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Welcome back to "hardball." does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? he stepped up drone attacks on the pakistan/afghan border and this past weekend u.s. and iraqi forces killed the top two al qaeda leaders in iraq. former counterterrorism adviser richard clarke repeatedly tried to warn top bush administration officials about an imminent al qaeda attack back in the months leading up to 9/11. now hes sounding the alarm bell about the next great threat in his book, it t...

Credit for being tough on terrorism? he stepped up drone attacks on the pakistan/afghan border and this past weekend u.s. and iraqi forces killed the top two al qaeda leaders in iraq. former counterterrorism adviser richard clarke repeatedly tried to warn top bush administration officials about an imminent al qaeda attack back in the months leading up to 9/11. now hes sounding the alarm bell about the next great threat in his book, it tells it all, "cyber war." thank you, richard. i want to ask ...

Welcome back to "hardball." does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? he stepped up drone attacks on the pakistan-afghan border and this past weekend u.s. and iraqi forces killed the top two al qaeda leaders in iraq. former counterterrorism adviser richard clarke repeatedly tried to warn top bush administration leaders about an imminent attack leading up to 9/11. now hes sounding the alarm bell in his next book that tells it all, "cyber war." my next question is about ...

Says yet that al qaeda is to battered and on the run that theyre virtually incapable of launching any attacks and that osama bin laden has been driven into hiding so much that his lieutenants are desperate, saying that basically, theyre shattered. >> you know, i hope thats not overconfidence that al qaeda tries to disprove. theres no question about it that barack obama is doing what he said he would do in the campaign, joe, which s im going -- im going into pakistan after him. these drone attack...

The u.s. and stronger coordination with pakistan. that is the latest assessment just out from leon panetta, the head of the cia and with me is a former special assistant to homeland security, now the director of the homeland security policy at george washington university, frank, good morning to you. you agree with leon panetta. >> you know, i do. we have had successes, and, certainly, the predator and drone attacks, have had significant impact, as have other clandestine and covert operations. b...

>> well, hes a bit like elvis, theres been a lot of gadhan sightings over the past couple of years in particular, reports of his death from predator attacks, drone attacks, and theyve all proven to be false. so this is not, this latest report from the pakistani authorities, its -- it hasnt been confirmed yet, certainly not by us and were skeptical, i will say, about it. you but its important because it shows something else, it shows the renewed and the energized effort by the pakistani authoriti...

Activity. not a military battle. if the aclu had its way, president obama and cia chief panetta would not be allowed to launch the predator attacks. so i ask you. how many americans do you believe support the aclus actions? 5%? maybe 10? but you dont hear a word in the media but the aclus subversive activities even when they are trying to help the al qaeda leadership. in a free society there is nothing we can do. the aclu has a right to exist. but i have a right to expose it. that organization i...