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Casual tees. in that case here it turns out not to be correct. and that's why the president asked for a review. a. >> but is it a failure in intelligence. >> i said the protocols were followed and it was accurate with respect to whether or not this was an al qaeda facility. but in fact there were hostages being held there. now, it is difficult to know that obviously. i spent a lot of time for example, working on the hundred for bin laden. it took us years over the course of two administrations to find him. he is a very tough business. and if you are looking for again, as tragic as this was, tw...

Not to be correct. and that's why the president asked for a review. a. >> but is it a failure in intelligence. >> i said the protocols were followed and it was accurate with respect to whether or not this was an al qaeda facility. but in fact there were hostages being held there. now, it is difficult to know that obviously. i spent a lot of time for example, working on the hundred for bin laden. it took us years over the course of two administrations to find him. he is a very tough business. and if you are looking for again, as tragic as this was, two things this is very important to protectin...

And the assessment that it was an al qaeda compound in the military war zone was correct. secondly, with respect to the near certainty standard, with respect to not having civilian casualties, in that case here it turns out not to be correct. and that's why the president asked for a review. >> but is it a failure in intelligence. >> i said the protocols were followed and it was accurate with respect to whether or not this was an al qaeda facility. but in fact there were hostages being held there. now, it is difficult to know that obviously. i spent a lot of time for example, working on the hun...

To do it, so they were brought in on the need-to-know basis. again, leadership should have been put on notice, and beyond that, let's get on to understanding what was the status of these detainees, and were they subject to torture while they were at gitmo? were they waterboarded? they were highly placed within the taliban. for those who are concerned about releasing members of the taliban, we need to remember that once we leave afghanistan, whether it is totally in 2015 or 2014, our ability to detain these taliban members becomes much lez certain. if we are not in the active war setting, our a...

Determination is about. and the rule of law in war. and this was a war setting. the united states didn't ask for this war at all. and it is wrong, i think, for anyone on the globe to think that we're wrong in our judgment here. justice was served. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, did president obama handle the bin laden mission correctly? text a for yes. text b for no to 622639 and you can always go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. comment there. i'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining us now is a democratic strategist and professor ...