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So far they have not been asked the most pressing question about new plans revealed yesterday to tar get and kill a u.s. citizen believed to be planning attacks on americans. u.s. military sources tell us they are frustrated, however, and believe yesterdays leak likely tipped the suspected american terrorist. these sources think the american target will go to ground and the opportunity to kill him will likely be lost. u.s. officials confirm to fox news that the suspected terrorist came on to the...

There is no need to get all wound around the axle about it, engaging in overanalysis of the subject. jenna: senator rand paul has been very outspoken against the drone program. he says in the past, and im paraphrasing his stance on this. jon: is that he is concerned its a very slippery slope because we work americans overseas because theyre working with enemies and does that mean we kill americans at all? his example with a drone strike on coffee shop somewhere, somehow, if the power is concentr...

On a very important issue unlesser of you are able to -- unless either of you are able to tell me what the plan will be. >> the legal debates continue. >> was anything said at the hearing about u.s. troops staying in afghanistan after this year? another hot topic. >> the most important headline from the hearing that the u.s. will now likely wait until after president hamid karzai leaves office this summer to get a security agreement that would allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan. without th...

Administration tightened its own rules. last may. forced by factors such as "the new york times" report about president obamas secret kill list and rand pauls filibuster on drones last march. under the new policy, american suspects can only be killed by the military, not the cia, which has yet to hand over the drone program to the pentagon. but in the same may speech, when the president announced changes to the drone program, he talked about justification for killing american terrorists abroad. ...

Is just about to brief the press at the pentagon and it is one of the issues we plan to ask him about, gretchen. >> what are the reports now. the administration offered to halt the drone strikes. what about that? halt drone strikes in pakistan. >> well, the white house pushed back pretty hard on the idea theres been any sort of quid pro quo with pakistan to halt the drug program. if you look at the numbers, already a drop in drone strikes over pakistan from 122 u.s. drone strikes in 2010 to 26 l...

The u.s. drone program if all troops pull out of afghanistan for the year. >> this is one that gets overlooked in all the talk whether the president will authorize and whether afghanistans will agree to troops staying. how the u.s. drone program used by cia used to link al qaeda figures in pakistan would have to essentially be shut down or moved to a neighboring country, central asia or perhaps india. without u.s. troops to guard bases in afghanistan that these predator drones fly out of, the pr...

Controversial options outside afghanistan. >> would you consider basing drones in india, for instance? >> well, we have to consider everything, as we are. >> already, there has been a confirmed drop in drone strikes over pakistan from 122 drone strikes in 2010 to just 26 last year. >> we will also have either no troops or a significantly reduced number of troops in afghanistan after 2014. and that obviously lessens the protection needs we have. so i think those factors play into what the preside...

"crossfire." >> i think were missing an important point here. the problem we had was the cia was running this. were trying to bring it back to the military. the military has much stricter criteria for using it. a month ago we had special forces in somalia when they came across this leader and there were women and children there, they left. >> right. >> am i not right when i say leaders from other parts of the world, iraq, what have you, will hide behind women and children. >> shu, but were bette...

Say see, i can kill people, too. and playing the military doesnt respect me, well, look what im doing approximately ip using military -- >> let me say something. in his campaign, he said, if i have information there are al qaeda leaders in pakistan and musharraf wont do anything, i will take action. president bush criticiediiticiz senator mccain, which is using the drones, which he has done. he was very honest about it. >> the point im making is i think because of the drone program thats there, ...

We should view terrorism as a law enforcement activity and try to bring our approach to it back in line with our values. president obama and the head of the cia, this guy was the architect of the drone program, they have built structures that ensure we remain that way for at least the next presidency. >> the president brought up gitmo. how optimistic are you about it closing before his tenure? >> im not optimistic. at the end of the day, there were people being force fed and needed to be release...