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Surprised by how he, himself, has embraced, not sure vaveilla but the drone program. hes admitted hes turned into more of a hawkish president than he campaigned or when he was a senator, so i do think, though, that his supporters, his base, wants to see him return to a place where things like civil liberties and privacy are at the top of his agenda. >> dont want to let you go without your take on chris christie. 20 subpoenas issued, 17 to finishes, three to groups, two special state kmoocommitte...

Also cleared the senate. 72-26. so the bill now goes to the presidents desk for his sign-off including that provision that will keep our lethal drone program as opaque as possible, both to us and to congress that is supposed to oversee it. at least thats the status for now. watch this space. the president will be at the justice department to talk about its hip-hop. for cross-country, classical. and for jumps, i need something...special. so i use my citi thankyou visa card for music downloads a...

It also bans the anti-poverty activist group a.c.o.r.n. the new budget includes four separate provisions blocking any funding to a.c.o.r.n. if youre keeping score at home, a.c.o.r.n. has not existed for four years now. but it will not get any federal funding. suffice to say, the new spending bill includes a lot of nonsense, generated from the comment section of the conspirator yal youtube clips about kenya. but there is one very controversial bit of business that did make it into the 1,582-page ...

Talking about nsa data collection, whether youre talking about the drone program or gitmo. this president has found himself in a very uncomfortable position saying one thing as a candidate and the next doubling down on policies as president and commander in chief. >> he became president and that is what happened to him. >> exactly! that was a great tragedy event, the campaign that actually worked. he became president and had to actually protect americans. >> but to be fair to all presidents, rep...

To carry out drone strikes from the cia to the pentagon. thats according to officials who spoke by anonymity. who included the measure? it mostly likely came from members of the house and senate appropriations committees but we dont know for sure because no one is officially talking about it. white house, no comment. cia, no comment. pentagon, no comment. so it is very unclear how this is all going to play out. but this is an important issue. and even when this unresolved and undebated -- the bi...

Earlier reports suggest opponents of moving the drone program from the cia to the pentagon may have gotten their way. again, using dollars to prevent it from happening. and finally, a big apology to our friends in the presidential cabinet. this bill bars the use of federal money for painting portraits, one of the few perks that was there, and the presidents pay freeze will continue. well, speaking of following the money, the senate is losing one of its most outspoken critics of wasteful govern...

Obamas plan to shift control of the drone program, to shift control of the u.s. armed unmanned drone program from the cia to the pentagon. and in his big historic speech last week on the war on terror, president obama open talked about the drone program for the first time. and what he announced in the big landmark speech was to start to shift control from the supersecret literally covert cia to the defense department, which can be quite secretive, but which has an arguably more straightforward r...

Sill syrian army that can still. >> yes, maam. you can got to change the battle. >> how? >> by empowering those once they went. al qaeda. they are about 10,000 of them going. but with a good drone program, you dont need american troops. no weapons have gone to the free syrian army. >> is there time? >> yes, there is time. >> everything seems to be deteriorating over there here in the united states, i dont think a the love americans have an appetite for getting the reinvester. >> i totally get th...

America does not take strikes to punish individuals. we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the american people. and when there are no other governments capable of effectively addressing the threat. and before any strike is taken, there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. the highest standard we can set. this last point is critical because much of the criticism about drone strikes, both here at home and abroad, understandably center...

Sill syrian army that can still. >> yes, maam. you can got to change the battle. >> how? >> by empowering those once they went. al qaeda. they are about 10,000 of them going. but with a good drone program, you dont need american troops. no weapons have gone to the free syrian army. >> is there time? >> yes, there is time. >> everything seems to be deteriorating over there here in the united states, i dont think a the love americans have an appetite for getting the reinvester. >> i totally get th...