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For this hearing and i am concerned that the administration is making the same mistakes that were made before 9/11 when the cia missed vital information on ksm, the mastermind of the attacks and decided to forego a capture operation of osama bin laden. the commission cited the administrations focus on using the article iii court process as factors in both instances. you and i also discussed the committees report on the cias detention and interrogation program which was approved in december by a ...

Of americans. were talking about making decisions based on secret intelligence. and we see in this memo that some of the definitions are a bit more elastic and open to interpretation than the administration has publicly let on. >> mike, on the three part, so it has to be eminent risk. and you just described the broader concept of eminence, which is the phrase in there. >> yes. >> and that there cant be a capture that were killing somebody because they cant be captured. there is also an elaborati...

And you just described the broader concept of eminence, which is the phrase in there. >> yes. >> and that there cant be a capture that were killing somebody because they cant be captured. there is also an elaboration on that which it seems to me seems to be quite a wide definition. im fascinated by the fact that we dont really capture terrorist suspects in yemen and somali and pakistan and these other places where we know drones, american drone strikes have killed people. people get killed there...

Actually they refer to what they call a broader concept of eminence than direct active intelligence of a plot against the u.s. in fact, it explicitly states that eminence does not mean that the united states has to have clear evidence that a specific attack on u.s. persons or interests is under way. if the u.s. believes that this the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities, and the target has not renounced such activities, it can be assumed that they are an eminent threat...

There is always language in there that suggests that if the host government where the target is located is not on board with a capture operation, that could be a reason to conduct a targeted killing as well. i mean, the problem when you go through this memo and by the way, were posting it all on nbc news.com tonight, and people can read it for themselves, is that there is a lot of language in there that is as i said before, somewhat elastic, somewhat open to interpretation and can be defined in ...

It was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight with those that entered the area of the house he was in. whether or not he got off any rounds i quite frankly dont know. >> there was concern that bin laden would oppose the capture operation, rather, and indeed, he did resist. in the room with bin laden a woman, bin ladens wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> jonathan martin, ill start with you. what do y...

"the daily rundowns" weekly readout. what a week its been. the president had what will probably be called the crowning foreign policy achievement of his presidency with the mission successful to kill osama bin laden. did the white house undercut the success story by rushing to the microphones before all the information was complete? and of course there was the first 2012 republican debate that happened last night. joining us is politicos jonathan martin and "washington posts" chris saliza. good ...

Laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed, he did. it was a fire fight. he, therefore, was killed in that fire fight. thats when the remains were removed. >> thats not quite how it went down either. now, apparently, osama bin laden did lung at the navy s.e.a.l. he can actually what happened there. >> it is worth noting that mr. brennans remarks never said bin laden had a weapon in his hands. they have come out and said, no, he was not arm. the point for u.s. s.e.a.l.s and u.s. tro...

Fire. bin laden and his family were found on the second and third floor of the building. there was concern that bin laden would oppose the capture operation, rather, and indeed he did resist. in the room with bin laden a woman, bin ladens -- a woman, rather, bin ladens wife rushed the u.s. asalter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> the white house continues to consider whether to release a photo as proof of bin ladens death, which was...

>> would have certainly been optimistic thinking. heres white house press secretary jay carney on what happened when the navy s.e.a.l.s entered bin ladens compound. >> there was concern that bin laden would oppose the capture operation and indeed, he did resist. in the room with bin laden, a woman, bin ladens wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> if he didnt have his hand on a gun, how did he resisting? >>...