and it's a credible threat everyone should be taking seriously. >> a number of lawmakers are saying we can't tell you all the details but doing a much better job connecting the dots than we have in the past. how much do you think what happened in benghazi where we lost four americans is influencing this decision? >> i wouldn't say the state department is overreacting seeing what happened in benghazi. i think benghazi had much to do with this in terms of al qaeda or the other threats, looking at the u.s. and considering that a huge victory where the u.s. did not really retaliate towards the people that perpetrated those attacks. >> they're still on the run. >> still on the run and giving interviews and becoming celebrities and giving interviews. check one for our team. at the same time, our slow reaction to terrorism globally, our sitting in our offices in washington d.c. and saying that the war on terror is over has not really served us. that's the bottom line here. the take home message for us americans is the war on terror