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>> well theyre talking about some of these asymmetric threats. that is something that is a technology or a weapon system that is is supposed to take advantage of a vulnerability that we may have. for instance if this ship were to deploy someplace like the persian gulf, the iranians for instance use a couple of techniques. one is, they have swarming boats. you could send a bunch of small boats with missiles on them at one large, high value target such as a major capital ship. and then it would ov...

Miley, that is the performance that is lighting up social media this morning. miley cyrus channels her inner michelle bachmann as she takes a twip at the republican party and the government shutdown. >> good morning, everyone. 8:00 on the east coast. this is "new day sunday." theres a lot to get to in the u.s. and around the world. starting with the big terror get. hes a high value target. a senior al qaeda leader in u.s. custody this morning. >> yeah, american commandos snatched the man off t...

Increased camera presence in places like boston, atlanta, san francisco, like we have very much in new york and washington, d.c.? >> well, i think thats up to the people of boston and atlanta. thats really their choice. of course, in new york, it is widely covered with cameras. i think the high value target at cities obviously there is a real value benefit, but you have privacy and civil liberty concerns there as well. but what i like to see is a difference, you know, this is a wake-up call that...

But in the case of drones, how do we know whats going on if there isnt any kind of disclosure anyway? >> the disclosure, of course, is internal. all these things are discussed. there are gradations of intelligence. they have to have a high degree of confidence they have a high value target. the decisions are made at the highest possible level, so the buck doesnt go anywhere. its right there and its very important to remember that as we discuss what happens next, how the guidelines will be establ...

Pakistan. and you write, an embassy asks drones or diplomacy. the strains in the u.s./pakistani relationship became acute after the may 2nd, 2011 attack on abbottbad that killed osama bin laden. so did the intraembassy dispute about drones. the ambassador is said to have supported high value target strikes on named individuals and imminent threat strikes to stop, say, a car bomb, but he questioned the cost to benefit ratio for some so-called signature strikes, where the name of the target isnt k...

Report at the end of the week. the economy is tenuous. there are a lot of negative factors going against the president in this election season. >> thats right. how does the gop play that? >> you got me. bill? >> first, the gop prefers to be called gop. >> he has a whole list. >> by the way, i would like to thank liz for trying to get me out of the questions. >> we didnt bring you here for your taste in ties. >> you are wasting time. >> obama considers all military age males in a strike zone at c...

I think you can make a logical assumption that in that situation you have probably got supporters or active terrorists in with that situation. i know i am getting into the weeds here of the go ahead. i think the answer to your next question is william howard taft. >> a vier goes by the name john gibson and his twitter feed is silver fox asks when it comes to all presidents throughout history which would you have sex with? >> i believe i just said william howard taft. >> you are a chuby chaser. g...

When somebody couldnt keep their mouth shut and talked about it and said we were on top of this thing since april. so we try to do that. witness again as you point out, ksm, an operation was mounted where we had the ability -- i guess thats what im trying to say, perhaps not eloquently. when you have the option to do that, thats what you should try to do, but it does not come up very often where you have that chance. and, then you have to say okay, well, do we wait and hope we get that opportuni...

Bin laden. robert gibbs defended the ad. >> it is not over the line. just a few years ago president obama then a candidate said in a speech that we had actual intelligence of high value target in pakistan we go in and get that high value target. mitt romney said that was foolish. he wouldnt do such a thing. he wouldnt move heaven and earth to get osama bin laden. >> lets talk about that one here with a balanced debate. lets start with you dede. president obama had initially said he wouldnt fight...

>> well, certainly its not over the line. look, just a few years ago president obama then a candidate said in a speech if we have actionable intelligence of a high valued target in pakistan wed go in and get that high value target. mitt romney said that was foolish. he wouldnt do such a thing. that he wouldnt move heaven and earth to get osama bin laden. barack obama as our commander in chief asked our intelligence community to find him. he was brought actionable intelligence, directed the brave...