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This is cnn breaking news. >> we're following the breaking news, the worldwide terror alert issued by the united states government. we want to welcome back our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. this is a "situation room" special report. over the last several weeks the so-called chatter, the communications if you will about terror threats grew louder and louder. let's get some more from our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty. she's been looking into some of the evidence that u.s. officials are pointing to for issuing this worldwide alert. >> right, w...

Mid-april, april 16th, and that was soon after the boston terror attacks. if you were president at the time of the boston attacks, would you have advocated trying to get your hands on this type of information? >> well, i really can't respond to that without having all the information about what precisely was south -- sought and what the purpose and how it could be used and looking at what the constitution requirements are. but a modern age where people are planning attacks, using the communications vehicles we have, including the internet, to look for communications that suggests impending att...

Drones against nonamericans, are you concerned we're using it against americans overseas or americans at home? dichotomize that. >> well, i'm concerned that there is no real trance parnss city as cynthia pointed out and no real rules around this. when are we allowed to kill american citizens overseas? are we allowed to use drones in any way shape or form domestically? >> al awlaki, u.s. citizen overseas working with the enemy, we hit him. where are you on that? >> this is a real tough one. i mean, there is evidence this guy was actively involved in planning attacks against the united states. i...

Americans at home. dichotomize that. where are you concerned? >> i'm concerned there's no real transparency and no real rules around this. when are we allowed to kill american citizens overseas? are we allowed to use drones in any way, shape, or form domestically? >> al awlaki, a u.s. citizen overseas working with the enemy. where are you on that? >> that is a tough one. that is a real tough one. there's evidence that guy was actively involved in planning attacks against the united states. if that's the case, what's the difference between sending in a s.e.a.l. team and sending in a drone? but ...

Are we allowed to use drones in any way, shape, or form domestically. >> al allah can i, a u.s. citizen overseas working with the enemy. where are you on that? >> that is a tough one. that is a real tough one. there's evidence that guy was actively involved in planning attacks against the united states. if that's the case what's the difference between sending in a s.e.a.l. team and sending in a drone? but if you apply that domestically what's the difference between sending in a s.w.a.t. team and sending in a drone instead if i'm a police commander. i don't want to send guys through the door --...