this june john brennan obama's counterterrorism advisor claim that in the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency and percentage of the capabilities that we've been able to develop and that was when speaking about u.s. drone strikes in pakistan now it's anybody that follows our ever expanding war on terrorism that statement seemed a little too good to be true and what do you know it was see this week the bureau of investigative journalism released a report that since august of two thousand and ten they have uncovered at least ten individual attacks in which forty five or more civilians appear to have died and that's a conservative estimate thing is it's also isn't the first time that a u.s. officials made a claim that under further investigation turned out to be completely false think back to the interview that we did with investigative reporter gareth porter who found that when general petraeus claimed last year that his raids have been a spectacular success over thirteen hundred taliban have been captured well he failed to mention

seen something like this happen but let's talk about this specific report that basically shreds john brennan statements i know that you spoke to chris would be conducted how did they get this information. what was so interesting about it was when when john graham had made his statement it was actually a statement that had been repeated by numerous officials in washington over the course of the last several months and everybody knew that it was completely thaws when they said it in part because public reports make clear almost on a daily basis that civilians are killed as part of the straits but with this group it was they wanted to be very systematic about proving with also the of these claims and so they basically scoured public sources they had discussions with people who were on the scene and was the earth to him and they only documented the ones that they could definitively confirms the point or they could actually name them by name and they were able to confirm forty five civilian deaths during the period when brennan said there were none and what they said was they're actually almost c

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john brennan today unveiled the white house new counterterrorism strategy two years in the making.and in it he spoke of the relationship of pakistan, and said he wished the pakistani people would be more honest with themselves about the fact that a lot of the terrorism in the world emanates from their territory. that was set in the context he described in a strategy where he said there will be operations such as the raid on the osama bin laden compound, again, and that the u.s. would take other similar actions, i.e. drones, but he never said the work. so how do you think that's going to play on pakistan what you're talking about bringing the rhetoric down? and what do you think of the strategy? >> i haven't in all honesty examine the strategy and any comment on that will involve consultation between my embassy and obama. we will wait comment on the. i think that we to view we have made a significant contribution in fighting terrorism. we are a victim of terrorism. at the same time we understand that there is an internal dialogue that has to take place in pakistan as well, and it is

it is my pleasure now to introduce to you john brennan. [applause] >> thank you very much everyone and thank you for being here. thank you for your warm welcome and your decades of service at government institutions and here. it's a special privilege to be introduced by john mclaughlin, a friend and colleague for many years and one of our greatest intelligence professionals. while at cia, he was referred to as the world's smartest man and was frequently introduced that way and no one ever debated point. nicestlso the world's man and maybe a lot of people don't know, he is also the world's greatest magician. if you have not seen his magic, you are missing out on something. it's a pleasure for me to be here. this is an institution that has instilled in generations of public servants the pragmatic approach a problem selling which is essential for effective conduct of foreign policy. i especially want to thank the center for strategic studies for its emphasis on national security and joining with the office of the director of national intellig

just curious because yesterday the white house unveiled their new counterterrorism strategy and john brennan actually said that for the first time u.s. officials are now able to envision the demise of al qaeda do you think that's really possible are they getting cocky there. they're getting cocky they have no idea we've got the worst are here is what we're seeing is this expansion in various ways it's easy to start even if we find that mr gates himself again my former boss when i was at cia was come out saying if any department defense secretary ever said we're going to go back into age or go back into the middle east you need to get his head examined i believe that's the quote but the problem is it's easy to get it it's very very very difficult to get out and sometimes it's very hard to summarize just how will you are doing yes we are killing people here and there but you can have the problem that we have is we never know if we're actually creating more enemies than we're actually destroy and we just don't know that and i guess maybe the only time will find out is when we pulled up and watc

bad intelligence it's a very dangerous game and it's become the obama administration's policy john brennan announced a few weeks ago no more big occupations it we're all in the business of surgical strikes which is a code word for assassinations all right jeremy scahill author and investigative journalist if you haven't read his article in the nation magazine and definitely check it out turning now to what is turning out to be an avalanche of the scandal and of course started with media mogul rupert murdoch's british tabloid news of the world and charges that it hacked into accounts murder victims. but it is now clear this is rapidly expanding the f.b.i. has just opened an investigation into allegations rupert murdoch's news corps sought to hack into the phones of victims of the september eleventh terrorist attacks this is major news for a man many view as the king of an empire and it also begs a closer look into the tabloid industry in great britain some pundits here have compared news of the world to t.m.c. but you know british tabloids actually are far more significant and powerful in m

bad intelligence so it's a very dangerous game and it's become the obama administration's policy john brennan announced a few weeks ago no more big occupations it we're all in the business of surgical strikes which is a code word for assassinations all right jeremy scahill author and investigative journalist if you had read an article in the nation magazine. well i have here on r t take talks with him for murdoch could the avalanche of scandals leave his media came down in ruins that story next. you know sometimes you see a story and a siege so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know. it was a fictitious. internally with the mechanism involved we're pretty much just the sort of. god help you know me right nor my government would want to know why i think. i would characterize obama as a charismatic. over american exceptionalism. all right turning now to what is turning out to be an awful long avalanche of a scandal and of course started with media mogul rupert murdo

reasons al qaeda is under so much pressure is that the united states has used unique assets as john brennanpts this means drone attacks. the pack staen stanny defense military said they will not allow them to use the base anymore. they seethe seem to be indicating they do not want the united states to be conducting drone attacks. have you been told by the pack stannys that the united states has to curtail or limit its military operations in pakistan? >> a couple of things about that. number one, from the outset of the administration we determined we would launch an aggressive, focused, relentless effort on al qaeda and associated group to disrupt and dismantle them and we have been doing that successfully. the ranks have been decimated as the president said in his speech in afghanistan. and we will continue these efforts. these efforts are focused on al qaeda central in south asia and affiliates around the world. number two. we have the capability to continue to do this. and without commenting on the story you have outlined here, i have every confidence we can and will continue this effort

of the reasons al qaeda is under so much pressure, the united states has used unique assets as john brennan recently said by which everyone generally accepts, this means drone attacks. the pakistani military just announced, the defense minister sid, they will not allow the united states to use the base anymore. have you been told by the pakistanis that the united states has to curtail or limit its military operations in pakistan? >> let me say a couple things about that. number one, from the outset of the administration we determined that we would launch an aggressive, focused, relentless effort on al qaeda and associated groups to dismantle, disrupt and ultimately defeat them. we've been doing that successfully. and we're going to continue these efforts and these efforts are focus the on al qaeda central and south asia but also focused on affiliates around the world, number one. number two, we have the capability to continue this. without commenting on the story that you have outlined here, i have every confidence we can continue this, that we will continue this effort at a pace in an inte

and i want to go to a couple of people that you quote in this book, john brennan's the preds's chief advisor and james clapper who's the director of national intelligence. clapper said in front of congress, muslim brotherhood secular organization, kind of like the kiwanis club, they jihad is like a personal struggle. now as you've interviewed people, as you've studied this, if you take the average muslim immigrant to this country, do they believe that? or are they inclined to be strict adherence to shari'a which says jihad is not a personal struggle. as global struggle for dominance and it's not achieved until people of the book, christians and jews, and other nonbelievers are either submitting to us or are dead. >> guest: fred not every muslim believes that, thank god. i've worked with many muslims here in washington, d.c., who don't want jihad. don't want shari'a and they are truly moderate but, look, polls show and i point them out in the book, that some 13 -- this is a pew research poll, some 13% of american muslims support suicide bombings in some shape or form. that number rise

john brennan and filled the white house new counterterrorism strategy two years in the making.d he spoke with the relationship with pakistan and said she wished the pakistani people would be more honest with themselves about the fact a lot of the terrorism in the world emanates from their territory. that was set in the context of describing a strategy where he said there will be operations such as the raid on osama bin laden compound again and the u.s. would take other similar actions, ie jones but he never said the word so how do you think that is currently on the streets of pakistan while you are talking about bringing the rhetoric down and would you think of the strategy? >> i haven't fully examined the strategy and any comment on that will involve consultation between my embassy in this, but as well so we will await comment on that. i think that we do feel we have made a significant contribution in fighting terrorism we are a victim of terrorism and at the same time we'll understand that there is an internal dialogue that has to take place in pakistan and it is taking place

we will see how this -- this is not much different from the john brennan bill that came down. i do not know. we will have to -- from the john boehner bill that came down. i congratulate the president. he has worked hard to reconcile many views on the subject so bad weekend on a people's faith and credit of denied his states- -- so that we can honor the full faith and credit of the united states of america. i have not seen the final product in writing. you know what it with -- you know what they say, the details are important. i will have a discussion with my caucus. >> i just got a statement from the congressional black caucus. the progressives are going to hold a press conference tomorrow. they are pressing the president to use the 14th amendment. do you sense that if you have to cobble together a coalition with republicans that this is enough to ruin this deal? >> i do not know all the particulars about what the ramifications are. we have to avoid default. we are going to do so in a way that does not impede our economic recovery and does not harm american families. they are g

the senior official pointing out that the president was briefed this morning by john brennan.s you pointed out, though, during that meeting with the president, he made his first public comments in reaction to the situation in norway. take a listen. >> i wanted to personally extend my condolences to the people of norway. and it's a reminder that the entire international community have a stake in preventing this kind of terror from occurring and that we have to work cooperatively together. both with intelligence and in terms of prevention of these kinds of horrible attacks. >> reporter: now the prime minister of new zealand also weighing in saying that if, in fact, this is an act of terrorism, it points out that no country no matter how small or large is immune from such a risk. brooke? >> do we know yet if barack obama has picked up the phone and reached out to the prime minister yet of norway? >> we do not know at this point. in fact, i did inquire of a senior administration official if, in fact, he plans additional briefings on this information that we're still gathering. hop

do not know for sure, but we do know that our defensive about it, and last month, for example, john brennan tried to allay concerns and talked about new procedure and said that in the past year there have not been a single collateral death because of the exceptional efficiency and provision -- decision of the capabilities they been able to develop. they say no one has been killed. >> so have they delivered on that envisioned? >> this is where the new research comes in here it has been done by the bureau of investigative journalism, which is a non-profit organization of journalists that dig into this kind of thing. they had done some work on strikes carried out since august 23, 2010, which is when they did a particular strike when the u.s. changes its policy. they say that by their reckoning, 45 people, civilians who were not militants or key figures in the leadership of al qaeda with the taliban, were killed during that time. looking at a for the theme, they would estimate another 60 and involve people were killed, making it well over 100 casualties. the u.s. has responded to the bureau of

don't know that for sure but we know the americans are defensive about in last month for example john brennantried to relay concerns he took to new targeting procedure and he said that in the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency precision of the capabilities we have been able to develop. in other words because they have been checking much more carefully that no other people are on the compounds when they strike. they say, no one has been killed as a result. >> so, have they delivered on that ambition and that promise? >> this is where the new research comes in by the bureau of and investigative journalism which is a nonprofit organization of journalists that dig into this kind of thing. they have done some work on strikes carried out since august the 23rd of 2010 which is when there was a particular strike that caused casualties and the u.s. assents change their policy. they say by their reckoning 45 people, civilians who were not militants are key figures in the leadership of al qaeda or the taliban were killed during that period. they