i we're back for a few more minutes with daniel davis u.s. army lieutenant colonel and matthew hoh senior fellow at the center for international policy all right gentlemen we're talking about this report that you have given over to congress that it's classified for now the unclassified version the d.o.d. hasn't released but something that could be kind of a risky thing if you're saying that the pentagon is lying to the american people they are lying to congress and so i'm just wondering if you think that there's going to be backlash and wondering if anyone has already attacked you already said that you are putting national security at risk for being traitor well i got to say so for you know i got it from the iraq's also going to give credit and so for the senior leaders in my chain of command in particular has said nothing bad is going to happen to you because of this you're not going to be you know your clearances are going to take away your continue to do your job every day so so for everything's been good to go with it continues on you kno

this really a good deal for america or just an easy out for wall street then lieutenant colonel daniel davis who's on our show the other day well it turns out that the pentagon now has launched an investigation into that report that he released about afghanistan and we're going to speak to richard i ask out as well and david sirota about whether it's time for a national popular vote or have all that work and i couldn't get us a happier but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so as i said big news announced today that after sixteen months of wrangling forty nine states with the exception of oklahoma federal regulators have all agreed to a foreclosure fraud settlement with the five biggest banks now those with the bank of america j.p. morgan chase city wells fargo and ally financial the obama administration is obviously trying to show that they've got the chops and that they've got the will to go after wall street so they're making a big deal of it and the mainstream media is following suit. a legal settlement that could help home homeowners rather who over

i we're back in minutes with daniel davis u.s. army lieutenant colonel and matthew hoh senior fellow at the center for international policy.

i we're back for a few more minutes with daniel davis u.s. army lieutenant colonel and matthew hoh senior fellow at the center for international policy all right gentlemen we're talking about this report that you have given over to congress that it's classified for now the unclassified version the d.o.d. hasn't released but something that could be kind of a risky thing if you're saying that the pentagon is lying to the american people they are lying to congress and so i'm just wondering if you think that there's going to be a backlash and wondering if anyone has already attacked you already said that you are putting national security at risk for being.

well we've got quite a story for you today just two days ago we had a man named tenet colonel daniel al davis on the show who had submitted a classified report to congress telling them that he thought that the pentagon had been misleading to both congress and the public about this idea of success in afghanistan so he wanted to tell the real story he came on the program told us what he could like i said this is all classified and i asked him if he thought that they would go after him for this because nobody likes critique and what do you know it turns out the reports are saying today that indeed an investigation has been launched by the pentagon so we're going to talk about this expanding war and whistleblowers and speak to two of them themselves peter van buren and lieutenant colonel tony shaffer tonight and i know you're going to be talking about tensions with iran well we actually we scratch that story about tensions with iran because this investigation about whistleblowers and about coming up and we just thought it was more important for the day because this is something that we constantly

but recently, anrmyfficer, lieutenant colonel daniel davis, has made waves, charging that is simply not the case. in a classified report to congress and an 84-page unclassified version, davis accuses the military's top brass of misleading the american public about just how badly the war is going. he draws on 250 interviews he did with u.s. troops and afghans during a year-long mission throughout the country last year. among those in his sights, general david petraeus, who commanded troops in afghanistan before becoming cia director, and statements of his like this testimony last march: >> the momentum achieved by the taliban in afghanistan since 2005 has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas. >> warner: lieutenant colonel davis has briefed members of congress and staff, and spoke with us this morning. colonel davis thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> warner: you charge in this lengthy report and in your article that not only is the war in afghanistan failing, but that the senior military leadership has used what you call omission and o

on january 18th i had the privilege of sitting down with lu ten naent colonel daniel davis. he recently submitted every ports in both classified and unclassified versions to a series at the pentagon. i was joined by my colleagues congressman walter jones and john garamendi. we were not only impressd with lieutenant colonel davis's character o but the information and analysis he shared with us. simply put, the situation in afghanistan does not reflect the optimistic statements we repeatedly hear from high military officials and commanders on a regular basis. this week, a great deal of what lieutenant colonel davis told us has appeared in the media in an article he wrote for the armed forces journal, the nation's oldest independent military magazine and in "the new york times". lieutenant colonel davis talks about the difficulties of training the afghan police and military, the challenges facing our own troops to establish sustainable security zones, the rampant corruption and the gr great -- classified material that contradicts such claims. the briefing with danny davis comes

this really a good deal for america or just an easy out for wall street then lieutenant colonel daniel davis who's on our show the other day well turns out of the pentagon now has launched an investigation into that report that he released about.

this really a good deal for america or just an easy out for wall street then we turn to colonel daniel davis who's on our show the other day well it turns out that the pentagon now has launched an investigation into that report that he released about afghanistan and we're going to speak to richard as kaos well and david sirota about where.

later today, some of us will be meeting with the courageous army officer colonel daniel davis. colonel davis wrote a revealing account of the war in afghanistan after witnessing the huge gap between what the american public was being told about progress in afghanistan and the dismal situation on the ground. colonel davis' assessment is backed up by a recently released report from afghanistan's n.g.o. safety officer. the report warns n.g.o. employees in afghanistan not to take seriously the message of advances in security coming from the pentagon. mr. speaker, i ask that this page from the afghanistan n.g.o. safety officer quarterly data report be inserted into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lee: thank you. the report reads, and i quote, we find that the insurgency be considered fiction. a dangerous political fiction. i repeat, a dangerous political fiction. that is how this organization dedicated to ensure the safety of n.g.o. employees in afghanistan characterizes the rosy reports of steady progress in afghanistan. mr. speaker, if we are going to a

properly critique that as our daily viewers out there should know last week we had the china colonel daniel davis on the program is an active army officer who just submitted a classified report to congress that's a pretty damning assessment of the dis honesty of our military leadership just two days after daddy appeared here on the show and b c report claimed that a pentagon investigation had been launched into his report but it was also an eighty six page unclassified report every ten a colonel davis had written to be released for public consumption and it's something of a pentagon haven't cleared for release which let's face it isn't surprising but on friday evening rolling stone contributing editor michael hastings posted that unclassified report on the internet for all to see how this version is eighty four pages long and all i can say that is well worth taking the time to read davis charges our military leadership with intentionally being dishonest with congress and the public about what they claim to be signs of success or progress or momentum in the war in afghanistan he shows that through

something that's been in the news recently and this is kind of what's been going on with colonel daniel davis the seventeen year army veteran he was simply sick of hearing this pretty picture painted you know from podiums in washington and around the country of what was happening in the wars and so he put. together some documents are classified some are on classified and he released some of them classified things. he testified in front of congress and he released these materials which basically talked about the actual failures and what was actually happening on the war on the ground in the war in afghanistan a lot of people angry at him for releasing this information but he's the one of the very few he's one of a very few group of to small group of people to come forward with information like this why do you think that is well i think there are two things happened i think one is that there's not enough people willing to come forward and tell the truth about what's happening in afghanistan if for no other reason than what's being played is an information game where we're trying to set percepti

the show we have another update for you on bradley manning and just a few days ago tenet colonel daniel davis came on the show to discuss his report about the pentagon purposely misleading congress and now he's reportedly being investigated so tonight republican scott shane about the u.s. government's ongoing war against whistleblowers. issues that so much each musician. defeat in the battle for syria the international community is divided as the syrians themselves when it comes to resolving the situation. will. technology innovation. developments in. the future however. i was promised we'd made sure to bring you all the latest on bradley manning just days ago we told you that it was decided that the army private would be court marshaled and now a date has been set for that on february twenty third manning will return to fort meade maryland for his arraignment and according to the a.p. the army private can request a trial by jury or by a military judge if teachers a jury it would include at least five officers and he has the option to have at least a third of the soldiers on the panel to be e

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lieutenant colonel daniel davis, a 17-year army veteran, has written a scathing report called "derelictionty." he accuses u.s. military commanders of not telling the truth to the american public about what's really going on in afghanistan. it is a must-read. joining me now, michael hastings, contributing editor to rolling stone magazine. he has been writing about this story and "rolling stone" has published the colonel's full, unclassified report his website. michael, thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me, appreciate it. >> you talked to colonel davis, why is his report so important? >> is one of the most significant documents written about either the war in iraq or the war in afghanistan and reason is colonel davis is an active duty military officer. he is writing from the inside and he decided because things were just so bad and because the message we were getting from the higher ups was just so wrong, he risked his entire career to come out to say, in great detail, after just returning from afghanistan what exactly was going wrong. >> all right. now, here we have this c

don't ask me, ask colonel daniel davis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold, for five minutes. mr. dold: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dold: mr. speaker, small businesses are reluctant to expand today. with so much economic uncertainty, our local job creators don't know if they can afford the risk of hiring a new worker. as a small business owner myself, i know the pressures of meeting a budget and a payroll and for me i employ 100 people and for me that's 100 families. i have to make sure that i can ensure that we can provide health care insurance and other benefits before it's time to hire new workers. mr. speaker, there is 29 million small businesses in our nation. here in this body i believe our goal has to be to create an environment that enables those small businesses to have the confidence to be able to grow and thrive, to be able to add that one new worker and think about where we'd

cancer within the occupy movement he's referring to the black bloc then colonel lieutenant colonel daniel al davis is going to join us and tell us about a report he just submitted to congress that says the pentagon is intentionally misleading the public about the war in afghanistan and edward harrison will talk to us about what federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said on the hill today we have all that and more for tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media decided to miss. last week we all saw the insane amount of money the outside groups have been pouring in to the campaign season in just the first four primary states documents show the outside groups spending on ads had risen sixteen hundred percent we also saw the g.o.p. centered super pacs were far away collecting more money than the left and so what you know looks like this made president obama have a change of heart as he's now signed off on a plan to dispatch cabinet officials senior advisers at the white house and top campaign staff members to deliver speeches at fund raising events for prioriti

cancer within the occupy movement he's referring to the black bloc then colonel lieutenant colonel daniel al davis is going to join us and tell us about a report he just submitted to congress that says the pentagon is intentionally misleading the public about the war in afghanistan and edward harrison will talk to us about what.

. >> daniel davis traveled across the battle zone talking to troops about what was needed.l, but hopeful about the war. hope soon evaporated. >> i so wanted to see that and didn't see that. >> he's gone public. he does not have the army's permission to talk. he's on his own time, not in uniform. his candor is not what you often hearing. >> i was in eastern afghanistan. >> davis who shot this video says troops began talking. >> one by one they started telling me about how the afghan partners are almost completely incapable if they even doing their job. >> the official line? >> our most recent report demonstrates that clearly the momentum has shifted to our side. >> on the front line he says he sass a lack of success. >> knowing they're going out the there. >> he recounts just one day. >> they peeled off into an abandoned building and took a nap. all the american guys went about doing their normal job to set up defensive positions. >> so you see all of this, and it leads you to do what? >> well, at first it was just, you know, this is not right. i'm thinking maybe i would wri

colonel daniel davis spent last year in afghanistan and talking with troops and their partners. editorial is entitled truth, lies, in afghanistan and how military littlely leaders let us down. how many men must die in a mission not succeeding and behind an array of seven years of opt mistakes statements by u.s. leaders in afghanistan. no one expects our leaders to always have a successful plan but we do expect and the men who do living fighting and dying deserve to have our leaders tell us the truth about what is going on. we have the editor of the armed forces journal, the nation's oldest independent periodical on military affairs and green lighted this editorial to be published. the truth, brad, what is the truth about afghanistan?. >> i have can tell what you lieutenant colonel daniel dave says says. he traveled in a year in afghanistan. he traveled virtually to everywhere u.s. troops were fighting and talked to hundreds of people and he came away with the impression was going on in afghanistan was not what, if u.s. officials had been saying was going on. jenna: one of the th

tomorrow afternoon, i'll join several of my colleagues in meeting with lieutenant colonel daniel davis who has embarked on a brave truth-telling campaign about the war in afghanistan. after two combat deployments to afghanistan, lieutenant colonel davis has written two reports, one classified, one unclassified in which he tells he has seen. as part of his assignment with the rapid equipping force, he traveled across afghanistan several times spanning some 9,000 miles and visiting hundreds of troops. as well as afghan civilians and afghan security forces. what he saw was afghan police that stay in the safe harbor of their checkpoints while allowing the taliban to roam free. what he saw were afghan local governments completely unprepared to protect and provide for their people. what he heard were stories of in his words, how insurgents controlled every piece of land beyond eye shot of a u.s. or international security assistance force base. madam speaker, this is not exactly the story we've been getting from top military brass when they report on the status of the afghanistan war. lieuten

colonel daniel davis. nice to see you this morning. welcome to the show. >> thanks very much.ere. >> this is exhaustive report that you put together with many, many interviews while you there were in the war zone. one of the things though you allege in your report is outright omission. and even deception. by the military and by the pentagon to deceive and omit. that's a harsh accusation. what evidence do you have? >> and it is. when you take a look at the things that are actually existing on the ground and then especially when you take a look the things been said overtime. no way that can be frew. so if you know what's going on. if you are aware of the situation and you are characterizing it to the public in ways that are very different than that, i'm not sure how else to call that. >> to clayton's point, lt.. there are two problems. one is what's happening on the ground and two what is being told the american people. let's start with the first to you. you have seen it, you have been to afghanistan. what is the biggest problem with what we're doing there in the mission? >> rig

daniel davis said the u.s. military leaders are painting too rosy a picture of the situation in afghanistan. this briefing is 35 minutes. >> i would like to welcome back to the pentagon briefing room the commander of isap joint command. he joins us of october of last year. previously, he served as the general after serving for two years as commanding journal. during that time, he joined the task force of 82. he also served as a director of operations for the united states central command and the 69th united states military academy. in addition to his assignments in afghanistan, his support of a rocky freedom, liberia. he travels together a full picture. today he will provide an operational of date. he will make some opening comments and then you take your questions. i will turn it over to you. >> good morning. i would like to make a comment or to up front. then we will take questions. it is good to be here. i look forward to the discussion with you. i plan on giving you an update on the progress that has been m

there's one by lieutenant colonel daniel davis, truth lies, and afghanistan, how military leaders have let us done. here's one from february 10 of this year 2012, roads to nowhere. program to win over afghans fails. in talking to some of our troops in forward positions in afghanistan, some were a bit down. particularly those who have been training afghans to farm. because we are sending around $3 billion for nothing but projects in afghanistan, including these type of farming projects, so people can make their own way. yet we were told they're training the afghans, they've been training the afghans, but the billions of dollars the united states government the obama administration has sent to afghanistan to help them develop farming projects, at least in this one region has never gotten past the corrupt regional government. so the projects where they could use these farming skills that are being taught don't exist. and they're not anticipated to exist. we set up a corrupt government in afghanistan. and i don't know how honest anybody in the karzai regime was before they got there, but t

there it is, the ben davis high school marching band and "devil with the blue dress" a special homage to charlie daniels> they have a -- we can't reveal the details, we can't reveal the details but they will be at the super bowl. am i right? >> yes. >> and they've been sworn to secrecy and you will probably have a chance to see them on your home televisions in front of 100 million people. excellent job. we'll talk to you again. and even the armed forces applauds you. back to steve and gretchen. >> all right, brian. nice job. we'll check back in with you in a moment. it's time for your headlines. he's accused of orchestrating fast & furious, the botched program that put guns in the hand of mexican drug dealers so why not daydream during the hearing on the operation? watch this. >> now, you said that you were notified probably within 24 hours of agent terry's death, is that what i heard you say? sir? >> i'm sorry. >> you were notified -- >> fortress holder. that was kind of interesting. >> i can get a copy of that for you. >> that's not my house, by the way. >> as you know, the justice department accused