went after very specific individuals who would have once you use a drone weapon system on them, would give you a very specific chain of events downstream from the death of that particular senior commander. now, as we degrade the organization, you still get very large numbers of people who would be coming together, training camps. we have a lot of criticism over the last few years that we weren t striking very large gatherings of al qaeda members in yemen and afghanistan. and so that seems to have usurped the going after very individual, specific targeted personnel. that s a key point, right, from what was called the kill list, which is a list of names, go after these people, to what are now called the signature strikes, which appears to be what happened here although we don t fully know. malcolm nance, thank you very much. really appreciate it. as of today at least seven
attacks without further consultation if they fit further criteria the eyeirony being that there were drone hit and now they don t rise to the level of actually getting a signature in the oval office. well, that s because in the early part of this program, they were after very specific individuals who would have once you use a drone weapon system on them you have a very specific chain of events downstream from, you know, from the death of that particular senior commander. and now as we degrade the organization you still get very large numbers of people who would be coming together training camps. we had a lot of criticism over the last few years that we weren t striking very large gatherings of al qaeda members
there were lots of drone strikes, each of which at least we were told through the cia program were signed off by the president. now they seem to be fewer but they do not rise to the level of actually getting a presidential signature in the oval office. well, that s because in the early part of this program they went after very specific individuals who would have once you use a drone weapon system on them, would give you a very specific chain of events downstream from the death of that particular senior commander. now, as we degrade the organization, you still get very large numbers of people who would be coming together, training camps. we have a lot of criticism over the last few years that we weren t striking very large gatherings of al qaeda members in yemen and afghanistan. and so that seems to have usurped the going after very