how to get his cooperation but ffs a necessary thing. we wanted his cooperation and tell the story fully and to do that, that was his condition. the full power of the united states government was put into play to make that happen. they were fully vetted. these were like children, grandparents. we flew them out in mass to washington in a hotel. that happened over easter weekend of 2002 i think. reporter: was it in secret? it s pretty difficult to smuggle people out of the country if they know you re going to smuggle them out of the country. we didn t want hezbollah to know about it. as soon as his family was here, he agreed to testify. extraordinary measures today as they led 17 men and women with alleged links to a terrorist group into the federal courthouse in charlotte. we went to trial in june of 2002. there was a lot of security in
with alleged links to a terrorist group into the federal courthouse in charlotte. we went to trial in june of 2002. there was a lot of security in place. there was countersnipers on rooftops and helicopter patrols and a lot of security with the movement of the defendants in the case. the courthouse in charlotte, north carolina, became just a big circus. hart testified completely. he confirmed he was raising money for criminal contact. one by one pled guilty. only two left standing were hammoud and his brother. they went to trial. did you cross-examine him? i did. it s nerve racking. you get the defendant on the
kidnapping and sexual assault of smart. it captured the world s attention when she was taken at knife point from her bedroom by mitchell in june of 2002. it was an even bigger shock when she was found in march the next year with the couple. today smart is an outspoken advocate for children of kidnapping and violent crimes and says she plans to speak out publicly about this and soon. sandra. sandra: thank you. i think peter strock with all we ve learned about him. he was the key agent. he was the guy who ran the clinton investigation. started and ran the trump russia investigation and all these key people at the f.b.i. james commie director fired. andy mccabe fired. those key people ran both of these investigations and they re telling us don t worry, we were trying to work this out and stop the media leaks?
the president said. i think the president has been misinformed and i think the report shows the president was misin formed. so he believed what he said there but he had the wrong information. i believe so. i don t believe he lied. i believe he was misinformed and he didn t know much about any of the details until 2006 and he came out and talked about it. he mentioned something that zubayda stopped all cooperation. yes, he did. that happened in june of 2000 i m sorry, june of 2002. abu zubayda did not stop all cooperation. they left him in isolation for 47 days. they wanted to do some bad stuff and we disagreed. and some cia officers were so angry they left before i left. the fbi pulled my partner and i out. everybody came back in june. they left abu zub aid yu in isolation for 47 days and not one sole spoke with him and they came back and said there is a
what does that polling number tell you? well, i think it s an indication that the american people fully understand that president obama s policies are leading to a weaker american influence around the world. and i think it s demonstrated perhaps as well as could be, anyone could expect by the president s speech yesterday in europe. where he tries to argue that whatever international stability there is has been caused by international law, international norms, international organizations and in the by american strength and power. i don t think the american people buy that. bill: well, there s some new numbers here too. but before i show you that, i think you would agree, i mean, the world s a better place when america s a strong country. but what the polling cases is that america s a weaker country. look at this now. you compare to june of 2002 to where we are, 2014. the question, is the united states the world s most dominant power? 59% say it is.