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You to anticipate, the feeling is, hey, ive got to protect my force at any cost. and sometimes you make a bad decision. so, you know, what i was saying about intel sometimes is wrong, cognitive dissonance is wrong, perfect intelligence is never there. the fact that we can strike any target at any given time all play a part. you still have human beings in the loop. and its someone making a decision to say strike, and thats where problems occur. >> also, i mean, the u.s. military did sort of conti...

Seven children. the white house had been telling americans and our allies that they could pull out of afghanistan. military presence could no longer be there and yet they would still keep america safe from terror threats, in part because of the over-the-horizon capabilities. this was the last drone strike in the war on afghanistan and it was a tragic mistake. it really calls into doubt whether the over-the-horizon intelligence will be good enough to safeguard intelligence, to keep them thriving ...

Specifically the drone issue, clearly there have been a lot of concerns raised about civilian deaths of drone strikes over the 20 years the u.s. has been involved in afghanistan. >> the drone strike is terrible. its a tragedy. it involves not just up to 10 civilians but seven children in that group of people, so it is deeply problematic as a catastrophe, a human catastrophe. its also problem aatic for the white house, not just because of the drone program, but it reminds people about the chaos a...

Strike right in kabul where u.s. forces were still at the airport and where they did have some intelligence capabilities. >> anderson, i think theyve been trying to say, the administration, today that this was not part of the over-the-horizon capabilities, it was something different. i think when they announced this drone strike they called it over-the-horizon capabilities. it does raise questions about the kind of intelligence gathering, operations that will take place going forward now that th...

>> its just not as easy to do that from abroad. we can only do that using, now, what they call over the horizon capabilities. over the horizon. in other words, what? drone strikes, really. the reality is some 71,000 civilians died in the 20 years international forces were in afghanistan. and our forces have even fewer resources now to make sure theyre doing it right. simple reason, again, were not there. a big part of that equation is the fact that in 2017, we made it easier for exactly this kin...

Really calls into question the administrations responsibility to carry out over the horizon attacks something they use unmanned drones when the u.s. no longer has a presence on the ground. this is something that president biden touted really frequently as he defended the administrations withdrawal from afghanistan saying that we can withdraw because of the ability. president biden really touted the success saying that this is really showing the militarys ability to do the capabilities but we now...

Military did sort of continue to maintain this had been an accurate strike. really, until there was a lot of reporting by news organizations and then -- which they admit they actually used in their investigation to come to this determination. the -- the biden administration has touted, you know, this, quote, robust over-the-horizon capability now in afghanistan and the idea that we have such great capabilities. it -- you know, i guess, which is an argument to try to lessen the fact we no longer ...

We no longer have boots on the ground, eyes on the ground in the same way that we did. this certainly does, though, raise questions about our ability to actually have the capabilities without people on the ground, without better intelligence. >> it depends, anderson. what i would suggest to you is, yes, youre absolutely right and ive been saying this from the beginning. the touting of an over the horizon capability comes with a caveat. it may be an over the horizon capability for major targets. ...

We have worked with agencies across this country in -- in little towns and big towns and -- and -- and just trying to corroborate, you know, the information that comes in. we get a lot of information that simply isnt credible. >> right. >> but that -- those nuggets that help that timeframe. you know, you think youve got it. you think you have got whats going on. another piece of information comes in. and now, all of the sudden, thats not credible. so it is fluid. >> does the fbi have better capa...

0 these are people with families, and the goal here really has been heartwarming. i think youve probably seen the footage of the interactions that this crew has had with children in the hospital. i mean, its been a fund-raising campaign for st. judes, 200 million dollars has been the goal. and theres been all kinds of interaction from them there. it just has been an amazing experience to see regular americans, like you and i, in space. only less than 600 people -- >> jon: hang on a second, alexa...