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High value interrogation group is handling the interrogation. what does that mean, exactly? what additional powers or skills does that group have? >> well, i think the purpose of this is to make sure that when decisions are made about how to interrogate somebody, what to what kind of techniques to use, frankly, whether somebody should be mirandized or not, youre getting input from people who are skilled representing all the agencies that have relevant information to bear. that means the intellig...

Naturalization ceremonies, theyre going through that process, they are being background checked, fingerprinted, weve got to make sure the people are checked thoroughly. its not just people coming in from overseas. bill: one more point on this, that group in pakistan is under heat, the pakistani military is going after them and our military drones into been very effective, too, thats an active campaign. ill give you the last word in 15 seconds. >> obviously we have a good ally in pakistan in many...

Chicago highlighted in the red here. what about this idea of bringing in the national guard? were not talking about -- lets be clear here, were not talking about tanks rolling through these neighborhoods. but what about using the national guard? maybe to assist police in intelligence gathering. is that a bad idea? >> first of all, good afternoon, tony. and let me say this. i respect the representative. buff i disagree with him profusely. first of all, look at how we got into this situation. we h...

Operations designed to thwart or two attacks or discourage them. including the surge in new york city with hundreds of heavily armed officers from agencies swarming subways and trains. they say it can act as a deterrent because attacks require practice and they are not going to go where the cops are. intelligence gathering may be the best weapon, infiltrating radicals while they plot their attacks. >> shepard: if you talk to them they say its to make us feel better about using the subways. weve ...

Not confirm, deny or discuss investigations. the only thing we can say at this time is that we are aware of the allegations and are looking into them. we have heard from a separate source that he is, indeed, under investigation and a lot of people here saying, you know, these are very serious allegations, so they want to be careful in terms of what they say, they want to make sure they have all the information gathered properly. jane: and one last question, what is the military saying about this...

Lives this way. this is something that we should be bragging about and boasting about and take great pride in in the way we do war. that doesnt mean we should go too far and risk winning because not winning looks even worse than killing civilians. >> bret: speaking of bragging and boasting, there was a big taliban capture in pakistan. he is said to be the top taliban military commander. we dont have a picture there. the classic silhouette still. how big a deal is this, jonah? >> i think its a hu...

Defend and protect civilian lives this way. this is something that we should be bragging about and boasting about and take great pride in in the way we do war. that doesnt mean we should go too far and risk winning because not winning looks even worse than killing civilians. >> bret: speaking of bragging and boasting, there was a big taliban capture in pakistan. he is said to be the top taliban military commander. we dont have a picture there. the classic silhouette still. how big a deal is this...

>> joe biden is taking credit for iraq. he said it will be a great success for this administration. >> what youre seeing is some of the things that they champion which was to drawdown the troops, and that is what is actually occurring. so they have stabilized iraq and the bush administration should be commended for the surge that was at the end that did stabilize that country, and now were starting to see the draw back, and youre starting to see iraqi elections go in force. so yes, there is some...

Say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: the ranking republicans said the decision to send the alleged bomber on flight 253 to criminal court where he got a lawyer and stopped providing information, was catastrophic. >> enemy combatants must be questioned to the fullest by the intelligence community befo before, if they are mirandized before theyre mirandized and given attorneys. >> reporter: in the most detailed public account, the f.b.i. director explained how the decision...

-- and we have not lost anything as a result of how his case has been handled. >> does anyone buy this? is the obama administration taking the wrong path when it comes to dealing with terrorism? >> go ahead and say hello once again to former c.i.a. operative wayne simmons. well, wayne, what do you think? >> well, axelrod, like robert gibbs is once again showing that they are nothing but buffoons when it comes to national security of this nation. for him to go on television in front of the united...