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Determined opposition from those who simply wish to end the counterterrorism program altogether. no time to try to improve the house-passed bill will be allowed because some would like to end the program altogether. so this is where we find ourselves. this is the reality. and so it essentially leaves us with two options. option one, allow the program to expire altogether without attempting to replace it. that would mean disarming completely and arbitrarily, based on a campaign of disinformation in the face of growing, aggressive and sophisticated threats. growing, aggressive and sophisticated ...

Doesn't matter how good your plan is there's always a chance of losing american soldiers in a fire fight during an operation in far away lands. the american people got to make up their mind. and so the drone program is a great program to do this type of thing and i think it's something we have to continue to work and it's unfortunate when these things happen. we work through our systems, but this is a critical operation for our counterterrorism program. >> as you know bob, the pakistani government they've been at least publicly very critical of the drone strikes if their area mostly around the...

Comcast nbcuniversal. bringing media and technology together for you. if one man was at the heart of the enhanced interrogation program it was jose rodriguez. during the years after 9/11 he was the head of the cia counterterrorism program and then ran the national clandestine service. mr. rodriguez joins us to discuss this week's controversy. mr. rodriguez, you were the man who came up with the enhanced interrogation program after all we've heard this week about waterboarding, about confinement in coffin-like spaces, mock executions. any regrets? do you have any second thoughts? >> absolutel...

He has take to look forward. >> and get it right. >> would you -- let me ask you the question this way, then if you said he had other choices. would you have advised the president to put at least 300 troops into iraq yesterday? >> uncomfortable with it in the idea that -- >> would you have advised him to do it? >> it would not been at the top of my list. >> what would you do first? >> go after isis inside syria. >> you say that. >> just to make the point i would find some people in syria i would give arms to who would take on is sis and help the kurds on the deal this is the support you need a...

Predator plan is for. we will be able to keep those camps small enough that they're too busy engaged with just surviving, like they are now, to threaten the united states. again, this is something we're going to have to see towards the end of this year and towards the end of next year. it's also something the administration will factor in when they think how many people to leave there in the end. they go down to a small 100-person military cooperation office within the embassy or do they leave 2,000 to 3,000 troops to continue to work with the afghans and essentially stiffen their counterterro...