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>> wrong on all counts. drone use is not illegal, it's an act of war and we are defending ourselves. from california. >> left in a tough spot with that one, bill. in defense i believe intrusion by the feds , no way to pin it. >> from bethlehem, pennsylvania. >> norm from carlsbad. >> i appreciate that. from los angeles.
Was going to do. i think the reason the did it he wanted to change the topic so we wouldn't be looking at obama scandals. >> gregg: most americans vigorously disagree with the president. a poll finds that 56% of americans that islamic terrorists pose a greater threat today than right after 9/11. only 28% think there is less than of a threat. he takes it a step further. he bragged about how wonderful and successful the drone program has been in taking out terrorists then he places three severe limits and conditions on future drone use that makes it nearly impossible to use drones. has he essent...
Signature strikes where they go after military-aged males and other identified militants whose identities and even nationalities they don't know. if you applied this standard that attorney general holder is laying out in this letter, they wouldn't be able to do that. so this could mean a curling back or curtailing or even an elimination of these signature strikes which have been quite controversial. >> this will be the first time that the president discusses drones at length. he's expected to discuss why the use of drones is necessary, legal, and in his mind here, just. the drone use in the mi...
First and then david sanger. your book, mark, gives a thorough account of how america now pursues its enemies with killer drones and special operations troops. give us a sense of the effectiveness of this strategy as we look toward some change in policy here. >> well, the strategy has -- no question killed off the senior layer of al qaeda and al qaeda has existed on 9/11, 2001, is a shadow of its. i think a lot of the criticism of this policy has come from the loring of the bar for drone use and using the drones against people who are not associated with al qaeda. using drones in yemen and som...
And you know who knows what a despicable lie that is? you know who knows how many police hating lies ron paul told in his op-ed piece? rand paul. rand paul knows. when he was issuing his nonretraction retraction about supporting drone use in liquor store robberies, rand paul said this. fighting terrorism and capturing terrorists must be done while preserving our constitutional protections. this was demonstrated last week in boston. i'm sorry, libertarians, you deserve better spokesmen than ron and rand. but until you get better libertarian advocates, you're going to have to continue to endure ...