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it s one of the u.s. military s most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now there s new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. they re infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? right now, officials don t know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped the pilots from actually flying the drones over their missions in places like afghanistan. but right now, they are in the midst of an investigation to find out if any secret data is being transmitted outside because of this virus. they ve become one of the linchpins of u.s. military power in war zones around the world. but a defense official confirms these drones are now flying while infected with a computer virus. military officials are more confused than panicked by this virus. no ....
u.s. officials say there are indications he was on the scene at time. asiri is suspected of making the underwear bomb that was worn by a nigerian man that was worn on a flight to detroit on christmas day 2009. he is also behind the failed plot to put bombs disguised as printer cartridges on planes last july. samir kahn was considered he used to live in charlotte, north carolina at one point. molly graham spoke with people who knew him and asked how she was able to track down kahn last november but the federal government could not. we started off by ringing the door bell of samir kahn s parents house. no answer. so we talked with jabrile huff, the spokesman of the family. you can imagine if it was your child, a number of emotions, embarrassed. frustrated. reporter: he said the ideology that samir wrote about was wrong. he said samir was dangerous but he wouldn t take the next step. was samir a terrorist? that s a good question. he definitely was a terrorist ....
Him, will dress it up. but, you know, hearts and minds lost us two wars. we haven t found a general yet who will kill. c.i.a. is doing more killing. and we should just kill everybody in both countries? well, we should kill whoever we need to protect america as long as our foreign policy is going to remain the same. whatever advantages we get from killing al-awlaki today will be more than outdone when we veto palestinian application for statehood at the u.n. this is a game with many facets and killing one person at a time, i started doing that 15 years ago, sir and it hasn t worked yet. something that s different about killing this guy is michael, back in 2010, the president of the united states, barack obama, made him the first u.s. citizen ever placed on a c.i.a. target list. it was a kill or capture instruction. i m sure the c.i.a. has gotten more people outside this country before but for the first time an american citizen and there were ....
Among them, this isn t leadership, to show real moral leadership, you try to follow international law instead of carries out the extra-judicial killing of an american citizens without bringing charges, you know, without bringing an indictment, without getting a conviction, that sort of thing. but from the consumer perspective you won t get the debate on the right. that s my point. you re exactly right, you won t. that s why you saw earlier today rick perry puts out a statement for killing al awlaki. nobody thinks that he s the leader, what he connection is, is in dispute, but that s beside the point. it brings up this awkward situation of people like rick perry congratulating president obama. the way he did it was a little ....
And i think he s made the tough choices, which has endeared him to a lot of folks around the country, not just republicans and conservatives, but independent voters as well. so i think, certainly the record will get the scrutiny that you referred to, al, but i think ultimately it s going to boil down to whether or not christie believes he can get into this race at this stage of the game and be an effective campaigner and effective challengers to romney for the nomination. he s right. is he ready? let me give you an expert, governor rendell, on christie, on whether he s ready. governor christie. look at what he said. you ve got to believe in your later that you are ready, to walk into the office and lead the nation. ....