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Captured. >> reporter: mike azenco has been following and criticizing the drone program for years. >> one of the reasons the cia became so active in drone strikes was out of concern that they would be prosecuted for torture. >> reporter: so they were worried about holding them and torturing them and decided, eh, its better just to kill them instead? >> this is what the cias response to the torture report makes very clear. >> reporter: in the past 12 years, the u.s. has launched hundreds of drone...

A war against islam. but the drone war is certainly part of it. the torture program is certainly part of it. i dont know if you can say one is more influential and creating more of a problem than the other. >> now, you were telling me before, and you didnt bring it up in the piece, that there is -- theres obviously various ways that the drone program is used, you know, going after a known terrorist. theres no other way to get them and they kill that terrorist. but then theres something you say t...

Part of it. the torture program is certainly part of it. i dont know if you can say one is more influential and creating more of a problem than the other. >> now, you were telling me before, and you didnt bring it up in the piece, that there is -- theres obviously various ways that the drone program is used, you know, going after a known terrorist. theres no other way to get them and they killthat terrorist. but then theres something you say that are called signature strikes. tell me about em th...

Which is the video image you see from the pentagon, torture is something we feel directly and personally and we think is morally wrong. >> reporter: but there is nothing antiseptic about a missile that hits a village. so as officials do the rounds to admonish the previous administration for condoning the secret torture program, they will do well to keep in mind that old saying about glass houses and stones. >> richard engel is in studio with me now. richard, first of, its good to have you states...

Drone program. a pilotless aircraft sending a hell fire missile to kill people. lets have a discussion about the mortality of that, if were going to have one, lets have both. >> and on that note, were going to take a break, but were not done yet, thanks to our fox news political insiders and we will have more on the breaking news in australia. thats up next. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. your...

Every day. policing cant just be about an absence of crime. its got to be a presence of justice. >> these things that happe to black men is something no one should go through. >> all in their own words. its a tough conversation. but you know what? maybe we need to have uncomfortable conversations like that. when we return, back to the war against terrorists. and the u.s. drone program that many see as being every bit as [ male announcer ] take zzzquil and sleep like... the kids went to nanas h...

Necessary secrets and while we may be debating this now, if people were to put out information which caused damage to national security, wed be having an entirely different discussion. >> on the flip side of this, michael, are you less likely to trust what youre told by the cia and other government agencies? >> well, i try to always be skeptical, brian, not just of the cia but government agencies. its a reminder that what we are told at one point in time about especially covert operations, often...

>> possibly hundreds of civilians and pakistan and yemen, how much of the operations have become republic and stranz parent. >> i cant say for sure whether there are legal questions that he will face because the done competition is league. i dont think that president obamas drone program is morally superior to bushs reign of -- when you talk about how war par tis pats are constructioned in a place like emena, were basing it on age. if youre 18 and in the area you are interested a member of the

>> there needs to be systems in place so that the police officers have to conduct themselves in a way no matter who theyre policing. >> it was very important to change that attitude. we have made tremendous progress. i think you have to build trust every day. policing cant just be about an absence of crime. its got to be about a presence of justice. >> these things that happens to black men is something no one should go through. >> all in their own words. its a tough conversation. but you know w...

An estimated 400 under president obama. >> the use of drones is heavily constrained. america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and prosecute. >> reporter: polls show about 70% of americans support the drone program. why? why is it more acceptable and more popular to kill people than to hold them and torture them? >> antiseptic drone strikes, which is the video image you see from the pentagon, torture i...