dead. american warren weinstein and italian national giovanni. joining me now, we have bob baher. he s a former cia operative, we have retired lieutenant james reese, cnn global affairs analysis and here with me peter burgen cnn national security analyst. so peter, you have warren weinstein who had been kidnapped in 2011. this has been some time. i know a lot of people are now asking the administration could they have done more to try to rescue him? is this the way this had to end? i think the sort answer is no. this was a huge mistake. u.s. and pakistani officials about the case, for the americans, it was complicated by the fact that he was held by al qaeda. pakistanis did reach out to the people in the area he was held without success. but you know there were other americans being held today by groups in this area.
americans eyes on a target before you hit it. in this case it was not possible. if you can blame anybody, it s the policy of using signature strikes. you can t identify the target by name but yet you go ahead and fire a missile, simply because they look like they re al qaeda, and their certain cell intercepts but you can t put the name on it. a tragedy is inevitable nobody s really at fault. you could cut drone strikes back to nothing, if you demanded a name precise information, truly actionable intelligence but there was a policy made under the push administration to go ahead with these drone strikes. even though they were the information wasn t all that good. yeah and a number of these strikes are successful. this is the first time something like this has happened. important to know but still horribly tragic as the administration looks at what may need to change in the future. bob, colonel reese, thanks to all of you.
good morning. i m carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. the keys to the kingdom, that s how a national security agency official is describing the scope of just how much information edward snowden stole. candid, startling words from richard ledgett the man leezing the task force looking at the effects of the leaks. he was on 60 minutes last night. listen. it would give them a road map of what we know and don t know. for an adversary in the intelligence game, that s a gold minute. it is the keys to the kingdom. those other countries talking about countries like china, like russia, and more. cnn national security analyst bob baher joins me now.
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