one of moammar gadhafi s son rushed home from the united states when the fighting began going from corporate intern to leader of an infamous army unit. brian todd is here and digging up new details about this son. what are you learning? before this fighting broke out the u.s. and libya had been reaching out to each other to improve relations. part of that involved an internship that his son khamis got which now looks awkward. the man in the black beret greeting supporters in libya disproving he was killed in an allied air strike. youngest son of leader moammar gadhafi commands the notorious 32nd brigade known for its brutality. this is one of gadhafi s most loyal and active in terms of attacking innocent people. reporter: here is another title he held, intern in the united states. for a month he interned with an
they have made requests for arms and requests for a whole range of things, and on each of those issues we have said that we would we would consider that. reporter: president obama is cautious, telling cbs that s why i think it s important for us not to jump in with both feet but carefully consider what are the goals of the opposition, what kind of transition do they want to bring about inside of libya? a former u.s. army captain in afghanistan and iraq says mr. obama should not fall into the trap of supporting rebel leaders who simply say everything the u.s. wants to hear. but it s really important to assess carefully not just who looks good on television but who has the most guns at their back. and another red flag for this administration. back in the 1980s in afghanistan the u.s. armed the mujahadin who were fighting the soviets, and we know one of them was osama bin laden. wolf? jill doherty at the state
where assad really stands. i think the big question out there is whether we would use, we would intervene in any way and talking to people in the administration, no, no, no. there s a big difference between libya right now where an army was advancing, about to have a humanitarian crisis and what you re seeing right now in syria. all right, gloria, thanks very much. much more on syria coming up. also much more on the breaking news out of libya coming up. just ahead, the latest on a new report that president obama has authorized secret u.s. help to help the rebel forces fighting gadhafi. plus, supreme court justice antonin scalia reportedly fined for causing a four-car accident. details of that coming up as well.
today all that is required is keeping the cell networks up and running. they need rifles. they need machine guns. frank anderson served 26 years in the cia, part of the afghan task force, and helped arm the fighters there. so he know what is hest he s talking about when he says you can train someone to use a soldier fire tank weapon in a matter of hours. anderson says training small unit leaders could take weeks. but my experience is that darwan works quickly in war. rebels who survive a battle learn how to stay alive and can teach that to new recruits. that army will grow in skill very quickly. but is arming rebels legal? the u.s. still has diplomatic relationships with libya s government. a government it s trying to overthrow. and there s an arms em bar go for the entire country.
jawad which from here is about a two-hour drive but the forces have easily driven them back and despite the fact that, of course, they now essentially have cover. there s a no-fly zone over libya, and the nato aircraft have taken out much of the heavy army of the libyan army, the armo but that doesn t seem to really put a dent in their ability to send the rebels where they want. i want you to stand by, ben. reuters is reporting that president obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert support for rebel forces. i want to talk to ben wedeman about that. let s talk about that also with retired u.s. army general george jalwan, the nato allied supreme commander. if in fact this is true that the president in recent days, maybe the past week or two, signed a covert action order, a finding,