mr. awlaki. i think that may have something to do why, after so much apprehension when you get in that world. in so many restrictions on legal restrictions that that may have been counterproductive enemy that in way of these department of defense employees or official sharing information with fort hood which is something, ranking member, maybe look at joined as to how if we have to reform it or somehow just have some sort of reporting lay which that would clarify that that can be shared. i can't imagine why, if the federal government has this information with its hands it can't share with united states army, the united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony and with that i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. wicker had said that although the chances would've been less likely, the circumstances, this tragedy at fort hood could indeed occur again today. could you reflect on your t

mr. awlaki. i think that may have had babe something to do -- maybe something to do as to why, and there's so much apprehension when you get in the fisa world -- >> uh-huh. >> -- and so many restrictions, legal restrictions that that may have been counterproductive and may have gotten in the way of these department of defense employees or officials sharing this information with fort hood which is something that the ranking member and i would like to maybe look at jointly as to how we can if we have to reform it or somehow just have some sort of reporting language that would clarify that that can be shared. i can't imagine why if the federal government has this information within its hands, it can't share it with the united states army, united states military, you know, on one of its bases. to me, that's just incomprehensible. so i thank you for your testimony and with that, i recognize the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leiter and mr. winter had said that although the chances wou

mr. awlaki.i think that may have had something to do as to why there has been so and prevention in the fisa world in so many restrictions, legal restrictionn counterproductive and may have gotten in the way of these department of defense employees or officials sharing this information with fort hood which is something the ranking member, i would like to look at jointly as to how if we have reform and order somehow just have some sort of reporting language that would clarify that can be shared. i can imagine why the federal government has this information within its hands and it can't share it with the united states army or the united states military on one of its bases. to me, that is just on in comprehensible so i thank you for your testimony and with that recognize the ranking member. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. leiter, mr. winter has set although the chances would have been less like the in the circumstances in this tragedy at fort hood could indeed occur again today. can you reflect on you

awlaki outside players. later we suggested to endorse these documents and the security council and our partners refused to the it. >> rose: what happened with mr. assad on this document. >> under this dump, the government and their position must appoint interlocutories and to discussion on the basis of agreement who would be part of the transitional governing body. this body would have full authority in the country. and would be in charge, you know, to prepare the new constitutional draft to be put referendum and to prepare for free and fair elections. >> rose: do you think it's unreasonable to ask president assad after all the killing by the government about the syrians to step down? >> well, it's something which people say. and we have a choice. we have put as number one priority, immediate secession of the bloodshed. and by that, try to save as many lives as possible. which is our position. and which is, by the way, reflected in the geneva communique. the alternative is to say unless and until she steps down, we will encourage their position to continue the fighting. and this option, i believe it doesn't require any explanation. this option

justification for taking out awlaki -- what i would like to know is, can we just by taking out his 16-year- old son at a dinner party with his friends? thank you. host: mr. burns. guest: thank you very much. that is a very tough question. you know, i am not a lawyer, so i cannot cite chapter and verse on international law. all i know is this, that awlaki was an american citizen, but he also incited terror against every other american, and was part of a terrorist group that would destroy american lives and in-flight terrorist attacks on our country -- inflict terrorist attacks on our country. if that is the way he was, our government had a right to go after him. as to his son, i cannot get into the details of what happened, because i am a private citizen and i do not have the special knowledge of the attack. but if a terrorist puts himself on the line, we have an obligation to go after them and i think president obama has been right to wage this very tough campaign against al qaeda. al qaeda is an enemy of the united states, and all must know that after 9/11. host: this headline in "the washington times." "world leaders clashed over syria." they point ou

mr. hasan. this e-mail telegraphs almost precisely what happened that fateful day. this e-mail was in the hands of the fbi before the attack. in another e-mail to anwar al-awlaki, hasan asks, please keep me in your rolodex in case you find me useful, and please feel free to call me collect. so in december 2008 the fbi's san diego field office intercepted two e-mails from hasan and awlaki and identified the e-mail as a product of interest. over the course of the next several months, the san diego field office and the washington field office would exchange e-mails about how aggressively to investigate the hasan lead. in june of 2009, washington sent the following e-mail to san diego: given the context of his military andedical research and the content of his to date unanswered e-mail messages from awlaki, wfo doesno