well that is exactly it, jon and rebecca. we don t know exactly what the police officer saw or didn t see. but what we do know is that first of all the prosecution will have to prove his guilt. part of what they will have to prove, not only he acted in concert with the other individuals at the scene with the intention of commiting a felony, assault against the driver, but he had the intent to commit assault. jon: he didn t have to take a swing at the window. there are a couple of dozen bikers there. they all didn t get involved in dragging this poor guy out. his action proves intent. his inaction, lack of retreating calling 911 or calling for additional backup proves that he got involved, even if, even if it wasn t him who punched that window, which the prosecution claims it was. rebecca, we know that there is a difference between the way things occur in controlled environment of a news studio or controlled environment of a courtroom as i often tell juries. right. the reality
libya this weekend. it is believed he is being held on board a u.s. warship n libya, the prime minister of that country, finally is released today after he was kidnapped at gunpoint early they are morning. let s talk about all this with mike baker, former cia covert operations officer, president of diligence, llc, that is a global intelligence and security firm. i m guessing the prime minister of libya didn t consult with your firm because his security seems to have been a little bit lacking. yeah. security is lacking throughout that country. we have to tripoli where the prime minister is based, is actually the most organized, the most secure site in libya. that is not saying much it is a very chaotic and insecure place and the government has a very tenuous grasp on authority there right now. jon: so he was living in a hotel. all of a sudden 150 armed men drive up and basically storm the hotel and say, give us the prime minister. i mean, it boggles the mind to
launch a counterattack. waited and got authorization. look, the idea as the president would have us believe in his speech today he is suddenly so concerned with the proper role of congress and our constitutional democracy is preposterous, totally ridiculous on its face. this is a president who spent the better part of the last three yes campaigning on his ability and willingness to circumvent congress on everything. virtually every substantive issue the president has been telling feel i don t need to wait for congress. i can do it on my own. the authority determine when congress is or is not in recess. now he d suddenly concerned about this? if he was so concerned about authorization of military action why didn t he seek it when he did something by most accounts was likely to be much more extensive in libya? he didn t because vital interest, libya didn t threat ton explode into a world war iii.
weeks. they weren t allowed in for three weeks according to the acting ambassador in no small part because of strained relations. strained relations between the u.s. and libya because of ambassador rice suggesting the president of libya didn t know what he was talking about. he said so under oath. i ll play another clip of what the president said. so the whole thing defies logic, and the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations. they ve used it for fund-raising and, frankly, if anybody out there wants to actually focus on how we make sure something like this does not happen again, i am happy to get their advice and information and counsel. so the accusation is that this is just political