mr. brennan. the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlad, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general holder, both the criminal division head, lanny brewer, and his deputy, jason weinstein, had knowledge that the atf let a bunch of guns walk and some were recovered in mexico. all related to the fast and furious scandal. in a prior operation, when they reviewed the february 4th, 2011, letter that falsely denied that they knowingly allowed the sale of the weapons to a straw purchaser who transported them to mexico, do you think it's a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress? >> first with regard to the question, i think you got it a little off there. the two individuals you talk about, mr. weinstein, mr. brewer, did not know about the tactics used in fast and furious until the beginning of last y r year. >> they did acknowledge, quote, atf let a bunch of guns walk, and quote, some were recovered in mexico, end quote. >> that was in connection i believe with operation wide receiver. >> correct. >> that occurred in the prior administration. >> correct. they did n

mr. brennan gave a speech here, i believe -- >> excuse me, will you commit to providing a copy of the briefing, a copy of the legal memo from olc? >> we will certainly look at that request and try to determine whether -- >> an a briefing to the members of this committee? >> and we'll certainly consider the possibility of a briefing. >> the possibility? won't commit to giving a briefing to this committee? >> i think we're probably going to be in a position to provide a briefing, but i would like to hear from the involved people in the intelligence community as well as people at olc about how we might structure -- >> you'll get back to us on that within, let's say, a month? >> we can do that. >> thank you. when running for president and talking about medical marijuana being legally used around the country in certain jurisdictions president obama said the following, quote, i'm not going to be using justice department resources to circumvent state laws on this issue, closed quote. apparently the department has not followed the president's admoniti admonition. since 2009, growers have brought more

mr. brennan, our counter terrorism expert in the white house. he says, i have a new communication strategy. he said, what is that? shut the "f" up. >> sean: i think that pretty much sums it up. this has the potential to be a very big issue in the campaign. senator, i am glad youor t. there are a lot of people putting their lives on the line for us. they need to be protected. we cannot politicize national security. we will continue to watch this very, very closely. thank you for being with us. >> thank you? >> kentucky senator rand paul is here with a major announcement, regarding the 2012 presidential election. he will be here after the break to tell us what it is. also, a "hannity" investigation, stanley curt said he has evidence that president obamma was a member of a radical third party in chicago, that's one that wanted to create a european-style welfare state, right here in the united states of america. we will lay out a smoking gun and an investigation into the godfather of the left tonight, i know the name of eight princesses. i'm an expe

mr. brennan's recent admission means they're going to be any more trans parent about the program.ory, they did decline comment. we know they think this is a program that is working. we know the top commanders, al qaeda they are trying to go after, they've been able to knock them off. but they're playing a bit of a game with this. privately, anonymously, officials will tout the successes of the program leaked through reports and to sources they trust in the media. but publicly, they will still not own up to the details of much of the program. >> and finding the other side of the balance, the success versus the risk, finding the risk part of it, finding the downside of it is almost impossible. you have given us something that is as close to making it possible as i have seen. congratulations. incredible work. >> thank you for having me. >> pakistan bureau chief for nbc. just incredible. >> all right, coming up, some really good news from a totally unexpected place. >> and we have come up with the perfect way to night cap this week of the ginormous health ç reform ruling, the huge on

mr. brennan gave a speech here this month. >> we provide a copy of that? and a briefing to members of this committee? >> we will certainly consider the possibility of a briefing. >> you won't commit to it? >> i think we will be in a position to provide a briefing. i would like to hear from the involved people in the intelligence community at, as well as people at ol sec. >> and you will get back to us in a month? >> we can do that. >> thank you. >> when running for president and talking about medical marijuana, president obama said i will not use justice resources to circumvent issues. apparently, the department has not followed the presence and mission. since 2009, there have been problems with burson dispensaries. selling and possessing marijuana remains against federal law, citizens of 17 states believe it is medically issued and should be legal. we need to investigate and punish those who legally grow and sell marijuana. contrary to what the president said on the subject. >> this is inconsistent with things called facts. the justice department indicate

mr. sancho. but let me just ask you. according to the brennan center, the voter fraud issue is so infinitesimal .0002%, and yet you would think from statements by governor scott that you're experiencing some kind of epidemic. how do you defend this purge? >> well, first of all, jennifer i am going to try very hard tonight to wear my former attorney general hat and not my partisan hat and i will say two things. this is a mountain out of a molehill on both sides. you are talking about a request by the state of florida some months ago back in october of 2011 to the department of homeland security, our immigration service for what they are supposed to give, which is the right to check and verify whether or not somebody who is registered to vote is he will eligible or what the immigration records show or whatever. they have never responded to that request. it was made numerous times. the florida garment of motor vehicles is where, as i understand it, all of this came from their roads show somebody when they were cross czechs checked legally and prope

john brennan his adviser, he said mr. president, the first drone strike of your presidency hit the wrong guy, a tribal elder who was a pro peace guy and much of his family was wiped out. obama was pretty troubled by this and disturbed. called in the c.i.a. what happened. he's learning three days after he becomes president about this concept of signature strikes. this is where you fire missiles at a group of military-age males. you don't know what their identities are. you know they have certain signatures, they have the characteristics of terrorism. >> eliot: they are hanging out with the wrong people. i'll give you the analogy. going back as a proper. she had the associates. they were found having coffee with the wrong people. >> guilt by association. >> eliot: and now they're dead. >> and now they're dead. he in the end approved this policy in pakistan. the theory was that they had been operating here so long. they knew the area, every inch of the territory. the human intelligence was very good. it was an effective and

papintonia head of the national trial lawyers association an the brennan justice and with us al gore, thank you all for your time tonight. mret me start with you. you have been involved in the litigation in florida. what is going on there. what is rick scott trying to do? and will he get away with it? >> i think the most important thing is if you are a supervise of e elections in florida right now, you have some things to confront. the u.s. justice department has told you if you are a supervisor of e elections that what you are doing by purging these rolls is illegal and to stop it immediately. >> that's the first thing you have to confront second of all, your own attorney, the very people you have hired as general counsel to advise you statewide as to whether or not you are going to do this on is legal or not, he has told you to stop immediately. he said that for a couple of reasons. first of all, you are not complying with the law as it's written in the voters' rights act. you haven't gotten prior permission to engage in this purge, and more importantly, more importantly, governor, you have a situation where you are 90 da

now what actually happened was that there was suddenly checked brennan who had never been in the main room. his room was a bit bigger than mr. manager said three cameras and it and the camera man. and he had never been a period and he came in with a sign, which i bought said let us talk. it was a germanic moment nixon started talking about going on to state, a dramatic moment and i was fascinated. wireless branding sane, let us talk. so i thought, we'll take a break and find out. as i said, i'm just going to change breaks or whatever. and it turned out, that in fact, chat ran in was carrying a card, which wendy came closer, in fact said, let him talk. so far from wanting to suppress nixon's reign, he was encouraging me to let it roll because he thought that nixon really wanted to say some being. we've reached this point in the confrontation. we were supposed to hours into the second of the two two-hour sessions. and so actually come it doesn't really do him justice to the play. i mean, as peter morgan and sweetly sad whenever i said assailants products and connected and have been, he was certified in this patient way that h

mr. obama's aides say " j. johnson, the defense department counsel. rahm emanuel. john brennan. these were all talking to "the new york times." someone provided information that should not have been provided. these are all the people closest to the president of the united states. it is a dangerous thing. also, i would note in the article that this "still senior officials at the department of justice and pentagon acknowledged they worry about public perception." troubling statement to begin with. the point i would make is they are talking to people, senior officials at the department of justice. so can you see how in a manner of the seriousness that it might be that it would be, that people could feel an independent counsel should be appointed? >> well, the extraordinary power that jim colmey gave to patrick fitzgerald was really extraordinary. i am not aware of any other u.s. attorney that was put in that position, and i do not know what his rationale was for that. as i indicated previously, i think we have an ability with these people why of named to follow the evidence whereve