security adviser to president obama. 2012 is announcing itself as the year that iran is going to have to be dealt with one way or the other. reporter: the alleged iranian-backed plant relying on ago arbabsiar to assassinate the saudi envoy to the u.s. was cited as an example of the growing connection between drug cartels and terrorist organizations. in addition to more evidence that iran will use terrorism as a tool for retaliation. hezbollah has not attacked american interests in recent years but has lots of plans on the library shelf for doing that in the event we got into a confrontation with iran. reporter: and the secretary of homeland security was asked specifically about the recent arrest of a lebanese suspected of alleged ties to hezbollah in iran on friday the u.s. embassy in thailand issued an emergency message warning of possible