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January. they were classified up until now, but the white house explains the president thought it was right and necessary to declassify this information. first of all, the american public knows and also they can try to assess what happened and for the white house to make sure that this does not happen again. ening its interesting when you read the details, a limited amount of detail thats in this statement, there was clearly the intel there to conduct these operations to at least have a reasonab...

Send in. its monday morning quarterback, mistake. >> tom, very few would advocate for ending the drone program altogether but are there reforms ending signature strikes that could improve our capabilities? >> well im sure that there is this merits a look and an investigation. but i dont think theyll be significant changes. a signature strike is just that. the indication are signatures or signals that those being targeted are exhibiting signs that they are part of al qaeda, part of isis. they int...

At the same time your message is to press on . this is a tool you dont want to lose in this fight. >> the men and women behind the drone program making these agonizing decisions, i know many of them. theyre patriots. learn from your mistakes but can you imagine what kind of job they have and how hard it is. we take extraordinary lengths but i have no issue. i can talk about my issues with my president all day long but here the president handled this right. >> if you have the white house saying w...

Operations. >> when the president is speaking of lessens to be learns do you think that equates to rethinking the drone program as it stands now? >> it is a bit of a myth that the united states intelligence community has a lot of information or perfect information when the they attack certain places in pakistan afghanistan, elsewhere. we are working with limited information. therefore we have this drone capability. people in the government have to make a choice whether to strike a place or not t...

Spark a debate about the drone program in general. is this truly the most effective counter intelligence program that you can do? its not going to be lost on some people to say if you were going to attempt an operation to get somebody and used humans rather than drones a human would have noted there are hostages here. a drone isnt going to know that. this is a reminder of the limits of the drone program. >> getting human into the area is becoming more and more difficult every day. that is clearl...

Msnbc political correspondent kasey hunt and nbcs luke. what do you have about the investigation that the president ordered? >> reporter: crystal good afternoon. what we know right now is that the drone program hasnt been changed yet in the wake of the knowledge of what happened with these strikes. so far no changes there. but the white house has launched an investigation and theres also going to be an independent inspector general investigation into just how this was allowed to happen and what ...

Warren weinstein as an american hero. hopefully well be able to -- rerepresents really u.s. aid workers all over the world who are trying to fight for democracy and doing humanitarian good. but the president is going to have to get a report and do some retooling. we dont want a repeat of this. the enemy here is al qaeda. we have to be careful not to over beat up on cia or president obama because of an event like this. its tough to ferret out terrorists. we do the best we can. mistakes at war are...

Program. this has been a constant source of tension because of the classified information. theres a question of how many have been killed and different organizations have come up with different figures. but because of the classified nature of the program and the pakistanis they -- theyre sensitive to the drone program. the public does not like the drone program, but we also know that the pakistani intelligence services have cooperated with the u.s. in targeting for the drone program. so i -- i d...

Seattle pass at their own 1 yard line with two seconds left in the game to seal the victory. i think i won one of the boxes, too, didnt i? now im just remembering. all right. the president doing that at the white house right now. >> our nations drone program now in the crosshairs. investigation launched after a drone strike accidentally killed an american on your screen there and an italian being held hostage. well talk to a national security expert who worked under both presidents obama and geo...

International hostage killed caught up in crossfire. these are extremely risky operations hard to get right. this is one, just the worst in collateral damage the totally soulless term used in strikes like this. this is a worst case scenario here. the president felt the need to get it out to the public. it will be interesting to see the top of the other. >> some people critical of the drone program because of things like this. do you believe this will call the drone called into question and raise...