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BE GIVING UP ITS CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING?
>> Reporter: WOLF, THERE IS IN
FACT, ACCORDING TO SEVERAL U.S.
OFFICIALS I'VE SPOKEN TO, NEW
HIGHLY CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE
THAT INDICATES BASHAR AL ASSAD
MIGHT NOT BE READY, MIGHT NOT
EVEN DECLARE AND BE READY TO
DESTROY HIS ENTIRE INVENTORY OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILES.
OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF
THIS MINUTE BY MINUTE NOW, AND
WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME, ONE
OFFICIAL IS SAYING QUOTE, THERE
ARE VARIOUS THREADS OF
INFORMATION THAT WOULD SHAKE OUR
CONFIDENCE.
HE GOES ON TO SAY THEY'VE DONE
THINGS RECENTLY THAT SUGGEST
SYRIA IS NOT READY TO GET RID OF
ALL THEIR CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WHY WOULD SYRIA BE DOING THIS?
WHAT ARE THEY UP TO?
THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS I AM
TOLD IS THAT ASSAD MAY WANT TO
HOLD ON TO SOME OF HIS CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AS A HEDGE AGAINST
ISRAEL AND ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, AS LONG AS ISRAEL IS
NEXT DOOR, ASSAD FEELS HE WILL
NEED TO HOLD ON TO SOME OF THOSE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, HOW
MUCH REMAINS TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING OF GREAT
CONCERN TO THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE OF
COURSE, THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY
AGREED UPON NOW IS THAT ASSAD
WILL GIVE IT ALL UP, WILL TURN
IT ALL OVER AND IT WILL ALL BE
DESTROYED, EXCEPT MAYBE IT
WON'T.
WOLF?
>> ARE THERE ANY INDICATIONS,
BARBARA, THE PENTAGON MIGHT GET
MORE INVOLVED?
>> Reporter: WELL, ON THE
TECHNOLOGY SIDE, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT, DEFENSE SECRETARY
CHUCK HAGEL EARLIER TODAY SAID
THAT THE U.S. HAS SOME
TECHNOLOGY TO OFFER FOR THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE WEAPONS THAT
ARE DECLARED.
I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY
INTERESTING PHOTO TO SHOW YOU.
THIS IS A NEW DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
SYSTEM, A NEW PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE SHIPPED
OVERSEAS TO A THIRD COUNTRY THAT
WOULD TAKE THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS,
BASICALLY I WON'T EVEN GO INTO
THE DETAILS, BUT CHEMICAL
WEAPONS GO IN ONE SIDE, COME OUT
THE OTHER SIDE RENDERED SAFE.
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS WILL BE
SHIPPED OUT OF SYRIA, THEY WILL
BE DESTROYED IN THE THIRD
COUNTRY.
THE URGENCY NOW IS TO FIND A
COUNTRY THAT WILL TAKE THEM AND
ALLOW THEM TO BE DESTROYED
INSIDE THOSE BORDERS.
BUT THIS OTHER PIECE OF