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Not to be correct. and thats why the president asked for a review. a. >> but is it a failure in intelligence. >> i said the protocols were followed and it was accurate with respect to whether or not this was an al qaeda facility. but in fact there were hostages being held there. now, it is difficult to know that obviously. i spent a lot of time for example, working on the hundred for bin laden. it took us years over the course of two administrations to find him. he is a very tough business. and ...

Senior officials there basically liars for their role in the interrogation program. but some of the same members are completely fine and believe theyre being told everything they need to know about the drone program. theyre the same people. >> why is the cia achlta running this program instead of the pentagon? >> it started as a covert program. it started as we want to do these missions inside pakistan and wed like to not acknowledge that were actually doing it so tailor made for the cia. everyb...

Location. when the dead were pulled out there turned out to be six. they think warren weinstein and giovanni lo porto may have been in tunnels or under ground in this operation. there is a lot of dispute about whether the cia should be carrying out the operations or the u.s. military should be the lead on these decisions. >> prior to 9/11 the cia didnt do this power military work. there has been to discussion post-9/11 because we were all caught up in the throes of most 9/11 and the activity aro...

Valuable use for drones as much as im seen as an opponent of drones, in military and warfare they do have value. >> were seeing big critics like senator paul not using this as a time to criticize the drone program. >> i think they are rallying around the drone program. i think president obama last week standing up and admitting that the cia drones killed an italian and american civilian -- on that occasion that was an al qaeda blow. this is a self-inflicted blow. what really the president admitt...

And there needs to be a facility at which we can take people off the battlefield and interrogate them and not sending people to guan man toe but even that was ended. >> i dont know how in the world closing this loophole would have any effect on whether we know if drone strikes are going to be effective. if anybody has a problem like i do still has a problem. maybe more so the fact that the president promised that he was going to be trapsnsparent about this program and this is something we need t...

Found no way to close guantanamo and there needs to be a facility at which we can take people off the battlefield and interrogate them and not sending people to guan man toe but even that was ended. >> i dont know how in the world closing this loophole would have any effect on whether we know if drone strikes are going to be effective. if anybody has a problem like i do still has a problem. maybe more so the fact that the president promised that he was going to be trapsnsparent about this progra...

The press." im now joined by mike zenko, an expert on drone warfare. mr. zenko, welcome to "meet the press." let me ask you this. the drone program as it stands now, is it as necessary and successful as you heard it outlined by mr. donnellin just now? >> that outline presumes the assumption that the united states must be continuously using military force against a wide away of militant and terrorist organizations. once you start with that assumption, i would say the binary policy choices the w...

>> i think they have fallen in love with the deal. a lot of it is about legacy. i am not here to condemn and demonize the president, but i can tell you i do not like what i have read so far. >> you know drones apparently killed two westerners by mistake and he came out and admitted this was an error, and should we expect deadly mistakes like this as part of the drone program? >> i dont think the drone program should have been run out of the cia. the cia is an intelligence gathering operation. th...

Of militants out over the years, but its civilian toll is not fully known. now "the new york times" is reporting that despite the controversy, congress has remained near the unwaiver -- remained nearly unwavering in the drone program, demanding more strikes. joining me, my army buddy, tom rooney, member of the house intelligence committee, appropriations committee. you did our inaugural show out of new york for "taking the hill" and now in d.c. great to have you back. >> thanks. thanks for havin...

Italian giovanni lo porto. is it time to revise the controversial drone program? im going to speak to homeland security secretary jay johnson and house intelligence committee member congressman tomb rooney. later, an elite army ranger has returned to the field in afghanistan with a unique business plan. flip-flops in aid for the communities he fought to protect. president obamas announcement this week that a sigh drone strike accident -- cia drone strike accidentally killed two hostages has ...