the president come out and apologize, but as david mentioned, these drones are killing children and women all the time over there. and and you don t and we don t hear about it. and the issue is that we can do things now that we could not do before. we can send flying robots up to track, identify and kill specific individuals. it s kind of war by assassination, essentially. and, you know, there s a powerful incentive for this president, who has vastly expanded the drone war from where george bush left it. and for future presidents to use this technology as opposed to sending in commando teams and special forces teams because that would be putting american lives in danger. and if you have that choice to make, chances are you re going
that would be putting american lives in danger. and if you have that choice to make chances are you re going to send in the robots. so you know there are moral and ethical questions here. there are precedent setting questions here. drone technology is not that complicated. there are dozens and dozens of nations now that fly drones. they have the capability of doing so. and we all need to talk to think about this and we all need to talk about this because you can imagine a rather dystopian future. you can t have to go all the way to terminatetory we ll be targeted by drones as well. you saw the gyrocopter that made it to the capital. it doesn t take a stretch of imagination for a drone built at home with some military component toes do a lot of damage. i don t know how our policy in afghanistan is going to affect
this is our season. martha: democrats on the senate intel committee are about to release an explosive report on top secret tactics used by the cia to fight the war on terror. that has sparked a major political backlash along with warnings that the report could lead to quote, violence and death. welcome, everybody, to brand new hour of america s newsroom on this monday. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. critics warn releasing the controversial report will put american lives in danger. the report claims that the cia misled president bush and his national security team. that is a claim president bush rejects. whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country it is way off base and i knew the directors, i knew the deputy directors, you know i knew a lot of the operators. these are good people, really
to be charged with treason, but as i said earlier this week, if he s not a traitor, then he s pretty darn close to it. and as far as getting him back here, he needs to look an american jury in the eye and explain why he has disclosed sources and methods that are going to put american lives in danger. i mean, there s no question about it. we know now that because of his disclosure that the terrorists, the bad guys around the world are taking some different tactics and they know a little bit more about how we re gathering information on them, and i think it s important that we bring him to justice. are you skeptical, senator udall, of the government s claims, the head of the nsa saying this has done real damage, that it harms national security, and with these programs, that terrorist plots have been foiled? david, if i might take a moment before i answer your question, i did want to say that my thoughts are with all the victims of the wildfires we ve had here in colorado, and i want
i m going to leave it to them to decide whether or not he ought to be charged with treason, but as i said earlier this week, if he s not a traitor, then he s pretty darn close to it. and as far as getting him back here, he needs to look an american jury in the eye and explain why he has disclosed sources and methods that are going to put american lives in danger. i mean, there s no question about it. we know now that because of his disclosure that the terrorists, the bad guys around the world are taking some different tactics and they know a little bit more about how we re gathering information on them, and i think it s important that we bring him to justice. are you skeptical, senator udall, of the government s claims, the head of the nsa saying this has done real damage, that it harms national security, and with these programs, that terrorist plots have been foiled? david, if i might take a moment before i answer your question, i did want to say that my thoughts are with all the