anwar al alaki on a kill list. a water shed event in america s seemingly endless war. joining me now, jeremy scahill. great to be with you. let s talk about jsoc. this force, i will read an excerpt from the washington post series, top secret america which touches on this top secret community. dana priest writes, the two presidents have asked jsoc to mount intelligence-gathering missions and lethal raids mostly in iraq and afghanistan, but also in countries with which the united states was not at war, including yemen, pakistan, the it has its own intelligence division, drones, reconnaissance planes, even dedicated satellites, in combat, they wear no name or rank i d fires.
police there are the ones that found the younger brother, again, an alert american who did that. not this multilayered bureaucracy that was created after 9/11. in fact, it became so big, you have to say, still is it crushing under its own weight? does it need to be streamlined even more and built upon experts in particular fields? these are the questions, these may be the lessons of the boston bombings, so after we dealt with the lessons of 9/11. the documentary, top secret america, that s on frontline. thanks. ahead on starting point, he didn t set out to be the first actively gay player in the nba. jason collins did it. what is next for him, what s next for the league? and we have startling
the operation was shut down by the mexican army before the drug dealers could finish the job. but they got close, tunnelling within yards of the u.s. border. to john berman in boston. new developments unfolding in the boston marathon bombing investigation. good morning, john. thanks so much, christine. you know, in the wake of the boston bombings, there have been a lot of serious questions about what more the u.s. intelligence agencies could have done to prevent the attack. the front line special tonight which looks at what federal agencies are are doing to keep america safe from terror attacks. top secret america, 9/11 to the boston bombings, and in an inclusive reporting by dana priest, a washington post reporter. what we want to do is turn all of the local and state law enforcement personnel into the tipsters for the fbi. into the frontline foot soldiers looking for possible terrorists.
or having illicit love affairs as the case may be which is sort of none of our business. i wonder if you start reading the e-mails of the washington press corps that likes to work themselves up, how many of those you will start seeing. every time there is a moment like this, which is to say, an inflection point, whether the petraeus scandal or i remember the washington post series which was incredible about top secret america and understand the extent to which we are being monitored when we talk about drones, drones and civilian life, it is it s scary out there. it is not something that is wildly under discussed. but we ll get more discussion more on sunday on our show. tomorrow on the show. the show that you call up. i have to say thank you to buzz feed s ben smith and our own chris hayes who are leaving the panel unfortunately. catch chris on up kz form and sunday right here on a channel called msnbc at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. we have an update on the breaking news
the book is top secret america, the recognize of the new american security state. still ahead dexter filkins will be here. more morning joe when we come back.