inspectors general for five different government security agencies. the last 24 hours we ve been digging into one of their most serious claims. they point fingers at this woman. secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying that she may be somehow working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood and questioning how she got a security clearance. you would think to make a charge like that, for sitting members of congress to make a charge like that that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that. the truth is they don t have any direct evidence. what they have are allegations of past connections of relatives of hers that are tenuous at best. a congressman has called for bachmann to produce credible evidence. bachmann produced a 16-page letter she sent to the congressman. stay with me now. because we re going to walk you through the logic she lays out in this particular case. bachmann says that huma abedin s mother, brother and late father
inspectors general for five different government security agencies. we ve been digging into one of their most serious claims. they point finger, at this woman, huma abedin, secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying she may somehow be working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. and questioning how she got a security clearance. now, you would think to make a charge like that for sitting members of congress to make a charge like that, that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that. but the truth is they don t have any direct evidence. what they have are allegations of past connections of relatives of hers that are tenuous best. keith has called for bachmann to produce credible evidence. so bachmann produced a 16 page letter she sent to the stay with me now, because we re going to walk you through the logic she lays out in this particular case. she says the mother, brother and late father are connected to the muslim brotherhood.
thank you so much for being here. george, let me start with you. this man, most of our viewers will not know this name, so tell us who this man is. now he s the transportation minister in the iraqi government, but he has another role which is making his appearance at the white house very controversial. well, megyn, according to the many sources from former fbi director louie free to louis freeh, he has a long history of, in fact, being an agent of iranian interests and specifically the revolutionary guard and some of the terrorist organizations they support. he was arrested by iraqi officials in december of 2006, so this is not ancient history. with the badr forces who were engaged in fomenting a lot of the unrest that took place, the
scaring everybody that muslims are going to cut the hands of the thief, right? i don t know why people getting scared on this. if you re not a thief, you shouldn t be afraid of that. reporter: they not only would like to see sharia law here in egypt, but would also like to see it in the united states but will stick at least right thousand to organizing in this country. however, jon, just behind me is the u.s. embassy where there is now a protest by these guys, asking the united states to release a cleric who was the mastermind behind the 1993 world trade center attack. right now the protest is peaceful, but that could change. jon: ominous signs, that s for sure. leland vittert, thank you. jenna: let s keep that in mind as we look at this story. a sharp warning to tehran not to mistake the withdrawal of u.s. troops in iraq as an invitation to meddle there. iran has a long history of, quote, meddling in iraq.
fact that our approach towards iran over the last several years has been virtually nonexistent. we haven t figured out a way to deter the iranians, and that s why they re meddling in iraq. jenna: how do we do that? a lot of this hinges upon how we deal with the iranian nuclear program, but also upon making sure we leave behind an iraqi security force that s able and willing to interfere and prevent iranian cross-border incursions. jenna: we re going to have to see how that plays out. just real quick here, taking a look at the region right now and picking up off leland s report on what s happening in egypt, some wanting sharia law in egypt, we had an announcement in libya over the weekend about sharia law there. you re seeing this ideology pop up, and no one knows what it will become. some have different theories on it. what s your theory on how we re combating that ideology of extreme islam whether it s from iran, egypt or otherwise? right. first of all, it s important to