the cia's mission is to gather information, not to make headlines. i'm lauren for "teen kids news." >> at 15, most of us are just counting down the days until we can get our driver's license. but grant reports on a teen who, at 15, became one of the youngest professional racecar drivers ever. >> growing up in stockdale, ohio, zach veach always dreamed of racing cars. >> well, i started driving go-karts -- which, they're, you know, the starting series if you want to be an open-wheel driver. and the first class you start off in runs about 50 miles an hour, and it's just little yamaha engines. but i kept moving up in the go-karting series with the faster go-karts and faster go-karts. and i was gonna be racing in the atlantic championship series, which is an open-wheel car that went 180 miles per hour. but 10 days before my first race, the series was canceled due to the economy. >> but faster than you can say "pit stop," misfortune turned into good fortune. >> three days after my worst day in my life, my dad got a call from michael andretti asking if i'd

i'd say after he leaves the cia things take another turn. but i come as you can see from the clip, i sort of provocative things about him, but at the same time to me, were really honest things. when i say he didn't have any friends, he was obviously friendly with the people in the agency, but it was a club. and there's not a lot of room for the all cider, the insurance salesman, to sort of be part of this clich. they like to talk to each other. the all cleared 150 to 200,000 people in the washington area right now who have a top security secret clearance. i assure the main goal of the bridge club or the soccer game with other people, but when push comes to shove, they are on that team and they are on it to win and i think it's quite compartmentalized, and that is what my father's life was like. c-span: why would we not suspect that you are a member of the cia? [laughter] >> guest: i don't think so. why would i be of making movies and so on? >> guest: c-span: it could all be part of the disinformation or information of the cia. >> guest: that

i had to submit my manuscript to the cia, and they had to approve it. >> why did you leave the cia? >> it was part of the plea deal, unfortunately. when people ask me all the time would you ever go back to government service, and i tell them the same thing. i am live proof that the justice system works because the truth was told in the end. and i'm happy to have served my country, and i will serve my country again at the drop of a dime. this is not a pessimistic -- this is, for me, this is an optimistic story. in any other country had i been accused of these horrendous charges, i would have been executed. only in america do you get the chance to tell your story and know that justice prevails in the end and know that the truth always comes out. >> this is booktv on c-span2. we've been talking with nada prouty, former cia agent and author of this book published by palgrave macmillan, "uncompromised: the rise, fall and redemption of an arab-american patriot in the cia." >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> look for these titles in bookstores this coming

in the meantime, the cia has taken matters into its own hands. remotely piloted drones have fired more than 280 hellfire missiles and bombs at targets in the tribal areas. officially, the cia does not speak about the drone war, but an agent who once ran the campaign agreed to talk to frontline about the program. >> the calculus is really a very simple one: it's trying to kill people before they kill you. it's as simple as that. now, it may have the knock-on and potentially intended effect, you hope, of discouraging further militancy. when people see others, you know, going up in a... in a puff of smoke, you know, one hopes that that will induce people to... to go home and sit out the fight. this is very much a "kill or be killed" situation, and that's very much the dynamic that... that governs this. >> smith: the drone war was initially conceived to kill only the leadership of al qaeda and the taliban, but president obama has dramatically widened the campaign. under his administration, the cia has launched nearly six times more strikes than it did

the number of cia missions, fbi missions, and i describe the circumstances around the false accusations and finally the exoneration. >> host: as an era of america in woman in the cia did you face situations and mail would not? >> given my books and cultural background i was allowed to get out of the green zone and under which were my weapons and to collect intelligence that others may not have been able to. >> did the cia have to vent your book a? to my guess but i had to submit my manuscript and they had to approve it. >> host: why did you leave the cia? >> that was part of the plea deal unfortunately. people ask me all the time would you go back to government service? i am prove the justice system works i am happy to serve my country at the drop of a dime. this is for me and optimistic story any other country if i was accused of these charges seven be executed only in america do have the chance to tell your story that justice prevails and the truth comes out. >> host: booktv on c-span2 a former cia agent and author of the book and compromise, the rise, fall, and redemption of an ameri

the censorship of my book was quite extensive the government legally the cia legally has the mission to protect sources and methods from being revealed that's a fine legitimate task i accept the importance of that but they actually censored a poem by ts eliot and a poem by roger kipling and a number of other things that were just foolish clearly intended to break up the story and well beyond their purview so we wanted the public to see the nonsense i had to contend with and again i know that you can't give the name of the person or the specific region where this happened there are a lot of theories out there about where that might be and who it might be but more i want to talk specifically about some of these policies were you were asked to use from what i understand these are policies that were at one time considered controversial and too tough but under the george w. bush administration that changed some even considered too mild now a lot of what you were asked to do became known to be enhanced interrogation measures what exactly does the term mean and to what exactly do these tech

>> yes, i do submit my rainy script to the cia and they had to approve it. >> why did you leave the cia? >> it was part of the plea deal, unfortunately. people ask me on the temperature which ever go back to government service? i tell them the same thing. i am living proof that the justice system works because the truth is told in the end. i'm happy to serve my country and i will serve my country again at the drop of the time. this is not pessimistic. this is for me and optimistic story. and any other country had i been accused of these horrendous charges that would've been executed. only in america do you get the chance to tell your story and know that justice prevails in the ad and that truth always comes out. >> this is what tv on c-span 2. we have been talking with nada prouty come a cia agent and author of this book, published by paul grave milland, "uncompromised," the rise, fall and redemption of an american area patriot in the cia. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hour-long program we invite guest host with rutgers. this is true chris matthews. he presents th

first of all, nada prouty, when and how did you serve in the cia? >> well, i started working for the disa special agent and i worked for them for a little less than five years and i transferred from the fbi and worked for the cia in 2003. i worked a number of high-profile cases for the fbi, such as the uss cole, the bombing in riyadh, the assassination and murder of lawrence foley, the u.s. agent. and i was exposed to work with cia officers have received and they valued the linguistic abilities and i transferred from the fbi should the cia and i was dispatched immediately to work in baghdad. so i was involved with saddam hussein and the successful operation. a detail a lot of other cases that i work for for the cia. >> halon for you but the cia? >> a little less than 10 years government service. >> the subtitle of your new book, "uncompromised" is the rise, fall and redemption. why not order? >> my career had skyrocketed. i was being assigned cases. i was given missions that were extremely hard missions that are detailed in the book. but after i retu

obviously that was a successful operation but working for in the cia? >> we were there less than five years. this subtitle of your new book is the rise and fall and redemption. why in that order? >> my career had skyrocketed that season and agents with years of experience give been a lot of missions that i need to accomplish were extremely hard and detailed in the but. but after i returned from baghdad i was falsely accused cb a supporter of tears some. i was exonerated than i am here today telling a much bigger story it. >> tell us about that accusation. >> it involves the terrorist group hezbollah and the fbi thought i looked into documents relating to the past intelligence but obviously that was not trooper the evidence was labeled secret and it was not shared with me but the cia conducted an investigation with a federal judge and they both exonerated me from the case. >> host: were you arrested? >> no. i pled guilty because i was 10 and basically with a death threat. the government said they would announce the lebanese government that i work for the

the cia analyst was there 10 years. the most expert at al qaeda and a close associates with a very focused mission. not the thousands of analysts' trying to get into counterterrorism so how -- somehow to report its that are not helpful and the counterterrorism agents, if you look at all the plots that happen -- unbend but the campaign to report doing something suspicious they did not come from a paid dragnet approach but a group of people who were highly trained and very experienced but that has been to foiled the potential plots then overseas i would say the ilec british troops the joint special operations command, they have been more effected if they in the cia to capture and kill more targeted terrorists not only in afghanistan and iraq but also countries we're not at war, somalia , yemen, somewhat ethiopia. they are so successful bid few hundred are left on the planet. most are hiding in pakistan. and the al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, those groups are under intense scrutiny by the is relatively small highly focu

does not even masculine eight the cia's warnings of harm were forced to acknowledge officially the existence or nonexistence of requested records di really hoping that the rest of you out there pick up on the absurdity of such an argument but the problem is that we see the same argument being made all the time the way the state department refuses to declassify the state department cables even though they've been released in full for all to see by wiki leaks the same thing was done with the pentagon papers which are only last year forty years after being published in newspapers technically declassified so what's the point of keeping something classified or secret if everybody already knows about it it defies logic it's become an obsession it's an addictive habit of the government just can't seem to break and now while at times it can seem so ludicrous that it just makes you want to laugh about it we have to remember that it's also a very danger. a very toxic path to be heading down because you see the more the government gets away with things like this the more they're going to keep

media reports that and iran in-american man has been sentenced to death on charges of working for the cia. and democracy one step at a time. we take a journey outside burma to see how some communities are finding in their political voice. >> welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. who will be the man to run against president obama? we may know tomorrow. we are live in manchester, new hampshire tonight on the eve of the nation's first primary. for months, candidates have contained in this state. as the polls get closer, attacks are increasing. we went in search of issues candidates are using to to every voter they can. >> yes, they still kiss babies in new hampshire. mary's bakery is quaint and the politics are old fashioned too. for jon huntsman, ambassador, governor, and now a centrist republican candidate, the moderate voters of new england should be a receptive audience. but somehow his foreign policy credentials have not quite caught on in a race dominated by the economy and beating the president. governor, a lot of voters are still undecided. how do you persuade them

marine for alleged spying for the cia we're looking at tactics now tit for tat by the looks of things but what could the implications be if iran doesn't the go ahead without execution. i think this isn't tit for tat one must remember that iran made noises that supported the united states in relation to a hijacking a few days back the us helped some iranian sailors get rescued off the coast of somalia this cia spy case was preceded all of this. seemingly he had on him us military papers from bagram air base the us is torture center continues to torture people at least because i started putting pressure on the us about that so this cia case is very different but again we are going to have to maybe this guy was recruited from his university days in arizona by leon panetta you know a very not a very good agent carrying u.s. documents on him in iran and asking questions about nuclear things i would think but nevertheless if he is executed would that be the igniting point for the conflict or indeed the rhetoric to increase further or would it be actually what's going on in the whole me stra

first of all, when then how did you serve and the cia? >> will list the wording for the fbi as a special agents. i worked with them for a little less than but years in the transferred from the fbi and director of the ca. the u.s.s. cole bombing. the assassination. i was exposed to working with cia officers overseas. value of the cultural linguistic abilities. but transferred. i was involved. obviously it was a successful operation. >> hello were you with the cia? >> celeste the five years. >> the sum total of your new book is the rise, fall, and redemption. >> sparrow couldn't. being assigned cases that seasoned agents. i was given a lot of missions that ended to a published that were extremely high alleges to the missions. i was accused kohl of falsely accused causes sickle of being a supporter of terrorism. eventually i was exonerated. and here today telling the story. >> phyllis very quickly about that accusation? >> well, the fbi thought he was passing intelligence. of use the that was not true. the evidence was little secret, and it w

he was found guilty of spying for the cia a month after he was shown making a confession on iranian state television. american denies the charge. >> iran routinely accuses the united states of espionage and it has produced this to make its -- has used amir mirzaei hekmati to make its point. iran says that he was sent to iran by the cia in order to spread misinformation among iran's intelligence agencies. it broadcast what it calls his confession. his family said that he went to iran simply to visit his relatives. the u.s. government says that he has been falsely accused and it condemns his death sentence. >> if it is true that he has been so sentenced, we would condemn this verdict in the strongest terms, and we are working with all of our partners to convey that condemnation to the iran in government. we have maintained from the beginning that the charges against him were a fabrication, and we call on the run in -- iran and government to release him immediately. >> in the last year, iran has executed hundreds of people. most have been killed for drug- related crimes, and most are entirel

the man is accused of being a cia agent. the iranian intelligence authorities arrested the man last month on suspicion of spying. he allegedly received training in intelligence gathering at a u.s. military base in neighboring afghanistan. the revolutionary court in tehran concluded on monday that he w an agent of the u.s. intelligence agency, and handed down a death sentence. iran's judicial authority says he confessed to links with the cia but the u.s. government denies the claims and has demanded his release. iranian authorities arrested several other people on sunday for alleged links with the cia and obstruction of the parliamentary elections scheduled for march of this year. the united arab emirates says a new crude oil pipeline will be operational within six months. it will allow oil toby pass the strait of hormuz. the announcement comes as the evenings swell between western nations and iran over its nuclear program raising fears of military conflict and disruption to the flow of oil. the uae's new pipeline may be close

there is one quick thing you pointed out which is the cia i think earlier that sometimes the cia did some things right and this was a case when the cia came in for some money around and halt the iraqi police sign up thousands of recruits through the deployment of money in the shadows of all of this as a facilitator or midwife to the awakening. estimate is there a history we will remember here but the cia and their involvement in the awakening was their covert stuff that was going on that we will not likely hear about? >> there was the targeted killings night raids and targeted killings of terrorists that occurred with great frequency by the special forces people and they were pretty effective in this environment. there was -- >> and that helped turn the opinion against al qaeda because they saw that we could be effective and stop people who were maybe making their lives more difficult? >> sure. listen, there was a death squad against al qaeda called revolutionaries of all long bar and they would go out and put masks on and do night raids on terrorists, suspected terrorists and they w

iran's judicial authorities say the men confessed to links with the cia but the u.s. government denies the claims and has demanded release. iranian authorities arrested several other people on sunday for alleged links with the cia and obstruction of the parliamentary elections schedule for march this year. >>> the united arab emirates says a new crude oil pipeline will be operational in six months. it will allow oil to bypass the strait of hormuz. it came as iran swelled over the nuclear program raising fears of disruption to the flow of oil. raising fears of military conflict and destruction for the flow of oil. the uae's new pipeline is a precaution in case the strait of hormuz is closed by war or an accident. the strait is one of the most important oil transit channels. on monday, uae oil administrator told local reporters that the pipeline is almost complete. he said he hopes it'll be operational by may or june. the new pipeline will reportedly be capable of transporting 70% of crude oil produced in the uae. iran has threatened to block the strait if the west tigh

we have today the justice department charged former cia agent john kiriakou with disclosing classified information to journalists about the capture and enhanced interrogation or as we call it torture of members of al qaeda of suspected al qaeda members to members of the press and the criminal complaint specifically accuses kiriakou of disclosing the identity of a cia analyst and the charges against him include two counts under the espionage act of one nine hundred seventeen so that makes it now the sixth time that the obama administration is going after somebody with charges of espionage the others include cases that we've discussed on this program like thomas drake bradley manning james rising and others so to put it into perspective for you before this administration there were only three such cases in history so what is all this tell us about how justice under obama is applied joining me to discuss it is marcy wheeler blogger at mt weil dot net marcy thanks for joining us tonight let's figure a little background quickly if you can we don't have a whole lot of time tonight but i gues

kiriakou is accused of leaking the name of a covert cia officer to the new york times and other media outlets and identified him as taking part in the interrogation of this man, al-qaeda financier abu zubaydah. he was of special interest because zubaydah was reportedly waterboarded more than 80 times, a controversial interrogation technique. the charges also allege kiriakou leaked information about the identity of another cia officer who participated in zubaydah's interrogation. back in 2010 he published a book called the reluctant spy and appeared on fox 5 morning news to talk about his life as a spy. here's a clip. >> the chief of the counter terrorist center implored a foreign intelligence service please he said, if you have any sources inside al-qaeda, please help us because something terrible is going to happen and then sure enough on september 11th there was shock but not surprise. >> the government also charged him with lying to the cia to get clearance for the publication of certain details in that book. he was released on a $250,000 bond today. his attorney told reporters aft

now you've got the author of an insurgency program running the cia. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. but it's clear that the white house wants out. [inaudible] >> the president, all you have to do is read obama's words by bob woodward. they're really looking for a way out. >> the polls show that most americans are against the war and walked out. and what is stopping obama? >> you know, there is a wonderful piece in the post today, talking about the military. they all want to be tough here. they don't want to spend money on the military. they want to be tough. such as they were losing or even that there is no military solution. but i predict within the next year you might just see i was dry and 33,000 troops coming you can't win a counterinsurgency when you're trying down. so the handwriting is on the wall. they started to withdraw but have a changed policy. they don't have to. that's our job. >> you've got to change those germans. you've got to get the germans on board, too. >> they try to be good. i tried to say that. i [inaudible] --

. >>> plus, a doctor accused of treason for helping the cia find osama bin laden. will pakistan put him on trial? i'm wolf blitzer at the cnn election center and you're in "the situation room." >>> he arrived with a swagger fresh off his impressive south carolina victory but what a difference nine days have made for newt gingrich in florida. on this, the eve of the state's closely-watched primary, gingrich is facing an all-out assault from mitt romney formidable operation in florida. joe johns is seeing it first hand and he had a one-on-one interview with newt gingrich earlier in the day and we'll see that at the bottom of the hour. mean time, joe, 15 hours until the polls open. what's the latest? >> well, wolf, it has been a very hectic 24 hours for the gingrich campaign and a very different picture of the races starting to emerge since gingrich took the palmetto state by storm. this was a far cry from his big chilling in south carolina where former georgia congressman, newt gingrich, got the favorite "son of the south" treatment. in florida his campaign came under

and america's efforts in afghanistan we can assess the cia report and scratch the situation as it stands may turn the option of governance undermining previous into an optimism a decade long. it's hard in the culture with a russian flavor as we travel to rome to explore the cultural connections between the two nations. hello good to see you again as we continue our exploration of the italian capital now russian culture has made its impact in many corners of the world in rome is no exception so in this week's program we'll be exploring a various russian it's early and connections will be meeting experts ex-pats will prove my theory russia is closer than you think. standing in front of the over to the on a moment you would get a sense of how grounds the italian capital is rich in history culture and style drawn to many cities around the world the bostitch history intense music scene artistic treasures and all round appeal london athens moscow the russian capital is often called the rome of the comparison is mostly religious connotations two countries share many cultural similarities today

the supreme leader said that the cia and israeli intelligence was to blame. he vowed revenge. the most likely place this bitter exchange of rhetoric could turn into an exchange of blows is the straits of hormos where 20% of the world's oil passes through. iran has repeatedly threatened to shut down the waterway if new american sanctions are imposed. washington says it will not let that happen. earlier this month the u.s. navy and coast guard ships had two close encounters in the persian gulf with high-speed iranian na navy boats that showed provocative behavior. no shots were fired and it rain yann boats backed off. the danger is that one miscalculation could set off a chain of catastrophic events. lester? >>> when nightly news continues, full disclosure from the airlines. big changes coming to the way you buy your ticket. >>> and later, separated at birth now being nursed back to health together. . >>> we are back now with some big changes coming to the airlines and the way most americans buy their tickets. the government has ordered the airlines to make those advertised ticke

the cia's own study has shown that your predictions are twice as accurate as the cia's predictions as's demise you predicted. khmer rouge holding elections, iran seeking nukes you predicted. how did you do it? what is game theory. >> so game theory is a way of understanding how people compete with each other. just like playing chess. you look ahead. you work out what the other guy is going to do and was's the best move i can make if that is what he will do or if that is what he will do. how do i steer the game to work out the way i want it to work out. >> stephen: that's why i throw off guys like you by bursting into tears and just sweeping all the players off and go into my room. >> in my consulting life i have used getting somebody bursting into tears as a strategy to solve a litigation, as a matter of fact. >> stephen: really? >> yes, yeah. >> stephen: so how do you use that to find out what is going to happen with the soviet union. >> so you what want to do is you want to realize people are self-interested. you want to know where they stand on issues that they have to make decisio

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an iranian court has sentenced an american man to death after convicting him of being a spy for the cia. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: an iranian court has convicted this american of working for the cia and sentenced him to death. 28-year-old amir is a former marine who worked as a translator in iraq and afghanistan. iranian officials say hick meddy got special training before entering iran for what they call an intelligence mission. his father insists he was not a spy. his son was visiting his grandmothers in iran when he was arrested. hikmedi was born in arizona, his family is originally from iran. his parents say they're shock and terrified. iran's law gives him 20 days to appeal the verdict. the state department has demanded his release. hikmedi's death sentence is the latest in a series of incidents that is escalating tension between the u.s. and iran. his trial took place as the obama administration announced tough new sanctions aimed at punishing iran for its nuclear program. iran has stepped up its effort to enrich uranium at a new underground bunker cooring cooring to di

a big hiking but hodge one of the leaders of triple a militia was once on the cia most wanted list today he's the face of the democratic leader who according to our to store says that a group of several hundred li been rebels to syria just last month. we can't do any to support the syrian people because we are they are facing the same situation as before and do appreciate it comes to lead and we will. provide the syrian people who they need help to get their freedom i think we should do what the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hard then for centuries a save garci against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to it's new and no less bloody chapter x. in the wake of artsy tripoli. and i still have forgive us our here on are. we thinking about just a few of the momentous stories of made the headlines in two thousand and eleven around the world. in egypt pro-democracy protesters held a candlelight vigil in cairo's tahrir square on new year's eve in memory of those killed during