you are selectively quoted what you just reported that the senate is cutting aid to pakistan. let me finish my statement. we have a very aggressive diplomatic effort to deal with this guy. he s a hero and the fact he was tried by pakistan is a travesty. pakistan continues to isolate itself. but we got bin laden. every day our military and our intelligence are a cry fietion and risking their lives to go after these militants. i think right now what we are seeing right now in this segment is criticizing diplomacy in action. we saw this in the case of the chinese dissident chen. and i have got to say we have to call a time out and politicizing of national security which is what we are seeing right now. we have government officials working on this issue every day. megyn: so far the reason we are criticizing diplomacy in action is so far it stinks.
ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, on the plight of chinese dissident chen. he s calling the state department s handling of this entire incident, quote, diplomatic malpractice. this as we re getting reports that the blind activist who has been beaten and jailed for sounding the alarm on china s forced abortions, is now begging, begging u.s. officials for safe entry out of china. the diplomatic standoff threatens to overshadow the new round of important economic talks between secretary of state hillary clinton, treasury secretary tim geithner who s also there and the chinese government. joining me now, simon rosenberg who s the president and founder of the new democrat network and a former campaign adviser for president bill clinton, and ken blackwell, former ambassador to the u.n. human rights commission, and he s on the board of the beckett fund for religious liberty. what a mess. ken, let me start with you. what a mess. so, you know, the guy shows up at the embassy, we le
facility and will be reunited with his family. these developments coming while secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary timothy geithner are in beijing preparing for economic and strategic meetings with chinese leaders beginning on thursday. it s not clear how the chen case might influence those talks, but this was starting to become a sticky situation between the u.s. and china. china now reportedly demanding an apology from the u.s. for sheltering the activist. we ll have a live report from beijing in the next half hour. our other big story of the morning. new questions about america s longest war, this after a trip to afghanistan by the president that was supposed to sum it all up. president obama saying one year after the death of osama bin laden that crushing al qaeda is within reach. but a car bomb that killed six people after air force one was wheels up certainly a tough reminder that there s a long way to go in that country. we still don t know how
say the president has faced similar situations in the past in terms of the balancing requirement. i m confident that the president and others within the u.s. government are going to be able to find the right way for it. chris: forgive me, is he going to protect the security of this dissident chen? the president will do whatever he thinks is in the best interest of the united states as well as the fridays individuals involved. chris: the fbi and department of homeland security issued alerts this week that terrorists may try to strike around the first anniversary next week of the takedown of osama bin laden. how seriously to you take this idea of an anniversary plot and is there any information. there is no active plot underway to coincide with the anniversary of the bin laden teakdown but the counter terrorism community is used to making sure that we are as vigilant as possible to guard against any efforts on the part of al-qaeda or other terrorist groups to mark such a day.
similar situations in the past in terms of the balancing requirement. i m confident that the president and others within the u.s. government are going to be able to find the right way for it. chris: forgive me, is he going to protect the security of this dissident chen? the president will do whatever he thinks is in the best interest of the united states as well as the fridays individuals involved. chris: the fbi and department of homeland security issued alerts this week that terrorists may try to strike around the first anniversary next week of the takedown of osama bin laden. how seriously to you take this idea of an anniversary plot and is there any information. there is no active plot underway to coincide with the anniversary of the bin laden teakdown but the counter terrorism community is used to making sure that we are as vigilant as possible to guard against any efforts on the part of al-qaeda or other terrorist groups to mark such a day.