Short term, they may win, the long-term solution for Iraq may not be a unified state if the only message they (Sunnis in Anbar province) get is either join ISIS, which will behead you, or support the government, which brings in rival Shia militias to oust the Sunnis. It's a very difficult political situation.

Philip Mudd

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You do not celebrate death -- I dont care if its a terrorist, I dont care if its someone you hate -- a human being has died, we do not celebrate that.

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There is no way across America in 50 states, that if you want perfect security, to keep somebody from cutting a fence that you can have it.

Access to human beings is hard to replicate, human beings can shortcut,' What's their plan going into the next election. What do they talk about ?'.

We're talking about how Americans' phones get hacked, if you're in the CIA this morning -- and I know the people who run this program -- your first question isn't just, 'What are we revealing to the adversary?' It's, 'Who did this?'.

I think the question they're going to have is, 'Did somebody from the outside hack into the agency?' I doubt it.