air force academy.he program turns cadets into undercover informants. >> reporter: it was adam's lifelong dream to be an elite officer, inspired to join the military at age 12. >> when 9/11 happened and you could see the towers burning from my main hometown, it gave you a sense of, in a couple of years i am going to be fighting those people. >> reporter: he enrolled in the military, and then was caught on a website chatting with what he thought was to be a person of legal age. he says osi offered a deal, your website mistake goes away if you spy on other cadets. >> there was evidence that cadets had been soliciting themselves for sex on line. and they were interested in this. >> reporter: he posed as a woman replaying on craigslist to their ads soliciting sex. just about everywhere you walk at the air force academy, you see the honor code. this is an ideal which is ingrained in the mentality of every cadet and airman from day one. but the air force says it has no choice but to ask cadets to spy on each

air force academy according to information obtained by the colorado springs gazette the air force is an office of special investigations of the o.s.i. was running a secret program in which could debts were forced to spy on their classmates to catch suspected drug users and sex offenders the cadets who acted as informants were encouraged to deceive classmates professors and commanders while taking photos wearing recording devices and filing secret reports and according to the guys that this is something many cadets were bullied into doing it says that their records show as uses f.b.i. style tactics to create informants agents interrogate cadets for hours without offering access to a lawyer threaten them with prosecution then coerce them into helping o.-s. . side and exchange for promises of leniency they don't always keep one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten where he essentially became a spy for the u.s. i secured several convictions drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually thomas himse

air force academy according to information obtained by the colorado springs gazette the air force's office of special investigations where the o.s.i. was running a secret program in which could debts were forced to spy on their classmates to catch suspected drug users and sex offenders the cadets who acted as informants were encouraged to deceive their classmates their professors and their commanders while taking photos wearing recording devices and piling secret reports according to the this is something many cadets were bullied into doing it says the records show as uses f.b.i. style tactics to create informants agents interrogate cadets for hours without offering access to a lawyer threaten them with prosecution then coerce them in. helping o.s.i. in exchange for promises of leniency that they don't always keep one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten were essentially became a spy for the o.s.i. and secured several convictions drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually thomas himself was kicked

air force academy are studying to be drone pilots and not regular pilots. this has opened up a whole discussion within the air force because they won't actually see combat. they will get to go home and have dinner with their kids. how do they get promoted? have they really put in their time? i think it's transforming how we are waging war and i think it has all kinds of repercussions especially in these cross border scicial issues. it's big business. israel is the biggest exporter of drones and they're so far ahead they're the new silicon valley. we're talking about warfare but in terms of intelligence gathering or spying, can you can get these drones down. they're no bigger than an insect. there could be one right here, john. >> in the studio. >> you never can tell. >> you're the expert. >> thank you. i don't necessarily agree with eleanor that israel is the leader in the market. i think in the new market it's chinese companies that are scrambling to make smaller and smaller drones that the u.s. state department and defense department and congress are unwil

and at the air force academy in colorado cadets take a pledge to never lie but investigative journalist says he's uncovered information that some recruits are asked to not only lie but also spy on classmates professors and commanders will speak to that journalist coming up. and the u.s. veterans return from war and to a new field of battle there's been an increase in drug prescriptions for veterans with a sizable amount dying of overdose or another cause.

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i grew up on a farm and went to the air force academy 27 years retired as a colonel. and spent time on thes who knee ya war. i had a look at the interagency policy process which has been hugely important to the work here. understanding how it works in practice. and toward the end of my career i went to the national defense university and started work on doctoral program at george washington university. got a doctorate along the way and got contact bid the state department a about two two and a half years ago. the incumbent asked me to consider coming to work here. it got me to thinking. here we are. >> dr. raldolf, who uses these volumes? who reads these? >> guest: well, first of all, there's an answer to that. a philosophical answer. the real purpose of the volume is to provide the transparency and the accountability that is courted with democracy. if you don't have insight in to what your government is doing in the end, you can't create that kind of understanding and accountability. and there are various proxies. they have changed over time. when the series first st

his death and update on this case and a look at police brutality here in the us ahead and the air force academy in colorado cadets take a pledge to never lie but investigative journalist says he's uncovered information that some recruits are asked to not only lie but also spy on classmates professors and commanders will speak to the journalists coming out.

i have a niece that graduated from the air force academy.on't want to see our defense weakened significantly the way the mindless sequestration did. there's a lot in this that's good news for both parties and good for the country. >> first of all, god bless for all your family members in the military. i remember you were a defense hawk. as i understood it, the defense hawks in the republican party and some others, some appropriations people that really are not so, i think so blessed on their thinking, but nonetheless they couldn't pass a clean cr so they had to make a deal. is that fair martin frost? in other words, something had to give even though this is a small deal, it couldn't have been passed just on a straight cr roll call. >> that's right. because there was unfairness on both side. there were democrats concerned about the type of domestic cuts you had. there were democrats and many republicans concerned about defense. they would have had a very hard time passing a clean cr. let's remember too, larry, while this doesn't raise taxes b

thousand nine hundred sixty three when i graduated from high school i was going to go to the air force academy and it turns out that i was number one in the competition for new york state for the senatorial appointment but jacob javits of the united states senator actually gave the appointment to the son of one of his major financial contributors. and so i would back to the congressional district to get their congressional district appointment and congressman gave the appointment to the son of the republican mayor of guns falls and so i was completely for. freaked out the rules didn't seem to be working it struck me that the system was out of tune so i decided i would become a lawyer and spend some time helping to tune the system to get it back into tune but the more time i spent being a lawyer the more i realized that the system wasn't really out of tune it's just that it was playing a completely different saw from that which we had been told when we were in high school and studying civics i decided i was going to be a lawyer and i became a civil rights lawyer found the civil rights law revie

call,uing this prophetic -- asms the openings are the united states air force academy graduate, this subtitle space of cyberspace -- battle space of cyberspace. they think of edward snowden and russia and hardware/software and not the war of ideas. if you could comment on that and why issue were in a government. -- it should work in a government. >> i would say there is an increasing interest and desire and activity in the chaplain to not just i tend to the spiritual and emotional needs of our troops but look out and how they can engage religious issues as well and be an active programming partner and actively work to reduce tensions. they do a phenomenal job. they need more support. they need more support for years. that is one area to look at potentially. , there toincy phenomenon work. -- and they are doing phenomenal work. >> based on what you all said tonight, the beginning of the faith-based offices were meant southp educate people in dallas. help feed people in the south the dalles. all of a sudden, ms. rogers is talk about worldwide slavery and this. are we losing the emphasi

continuing this prophetic call, it seems the openings are -- as the united states air force academy graduate, this subtitle space of cyberspace -- battle space of cyberspace. they think of edward snowden and russia and hardware/software and not the war of ideas. if you could comment on that and why it should work in a government. >> i would say there is an increasing interest and desire and activity in the chaplain to not just i tend to the spiritual and emotional needs of our troops but look out and how they can engage religious issues as well and be an active programming partner and actively work to reduce tensions. they do a phenomenal job. they need more support. they need more support for years. that is one area to look at potentially. the chaplaincy, and they are doing phenomenal work. >> based on what you all said tonight, the beginning of the faith-based offices were meant to help educate people in south dallas. help feed people in the south the dalles. all of a sudden, ms. rogers is talk about worldwide slavery and this. are we losing the emphasis to work here in the united states t

continuing this prophetic call, it seems the openings are -- as the united states air force academy graduate, this subtitle space of cyberspace -- battle space of cyberspace. they think of edward snowden and russia and hardware/software and not the war of ideas. if you could comment on that and why it should work in a government. >> i would say there is an increasing interest and desire and activity in the chaplain to not just i tend to the spiritual and emotional needs of our troops but look out and how they can engage religious issues as well and be an active programming partner and actively work to reduce tensions. they do a phenomenal job. they need more support. they need more support for years. that is one area to look at potentially. the chaplaincy, and they are doing phenomenal work. >> based on what you all said tonight, the beginning of the faith-based offices were meant to help educate people in south dallas. help feed people in the south the dalles. all of a sudden, ms. rogers is talk about worldwide slavery and this. are we losing the emphasis to work here in the united states t

. >> he enrolled in the air force academy but in his junior year he said he was caught on a dating website discussing sex with a minor he thought was of legal age. facing the threat of a did he merit, he agreed to join a secret program run by the office of special investigations, the law enforcement arm of the fair force. he said o.s.i. offered a deal, your website mistake goes away if you spy on other cadets the. >> there was evidence that other cadets have been soliciting for sex on line and they were interested in this. this is the craigslist incident. >> to catch fellow cadets in the act, he potioned as a woman answering requests for sex. one advertised for a hot sexy cheek da who knows how you to get kinky and dirty. >> you'll see the honor code. this is an ideal engrained in the mentality of every cadet and airman from day one. the air force says it has no choice but to ask cadet to say spy on each other. >> at the same time they're saying always be honest, always be forthright, they're also using a program that says lie to everybody, trick your colleagues. >> colorado springs gazett