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likllywside rismom clink degree gave women a nderstand how much they move,... ee the world's first antiperspirant e microcapsules that break with friction to releasefrs all day.fr e o de cia director john brennan is raising eyebrows over his comment that the islamic state has obtained chemical munitions
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on the united states. brennan described his fears to scott pelley for "60 minutes." is isis coming here? >> i think isil does eventually want to find its mark here. >> you are expecting an attack in the united states? >> i'm expecting them to try to put in place the operatives, materiel, whatever else they need to do to incite people to carry out these attacks. clearly. i believe their attempts are i don't think their successes are. >> can you explain why these people want to kill us? how does attacking the united states further their interests? >> i think they're trying to provoke a clash between the west and the muslim world or the world that they're in. as a way to gain more adherence. what they're claiming is that,
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tionilia tng td.'snibuh ouooir fdrones thlexithe s tois unpnted ha theencea more gressina, kore , an. and countries failing all across the middle east. in addition to syria, you are now dealing with failed states in libya, somalia, yemen, how do you develop intelligence in all of these countries where the u.s. has no presence? >> we need to be able to operate in areas that are denied to us. we find a way to have -- our eyes and ears there. so that we can inform our policy makers. i do think this is more, and more a feature of the future. we here at cia are looking at how we need how to enhance our expeditionary capabilities and
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front lines. >> well, do you imagine setting up cia bases, covert bases in many countries. >> i see cia needing to have the presence as well as a, an ability to collect intelligence and interact with the locals and, we are in fact doing that. and, a number of -- number of areas. >> who around here has the authority to okay a drone strike? >> i know there are a lot of reports about cia's role, involvement in that. as you can understand i will not address any of the reports about cia's covert action activities. >> do you have to accept the deaths of civilians when making a decision about using the weapons? do you have to say, there are likely to be civilians killed here but worth it. >> in war, there is the art of armed conflict. that allows for partial collateral. collateral being civilian
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i must tell you that the u.s. military and the u.s. government as a whole does an exceptionally strong job of minimizing to the greatest extent possible any type of collateral damage. >> but it isn't necessarily a shooting war that worries brennan most. his cia is facing a new front in cyber. and a focus on it, he set up the agency's first new directorate in more than 50 years. that cyberenvironment can pose a very, very serious and significant attack vector for our adversaries if they want to take down our infrastructure. if they want to create havoc in transportation system thousands. if they want to do -- great damage to our financial networks. there are safe guard put in place. but ybernmenneat ris tng t ight >>an see more of scott lley's report oneb news.
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