wikileaks released earlier this week. one of them described him as a skillful politician who has manipulated local rivals and his own sons so he could remain in power. that same cable also said the unholy alliance of corruption and cult of personality politics on which the system has been based is ultimately limiting. is that what we re seeing here do you think? i think what we can clearly see is factions in libya. both within the family and outside of the family. we know there are huge rivalries within the family between some of the sons and we know also that there are tribes who are great rivals among themselves. libya should be a pretty rich place. it doesn t have a particularly large population between 6 million and 7 million. it has oodles of oil and gas. it s someone that should be enormously rich. he s the one who are the one question people will focus on in the next few months is where s the money? and i suspect that s going to be
you may be misunderstanding me forever. reporter: two years ago he caused an uproar in new york trying to find a place to pitch his tent before delivering an hour and a half long tirade to the united nations. in a way he has to sort of use himself or maybe uses himself to project libya on to the world stage. reporter: he counts among his friends venezuelan president hugo chavez, prime minister bur l berlusconi. he tried to convert the women of a modeling agency and convert them to islam. reagan said of them this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution. reporter: recent u.s. embassy cables made publicly wikileaks describe him as mercurial, avoids making eye contact. his country, unholy alliance of corruption and cult of personality politics. kleptocracy. on jaunts abroad, he hauls