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Oreilly. in the miller time segment tonight, lets get to the sage of southern california joins us from santa barbara. miller, your daily radio syndicated program can you hear it from folks all over the country what are they saying to you? >> you know, i would say the most interesting tid bit i gleaned a woman who doesnt call a lot but comments a lot on the site. mary z fine boy who fought for us named andrew. she said the must interesting thing. you have to keep your ear to the ground because pe...

Jimmy carter was one of the first americans who raise questions about our so-called drone use. he wanted to know what are the legal underpinnings. he did that last june and then again in december it was picked up and put-back down. ron lawton, senator from oregon, and the aclu sued the obama administration. ran paul, to his credit, went to the senate well and spent 13 hours driving home this big issue. >> anita, where were the democrats then in this? why didnt they come help him? >> there were d...

The older i get the more patient i am with them. >> john mccain criticized rand paul. >> marco rubio, all those guys take the senate floor and they didnt defer to the, you know, bigger defense is automatically better republicans. >> i think this is good at two levels. one is, republicans need to get over sitting around passively waiting for their leadership. to have a ted cruz, a rand paul, this is a healthy firm. i think the issue raised was real. conservatives fear big government. the constitu...

And then in december it was picked up and put back down. ron wasson, from oregon, raised questions about the so-called drone use. and the aclu sued the obama administration almost back in january of 2010, but rand paul to his credit, went to the senate well, and spent 13 hours driving home this big issue. >> anita, where were the democrats then in this? why didnt they help him? >> there were democrats. the reality is that, you know, he was filibustering on an issue where the white house had fund...

All immigrant communities. >> let me ask you about a couple of things in the news lately. one has been senator rand pauls filibuster seeking answers on a policy on drone use in the u.s. senator john mccain to a certain extent, lindsey graham came out and criticized that filibuster. and it was seen as kind of an old guard, young turk sort of divide in the republican party. if you had to describe what is going on now inside the republican party, how would you describe it? >> i would say it is a na...

To no. no. >> its not clear holders response today is a reversal of this march 4th letter to senator rand paul we told you about it last night where holder left the door open to the possible use on lethal force of americans on extraordinary circumstances on u.s. soil while describing the senators drone sebaali narrows as too hypocritical. lawmakers could not block drone use. >> congress has the constitutional authority to pass the law preventing the presidents ability to use drone aircraft. to u...

Agree on how we balance security and privacy. >> the chairman of the intelligent committee says theres no need. let me play that. >> there is plenty of oversight here. theres not an american list somewhere overseas for targeting. that does not exist. i think theres sensationalism. this is a serious matter, but i think the rules have been consistent. >> chip, as you know, the act established federal court that oversees suspected foreign spies working in the u.s., so the question thats being debat...

Ongoing actual threats, stop plots, prevent future attacks and again, save american lives. the strikes are legal, they are ethical and they are wise. >> just hours ago during testimony at senate confirmation hearing that we were just looking at, c.i.a. director nominee john brennan defended the policy. listen. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence, will have the appropriate review process, approval process bef...

Plots, prevent future attacks and again, save american lives. the strikes are legal, they are ethical and they are wise. >> just hours ago during testimony at senate confirmation hearing that we were just looking at, c.i.a. director nominee john brennan defended the policy. listen. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence, will have the appropriate review process, approval process before any action is contemplate...

Transparency is because this program is housed within the cia. >> right. >> rather within the military and an interesting aspect of this is the president just nominated john brener top counterterrorism adviser to be head of the cia and brennan in a lot of ways has been the guy on drones. he is at the center of the drone policy so on the one hand you are getting a lot of pushback from the left from people opposed to drone use about his nomination. on the other hand, the reporting is from "the was...