's one. what was the biggest he scent of the past year? -- event of the past year? be right back. chris: it's that season, of course. lists of bests and worsts, which brings us to this question -- what was the biggest, most important event of 2011? major garrett? >> the debt conflict here in washington and the spread in europe. big story. >> the arab spring. >> i'll go domestic and say the shooting of gabby giffords brought into focus the anger in america, the randomness and the inspirational comeback. so i think that that's very memorable. chris: it's a great human story. >> revolution. mubarak, solid man in the middle east out and set loose. chris: still going on, isn't it? >> none of u

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secretary, we thank you for your support, both in your current position and as director of the c.i.a. thank you very much for coming here today. awe mr. ambassador, thank you very much. sergeant major, general austin, general mat is, colonel dempsey, honored guests, it is a profound honor to be here in baghdad and to have the opportunity to participate in this moving ceremony on this very historic occasion. for both the iraqi people and the american people. no words, no ceremony can provide full tribute to the sacrifices that have brought this day to pass. i'm reminded of what president lincoln said at gettysburg about a different war and a different time. as he paid tribute to the fallen in that war. his words echo through the years, as we pay tribute to the fallen of this war. the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here . but it can never forget what they did here. today we are honored by the presence of so many distinguished guests from the iraqi and american governments. and to the distinguished members of the iraqi government and the iraqi military, thank you

. >> in libya, the c.i.a. has been trying to find the thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that gadhafi bought. as of this week there are 10,000 still unaccounted for. 10,000 missiles that could bring down a plane. chris: wow. when we come back, the big question this week. it's the season for bests and wofts. here's one. what was the biggest he scent of the past year? -- event of the past year? be right back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. chris: it's that season, of course. lists of bests and worsts, which brings us to this question -- what was the biggest, most important event of 2011? major garrett? >> the

since 9/11, many of our officers i would describe as soldiers without uniforms. >> spann inspired the c.i.a. officers memorial foundation. the money raised helps pay for the education of children and in some cases the widows of fallen intelligence ops. officers are now asking the public to donate. spann was in afghanistan just 16 days after the 9/11 attacks. he was returned to the u.s. and buried in arlington national cemetery, leaving behind a wife and three children. >> not everybody is skilled or has the desire to go to faraway places to fight in wars. but all of us have the skills and should have the desire to serve our country by being good. and mike was certainly one of those. >> since spann's death in 2001, 23 stars have been added to the wall at langley, honoring those lost. toyota unveiled a futuristic car this week with a side that looks like a giant touch-screen phone. the experimental fun-vii, which stands for "fun vehicle interactive internet," was shown to the public for the first time. the car recognizes and greets its driver and runs its own diagnostics. the car works like a

meanwhile, the guys at the c.i.a., in fact, the guys who actually found bin laden are cutting back oniday parties this year. they say that because of the economy, it's a good time to not spend as much money. so it's kind of a dichotomy here. on one side, you have the government funded fannie and freddie now continuing to spend the money and getting those types of bonuses for their executives and at the same time, you have the people that killed usama bin laden not having a a little egg nog to celebrate. >> a year ago, leon panetta was in charge, he had a huge celebration, directors were there. everyone shook hands. they had quesedillas that you know are pricey, grilled shrimp that you know are big ones and the fried oysters, together, you had a lavish spread and i would believe those people who get very little acclaim for what they do deserve it but they're tightening their belts on their own. >> this year at the c.i.a. and the director of national intelligence, it's going to be smaller. it's going to be cheaper. and they're not going to allow any members of the press in to do any rep

the c.i.a. had only one photo of him from his time spent in college in switzerland under a false name. it's not known whether he's married or has children. he was named his father's successor after king jong-il's stroke in 2008. his debut came last year at a parade when he strode to the reviewing stand along with his father. our jim axelrod was there. >> reporter: the military government has invited the western media in not only to see the country flex its military muscle now send an important symbolic message about its future. >> pelley: the message delivered today by north korean state media stopped short of calling king jong un's the country's next leader but it did call him "great successor." one of the few american's to negotiate with north korea is former u.n. ambassador and former governor of new mexico bill richardson. he's gone to north korea as a special envoy eight times. >> what's interesting in this situation is kim jong-un, the successor, has not been in the military, has relativel

. >> national intelligence as well as the c.i.a., f.b.i. ctors are on the record against the position. critics of the white house argue congress had to step in, because three years after taking office the obama administration still has no clear detention policy. bret? >> bret: thank you. up next, hillary clinton was a woman she says represents a dream. >> bret: in world headlines now, more protest in pakistan today over the nato airstrike that killed 24 pakistani soldiers last weekend. fox news has learned u.s. forces had come under fire. and were told there were no pakistani troops in the vicinity before the airstrikes. the u.n. human rights council approved a resolution criticizing syria's crackdown on decent. four people were reported killed in violence today, including an 11-year-old syrian girl struck by a stray bullet across the border in lebanon. iranian diplomats left london a few hours ago. earlier they were busy packing after being ordered out by a british government. that was in retaliation for tuesday's mob attack on the british

are already complaints from capitol hill because he was captured near the prison where right broke out in november of 2001 and c.i.aative was killed, the first u.s. casualty the war, a legend in the halls here at the pentagon. president karzai thought a fan of the reconciliation talks and he called them off recently when he heard that the u.s. was pushing qatar to open a taliban office. >> next up, so, sending taliban detain ayes to afghanistan sending our national security into a danger zone? what do you make of this development, sir? >>guest: if the issue is just releasing the detainees or engaging in talks with the taliban that could have logic but the problem is releasing the we taliban, hoping that the mother ship is going to negotiate in the future is a -- is illogical because they will show the recruits you can get the united states to release detainees without a commitment by the taliban to make reform or accept a future political agreement. >> what has been the history here of releasing taliban detainees in the past? what have they been done? >>guest: they have been released in afghanistan or gitmo and did

. >> national intelligence as well as the c.i.a., f.b.i. ors are on the record against the position. critics of the white house argue congress had to step in, because three years after taking office the obama administration still has no clear detention policy. bret? >> bret: thank you. up next, hillary clinton was a woman she says represents a dream. ask me. even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me about how i can finally sleep all night. ask me how great my back feels every morning. did you know there's a tempur-pedic for everybody? tempur-pedic beds now come in soft, firm, and everything in between. ask me how i don't wake up anymore when he comes to bed. these are real tempur-pedic owners. ask someone you know. check out twitter or your friends on facebook. you'll hear it all, unedited. tempur-pedic brand

he will leave, no guarantee that if he stays he could keep everything in order. 9 former ahead of the c.i.ants said, president the yemen, thick of him as a circumstance juggler, he is juggling the different tripes, he is paying off one tribe, giving another tribe weapons, another tribe access to oil revenues, without saleh, it is very unlikely that yemen becomes a stable country. >>trace: i got to go but do we health him come to the united states for medical treatment? >>guest: here is the question we let him in like we let the shah in, a few months later americans were seized hostage by iran. it is a tough call. >>trace: thank you, kh. millions of americans be traveling, and you could be among them, i was, on the roads and in the skies and so far at the airports things have been going pretty smoothly. but that could change quickly. a storm is already dredging -- drenching the south with heavy rain and strong wind in the coming day. maria in the extreme fox weather center. where is the stock market now? >>guest: right now i is in the south. and it is really drenching folks out there in miss

official says the c.i.a. litary tried to retrieve or destroy the aircraft, they drew up plans including sending in commandoes or calling in an airstrike. but president obama rejected those ideas, fearing it would be viewed as an act of war against iran. >> the russians and the chinese have probably already got inspectors there, so it is going to close a gap that we have ahead of both the chinese and the russians on very valuable bolt stealth technology and sensor technology. >> the unmanned drone can fly undetected for hours at 50,000 feet. it gathered intelligence for the raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> president obama tried to apply pressure to congress through his weekly address. >> congress cannot end the year by taking money out of the pockets of working americans. now is not the time for playing politics. now is the time to do what is right for the american people. >> mr. obama criticized republicans saying they are standing in the way of a balanced plan to extent the payroll tax cuts. a unless a d

the c.i.a. had only one photo of him from his time spent in college in switzerland under a false name. it's not known whether he's married or has children. he was named his father's successor after king jong-il's stroke in 2008. his debut came last year at a parade when he strode to the reviewing stand along with his father. our jim axelrod was there. >> reporter: the military government has invited the western media in not only to see the country flex its military muscle now send an important symbolic message about its future. >> pelley: the message delivered today by north korean state media stopped short of calling king jong un's the country's next leader but it did call him "great successor." one of the few american's to negotiate with north korea is former u.n. ambassador and former governor of new mexico bill richardson. he's gone to north korea as a special envoy eight times. >> what's interesting in this situation is kim jong-un, the successor, has not been in the military, has relativel