shadow operations that are conducted using drones and special operations troops he says like pakistan somalia yemen djibouti mali i mean the i know that we're rehashing these but i mean this is this is these are the things that aren't getting covered all the while you you know what you're hearing right now on the anniversary of the election for the you know fifty years now is oh are we any closer to reaching the accomplishments that he promised really we're learning more and more that the media doesn't care about the things that he failed to deliver on. that he exacerbated so many of the worst policies i mean we're talking about fifty two measly drone strikes under bush's belt and obama who rammed that ride out we got hundreds and hundreds going on all the countries that you just mentioned of course killing thousands of innocent people but you know only obama he's really going to kill you if you want to if you want to give it to him the exactly right is that i mean the biggest accomplishment that is that's the one thing that he's good. wow what a sad commentary let's talk about civil liberties anot

shadow operations that are conducted using drones and special operations troops he says like pakistan somalia yemen djibouti mali i mean the i know that we're rehashing these but i mean this is this is these are the things that aren't getting covered all the while you you know what you're hearing right now on the anniversary of the election for the you know fifty years now is oh are we any closer to reaching the accomplishments that he promised really we're learning more and more that the media doesn't care about the things that he failed to deliver on. that he exacerbated so many of the worst policies i mean we're talking about fifty two measly drone strikes under bush's belt and obama to ramp that ride out we've got hundreds and hundreds going on all the countries that you just mentioned of course killing thousands of innocent people but you know you know obama he's really going to kill you if you want to if you want to give it to him that it's exactly right is that i mean the biggest accomplishment is that's the one thing that he's good at killing wow what a sad commentary let's talk about civil

shadow operations that are conducted using drones and special operations troops which is like pakistan somalia yemen in djibouti mali i mean the i know that we're rehashing these but i mean this is this is these are the things that aren't getting covered all the while you you know what you're hearing right now on the anniversary of the election for the you know fifty years now is oh are we any closer to reaching the accomplishments that he promised really we're learning more and more that the media doesn't care about the things that he failed to deliver on. that he exacerbated so many of the worst policies i mean we're talking about fifty two measly drone strikes under bush's belt and obama to ram that ride out we've got hundreds and hundreds going on all the countries that you just mentioned of course killing thousands of innocent people but you know no obama he's really going to kill you if you want to if you want to give it to him the exactly right is that i mean the biggest accomplishment is that's the one thing that he's good at killing wow what a sad commentary let's talk about civil liberties

where the drone operators were looking at what is happening in places like afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, somaliaure strikes killing people on the basis of suspicious behavior. does this sound like some up seen type of racial profiling? found out it was the cia and most secretive branch of the they weren't even admitting that they had this drone program. can --s done totally totally convert lay. -- totally covertly. of government goes around town people without letting the americans know what they're doing in our name? we realized there are lots of innocent people being killed and the u.s. government was not even acknowledging they were being killed, much less apologizing to them, offering some kind of compensation to them, nothing at all. we also saw that the policy was not working. it was not getting rid of al qaeda, it was recruiting for al qaeda. every single drone strike led more people to join extremist movements and it has led to growing anti-ople american sentiment around the world. is not a policy that is even working. we also realized we were creating a model for the rest of the world t

operations command pursuing the kind of global war on terror that we see taking place in yemen and somalia in north africa pakistan and many other countries. it's been reported that america has allegedly given aid worth more than one hundred fifty million dollars to companies in afghanistan that are suspected of links with terrorist organizations the revelations come from an investigator who was specifically appointed by the us congress. looks now at this story. the u.s. special inspector general for reconstruction found out that the pentagon has hired forty three companies with suspected ties to terrorist networks the data come from the pentagon's own classified investigative reports and commerce department list of terror connected companies and now the list of these forty three companies including a road construction firm presumably owned by a leader of the connie network the network was blamed for an attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul that killed sixteen people two years ago the u.s. army has carried out a classified investigation and said there was evidence of a direct role of both the company and its owners

and that is why drones are becoming acceptable among americans as a way to kill in yemen, in somalia, and in pakistaniristan. waziristan is made to seem a world away. so how could i be haunted by what i didn't know? ghosts can only haunt if we feel their presence. persist ifd can only the living can recall them. real to me. i met him in 2011. here is me playing a radio story i've done about him. >> and 2004, controlled by the cia and are supposed to be secret. u.s. doesn't confirm or deny the strikes and generally doesn't release information on who is been killed. in 2009, my home was attacked by a drone. my brother and son were martyred. >> i met saddam a couple of years later from a school going teenager with a shy smile. the attack just missed him. he was sleeping next door. >> it happen at 9: p.m. on my home. >> this is pakistan. and this is america. what if someone brought death to your hometown? that is waziristan, and that is new jersey. it is where i grew up. we moved there after a military dictator again destroying pakistani society. the events that would force my family out would also wound

fire missiles at high-value suspected terrorist targets in other countries, particularly pakistan, yemen, somalialibya. have ad at this point to deeper national discussion about where this new 21st-century, very futuristic warfare is going and the president washington has -- before he became director of the cia john brennan made a speech where he said it would be naive for washington and americans to assume other world powers are not going to go forward in the years ahead and use drones for cross-border strikes on what they claim to be their own high-value targets. that is somewhat unsettling if you look at the way the technology is proliferated around the world in the last five or six years, particularly with the rise of high-tech chinese manufacturing and american adversaries like iran getting a hold -- adversaries, like a rant, getting a hold of technology -- like iran, getting a hold of technology. that 87u write countries possess some type of drum. is this turning into an arms race -- -- arms race? it is a different kind of arms race. industry insiders and tell younce sources this is more li

missiles at so-called high value suspected terrorist targets in other countries, particularly pakistan, yemen, somalia, libya. and the need that we have at this point to have a bit of a deeper national discussion about where this new 21st century very futuristic kind of warfare is going. and the precedent that washington has set, before he became director of the c.i.a. last year, john brennan gave a speech here in washington where he acknowledged it would be naive for washington and americans to assume that other world powers are not going to go forward in the years ahead and use drones for cross-border strikes on what they claim to be their own high value targets. that's somewhat unsettling if you look at the way this technology is proliferate the around the world in the last five or six years, particularly with the rise of high-tech chinese manufacturing and then american adversaries like iran getting a hold of the technology from that part of the world and advancing and also having shot down an american drone last year. host: certainly a big debate on capitol hill. let me ask you this. you write in

anniversary of president obama's very public drone attacks in these three countries -- yemen, somalia, and pakistan. the first of the drone attacks outside of an armed conflict zone occurred in yemen in 2002. the los angeles time did extensive reports but the bush administration never formally acknowledged the attacks because it was supposed to be a covert mission that they would not comment on. drone. operated that they launched it from djibouti on the african west coast -- east coast. six people were killed, including a 23-year-old american from upstate new york. timeng in yemen at that amounted to a conflict. for the ciaenough to send a helicopter to the attack site, send to agents down .o the ground by rope get back into the helicopter and fly away. no danger to them at all. target, was not even involved in 9/11. the bush administration then expanded its drone campaign to pakistan in 2004. again, it refused to comment on any reports of drone attacks and in fact never commented on whether there was any legal basis for drone attacks. they moved on in 2006 to 2007 2 somalia where it again applied