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Drone or let them go free rather than detain them. can you explain the logic in that argument? >> i respectfully disagree, senator. i never believe its better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. we want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks. so im a strong proponent of doing everything possible short of killing terrorists, bringing them to justice, and getting that intellige...

Drone or let them go free rather than detain them. can you explain the logic in that argument? >> i respectfully disagree, senator. i never believe its better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. we want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks. so im a strong proponent of doing everything possible short of killing terrorists, bringing them to justice, and getting that intellige...

Avoid other terrorist attacks, so i want to do everything possible to get intelligence from them. i clearly had the impression as you say, when i was quoted in 2007, that there was valuable intelligence that came out of those interrogation sessions and thats why i did say that they save lives. but i must have tell you, senator, raising this report from the committee raises serious questions good information that i was given at the time. the impression that i have at the time. and now i have dete...

Can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks so im a strong proponent of everything short of killing terrorists, bringing them to justice and getting the intelligence from them. i had the impression as you said when i was quoted in 2007 theres valuable intelligence of those interrogation sessions. thats why i did say they saved lives. i must tell you, senator, raising this report of the committee raises serious questions of the information i was given at the time. now i have to determine what based o...

By the inflammatory rhetoric and hyperbole that is often characterizing the debate over the security policies. particularly those relating to the fight against terrorists. as we move ahead, the president feels strongly we maintain a robust dialogue with the american people, indeed with the world about the full range of efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. >> the new mexico senator tom udahl is one of seven senators that signed a letter that led to the classified legal opinions release. he joins...

Significant national security challenges. while we have heard a lot in recent months about al qaeda being decimated and on the run it is by no means destroyed and the threat of terrorism especially in yemen and north africa remains very real. just in the past few months, terrorist attacks in algeria and benghazi claimed american lives. so it is clear that our vigilance must not waiver. at the same time, our attention focused beyond the threats posed by al qaeda and other terrorist organizations....

Convened o hearing on immigration reform. congressman john conyers declared that the phrase illegal immigrant is not accurate and therefore should not be used. really? watch this. >> i hope no one uses the term illegal immigrants here today. our citizens -- the people in this country are not illegal, they are out of status. they are new americans that are are immigrants. >> sean: political correctness. looks like mr. conyers has take and page from the obama playbook because over the last four ye...

But to try to make sense of it i dont know. jenna: is this a good idea? >> certainly its a good idea in a sense its a forward base. we will be more able to go after some of these terrorists in yemen or in the horn of africa or anyone else in the arabian peninsula for that matter. the broader question about drones, is should that be our strategy stph-r we looking at the state sponsors? are we trying to cut off the funding than or the radicalization at the source or only going after those who are ...

Ideologically and also geographically that, i think, are doing the right thing. you know, other politicians need to read the polls. almost nine out of ten americans support universal background checks for the reason that tom coburn supports universal background checks. it just makes sense. keep the guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. keep the guns out of criminals hands. and you do the best you can do. theres always this absolutist argument coming from the nra which is, well, were never g...

Balloon and 15 million people are going -- go back to mexico. we from tried this. it has worked great. it is called attrition. it works just fine. all you have to do is put a tiny bit of pressure. for every mi croab of -- microbe of pressure on somebody who hires illegal, they go back. they are not excited about being here and a lot of them miss their families. >> i am just not sure -- i get what you are saying, but i am not sure if attrition is the same thing as saying make them go back. >> cle...