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About drone strikes, both here at home and abroad, understandably centers on reports of civilian casualties. theres a wide gap between u.s. assessments of such casualties and nongovernmental reports. nevertheless, it is a hard fact that u.s. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. a risk that exists in every war. and for the families of those civilians, no words or legal construct can justify their loss. for me, and those in my chain of command, those deaths will haunt us for as long as we...

Crisis over these three stories. its as if cbs lost its compass. first of all, as you mentioned, you had benghazi. you have two wonderful journalists in lara logan and max mcclellan, her producer who have been put on indefinite leave for believing an eyewitness who turned out to be completely and absolutely wrong. and as you said, jeff bezos, boy, did he get a christmas present after their report the day before cyber monday that talked about his drone program, and charlie rose was all gaga about...

One thing in the presidents favor is he does nuance better than perhaps any other leader weve had. i think hes almost at his best when hes being nuanced. i think people disagree. the first time addressed the drone program and didnt offer a definitive answer but said these are moral questions, and i have erred here. i thought that was a great moment on a thorny issue. >> hes intellectual enough and not knee jerk, when pushed into a situation where he has to give his opinion -- you think about his...

Look, i think if there is a deal to get him back, were not going to learn a whole lot about it. were just going to be in the dark for awhile while this plays out in iran. >> youve got a major article in "the new yorker" talking about the nsa, whats going on. you obviously wrote it before this court ruling today which is obviously very significant as we heard jeffrey toobin say, potentially a game changer as far as the way the nsa would operate in the united states. but how much tension is there ...

This convoy that held wanted al qaeda terrorists and that those four cars were struck. that wasnt the case. that there were al qaeda militants in this convoy. they were simply innocent people going to a wedding. 148 people killed, 22 injured, nine in critical. the residents are extremely angry. they are outraged and saying this shows yet again what they and others across yemen have been pleading with the government for years now, that an end to the drone program must happen and it must happen an...

Years and theyve said on many occasions that they need the help from the u.s., that the drone program is essential for a place like yemen because you have a weak central government that cannot such a tribal society, such a poor country which has become a hub for al qaeda where its easy for militants to get into, access to plot out spectacular attacks against all the regional neighbors and other countries across the world. yemen is in a strategic area, it neighbors saudi arabia, the largest oil e...

Pitts his family at risk and it will throw a wrench in the drone program because they are going to have to replace him. >> second time in three years this has happened. what do we need to do to find out how this is happening? >> i am afraid it is going to happen again. this is the third time. 2010 they outed jonathan banks, the station chief there. the station chief is an open secret and if someone inside the pakistani governmental agencies want to out his name is a fairy easy thing to do. the g...

This is -- pakistan is already on edge after what happened with osama bin laden and so this kind of thing doesnt help relations. >> and the entire drone program used by the u.s. has become a controversial issue. some are opposed to it saying wheres the due process, wheres the american brand of justice? and others say if we are getting the bad guys, which we are, maybe successful, than we are protecting our security but other people say at what cost are we protecting our security. other people sa...

Poverty wajges. this is important for all of us. >> thank you for being here. i also want to thank tiffany. thank you. happy holidays. >> thank you and happy holidays to you as well. >> all right. appreciate it. after the break, after signals the cia was open to reforming the drone program, they are continuing to keep a tight lid on it. now tens of thousands of pakistanis are blocking nato supply routes. were going to discuss the road to transparency with the center for american progress next ...

Disturbing report out on presidential hubris tonight. a book on the 2012 election claims that president obama has been bragging to aides that he is "really good at killing people." which has critics asking whether that is the right tone for a u.s. president. ceo of concerned veterans for america and two-time combat vet is here with reaction, he is speaking of the drone war, but the comment "im really good at killing people," your thoughts as a vet. >> as a vet, there could be a problem with that...