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>> this is a clue to me about the significant of this target. if youre in the counter terrorism business, one significant thing is leadership. somebody who is a visionary who can tell somebody in a trench that your target is not the police or the army, its the crusaders, people for washington and new york and los angeles. the significant of that statement tells me there are still leaders in al qaeda yemen who are raising the horizons of street fighters to say your target is not just here, your t...

>> cornell. when you back off of the drone program, what dow argue is the affect of that? >> you take the panel off of the drone program things happen on the ground. what is that? >> what happens is. we think by backing off the drone program will make all of the tribal leaders happy and they want al-qaeda gone. and it just gives the terrorist breathing space. drones are a tool and not a strategy. and they are important tool in a strad edgy. i would like to see it to yemen to the massive concentr...

Before when the drone program got into its maturity. they are now meeting openly without masks out front. look at these stills of these higher ups. that is the number-two guy, we believe, in al qaeda out there meeting, i believe, be recent and authentic. analysts at the c.i.a. are scrutinizing it obviously for potential -- >> thats why were just showing still frames rather than video. we dont know if there are hidden messages in there. we know whoever released it fuzzed out some of the faces of ...

Qaeda operatives assemble in the open, flags flying, the u.s. unaware. >> its an unanswerable question, as you say, the u.s. has had a very aggressive drone program in pack can. about 100 drone and missile strikes under president obama. those strikes have killed something like at least 30 of al qaedas top leaders. to see this shows that these guys think that somehow, wherever they are, theyre not being surveyed by american drones or satellites. >> when you look at the video, you can see some of ...

Committee will not say is whether they knew about the meeting in advance or even have a drone close enough to act on it when they did find out about it. >> theyd like to keep al qaeda guessing, i guess, as far as that is concerned. excellent reporting, barbara. lets bring in our national security analyst, peter bergen, who spent many years studying these things. what do you think, did the u.s. know about this made a deliberate decision not send a drone and start kill the terrorists? >> i cant im...

Debate is that its not okay to slap or to rough up or water board, but its okay to outright kill, which is what the obama administration policy has been. theres been only one high-value target captured the entire presidency and drone strikes have taken out about over 2,000 militants and unknown civilians. so what is -- we are having this big politicize d debate with yo i think were missing the point. >> and what do you make that have comparison she just made? >> i think its really important to m...

Surveillance. >> the number one concern for everybody is privacy. this kind of technology while it has incredible uses if abutted it can be abused in very detriment tal ways. >> only 1 # 1 police accidents nationwide are authorized to use drones. 28 more are trying to get certifications by the fda. they can be impossible because of all of the rules. they had a drone program for three years but still hasnt used the t hawks because state laws say they cant fly at night, in high winds, above 300 fe...

Enforcement, requiring a warrant before drones can fly but 35 states are debating new legislation, including six states that already passed restrictions and want more. in connecticut lawmakers are krapting a bill to forbid flying unmanned aircraft. increased penalties for private citizens in cases of stalking or voyeurism. >> number one concern for everyone is privacy, right? this kind of technology, while it has incredible uses, if abused it can be accused in very detrimental ways. >> only 11 p...

The administration, and particularly the cia, in more of a bind, given the conflict of interest that feinstein identified eddinger of being directly centered around. when hes advising people inside the cia about what looks like how to launder what would in another context be probably criminal acts in order to keep performing them, and at the same time obstructing not only just the cias -- im sorry, the senates investigation of this activity, but referring its own staff doing the investigating to...

Came up in the 2012 presidential debates, and president obama used it as a format to essentially mock mitt romney. i want to play that clip for you. >> you said russia. not al qaeda. you said russia. in the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because you know, the cold wars been over for 20 years. >> first of all, russia indicate succeed a geopolitical foe -- >> not a -- >> excuse me. its a geopolitical foe, and i said in the same paragraph, i said, and iran is the greate...