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0 good evening. im michael smerconiummer komer chris matthews. secrets and spies. the man who is at the center of the national debate over the targeted killing of americans overseas has been in the hot seat on capitol hill. among other things john brennan coordinates the kill list and so his confirmation hearing to become head of the cia is drawing an unusual amount of interest and attention. well get to what he said and the reaction at the top of the show. also, more and more people on the ri...

Not feasible, and when we were confident that were doing so in a way thats consistent with federal and international law. >> well, civil liberties advocates have reacted to that strongly saying the process is clouded in secrecy and the legal justifications are murky at best. for example, theres the question of how its determined who should be on the governments hit list. according to the memo, quote, its up to an informed high-level official of the u.s. government who, quote, has determined that...

Kinds of actions when theres an imminent threat, when capture is not feasible, and when we were confident that were doing so in a way thats consistent with federal and international law. >> well, civil liberties advocates have reacted to that strongly saying the process is clouded in secrecy and the legal justifications are murky at best. for example, theres the question of how its determined who should be on the governments hit list. according to the memo, quote, its up to an informed high-leve...

0 dont go theology, nothing happening with that crowd. whats the government doing messing around with this kind of stuff? your thoughts? >> im not the best because im a history major. i couldnt figure out what the heck to do with that. >> i majored basically in philosophy. >> i think that for a lot of parents who are worried about the high cost of education, especially college education, if they want to know, and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majo...

0 caring only about the deficit. they have to care about practical -- the reason youre so upset is you know it was a good speech. >> he went over to the aei, the number one war center, this is totally neocon. your thoughts. this is hopeless. i thought hed admit the truth here today. >> it was a bit jarring to hear some of that coming from eric cantor who has been a warrior. >> hasnt he been the guy standing behind boehners back waiting to trip him over because hes been too moderate? >> no questi...

0 happening with that crowd. whats the government doing messing around with this kind of stuff? your thoughts? >> im not the best because im a history major. >> i mageed basically in philosophy. >> i think that for a lot of parents who are worried about the high cost of education, especially college education, if they want to know and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majors. i think a little guidance is not a bad thing. >> since when a liberal arts, ...

Response and to the earlier point, the fact is the africans cant do it themselves. theres been talk for two decades about creating an africa rapid deployment force and they havent been able to bring it together, provide training, cohesion, command and control and as a result there is no local or regional alternative. >> africans -- its opportunism on the part of france to go into mali when there was a plan by the african union and united nations security council. the united states nations securi...

Whichever side of the aisle, everybody just says, oh, its africa, let our government do whatever it wants. but you have the anti-apartheid movement and i would prefer the u.s. to france. >> robin, robin -- robin, you wanted to jump in. >> i do. whether its the united states or france, the reality is that military force is not going to solve the problem alone. bombing attacks are not going to remove the jihadists or the -- not address the core issues that have divided mali. and this is where you ...

And that is what has drowned out these voices that are still there. its incredible brave ry coming out in the cities of syria in the midst of the bombing and the midst of the attacks to say we want a different kind of government here but we dont want foreign intervention. >> what we have seen is that in the cauldron of war and in the cauldron of violence, it is often the case that liberal, secular, nonviolent voices are diminished while the people with guns rise up. >> thats what it facilitates ...

You cannot admit the things that you got out of my client when he was being tortured which is the hearing happening tomorrow. so what should they be doing with him. if you bring him into a civilian court and they say you tortureded ksm, the law says youve got to let him free. >> the law doesnt say that. it should in my view, if you torture somebody, they should be released. >> even khalid sheikh mohammed. >> hes not subject to this law. im saying what u.s. law should be if i were writing law. th...