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>> yes, they do. they really muffed this. they got on their back foot. they probably should have just whisked the payroll tax cut through and voted for are it and not allowed obama to change the subject like this. i think on the speech there is a warning for republicans because obama is making a moral argument for the superiority of government economic policy and government redistribution and equality of outcomes. if republicans don't meet that with the politics of growth and opportunity and a comparable moral vision they will lose. >> chris: we to leave it there. thank you, panel. see you nex...

>> yes, they do. they really muffed this. they got on their back foot. they probably should have just whisked the payroll tax cut through and voted for are it and not allowed obama to change the subject like this. i think on the speech there is a warning for republicans because obama is making a moral argument for the superiority of government economic policy and government redistribution and equality of outcomes. if republicans don't meet that with the politics of growth and opportunity and a comparable moral vision they will lose. >> chris: we to leave it there. thank you, panel. see you nex...

>> yes, they do. they really muffed this. they got on their back foot. they probably should have just whisked the payroll tax cut through and voted for are it and not allowed obama to change the subject like this. i think on the speech there is a warning for republicans because obama is making a moral argument for the superiority of government economic policy and government redistribution and equality of outcomes. if republicans don't meet that with the politics of growth and opportunity and a comparable moral vision they will lose. >> chris: we to leave it there. thank you, panel. see you nex...

There what it is we can and can't do. when you talk about interrogation, the element of surprise is your number one opportunity. you have to keep them on their back foot. you have to keep the subject guessing what could happen. and you don't want to tell them, this is what we are capable of doing and we are not doing all of this. then you are finished. you have lost the ability to control that individual. and as unpleasant as it sounds, the point of an interrogation is to break them down and get their cooperation and build them back up. we can't do that. my problem with this is it is a moot di...

>> here's the problem. it's a good thing you used that word. the problem is we're going to see very shortly family members who were present in the raid, whether it's the daughter or the wives and i can guarantee you sooner or later, they will be interviewed. one of the arab stations, probably al jazeera or one of the ther others is going to inw them and they will define the narrative in the arab world. now, when the u.s. administration first engaged in this operation, they had the advantage that no one else knew what was going on. right at the early stages, the u.s. administration controlled t...