joining me now is the former cia intelligence officer who was this charge of the alex station, the hunt for bin laden at the cia. you know blogs at nonintervention.com. michael, anything i said at the outset that you want to respond to? the points you made about fascism is very important. the first thing that happened after attacks was demand for more surveillance of the entire population and collecting their phone numbers and their calls and all of that. the founders were very clear. longer a war goes on, the more power accrues to the central government and he create a despotism. we need an american politician who will stand up and say lrngs america comes first. what do we need to do. the answer at this time is that
counterterrorism expert analysis, this country has not been doing enough to share income, and has not been doing enough to get its own information. the prime minister and other security officials vowed to put more money, resources, more manpower into fighting the terrorist threat within belgium, where many terrorists have come to buy their guns, weapons, fake passports and we know many terrorists have come to plot and plan attacks in europe. grew griffin, thank you for the update. there is hardly consensus among american politicians as to hour response to the terror threat. my next guest sees the debate as one involving stark choices. joining me now is the former cia intelligence officer who was in charge of the alex station, the hunt for bin laden at the cia. you know blogs at nonintervention.com. michael, anything i said at the outset that you want to respond to? i think the point you made, michael, about fascism is very
same thing. i would expand it to say, freedom of religion or even freedom from religion. you and i both know that the establishment clause says. let me ask you about a related subject. the syrian refugee situation. how does tony perkins look at that. should we be letting them in? i think what was expressed by congress this week and echoed by the american people, the concern over the president throwing open the door to syrian refugees was confirmed by the french prime minister yesterday who said the attacks, the terrorists that did the attacks there last week, used the crisis created by the syrian conflict to slip into the country. look, we have an obligation to protect americans. i think what congress did was reasonable. slow down this process. we love those that meet the criteria. i would say the president has proposed a reverse religious test. how so in.
suspect in that they made that ride last night and then in the middle of the night, the threat level raised up from three to four belgians highest level, somewhat unprecedented here. and finally, why belgium? reporter: belgium has been the weak link by all counterterrorism expert animal sis analysis, this country has not been doing now share information and has not been doing enough to get its own information. the prime minister and other security officials vowed to put more manpower and money into fighting the threat where many terrorists have come to plot and plan attacks. thank you so much. there is hardly consensus among american politicians as to hour response. my next guest sees the debate as one involving stark choices.
what i do want is a government and not just me but millions of americans a government that respects the right of christians to live according to their faith and take that abroad and we do want those principles of religious freedom. that s not an american right. that s a fundamental human right even the united nations recognizes that. it should be a factor in our foreign policy that we expect other nations to respect the human right of the religious freedom of religion which this administration has not done. i think we re saying the same thing. i expand to it say freedom of religion or even freedom from religion because you and i both know what the establishment clause says. leapt me ask you about a related subject. the syrian refugee situation. how does tony perkins look at that. should we be letting them in? well, i think what was expressed by congress this week and coechoed by the american people throwing open the door to refugees was confirmed by the french prime minister yester