guest: you think of what happened in libya on 9/11 to fought have heightened security on that day and if light of having the head of al qaeda calls for attacks because we killed his number two in libya on a drone attack. what happened in yemen, of course, with the security official . neil: that could have been bigger. guest: absolutely. neil: what is going on, senator, beside yemen and beach gaza and the uprising we have seen in cairo? it is more than a film, obviously, it seems to be something bigger or grander or more evil. guest: well, unfortunately, what the president has been saying that al qaeda has been set back on its heels and somehow we have put them down. not true. neil: the president or the white house deliberately kept the word terrorism and or al
former c.i.a. convert officer and president of the global intelligence and security firm, mike baker. you heard catherine talking about they did not have hot, intelligence, the signs were everywhere with attacks in different areas. we know there are all kinds of missing weapons in libya. we know it was lend. we know it was 9/11. but there was no hot intelligence. guest: i don t believe the white house had actionable intelligence about a specific attack in beach gaza but the bigger problem is we knew what the environment was. this is a problem where the state department which has primary responsibility for determining resources for security around their facilities overseas, they did not properly assess the risk. since the dust settled in libya, so the bottom line is we know al qaeda associates and like-minded groups have been operating in libya since the revolution
police firing live ammunition at protesters, throwing rocks and it gets worst after torching a theater, 15 killed, dozens injured, the protesters were fueled by the antimohammed video that the president referred to when asked about the libya attack that left our arch and three other americans dead. what we have seen the last week or week and a half is something that actually we have seen in the past where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at the prophet mohammed. this is, obviously, something that is used by an excuse by some to carry out inexcusable violent acts directed at westerners or americans. neil: that came on the heels therefore statement from white house press secretary jake carney and i quote, it is self-evident that what happened in beach gaza was a terrorist attack, our embassy was attacked