this was not sent from his blackberry. this was not sent from his official computer. we have looked at all the computers he has access to. this is not from him. yes. i mean, you can mostly show that through computer forensics. what you do is you track it back from the recipient back to twitter using their internet protocol address. from twitter you figure out what the source was and it s either going to point back to one of anthony weiner s computers, his blackberry, his cell phone, or it s not going to point there. and that s the kind of thing you do when you conduct an investigation. even if it does point to his computer that doesn t necessarily or definitively show that he did it because hackers could have hacked his computer. but it s good evidence that at least the first step you have to do, look for that stuff. and so, jeff, let me just ask you this as a courtroom veteran. i guess it s both a legal analysis, a courtroom analysis, and a bit of a political analysis watching the
of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again vowed to hold power, rejecting the latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the civil war there. the united states top human rights officer in bahrain was recalled to washington after coming under attacks in media accounts that u.s. officials believe were orchestrated by hard line government officials. bahrain, remember, is supposed to be a top u.s. ally in the region. a lot of ground to cover. let s focus first on syria. the amnesty offer was for all crimes committed against the governm