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the republicans to come to his defense and call for future pardons and destabilizing department of justice and the call of other republicans here, and we are through the rubicon, and what are we doing here is what i say to the party. this reads clear as day, and the photos are, there and the photos are there, and this is very similar to what many of the republicans were criticizing hillary clinton for, except it is 1,000 worse. i think it is just requires a moment to think about the gr...

long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out. >> a lot went into the drone strike at a lot may follow from. it will begin tonight with new details on how it all came together, cnn correspondent jim sciutto, one more have you learned about this mission? >> anderson, remarkable details coming up from a senior administration official tonight that speaks to a months long intelligence operation proceeding the str...

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Boundaries and know nos rules, and he does not think that the rules apply to him, so it is on notice that they are at risk having any conversation with him in any way about this. >> yeah, george, that was heard today from one of his closest aides as a co-defendant in the courtroom with him. anderson, back to you. >> thank you, kaitlan. joining us is the former national analyst george clapper. and also general hertling, and when you are seeing what he is charged with 31 counts of willful national...

>> > well, thats a possibility here. again, im sure all these details, unfortunately are going to come out the next week or so im sure. whether there was someone on the ground that tipped off cult u.s. intelligence by some ultra -- this means to look for lance wylie here is presence in kabul, i dont know the details on that, but youll they have worked in the past and could have been a factor here. i dont know. >> general clapper, appreciate it. lieutenant general mark hurtling, close award, than...

Next leader might be, speculation already taking place about -- one other thing i would add here, anderson, that i think is deeply concerning and is gonna be a big intention for the u.s. going forward in terms of how it grapples with the taliban and with afghanistan at this new leadership is the fact that he wasnt killed in the tribal areas in pakistan, he wasnt killed in the border areas of afghanistan. >> they were allowing him to live in cable -- >> it was in downtown cable, a few minutes awa...

Joining us now mark hertling retired air force lieutenant george clapper, cnn national security analyst and former director of national intelligence clarissa ward. clarissa, can you describe the regional global significance of the u.s. taking out not just the current head of al-qaeda but someone so deeply involved with september 11th, even if some of its just not necessarily operationally that significant? >> theres no question that this is a hugely symbolic significant moment. this is a man as ...

Bounty on his head, what happens when other individuals who are potentially not perhaps as well known to intelligence officials, who are not necessarily on the radar internationally in the same way. how can you trust again in the talibans word, when they talk about a serious commitment funding not only isis-k, which theyre focused on, but other groups like al-qaeda in the region. >> -- the k director, clapper, with jim sciutto was talking about this earlier era, the past bounties have worked? [i...

Cnn national security analyst. george clapper, as you view where russian forces are arrayed are you surprised at the pace of the russian attack thus far? >> yes, anderson, i have been surprised. and i think maybe not as surprised as putin. i think they thought that this would be a cakewalk and they could just roll the tanks down the street and that would cow the ukrainians and theyd roll over and capitulate. and that obviously hasnt been the cast. the ukrainians have staunchly resisted the russi...

Calling on the cia director to come and brief senators on the killing. theres no indication that shes going to and bolton was asked about that today. he denies shes being blocked from doing so. but should she go? >> absolutely. anytime theres an event like this that has huge implications for the relationship, as heavily dependent on intelligence for our insight into what happened, there should be a senior, dan coats. >> why do they want her to go? >> you can surmise that perhaps the intelligence...