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We know how many are in use around the country? >> well, right now, actually, there are a pair of them in this one and another one at the same location in maryland that, by the way, at this afternoon has been grounded, obviously. this has been a major test program at the proving ground just north of washington d.c. in maryland. they have been looking at testing this and had it up for sometime trying to see how it operates and develop a track record to see how it works. whether or not they expand it, it's a very expensive effort. whether or not they expand it after today's veevents remains be s...

Helium? >> well, you know, if in fact it had headed towards a significantly populated area, this was going to be the key question that might have gone all the way to the white house. you have two armed f-16s trailing it and the faa trying to cheer out air space ahead of it. would you be prepared to bring this down using military force? would you shoot it down to get it on the ground as quickly and safely as possible if it was headed for a populated area. we're told by the officials, the decision was, how could you get it down as quickly and safely as possible and they tracked it all the way an...

Assistance? >> sean, they get a huge "f" for pre-planning on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. we should have had a global hawk over benghazi that had four sensor, looking at that at thate continuously. we should have had off-shore armed predators that could have come in, or armed f-16s, we should have done a lot of things. and frankly, the military and the president himself was commandener chief, had that narrative that everything is okay. and we were just utterly unprepared. we did no preplanning and i believe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff ought to take some hits for that. >> sean: g...

Assistance? >> sean, they get a huge "f" for pre-planning on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. we should have had a global hawk over benghazi that had four sensor, looking at that at thate continuously. we should have had off-shore armed predators that could have come in, or armed f-16s, we should have done a lot of things. and frankly, the military and the president himself was commandener chief, had that narrative that everything is okay. and we were just utterly unprepared. we did no preplanning and i believe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff ought to take some hits for that. >> sean: g...

Assistance? >> sean, they get a huge "f" for pre-planning on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. we should have had a global hawk over benghazi that had four sensor, looking at that at thate continuously. we should have had off-shore armed predators that could have come in, or armed f-16s, we should have done a lot of things. and frankly, the military and the president himself was commandener chief, had that narrative that everything is okay. and we were just utterly unprepared. we did no preplanning and i believe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff ought to take some hits for that. >> sean: g...