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Its not the end of a war. do you wait until a war is over before you start swapping prisoners? >> this president doesnt recognize radical islamist terrorism is a clear and present danger to the united states. >> you have to give him credit for some of the things hes done like the drone program. theres not report out today that not only are the former gitmo detainees are free to go around qatar, we gave them an assurance we would not be following them. im hoping thats not true. >> the president t...

Custody, would we send them back to germany? >> no. >> in 1943 or wait until the war is over before you swap prisoners? >> isnt this the philosophical divide the president doesnt recognize radical islamic terrorism is a real, clear and present danger to the united states? >> i think that we have to give him credit for things that have been done like the drone program. there is another report today, not only are the former guantanamo bay detainees free to go around qatar, there is assurance wed n...

Now, it shows americans are fairly unconcerned about the drone program. if enough of these movie comes out and always casting the drone program in a negative light, you can imagine peoples perceptions could start to change. >> lets talk now about acceptance in hollywood. you saw a few of them immortalized on the silver screen there. the famous superheroes come from all backgrounds and stan lee, the 91-year-old legendary comic book creator says superheroes transcend racial, natural and gender bou...

The criticism does not stop at the big screen. >> the technology that was used to control your drone is going to be used in a massive terror attack against civilians. >> the question is whether people are tuning in to the metaphors and underlying political subtext and whether they are just watching and eating their popcorn. >> its never been greater. >> then again, who needs metaphors? oliver stone and others use this psa to voice their opinions of the nsa outright. >> we need to end, not suspic...

President obama set to officially nominate two new members of the cabinet. shaun donovan would take over as director of management and budget, replacing sylvia matthews burwell, on track to become the next secretary of health and human services. and julio castro would replace donovan at hud. the announcement is set for this afternoon at the white house. as the white house prepares to release a key memo justifying its killing of u.s. citizens overseas, there is word this morning that some in th...

Killing continues. im confused. do you think that drones are a good thing, or not? >> the book is meant to be a thriller and is meant to expose all sides of the killer. i dont want him to read it and say, he thinks that. personally, what do i think? i think weve overdone it. when i advocated this in 2000 and 2001, i wanted a small group of maybe 10 al qaeda leaders to be targeted. not 2,000 people in five countries. when people are demonstrating in the streets of yemen and pakistan against the d...

>> not quite the 13-hour filibuster. but he did give a compassioned 30-minute to us. outlines the governments authority for killing u.s. citizens potentially overseas who are suspected of terrorism using those drones. the obama administration agreed to a court order to make edited versions of that memo public. the senate is expected to vote on whether to proceed with barons nomination within the hour. some lawmakers actually called for a full review of the drone program before voting on barons a...

Program, the drone program is kicked in the ass by a certainly element who says oh my god this is inflaming the muslim world. it is inflaming the muslim world because the occasional and few civilian casualties over the period of the drone program. now we are targeting islamic fundamental lists who have been excelling over these many years now at marching people into mosques and markets and other public sectors and killing indiscrime nantly in large quantities women and children. you would think ...

From the intelligence director to the president of the united states to the vice president to everybody taking some dread. what has changed? >> of course they wanted to shift the narrative that al qaeda is on the run. thats been the narrative ever since the election, that, hey, theyre on the run. in this case weve got 65 most of which are al qaeda affiliated members that are killed. this president doesnt want to say this must persist, be strong in the face of it. instead he saysç weve got to do...

Hed go home and watch "sportscenter" and fall asleep two seconds later. theres something great about work. you dont have time. >> enough about my frustration. >> theres a new defense underway. were not talking about the one at mikas home against her daughter. >> no. >> its against al qaeda in yemen. though you may want to consider drone attacks. >> over the past three days over 65 militants have been killed. the strikes targeted a training camp for terrorists. the yemeni government says at least...