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Activities in september after al-awlaki was killed, he started making the bomb in august before al-awlaki was killed. so we dont know whether or not they kind of just wake up one day and say, wow, the time has come, weather friends speak to them. these are all things we hope will come out in a trial or some kind of perhaps there is more information about motive in the indictment which i havent seen. but the fact that this young man was able to make an operational bomb, and that the nypd had been...

reporters in tow. are we falling for yet another presidential tease? what to make of dick chain nays media blitz? are the anchors holding him accountable? hurricane irene, i say television was swept away with breathless coverage. well ask two critics whether im all wet. as the media gear up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a look at how that tragic day changed the news business at least for a while. slate lays off one of the countrys most provocative media critics. jack schaeff...

Condemns the drone attacks that the united states has been conducting in the tribal areas. obviously this goes back to the time of the bush administration and there were often times where there would be pushback from the pakistani government but you worked through it. but it never became a public sort of dispute. now with this resolution out of the parliament, it puts particular pressure on the government of pakistan to actually insist that the drone attacks stop and the resolution threatens to ...

military community. a network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he...

a network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that simply isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he felt safe an...

Best i can tell from the people i talked with and worked with, that you talk about jose rodriguez who ran the insurgency -- the counterterrorism program, michael mukasey, the attorney general, leon panetta all said the enhanced interrogation program played a role and that is to say some of the early leads came from that program and my guess is that that is probably the case it contributed, just as did a number of other factors. >> chris: if we were to capture another high-value target given the ...

Leon. i think that it would be better to release the photographs so that it clears up any confusion. on the other hand, it may very well be -- there may very well be good reasons why the president doesnt want to do that. and i think it is a presidential decision, not the cia directors decision. and, you know, there are a lot of things i differ with the president on. but this would not be one, if he makes this decision. >> theres a debate going on right now about where the intelligence, the key i...

Very well change the course of a war. one of the things that you raise is the issue of what the alternatives are. obviously this president is not going to pull troops out suddenly. hes probably not going to pull all of them out when he pulls them out. were going to be there at least for some very long time to come. is counterterrorism plus essentially been named the joe biden option. is that a realistic alternative to what were doing now? and is it being seriously considered? >> is it being seri...

>> sure. >> obviously this president is not going to pull troops out suddenly. hes probably not even going to pull all of them out when he pulls them out. were going to be there for some very long term to come. is ct plus, counterterrorism plus, essentially whats been named the joe biden option, is that a realistic alternative to what were doing now and is it being seriously considered? >> is it being seriously considered? im sure people are still pushing for it. but i think eventually thats wha...

Burden as we start the week. >> simone, give me your last word. >> we need to hear from the president of the united states today and hear him say the words white supremacy, kkk, neo nazis and we actions to follow up with those words, reverse the policy change that the united states of america no longer is looking at white supremacists in our counterterrorism program. he needs to remove the white supremacists from around him, white supremacist sympathizers, steve bannon and gorka. people in ameri...