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That we are not going to send boots on the ground to go and get those people and this is certainly understandable. >> and that's something white house press secretary said earlier this week we cannot conduct an bin laden style raid. you said you would like to see the drone program moved out from the cia and over to the pentagon. why has that not happened? >> turf battles. >> the cia doesn't want to give it up? >> failure -- in all candor obviously, and the president said a couple years ago he wanted them moved, and there is is a question about the capabilities and the movement that the dod has...

She's a pentagon reporter for "the washington post." thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. we're talking about drones, we're talking about basically the trigger being pulled thousands of miles away. it opens up to seems to me a pretty huge possibilities and margin for error if we're going to have a drone program that targets terrorists thousands of miles away, do we have to accept the feature that american may be killed? >> that's exactly right. the drone operation has become a cornerstone of america's counterterrorism policy. talking to officials today, i think this is an inherent risk...

Bystanders in the process. joining us now is missy ryan. she's a pentagon reporter for "the washington post." thank force being here tonight. >> thank you. we're talking about drones we're talking about basically the trigger being pulled thousands of miles away. it opens up to seems to me a pretty huge possibilities and margin for error if we're going to have a drone program that targets targets thousands of miles away, do we have to accept the feature that american may be killed? >> the drone operation has become a cornerstone of america's counterterrorism policy. talking to officials today, ...

Who's a terrorist. go out, use a drone, kill him? >> if returning these operations against americans you cannot use foreign intelligence to target an american for a drone operation. developing intelligence whether somebody posing a threat and that individual is an american use your own stuff. the other side of the coin can you trust the foreign governments intelligence saying we've identified the location well enough to pick him up? aye looked at the case in the paper. a huge risk. every day you sit and there say, i'm hoping or gambling that foreign service can pick this guy up is a day he has...

The germanwings crash investigation is raising so many questions. we've been asking you to submit yours on twitter. let's bring in our panel in new york jonathan gillian, former air marshal and fbi agent from washington. mary o'toole, senior profiler and special agent. and in new york a aviation analyst and contributing editor for "flying" magazine. welcome to all of you. les, to you first. eric asks this. should air traffic controllers be able to override a plane if the plane seems to be hijacked? >> it's kind of implausible for that technology to exist unless we get to a drone operation. but...