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Killing americans, and now for the very first time, the obama administration is acknowledging that u.s. drones have killed four americans overseas since 2009. the use of drones has been one of the most contentious policies implicated by the u.s. government. in about 2 1/2 hours, the president is going to deliver his first major speech on counterterrorism of his second term. hes expected to refocus that whole drone policy, make it more transparent, shift the control away from the cia, very secret...

Program. you know, we have to have a legal framework that we feel comfortable, that the chinese will work with or the iranians will work with. because our monopoly on armed drones is basically eroding very quickly. china, in february, said that it contemplated killing a drug lord with an armed drone who was in a remote area of southeast asia. and so, you know, other countries are going to point to our legal framework and it better be good. it better be something that we can live with and want ot...

And water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind whats best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us. drones targeting americans,

>> as someone who works in a municipal government, im curious, what did the boston authorities know about the fbi contacts with these guys. it would probably have been a useful thing for boston police to know that the fbi had interests in someone in their community. i dont know whether or not that information was quaid, but as somebody who works for new york city, i think i would like to know if the fbi thinks theres sufficient reason to interview somebody whos living in new york city. >> and if...

>> but dmou it would appear that rand paul is droning on in a somewhat different direction. on monday he told fox hes okay with drone strikes on some american citizens. >> if someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in cash, i dont care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him, but its different if they want to come fly over your hot tub or yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone and want to watch your activities. >> to clarify, senator paul insists that ...

War. the world remains a dangerous place. the question is, what you do you do to some of these folks who may be mid level terrorists, do you arrest them and throw them in gitmo? what do you do? >> there were terrorist attacks in this country prior to the widespread use of drones overseas. while they maw by fermenting some anti-american sentiment, there was sufficient sentiment prior to their widespread use to compel a couple dozen people to fly airplanes into buildings here and bring them down. ...

Testified to the destructive nature of drones. >> just six days ago, my village was struck by a drone attack. what the violent militants previously failed to achieve, one drone strike accomplished in an instant. there is now intense anger against america. >> it also addressed the number of civilians inadvertently killed. like it or not, yesterdays hearing, a step forward was built on rand pauls famous old-timy 13-hour filibuster earlier this year protesting the presidents use of drones. >> no am...

The problem with this administration in regard to this and other issues, they have set a high bar for themselves, as we are such a transparent administration. thats obviously not what happened yesterday, but i do think to howards point about its not like there was not anti-american sentiment before, there is one school of thought that when it comes to terrorist acts there will always be someone who seize oz something, and you cant -- whether there was within the bounds of legality, thats a diffe...

Robbed a liquor store and had 50 dollars in their pocket. >> senator paul later clarify i said his comments releasing a statement that reads in part, quote, armed drones should not be used in normal crime situations. >> not in his backyard while he is washing his car. >> where did that come from? >> it continues. only may be considered in extraordinary lethal situations where there is an ongoing imminent threat. >> he is walking back on what he said. this is the problem with the drones. we dont ...

Says, perhaps somewhat boston has brought home the reality you cannot just conduct these wars and expect there to be -- there is no, quote magic bullet, no magic solution. the drones may be effective, may prevent us from having to put boots on the ground, but seem to also be undermining this american operation at large. >> the way i would always kind of -- the analogy i like to draw is think of the boston suspects or the bombers, think of, you know, potential attackers, they draw from a well of ...