the death of american whose stand warren wineshine. giovanni lo porto. we conduct counter tear i m efforts in the region because it s the home of al qaeda s leadership. general jack keane is with us. what actually happened is in 2013 due to criticism of the drone program back there largely it was in the president s own party he made changes to the program. he established when it came to the target itself you had to have quote near certainty no civilians were involved. and number two the second change you had to make certain
location. when the dead were pulled out there turned out to be six. they think warren weinstein and giovanni lo porto may have been in tunnels or under ground in this operation. there is a lot of dispute about whether the cia should be carrying out the operations or the u.s. military should be the lead on these decisions. prior to 9/11 the cia didn t do this power military work. there has been to discussion post-9/11 because we were all caught up in the throes of most 9/11 and the activity around al qaeda. but upon reflection there is a thought that paramilitary operations particularly as it applies to drones should be goifnt united states military which has a large drone program used mostly in support of its own troops on the ground. and also a classified program
italian giovanni lo porto. is it time to revise the controversial drone program? i m going to speak to homeland security secretary jay johnson and house intelligence committee member congressman tomb rooney. later, an elite army ranger has returned to the field in afghanistan with a unique business plan. flip-flops in aid for the communities he fought to protect. president obama s announcement this week that a sigh drone strike accident cia drone strike accidentally killed two hostages has reignited debate. the white house will review its drone policy and find out how the precision strike went so wrong. after the president s announcement, i sat down with homeland security secretary jay johnson to discuss whether the drones are helping or hurting our national security. i think that our targeted use of lethal force when circumstances warrant has very definitely contributed to our
this deadly mistake is calling into the question how accurate intelligence gathering is. rick, good of you do join us. the death of americans warren weinstein and the giovanni lo porto were unintentional and while the president apologizes for the mistake, the wife criticizes efforts. but she also says other efforts of the government were inconsistent and disappointing over three and a half years let herg down. what do you say about that. i think there is no question that president obama and a whole bunch of politicians in washington d.c. feel terrible about this. and i think that they are sincere that they did not want this to happen. but it is up to the rest of us. it is up to the media to kind of
the latest choice for frequent heartburn- and get nexium level protection. president obama we know to the white house briefing room today to announce the tragic, unintended consequences of a drone strike on an al kraed compound in pakistan, the death of two humanitarians, american warren weinstein and italian aid worker giovanni lo porto. as president and as commander in chief, i take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations, including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovani. i regret what happened. on behalf of the united states government, i offer our deepest apologies for the families. it is a cruel and bitter truth