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That we are not going to send boots on the ground to go and get those people and this is certainly understandable. >> and thats something white house press secretary said earlier this week we cannot conduct an bin laden style raid. you said you would like to see the drone program moved out from the cia and over to the pentagon. why has that not happened? >> turf battles. >> the cia doesnt want to give it up? >> failure -- in all candor obviously, and the president said a couple years ago he want...

Shes a pentagon reporter for "the washington post." thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. were talking about drones, were talking about basically the trigger being pulled thousands of miles away. it opens up to seems to me a pretty huge possibilities and margin for error if were going to have a drone program that targets terrorists thousands of miles away, do we have to accept the feature that american may be killed? >> thats exactly right. the drone operation has become a cornerstone of ...

Bystanders in the process. joining us now is missy ryan. shes a pentagon reporter for "the washington post." thank force being here tonight. >> thank you. were talking about drones were talking about basically the trigger being pulled thousands of miles away. it opens up to seems to me a pretty huge possibilities and margin for error if were going to have a drone program that targets targets thousands of miles away, do we have to accept the feature that american may be killed? >> the drone opera...

Whos a terrorist. go out, use a drone, kill him? >> if returning these operations against americans you cannot use foreign intelligence to target an american for a drone operation. developing intelligence whether somebody posing a threat and that individual is an american use your own stuff. the other side of the coin can you trust the foreign governments intelligence saying weve identified the location well enough to pick him up? aye looked at the case in the paper. a huge risk. every day you s...

The germanwings crash investigation is raising so many questions. weve been asking you to submit yours on twitter. lets bring in our panel in new york jonathan gillian, former air marshal and fbi agent from washington. mary otoole, senior profiler and special agent. and in new york a aviation analyst and contributing editor for "flying" magazine. welcome to all of you. les, to you first. eric asks this. should air traffic controllers be able to override a plane if the plane seems to be hijacked?...

Interview was tried in manhattan and these photos were entered into evidence. thats why the british police found them in his house in 1998. they havent been shown to anybody until this recent trial. >> so they are trying to show the connection between this suspect who is on trial and bin laden. thats why they are releasing the pictures? >> basically, yeah because they were found in his house. they show clear links with bin laden, part of the evidence he was sort of the circle around him. >> thes...

Spencer ackerman. peter, did the white house expect this? folks focused on the crisis in syria said it could spill over and thats exactly what it seems to have done. is the white house prepared? is there a strategy? >> well, look, they knew obviously this is a threat in iraq, its been going on for a number of months. i think they, like everybody, were surprised by sort of the swiftness of this weeks particular developments, that it moved so rapidly, powerfully and close to baghdad on a quick tim...

>> harris: interesting. so that brings us to the point of what is likely to change when he leaves, who takes over? operationally, what happens? >> thats the $64,000 question. i have some names that i would rather not throw out there. but i will tell you its going to be very very interesting, especially with the new -- with the new obama administration, with these type of things that have just happened with general petraeus. who, again, is an american hero. and a wonderful man. but, everyone is n...

For eleven years and she said, quote, i have never seen it worse. >> chris: i have to say i have never seen it worse. the "new york times" two weeks in a row had a huge incredibly two-full page detailed story about the drone operation and then the next week about the cyber warfare. i guess everybody kind of suspected the u.s. and israel were behind it. in this was name, chapter, verse operation name of the israeli name. its extraordinary. >> i have to say, im a journalist, i have two minds about...

For eleven years and she said, quote, i have never seen it worse. >> chris: i have to say i have never seen it worse. the "new york times" two weeks in a row had a huge incredibly two-full page detailed story about the drone operation and then the next week about the cyber warfare. i guess everybody kind of suspected the u.s. and israel were behind it. in this was name, chapter, verse operation name of the israeli name. its extraordinary. >> i have to say, im a journalist, i have two minds about...