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Determined opposition from those who simply wish to end the counterterrorism program altogether. no time to try to improve the house-passed bill will be allowed because some would like to end the program altogether. so this is where we find ourselves. this is the reality. and so it essentially leaves us with two options. option one, allow the program to expire altogether without attempting to replace it. that would mean disarming completely and arbitrarily, based on a campaign of disinformation ...

Doesnt matter how good your plan is theres always a chance of losing american soldiers in a fire fight during an operation in far away lands. the american people got to make up their mind. and so the drone program is a great program to do this type of thing and i think its something we have to continue to work and its unfortunate when these things happen. we work through our systems, but this is a critical operation for our counterterrorism program. >> as you know bob, the pakistani government t...

Comcast nbcuniversal. bringing media and technology together for you. if one man was at the heart of the enhanced interrogation program it was jose rodriguez. during the years after 9/11 he was the head of the cia counterterrorism program and then ran the national clandestine service. mr. rodriguez joins us to discuss this weeks controversy. mr. rodriguez, you were the man who came up with the enhanced interrogation program after all weve heard this week about waterboarding, about confinement ...

He has take to look forward. >> and get it right. >> would you -- let me ask you the question this way, then if you said he had other choices. would you have advised the president to put at least 300 troops into iraq yesterday? >> uncomfortable with it in the idea that -- >> would you have advised him to do it? >> it would not been at the top of my list. >> what would you do first? >> go after isis inside syria. >> you say that. >> just to make the point i would find some people in syria i would...

Predator plan is for. we will be able to keep those camps small enough that theyre too busy engaged with just surviving, like they are now, to threaten the united states. again, this is something were going to have to see towards the end of this year and towards the end of next year. its also something the administration will factor in when they think how many people to leave there in the end. they go down to a small 100-person military cooperation office within the embassy or do they leave 2,00...

But its a big counterterrorism challenge to get them out. what was new in the speech was first this idea of creating a fund so youll have a resource to provide security services. all over theyre having al qaeda problems. finally whats interesting in the speech, the president just hinted at t but talking to people you get more of a sense. the president would like to move the counterterrorism program away from the uniformed military and away from the cia. >> why? >> because first there is the idea...

People you get more of a sense. the president would like to move the counterterrorism program away from the uniformed military and away from the cia. >> why? >> because first, theres the idea that the ct mission has eaten the ira hole. >> because the cia is becoming too much a kind of an armed insurgency operator rather than a -- >> these have been the corporate headquarters, but thats not their job. >> nick, you spent a lot of time in these countries like mali and somalia. what do you think on ...

Radel will return to congress after being arrested for cocaine possession. hes reiterated his commitment to serving in congress despite some calls for hez resignation. the united states is taking new steps to make civilian drones a part of our everyday lives. those drones will be a distant cousin of military drones like this one that the u.s. military personnel use. they use these drones in countries like afghanistan, pakistan, yemen as well. the drones were talking about are a kinder, friendl...

It was a counterterrorism program, maybe we should say there is something more to that. i would argue that if the french citizens knew exactly what that was about, they would be applauding and popping champagne corks. its a good thing. it keeps the french safe. it keeps the u.s. safe. it keeps our european allies safe. >> let me move you on to -- >> this whole notion that were going to go after each other on what is really legitimate protection of nation-state interest i think is disingenuous. >...

Things that you hear in some of the classified settings. im glad theyre taking it seriously. there is a worldwide threat out there. >> do you know how many embassies and consulates are being closed? >> no, i dont at this point. what weve been saying for a lot of years we have got to make sure that we have an effective counterterrorism program in place. we have to take this threat very seriously and its not as the president campaigned on, you know, al qaedas on the run and everythings fine. that ...