would come back in full force, but it is still believed by the people watching these negotiation very closely that that s not enough that the iranians still need do more to move forward. supposedly, according to reports, the french are taking a harder line than the u.s. is in terms of holding iran s feet to the fire. director brennan and i also discussed at some length the question of the claims by the administration during the re-election that al qaeda was on the run. here is a look at that exchange. didn t you give the american people and the president give the american people a false sense of confidence back in 2012 about our fight against islamic terrorists at a time perhaps not so coincidentally when the president was running for re-election. there was no sense that i, the president or others gave to the american people that terrorism was going away. liz, brennan said that, in fact, core al qaeda in pakistan has been decimated, his argument is isis is a completely differen
connection between iran and core al qaeda which is an interesting connection. bill: despite that the obama administration continues negotiations for a nuclear deal. ing what where we learning about this report, peter? reporter: it s not like they were found on a terrorist twitter feed or terrorist investigation. they were inside usama bin laden s house and it connects him to iran in a way we have not seen before. it features details about iran being a safe haven. it lays out the plans of a core al qaeda leader to travel to iran. sheikh yunis is ready to travel to iran.
saying that given what his people are going through? but it s not the first time we ve heard that kind of language. we ve heard the president downplay this time and time again in terms of where the real threat lies from this group. we heard josh earnest back in july say that you know the administration has improved the tranquility of the global situation. so obviously this line of thinking that, you know, really when you put it all in perspective it s not that bad is part of their mantra. i mean they don t take the threat seriously. that s the only thing you can conclude from it. it s not one flub. it s a constant mantra we re getting from this administration. and the reality is that the threat we face today is worse and more dangerous than the threat we faced before 9/11. i mean if you think about it, martha, before 9/11 we faced a threat from one terror network, al qaeda, that was located in one country. today you ve got isis, core al qaeda, isis al qaeda s affiliates and all compe
saying that given what his people are going through? but it s not the first time we ve heard that kind of language. we ve heard the president downplay this time and time again in terms of where the real threat lies from this group. we heard josh earnest back in july say that you know the administration has improved the tranquility of the global situation. so obviously this line of thinking that, you know, really when you put it all in perspective it s not that bad is part of their mantra. i mean they don t take the threat seriously. that s the only thing you can conclude from it. it s not one flub. it s a constant mantra we re getting from this administration. and the reality is that the threat we face today is worse and more dangerous than the threat we faced before 9/11. i mean if you think about it, martha, before 9/11 we faced a threat from one terror network, al qaeda, that was located in one country. today you ve got isis, core al qaeda, isis al qaeda s affiliates and all compe
it is negligence and this could have been preventible. now we have to explain this. administration needs to explain this to the parents who now sit around the thanksgiving table, have christmas without their loved one. think about what that s like if you re a parent. it s supposed to be the worst thing to go through. what is the feeling in the military about this pattern of response from the administration or lack of response, i should say, to anything but al qaeda? you know, we re not acknowledging there are other terrorist groups. that s a fantastic comment because they focus only on core al qaeda and everyone else, isis, others across well, they re just affiliate off shoots, not core al qaeda so they more or less ignored the problem. you see it in libya, in isis. this is going to continue. islamists are on the march and this administration are being willfully blind to it. anybody who spent two minutes studying intelligence, it s an a.k. affiliate. we all know it. the fact of