And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis senator rand paul is considered to be a frontrunner for the republican nomination, although he hasnt said if he is running. Voter id laws,t and today he filibustered over thebamas choice legality of drones. Glad to have you. Let me start with your filibuster. A lot attention on this nominee and whether he deserves to sit on an Appellate Court bench seat. What was your filibuster based on . I think the foundation of our american jurisprudence is you innocentmed to be until you are proven guilty. You are supposed to get your day in court, and i think if we have accusations made in secret by dont tive ranch, i executive branch i dont think that is due process. We are not supposed to be putting someone to death without a trial. Dont doubti the guilt of the People Killed by drones, i would try them for treason so we can be clear they get a day in court. I think its dangerous to accuse someone and then kill them
The modifying video competition report, some of those things. I have got a piece of legislation weve passed out of the full house twice now, very bipartisan, i think it was unanimous earlier in this Congress Called the fcc consolidated reporting act which really tries to take a broad view and to eliminate a lot of the outdated reports, to streamline the reporting process. Something that i think you have seen bipartisan support to do in the house. Were trying to get the senate to take that up. Im not sure if you have a comment on what you think should happen there, if thats something youre supportive of generally, especially as it relates to the bipartisan bill in the house trying to move through the senate to ultimately become law to streamline the process as your staff has suggested. So on the senate side, its senator heller who has been pushing on this, and i know that he and senator rockefeller are talking about it in terms of their package of legislation over there. I definitely ag
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Hi, this is inside story. Americas Security Agency say he became part of a terrorist organization. He was not arrested. He was not charged. He was not arraigned. He never confronted his accusers. Eventually he was killed by a drone strike. The u. S. Government decided u. S. Citizens had to die to further the security of other u. S. Citizens, and it was done. Now the country gets to see the rationale for the leaguety of these killings. The document drawn up to give itself permission to kill a man who had taken to the internet to guide people to pull off terror attacks. Whether that explanation is sufficient is our focus on inside story. Anwar alaulaqi. A reputed leader was born in new york and worked in Northern Virginia as a cleric. In 2011 he was killed in yemen with a drone strike along with another u. S. Citizen samir khan. Alaulaqis son was killed just years later. A released edited verse of the 2010 memo used to justify the killing of alaulaqi. It was written by david barry. He wr
He was not arraigned. He never confronted his accusers. Eventually he was killed by a drone strike. The u. S. Government decided u. S. Citizens had to die to further the security of other u. S. Citizens, and it was done. Now the country gets to see the rationale for the leaguety of these killings. The document drawn up to give itself permission to kill a man who had taken to the internet to guide people to pull off terror attacks. Whether that explanation is sufficient is our focus on inside story. Anwar alaulaqi. A reputed leader was born in new york and worked in Northern Virginia as a cleric. In 2011 he was killed in yemen with a drone strike along with another u. S. Citizen samir khan. Alaulaqis son was killed just years later. A released edited verse of the 2010 memo used to justify the killing of alaulaqi. It was written by david barry. He wrote the memo went on to acknowledge but when the target pose s a imminent threat. The memo said that the c. I. A. And military assured the d