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Right now. we are being pushed to get into a deal to give us nothing, but the iranians to end up with a nuclear weapon. >> mike huckabee had praise for donald trump calling him a master at branding. he said it helped trump get ten times the press coverage than any other candidate. huckabee said if he got that attention, he would be leading in the polls. the pentagon plans to expand an the number of drone flights overseas. 50% of more flights would broaden intelligence collection in ukraine and i...

Concerning to me. >> mr. chairman, can i have one more second? is that okay. >> i think youve asked the most important question, which is, what can we do going forward to minimize the chance of this happening again. we will never be able to guaranty that it wont happen again. there is always risk. but i think the thing that is we need to do to make sure this doesnt happen again is one, i think we need time prove our intelligence collection. that in these kind of places like benghazi where there ...

Chemical weapons? >> well, i think the russians drive a hard bargain. they always do. i think there is a way. but i think its going to be a tough negotiation. its going to take maybe a little more time. were going to get frustrated at the pace of things. and the thing that really concerns me is that syria and russia may introduce some conditionality into this. >> like what kind of conditionality? >> well, commitments to no regime change or desisting from the threat of violence before weve even g...

Targets that we can service there. many of them are fixed. he doesnt have robust, redundant systems. he can move a few things around. but remember, hes also in a war himself. he doesnt have in options and that much freedom of movement. and the intensity of our intelligence collection allows us to do this continuous targeting. so i do think general dempsey is right on this. i might add on that last question about war. when you attack a sovereign nation, thats an act of war. we havent declared war...

About that guy. and what theyll do is theyll open a threat assessment. all this information will generally go in the joint terrorism task force which is state, federal officials. that threat assessment will then allow the fbi to do certain types of intelligence collection. but because its very preliminary, they cant do truly invasive things. so, for example, they cant just get a wiretap off this tip. it generally allows them to go talk to the people, maybe do a little bit of investigation on the...

Particularly with your background. if you can address that. >> clearly counterterrorism is going to be a priority area for the energies committee and for cia for many years ago. just like weapons proliferation is as well. those are enduring challenges. since 9/11 the cia has dedicated a lot of effort and very successfully, they have done a tremendous job to mitigate that terrorist threat. at the same time though they do have this responsibility on global coverage. whey need to take a look at is ...

years ago. ♪ tell you about global project management ♪ >> the scandal is now in the cross hairs of a congressal hearing today. video spoofs even bragged about the lavish spending and poked fun at president obama. the scandal already has claimed gsa administrator martha johnson who stepped down two weeks ago. republican chair of the house oversight committee darrell issa says one goal of the hearing is to, quote, make sure this doesnt happen again. the death toll from this weeken...

Microwave communications, these places have technical intelligence teams all the time. we dont have deep level intelligence collection like the way the russians certainly have had for decades in the united states. but we kept our eye on them. >> what did the u.s. government have to gain by keeping these compounds open, by allowing them to operate? >> well, thats the best part is that u.s. intelligence monitors their intelligence collection. so we would know or have a pretty good idea just how so...

What mr. davis was doing in pakistan. referring to his role as a security officer, says, quote, they do not conduct foreign intelligence collection or covert operations. however, a "new york times" article today says that mr. davis carried out scouting and other reconnaissance missions. so just what was mr. davis role, as you understand it there, in lahore? >> i dont know mr. davis specific role but as described the individuals who contracted out to provide security in high threat posts like pak...