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Where did you get the idea? >> i had lunch with a friend in silver spring near walter reid and he smenshe mentioned to me experience having met the wounded warriors and i thought these heros need to have their families with them and knowing the cost of flights and understanding that our wounded warriors recover for three, maybe even four or five years, the cost of flights is one of the most expensive process for them and if we can make sure they have their family and friends and loved ones by th...

Siave liberties camps, that weve got increased transparency and accountability. >> what he said was important but it would be the action that follows up what he says. it will be most important. the two key points is they have assassinated u.s. citizens which drew the libertarian crowd. and secondly the definition of imminent threat. his administration has put out that awlaki had imminent threat. he was under surveillance by special operations command for a full 48 hours before he was assassinate...

Anyone else in either department that wanted to come forward and say anything about this. now that there are it looks like two or three witnesses that are going to be speaking publicly at a hearing on wednesday, do you think they told you the whole story last week? >> i dont understand. these witnesses are going to talk to congress, and we have said that we are not aware of anyone who has been blocked from speaking to congress if they so choose to or want to speak to congress. not blocked over t...

One definition of a crisis is, you dont know what is going to happen in two hours, so you need to help develop that situation early. we have a robust com suite on the airplane are transported on. it is ably flown by my socom colleagues. it is on alert to do just this mission and it is designed to carry a comprehensive team to a conflict or a crisis and to the ambassador and work for the ambassador and or the chief of mission to handle that crisis and to make sure that he or she has the best info...

National security council deploys that organization but i wanted that considered. i notified the white house of my idea. they indicated that meetings had already taken place that evening. that had taken fest out of the menu of options. i called the on office of the state department that asked representative there and asked why it was taken off the table. i was told that it was not the right time and it was no the team that needed to go right then. let me explain the team a little more. it is com...

Investigating the man you interviewed. are you surprised by that? >> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what theyre doing about it. i think what they said is theyre reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they dont really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep i...

I think this is all about trying to keep the president on the defensive. after all, he won the election and they didnt. i think this is all about trying to find time, delay, in order to find some kind of evidence that will keep senator hagel from being confirmed. i think its a desperate attempt. and i tell you, ed, i think theyre just doing what i long have said the republican party seems to be doing. theyre adding to its attempt to commit suicide. its certainly not helping the united states. an...

Being asked questions about what he said and what he didnt say. >> brian: in 1998 when we had bin laden in our sights, he said to saxby chambliss, we didnt have a good shot at him. there is nobody else who thought we should take out bin laiden and thought the chance of success would be great. whats the truth as you see it? >> if chambliss had said to him, are you sure, mr. brennan, that there are no documents in the 9-11 commissions archive that show that the special operations command had appro...

Has around 1,000 members and may have the potential to bring down a u.s. airliner which would be atrocious, they dont represent an existential threat. the question we have to ask is, is our response making the problem we claim to be fighting worse. thats what ive seen in somalia and yemen and elsewhere ive been the past year. >> okay. lets talk about budgets. we note cias operating budget is classified. murky at least on those details. >> right. >> but might all of this evolution come as a resul...

Military sex scandal that focused attention on who she is and how she ended up in the middle of it all. the license plate on kelleys mercedes-benz shows she is honorary consul for south korea. hi, this is jill kelley. >> reporter: in the 911 phone calls, kelley told the dispatcher she deserved protection from the media outside because of that. >> i am honorary consul general, so i have inviolability. they should not be able to cross my property. i dont know if you want to get diplomatic protecti...