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>> well, i think it's important to keep in context that we've been having operations coming out of niger for some time with manned aircraft putting these personnel into chad would indicate may they have a better specificity where the bochco haram person may be but this gives us another operating base to send sbel jensz surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to look at a wider area. >> you know, a lot of people who maybe are not familiar with u.s. operations in west africa. they will ask this question, why be in chad? why not be right in nigeria? >> well, there's a big difference between actu...

Okay? >> yeah, we're good. hey, we're straight. >> yeah, they're good. >> what the [ bleep ], man? >> no casualties. >> reporter: no casualties. thankfully no one was hurt. investigators ruled the incident an accident. so no one was punished. but you see the destruction of that operating base there out in eastern afghanistan. it could have turned out so much worse. wolf? >> fortunately the ending, as you say, was okay. it was a major, major mistake. i hope they learn from it so it never happens again. we're following the breaking news in "the situation room." a warning to airlines about expl...

Statement. this comes not long after the afghan dpogovernment released 6 prisoners with ties to the taliban. officer mike baker questioning whether we should care about this relationship any longer. >> we can talk about improving the abilities of their police force their military at some point, once we are gone and it appears we are gone, karzai refuses to sign the bilateral agreement. taliban have been waiting for this moment and know it's going to come. >> joining me by phone, rick grenell. even the u.s. kept troops in a distant operating base in afghanistan, how could they

Ended up getting his ak-47, walked into the forward the operating base and gunned down marines who, because of the rules of engagement weren't allowed to carry weapons on their own operating base. >> what do you think is happening here? they are saying now in the letter who requested with this investigation of him? apparently his immediate chain of command didn't recommend punitive action the guy just used the wrong e-mail account. that's all he's accused of. >> you're right. it seems political correctness is going to over rule common sense. also over rule protection of marines. first of all, ...

Ended up getting his ak-47, walked into the forward the operating base and gunned down marines who, because of the rules of engagement weren't allowed to carry weapons on their own operating base. >> what do you think is happening here? they are saying now in the letter who requested with this investigation of him? apparently his immediate chain of command didn't recommend punitive action the guy just used the wrong e-mail account. that's all he's accused of. >> you're right. it seems political correctness is going to over rule common sense. also over rule protection of marines. first of all, ...