from guantanamo bay cuba. leading. clandestine interrogations international rendition secret torture it all began in the wake of nine eleven when the bush administration frantically scrambled to redefine international law or to institutionalize one of the worst crimes that a government could ever commit torture. we also have to work those sort of the dark side if you will with us spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world a lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly without any discussions and sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies if we're going to be successful so in order to legally justify these dark sources and methods the government was given carte blanche authority for military force but the. passing of the authorization for use of military force legislation that gave the cia a green light to capture detain and even kill any known al qaeda members or more broadly anyone believed to be associated with terrorism and within just a day of its passing the cia

its secretive prisons in a country it's been enemies with since the war all few realize that guantanamo bay consists of more than just the infamous detention facility in fact the history of this base goes all the way back to june tenth eighteen ninety eight during the height of the spanish-american war u.s. forces seized control on tunnel bay from spain and soon signed a lease with newly independent cuba establishing guantanamo as a military base over the course of the next half century u.s. military ism in cuba was solidified with presidents from after yar to truman making personal trips there to show their commitment to the strategic outpost all the while the u.s. backed cuban dictator for hansie about tista was enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship collaborating with an american multinational corporations but everything changed in one nine hundred fifty nine during the cuban revolution when a young girl of fighter named fidel castro successfully ousted the teesta and created a socialist state of course with the cold war in full swing and communism and in fact as america's number on

the secretary defense and defense department are committed to the president's goal of closing guantanamo bay if the public knew what actually happened that heads would roll there are a lot of issues that are being handled at a higher level join us as we seek answers to those issues and much more this is at the heart breaking the steps i want on a mobile. few realize how expensive it is to keep running the joint task force detention center that opened in two thousand and two costs taxpayers one hundred forty million dollars a year that breaks down to eight hundred thousand dollars per detainee but the detention center was never meant to be permanent so how did we get to the point where cuba is hosting what amnesty international has deemed the gulag of our time to answer that question you have to go all the way back to eighteen ninety eight. around tanana bay cuba a tropical paradise for a tweet with crystal clear waters white sand beaches lush greenery and landscapes. what better place to build a mini america complete with mcdonald's starbucks subway a gift shop and torture so how exactly did

obama promised to shutter the guantanamo bay detention camp. now, when high value targets are captured, they're temporarily questioned at sea, and in katallah case on the uss new york and not sent to guantanamo bay for long term interrogations the obama administration expanded the drone campaign that began under president george w. bush and supporting by leading democrats >> if you're going to take out al qaeda or isis, you have to take out their leadership, smash their leadership. >> while impossible to capture everyone, such as the african affiliate, critics say killing virtually every terrorist leader made it harder to identify their partners. >> justice from 30,000 feet has resulted in a treasure trove of information not being gained through lawful intestify investigation. >> the obama administration never reached a status of the agreement in iraq. when remaining u.s. personnel were withdrawn, a valuable function was lost. >> the day we pulled out of iraq, we went deaf and blind in that region. we're about to do the same in afghanistan. >>

obama promised to shutter the guantanamo bay detention camp. now, when high value targets are captured, they're temporarily questioned at sea, and in katallah case on the uss new york and not sent to guantanamo bay for long term interrogations the obama administration expanded the drone campaign that began under president george w. bush and supporting by leading democrats >> if you're going to take out al qaeda or isis, you have to take out their leadership, smash their leadership. >> while impossible to capture everyone, such as the african affiliate, critics say killing virtually every terrorist leader made it harder to identify their partners. >> justice from 30,000 feet has resulted in a treasure trove of information not being gained through lawful intestify investigation. >> the obama administration never reached a status of the agreement in iraq. when remaining u.s. personnel were withdrawn, a valuable function was lost. >> the day we pulled out of iraq, we went deaf and blind in that region. we're about to do the same in afghanistan. >>

naval base at guantanamo bay in cuba?ll tell you, i have asked that question and norad's calculations at this point, that it is not a threat to guantanamo bay. they don't believe. unless for some reason it was to suddenly change course, which they don't think it will. it's on the equivalent of autopilot. though it may not technically be on autopilot. they don't think at this point it presents any threat to guantanamo bay. >> barbara, stand by. we're going to get back to you. we'll take another quick break. we'll go to cuba. our correspondent on the ground is standing by. we'll get new information. stay with us. >>> we're following the breaking news. a small plane that took off hours ago from rochester, new york, en route to naple, florida, has gone off track. there's been no response from the cockpit now for hours. the plane is over cuban airspace. you see it being tracked right there. it's being followed by a cuban jet fighter. after two u.s. air force f-15s stopped. didn't want to encroach cuban airspace. let's go to ha

obama promised to shutter the guantanamo bay detention camp. now, when high value targets are captured, they're temporarily questioned at sea, and in katallah case on the uss new york and not sent to guantanamo bay for long term interrogations the obama administration expanded the drone campaign that began under president george w. bush and supporting by leading democrats >> if you're going to take out al qaeda or isis, you have to take out their leadership, smash their leadership. >> while impossible to capture everyone, such as the african affiliate, critics say killing virtually every terrorist leader made it harder to identify their partners. >> justice from 30,000 feet has resulted in a treasure trove of information not being gained through lawful intestify investigation. >> the obama administration never reached a status of the agreement in iraq. when remaining u.s. personnel were withdrawn, a valuable function was lost. >> the day we pulled out of iraq, we went deaf and blind in that region. we're about to do the same in afghanistan. >>

on the obama administration's failure to notify congress back in may about the release of five guantÁnamo baydetainees in exchange for u.s. armies -- u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl being held captive by the telegram. after that former vice president dick cheney speaking about the threats posed by isis. that is following -- that is followed by president obama about histhe nation strategy on combating ices. the house passed a resolution condemning obama for failing to inform congress about the taliban-bergdahl exchange. this floor debate before the final vote is a little over an hour. it begins with armed services committee chair buck mckeon. >> house resolution 644 print resolution -- 644. condemning the obama administration's failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify congress before releasing individuals states navalnited station guantÁnamo bay, cuba and expressing concerns over the release of five taliban leaders and the repercussions of negotiating with terrorists. >> pursuant to house resolution 715, amendments are adopted and the resolution is considered as red.

the law is clear, it says if you're going to transfer somebody from guantanamo bay, you've got to give 30 days notice. and they had meetings within the discussion that discussed whether to follow that 30-day requirement and decide not to do it. it was a clear cut decision not to follow the law. secondly, or in addition to that, the point was made by the gentleman from florida that they also violated the anti-deficiency act. now there's never been a dispute about the ability of congress to put conditions on funding and yet by carrying out this action, they spent funds for which they were not -- that they were not authorized to spend. which also violated a separate law. and they didn't have to tell everybody. they could have just told the speaker and majority leader. i think they're pretty safe at keeping secrets. and yet the president chose notment of the rule of law is important. it is fundamental to our system. and so it's important to speak clearly on that. but here's the second reason. the constitution gives congress a variety of powers related to national security. but in carrying

current law, the president is required to notify congress prior to releasing any prisoners from guantÁnamo bay unfortunately, he failed to do that. although i'm grateful to sergeant -- that sergeant bergdahl has been reunited with his family, i strongly disagree with the president's decision to negotiate with terrorists. i don't agree with his position to make this prisoner exchange without first consulting with congress and the manner required by federal law. the freeing of terrorists poses a national security threat to americans and our armed forces and complicates >> it's not going to change their perception one iota. i understand that people had an honest disagreement about the way the statute was interpreted and implemented. what i was just saying to you was that that is an honest disagreement that happens and has happened in american history over and over again. we should move on. we should let the military do whatever disciplinary proceedings are going to do with sergeant bergdahl. >> we should let the military act as they deem appropriate in terms of sergeant bergdahl's actions in the

synonymous with guantanamo bay and his head is meishaven. it was described to me that sotloff gives a statement clearly made under duress in which he denounces american foreign policy. then the executioner speaks to summarize says we said we would execute the second american if you continued with your air strikes and that is what we have done. i'm told that -- i don't want to get into a lot of graphic details but the video begins to show the execution of the individual and then it cuts away and shows a similar scene to what we saw with the foley video which is the decapitated body. so this video is now up in a very limited way. that's the description that's been given to fox news. u.s. government officials have not independently confirmed whether this tape is authentic. a very credible counterterrorism source i worked with for some time told me within the last hour that there was significant chatter from isis on what i would describe as its known twitter handles in the last 24 hours that a video of sotloff was coming and there's now añ messa

the execution is speaking british english, does have a message, and james foley is dressed as a guantanamo bay prisoner. happened. i don't believe there's an issue. i don't know that a major news outlet, respectable news out the showed or wants to show the act. >> the beheading is awful. it would not have become an international story without the visual evidence of what happened. sometimes it's the role of the news to make us uncomfortable or show an unsan tied version of what happened in -- unsan tied version of what happened in the world, that's what the media need to bring to the table when covering violent and terrible events. >> as gruesome and unjust as the murder of james foley was, there has been gardenage and syria and -- carnage in syria and iraq. as said by human rights watch, saudi arabia is beheading citizens at the rate of one a day, and the cover im of that is scant. the u.s. media is focussed on james foley's story. i.s.i.s., and i.s.i.l., any stories are good news, welcome, but who cares about the saudis the saudis have been cutting off heads for as long as anyone can remember

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the law clearly states the president shall notify congress of any release of guantanamo bay detainees. it clearly states this. if changing or breaking that law isn't enough, the president in his release, released five of the most dangerous detainees held at guantanamo bay. these taliban leaders orchestrated plans to engage in hostilities against americans and in association with al qaeda. by his own admission there is absolutely -- and the possibility that these detainees would return to the fight. as someone who has been in that fight over the past 10 years, and has been over there, they do not need any help. they do not need their poster heroes coming back to them and giving them support, even though they have been off the battlefield. this was wrong. my friend from florida says, they are message bills. i challenge him to ask, are -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. collins: thank you. madam speaker, i ask, is there truly, though -- let's be sort of open and transparent which is what the american peo

secretary of defense and defense department are committed to the president's goal of closing guantanamo bay. why are there so many legal roadblocks for the remaining. duration doesn't apply to these proceedings the government has demonstrated that they have no respect for the attorney client privilege no you can't look inside that board no you can't see the place which is interesting to the client so if the public would actually have the courage of the world there are a lot of issues that are. higher about will join us as we seek answers to those issues and much more this is abby martin breaking the set. and i. like. crap. like. this break my advice. like. as in the morning. i'm just glad. i'm not mad at any one word. and. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question lol. welcome back now we are ringing new part two of my interview with reggie middleton see there it is the i'm an inventor of ultra coin i previously sat down with reggie discuss crypto currenc

i won't be happy until that guy is in an orange jump suit in guantanamo bay. if you squint you can see what he would look like a in the cuban sunshine and i can't wait to see it. what i want to know if it is a hundred or a dozen or however many are overseas, who is watching rachel maddow? no, just kidding. joanne, you dated this guy briefly in the 90s. did you think dumping him would -- >> i was trying to forget that. >> you turned so many men to radical islam. >> i would like to date men who weren't held as children. i think that's why they end up like this. i hate interviews like this. i hate that we give them any sort of -- it is not praise, but trying to humanize them. other people who may turn radical see this and they go, oh, wow, look at this. i can have that too. i can work toward something. even though that something is completely against everything our country stands for. and they should just go and never be allowed to come back. >> it is the same thing about the coverage of spree killers. the mentality is no different than a spree killer. they are i

and this is a break in the set so a couple weeks ago i had the great privilege of traveling to guantanamo bay prison in cuba to investigate the continuing plight of the hundred forty nine indefinite detainees still there because most of the world has forgotten about these men reporters are needed on the ground and get known now more than ever however in order to understand what's happening in the tories prison today first you have to understand get those history who these men actually are and what they want.

the subject is kneeling wearing the orange jump suit which is symbolic, synonymous with guantanamo bay. he gives a statement which i emphasize was given under duress where he denounces america's foreign policy and the executioner, i think it's a significant difference has a more aggressive tone and posture in this video and speaks directly to the president in a somewhat disrespectful manner saying, "obama, this is your fault, your policies are to blame for the death of your people." then there's a graphic image of the beginning of the act of the beheading and then it cuts away and comes back with just a horrific image of a head that's been laid on top of a bloody body and then just like we saw in the foley video, we see another hostage believed to be a british citizen, and the executioner this time does not say that he's next but he certainly implies that by saying or issuing a warning to other nations who would join any international coalition with the united states against isis, dana. >> i watched both of those videos. they are very similar, the foley video and sotloff video is very

law is something that gave -- he stayed in line with the president on issues such as closing of guantanamo bay even weighing in after the heavy rye lens following the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer. he stayed far away from politics during his resignation speech just yesterday. >> i love the department of just sis ever since a young boy. i watched robert kennedy prove during the civil rights movement because the department can and must always be a force for that which is right. >> holder has not said what he will do next but he won't leave the post until a replacement is found. heather, back to you. >> thank you, elizabeth. >> eric holder has been a lightning rod for criticism. holder is the only u.s. attorney general to ever be held for criminal contempt of congress. a result of the gun running scandal fast and furious that led to the death of border agent brian terri. they denied the request to delay the release of key documents. he say says the timing is no coincidence. i personally hope eric holder that the documents could never be made public. eric holder

and bowe bergdahl still in guantÁnamo bay., the administration stood by as crimea was annexed. at the time, i found their silence to be stunning, but russia is now returning the favor with an equally muted criticism of u.s. airstrikes against the islamic state in syria. a strike that will likely benefit the russian supported regime of bashar al-assad and benefit as well, of course, iran. ran. the state sponsor of terrorism will become the newest member of a global nuclear club if this deal is to be done. and iran's influence will look more like dominion. in russia, vladimir putin seems to be already enjoying the fruit of president obama is promised flexibility. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe that many of the president on policy trades have resulted in an advantage for radical islamists? cast your vote at loudobbs.com because we would like to hear from you. yours look at last night's poll results. we asked if you thought congress should proceed or drop contempt of congress charges against the resigned attor

wearing orange as other hostages have which appears to be a reference to terrorist detainees in guantanamo bayis video is a departure from some of the others in that this hostage says he will be back for a whole series of videos that the islamic state is calling lend me your ears. >> doug luzader, thank you. >> how about obamacare the numbers the president will not be touting. by august 15th over 700,000 of the administration's initial signups had dropped their healthcare coverage. obamacare head marilyn haviner admitting the sharp drop in enrollees. it is not clear why they left the program it is assumed a large number of the people dropping coverage failed to ever even pay their premiums. ainsley? >> a 5th person charged in the murder case of college student holly bobo. dillon adams accused of throwing out key evidence in the case. facing murder charges in the disappearance three years ago. the nursing student's skull was found last week about six-miles from where adam's family found someone a body. >> domestic violence charges in two-days cut running back chris rainy from the squad. he was

obama took office in 2009, he promised to shuttle the guantanamo bay detention camps and send alleged terrorists to court. now when high -- they are temporarily questioned at skae. and not sent to guantanamo or any government facility for long-term interrogations, at the same time the obama administration has dramatically expanded the drone campaign that began under president george w. bush and is supported by leading democrats. >> if you're going to take out al qaeda, or if you're going to take out isis, you have to smash their leadership. >> while it's not possible to capture everyone, such as al qaeda's east african affilia affiliate -- killing virtually every terrorist leader has made it harder to identify their close associates and followers. >> droening them and killing them, justice from 30,000 feet has resulted in a treasure trove of information, not being gained through lawful interrogation. >> reporter: and the obama administration never reached the status of forces agreement in iraq. when remaining u.s. troops were withdrawn, a valuable intelligence collection function was

comply with the requirement to notify congress before transferring individual detainees from guantanamo bayi'd like to thank mr. rigell on this deeply troubling issue. he worked across the aisle to author a bipartisan resolution, sponsored by 94 members of the house, including myself, focused on the obama administration's clear violation of staff tute passed by the legislative branch and enacted into law by the president. i'd like to thank ranking member smith. though he did not support this resolution in its entirety, i appreciate his cannedor and his commitment to -- candor and his commitment to fostering a thoughtful debate within our committee. the administration violated the law and house resolution 644 articulates this simple message. it passed out of the armed services committee with a bipartisan vote. section 1035 of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014 requires the secretary of defense to notify the appropriate committees of congress at least 30 days before the transfer or release of any individual detained at gitmo. there are no waivers to this clause, no ex

-- actually 2014 ndaa, the call for 30 days' notice before any inmates were transferred from guantanamo bayhere's no question the president did not give that 30 days' notice on this transfer. and i have said publicly on a number of occasions, i think he should have. i think congress can absolutely be trusted with that type of information, and i think it was a mistake not to. the focus of this resolution is to basically condemn the president for violating the law. and i think that is wrong. what the president did is he, as countless presidents, i wouldn't go as far to say as everyone, but certainly more than half, have at one time or another have said that under article 2, the president has assertive authority that is contrary to a piece of legislation that has been passed. and the argument is, that article 2, and the president's national security responsibilities specifically in this area supersedes the piece of legislation that was passed. we have two laws that are in conflict. and they made a choice. and they chose, and felt that the article 2 was paramount. therefore, they believed what

terrorists in civilian court and they have a 9 the percent conviction rate when tried compared to guantanamo bay when eight have been convicted with two rulings being overturned. >> president obama's plan on climate changed and every scientist in the world grows global warming and climate change is happening, but it is still controversial. we'll find out why. >> president obama addressed the world stage and unveiled a plan to fight climate change. kristin saloomey from the u.n. 2347 no new initiatives, rather he touted the record saying this is the country to do most to cut carbon solution in the last eight years. he talked about working with state governments and utilities to cut power plant emissions and working with the private sector to reduce business carbon footprints and promote renewable energy and efficiency. the president called on emerging economies like india and china to do more to reduce their carbon footprint. >> nobody can stand on the sidelines of this issue. we have to set aside the old demise. we have to raise our collective ambition, each of us doing what we can to confront t

to notify specified congressional committees, at least 30 days in advance of its transfer of guantanamo bay detainees to qatar, d.o.d. used appropriated funds in violation of section 8111 of the law. and that law goes on in part, says, that none of the funds appropriated are otherwise made available in the act may be used to transfer any individuals attained at united states naval station, guantanamo bay. i've o find out here, seen today, that the taliban brothers over in afghanistan the kistan, one with taliban five that have been released, are saying they support and are brothers with the islamic state that is cutting off the heads of american citizens. there is no question that the five murdering and complicit murderers that were released back to the taliban will kill americans again. they will be complicit in killing americans again. even if their hands don't actually do that. so the question i have, and i'll yield to anybody that wants to answer it, what do you call somebody who breaks the , to let law-breaking complicit murderers go free? what do you call somebody that breaks the law

angered critics by planning to try the 9/11 suspects in federal court in new york instead of at guantanamo bay. the proof is in the pudding. trials in federal courts have moved along with convictions while they have languished at goon. in 2012, the republican-led house voted to hold eric holder in contempt of congress over his handling of the fast and furious gun-running scandal. nothing ever came of that. judge napolitano calls it something less than a footnote. last year, attorney general holder reportedly signed off on plans to newspaper on journalists, including james rosen, of fox news channel, as part of a leak investigation. at one standpoint some 40 republicans in congress signed a letter calling for the attorney general to resign. still, he defied repeated calls to step down, instead announcing it now as if making a point of leaving on his own terms. wendell, reaction across d.c. depends on whether you're red or blue. >> pretty much split along party lines. eric holder was a lightning rod for the president'siics. the justice department is supposed to be independent but was not indepen

our policy is not going to be just to bomb them, but to capture so they with can bring them to guantanamo bay bay, but i think the intelligence gathering piece is something we definitely need to find out where the other one is hiding, where are they keeping our people and what their plans are so that we can -- why are you laughing at me? >> no, i'm not laughing. >> you were. that was a really great point about intelligence gathering. >> it was a good point. >> i was thinking of the two things i want him to say which he is not going to say, which is about energy independence so we don't have to worry about these crazy people. >> all the pieces of this stuff, it would be very good. >> it would very good. >> more power to allow zack to go and make a decision to bomb. he has to go to congress to get $500 million more training. no president can decide to get $500 million and pick it out wherever he wants it. >> he'll get the money. >> he'll get congressional approval too. >> how about you do it. >> then he'll blame them if something goes wrong. >> the nfl seen the second ray rice tape before suspe

we see steven sotloff once again in an orange jump suit, the type of uniform that guantanamo bay uniforms would have worn. the man is holding a combat knife in his left hand and he appeared in the james foley execution video two weeks ago as well. from what we can tell, these two videos do not appear to have been filmed at the same time. they are filmed in a very similar style. seems both were filmed with two separate cameras but there are a number of differences that indicate that the sotloff video was filmed much more recently. first of all, look at sotloff himself in the video two weeks ago, his head was pretty much shaven and didn't have much of a beard. in the video today, he's got more hair on his head and the stubble of a beard growth as well. a number of days have definitely passed there. also, the man speaking in a british accent or apparently a british accent refers to bombings around the mosul dam but, more importantly, around the northeastern iraqi attorney around amerli. as said in the pentagon press briefing a few moments ago, it took place late saturday into sunday and so i

the victims is dressed in orange which isis uses to mirror the jumpsuits worn by prisoners at guantanamo bay. the executioner wears black keeping his face almost entirely cover. he holds a gun and he holds a medium sized knife in his left hand. he has the same general body build. gestures and demeanor in each one. so the question is, is this the same man? and that is important to analysts out there. >> it certainly is. i know that analysts say one of the clearest identifying characteristics on the tapes is the voice. as carl was talking about, the audio here. how does that sound side by side? >> listen to yourself, erin. if we listen to what's said by this man. listen in this video. >> you, obama, have yet again, for your actions, another american citizen. just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> now, compare that to the voice and the murder of james foley. >> any attempt by you, obama, to deny the muslims their rights of living in safety under the islamic calf ittaiphate -- >> the accent in both cases sounds as if it

many are in guantanamo bay, ge tained, waiting for the action that the u.s. government deems fit. many things have been put in pleas. they are still very active, and their ultimate goal in terms of ideology is to hurt u.s. interests, and kill as many americans as possible. bottom line. >> how are they recruiting? >> they are recruiting through the internet and affiliates. one thing they seek is to get westerners recruited. >> before seeing the islamic state, and they have been effective. >> the islamic state is effective, outpacing al qaeda, and a lot of defections from the old guard al qaeda to the islamic state. so in terms of resources, the islamic state, in terms of illicit fundraising in iraq, and donations are a force this they'll need to look at for a long time. >> does al qaeda have an impact in the extremist movement? >> sure it does. they have bip laden. everywhere lives in his shadow. the leaders go to him. he's monumental in their views. between them, the background that they have had, they have been the longest player in the game in terms of success. >> they have 9/11

. >> they got the number two man at guantanamo bay. >> reporter: still standing two of the most dangerousader and its master bombmaker. al asiri is responsible for attempts to bomb planes headed for the united states including the underwear bomb attack and 2010 printer cartridge bomb plot. there is concern al asiri is sharing bombmaker groups in syria. white house officials say there's more work to be done in yemen. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> coming up after the break, isis wants to add more women to its ranks. you'll hear from experts who say the terror group is look for a certain type of female. >>> also ahead, other news that we're following. new developments for young american man held in northern korea. what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... oh yeah, and frosted! what's your most favorite of all? hmm...the kind i have with you. me too. >>> checking other stories, authorities in uganda say they have foiled a terror plot there and arrested several people and recovered explosives and are trying to determine whether other conspira

muslims are a category suy generous in some ways, and that's why you never find an indian muslim in guantanamo bay in 2001, when the united states army made war in afghanistan. so i would say that the effort to radicalise muslims - there have been efforts in the past. they have not been successful. and there's 175 million indian muslims. in comparison to that, you see very few traces of radicalism of that kind. >> coming up on the newshour, the battle for tikrit. iraqi government forces fighting to retake the strategic important down from islamic state fighters. we'll take a look at this one, mozambique's opposition leader expected to come out of hiding. we are live in la put u. >>> and rivalry renewed at the us open. we'll tell you who booked a place in the semifinals later on in this. >>> iraqi forces are said now to be pushing towards the strategically important city of tikrit. troops trying to retake the city, coming at it from three times. it's the home town of former leader saddam hussein, and captured by islamic state fighters in june. iraqi forces facing resistance. these pictures taken on

it paved the way for the drob programme, ex -- drone programme, expanded surveillance, guantanamo bay and torture. house does one sentence in the aumf justify to much. >> against. and associated forces. >> critics say the aumf overrides the constitutional power declared for congress to declare war >> you are reading the aumf to apply outside of what it says. >> there has been attempts to narrow, amounted or repeal the -- amend or repeal the peel. so far all have failed. >>> congress woman barbara lee joins us from washington d.c. we have a new extended military provision in the middle east. does it surprise you that the white house is citing the 2001 operation for the use of force. >> the answer cuts both ways. the reason i voted against the resolution was that it was so broad, it was a blank check, and it set the statement and the policy for perpetual war. on one hand that resolution, and the congressional research service documented over 30 sometimes when that was used in yemen, somalia, domestic surveillance and many activities that it should not be used for. again, it was open-end

. -- the guantanamo bay review process. this is extremely timely. iraq,he islamic state of the killing of another american yesterday with an american commander operating in somalia. and for many other reasons, it is especially good to have him here today. the format will be simple. matt will speed for 20 or 25 minutes and then i will take the prerogative and we will open it up to the audience. if you have your telephone on, please turn it off. i know you have an awesome sound but might is even better so please turn years off. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. this past may, a man walked into a juice museum in belgium, opened fire, killing four people. , a 20 nine-year-old french national, had recently returned from syria, where he fought alongside the islamic state of iraq. the very next day, a 22-year-old american from florida blew himself up. while detonating a massive truck bomb in a restaurant in northern syrianone frequented by soldiers. the bomb killed dozens. the american suicide bomber was with me on the news front and and al qaeda

gone so deep inside the world of al-qaeda and come back to tell the tale not in a courtroom or guantanamo bay. but someone who has been at the tip of the sphere in the important targeting operations since 9/11. so this journey has been so rewarding and we have learned so much from him. he has exceptional insight and experiences and one hell of a story to tell. >> yeah, as we worked with morten we found out his rolodex was something else. he knew so many people over the last 10-15 years all over the world. he was everywhere and met all of these people and then there came the moment where he decided he could not deal with it anymore. there were all sorts of reasons we will get into later on. it wasn't an instant moment. he is not alone in that. we will try to work through the story with some of the incredible volume of physical evidence he brought to us rather it was recordings, e-mails, visa stamps and everything that helps substantiate his account of what happened to him. he visited denmark, talked to his family, talked to a lot of people that knew him and built a picture and it is a complica

is guantanamo bay. because the president said he would close it. the new attorney general won't be able to do it either. >> as much as it is about the president. >> problems with relocating the people who are there. and that's a problem for the attorney general. >> whoever that may be. >> eric holder has been up front and center, saying we can prosecute them in the united states. >> absolutely. >> and ran into problems in congress. so on race. >> fantastic record. >> talk to me about that. >> fantastic record, he has been courageous on race. and he says that we as a nation are not courageous. in fact using the word coward. not only when speaking with black audience, but speaking inning general. >> can i read that. >> please. >> this was february 18th 2009. >> black history month. >> and things racial, we have always been and continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. think it's work and example, this department of justice as long as i am here, must and will lead the nation to the new birth of freedom. so long ago promised, by

. -- at guantanamo bay in 2009. james cohn became the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigation in september of 2013. it has a long history of service to the department. it includes holding positions as both the assistant u.s. attorney and u.s. attorney to the district of new york and assistant u.s. attorney to the eastern district of virginia when he was conducting project exile. i want to thank you for your efforts on that. a deputy attorney general at the justice department. prior to his appointment, he held senior positions at lockheed martin and bridgewater associates. again, thank you for being here. last but not least, this is his last appearance before this committee, but i'm sure we will hear from him more times after this. director matthew olson has served as director of the national counterterrorism center since august of 2011. as a to joining, he served general counsel for the national security agency, where he was the chief legal officer for nsa, and the present legal advisor to the nsa di

to notify congress before releasing individuals detained at united states may value station, guantanamo bay, cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of five taliban leaders and the repercussions of negotiating with terrorists. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the house will be in order. all members, please clear the well and take your onversations from the floor. will all members please take their crofferingses from the floor -- conversations from the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, the move the house suspend the rules and ass h.r. 5106. the clerk: h.r. 5106, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 100 admiral callaghan lane in vallejo, california, as the philmore graham post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from ohio, mr. stive, and the gentleman from california, mr. thompson, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. stivers: thank you, mr. speak

-- actually 2014 ndaa, the call for 30 days' notice before any inmates were transferred from guantanamo bay there's no question the president did not give that 30 days' notice on this transfer. and i have said publicly on a number of occasions, i think he should have. i think congress can absolutely be trusted with that type of information, and i think it was a mistake not to. the focus of this resolution is to basically condemn the president for violating the law. and i think that is wrong. what the president did is he, as countless presidents, i wouldn't go as far to say as everyone, but certainly more than half, have at one time or another have said that under article 2, the president has assertive authority that is contrary to a piece of legislation that has been passed. and the argument is, that article 2, and the president's national security responsibilities specifically in this area supersedes the piece of legislation that was passed. we have two laws that are in conflict. and they made a choice. and they chose, and felt that the article 2 was paramount. therefore, they believed wha

comply with the requirement to notify congress before transferring individual detainees from guantÁnamo bay him forlike to thank his leadership on this deeply troubling issue. he worked across the aisle to offer a bipartisan resolution sponsored by 94 mirrors of the .ouse including myself focused on the obama administration's clear violation of statute as by the legislative branch and enacted into law by the president. i would also like to thank ranking member smith though he did not support this resolution in its entirety, i appreciate his candor and his commitment to fostering a thoughtful debate within our committee. the administration violated the law and house resolution 644 articulates the simple message. it passed out of the armed services committee with a bipartisan vote. section 1035 of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014 requires the secretary of defense to notify the appropriate committees of congress at least 30 days before the transfer or release of any individual detained at gitmo. there are no waivers to this clause, no exceptions. yet on may 31 at the

american journalist appears once again in an orange jumpsuit, reminiscent of the prisoners in guantanamo bay. also alongside him a man who seems very similar to the man who appeared in the james foley execution video two weeks ago. he also speaks with the same distinctive british accent that experts say is a multicultural london accent. that man once again talks to obama and says obama, i'm back. and then he concludes that video, warning obama to back off and stay away. we see at some point a knife being passed across steven sotloff's throat. and then later pictures of his severed head on top of his body. a very difficult video to watch. and apparently isis making good on its threat that steven sotloff would be next if the u.s. did not cease its air strikes on isis positions in iraq. don? >> and karl, it's alisyn here. that video is obviously sickening. cnn is only going to play a small portion of the message, in part because it is clearly propaganda from this terrorist group. but here is the small portion that we will play so the viewers get a taste of it. >> continuing your bombings, despi