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Because bin ladens decision to carry out the operations increased the size, power and funding of the u.s. national security state. across four different industries, where has it been successful and where has it failed? >> the great unforced error, boris, rescued al qaeda from oblivion. what the successes are multi-layered. if you look at the no fly list, there were 81 people. now there are hundreds of thousands. the number of joint terrorism task forces has tripled. the intelligence budget has t...

In control of an entire country. to say thats a surprising outcome doesnt really quite cover it. its not if we had this conversation a year ago, it would have seemed extremely improbable. if bin laden were alive today, im sure he would be thrilled by this development. what does it mean for u.s. national security? were still well defended. our intelligence budget has tripled. there was no tsa, no department of homeland security. were a much harder target. but if al qaeda has two or three years to...

$75 billion was spent on the intelligence budget. almost all on spying on american citizens, hacking into the systems of other countries. none was spent on how to do defense, defending our own country. even in russia gate, all the hysteria about the russians attacking our election system, tulsi gabbard said if youre worried about it, pass this bill to provide paper ballots to make sure there was no hacking. there was no interest in that. seems like theres a real interest in hyping this enemy con...

Ago when that report came out, $75 billion was spent on the intelligence budget. almost all on spying on american citizens, hacking into the systems of other countries. none was spent on how to do defense, defending our own country. even in russia gate, all the hysteria about the russians attacking our election system, tulsi gabbard said if youre worried about it, pass this bill to provide paper ballots to make sure there was no hacking. there was no interest in that. seems like theres a real in...

Issues and drive our intelligence. going back to the coast guard if they can only interdict 25% of drugs, that means 75% come through our ports of entry. we dont know what that means. im a professional intelligence officer, i spent 9 1/2 years as an undercover officer in the cia. people making the drugs and moving the drugs in north and central america are hiding in a cave and we need to use all our tool kits to go after the kingpins and smugglers as well. you talk about the drug cartels making ...

To correct. he was interviewed by the staff of the committee on monday, not by the committee itself, and i havent, between being on the floor with health care for the last two days, i havent really had a chance to sit down and look at the transcript so im afraid i cant illuminate any of that. this is, was a preliminary interview by the staff and thats the way were conducting this. the staff is talking to witnesses i think were up to 25 or 30 witnesses at this point and well go back, review the t...

Messages from his followers, reinforcing the view that the moderns al qaeda is in decline. putting politics in those questions aside, lawmakers say that the blocks are making all of the documents unacceptable. >> the value of learning and who is debating who on what issues, it is incredibly valuable in trying to make sure that we have the best information possible. reporter: they tell fox news that they believe the document goes way beyond the al qaeda network itself and that sheds light on the ...

Eye find it hard to believe that dick cheney would pin his credibility on a disgruntled employee who want to be a hero and ends up in china. martin luther king, jr. didnt go to china. and neither did a lot of other heros who wanted to see change in this country. they faced the music. and for more on this, i want to go to two of my friend who are very liberal and we may disagree on this. radio talk show host tom hartman and also with us is adam green, co-founder of the aggressive campaign committ...

>> heres the other issue that i think wed failed at, that is in our ability to collect intelligence around the world this administration in particular has been an absolute failure when it comes to extending the dollar and supporting the cia and military intelligence around the world to be able to draw in that intelligence that is going to truly be able to allow us to keep the next terrorist attack from happening on american soil. >> cal in the world does he come to that conclusion? >> is nonsens...

The. this administration in particular has been an absolute failure when it comes to extending the dollar and supporting the cia and military intelligence around the world to be able to draw in that intelligence that is going to truly be able to allow us to keep the next terrorist attack from happening on american soil. >> cal in the world does he come to that conclusion? >> is nonsense, the intelligence budget has gone up significantly. we have killed all but -- all the top leaders of al qaeda ...