a uh... we are going to see the uh... confirmation hearings of c_i_a_
potential c_i_a_ director by john brennan these are going to start
assuming i don't actually know exactly when the scheduled for
now he was essentially the guy in charge of america's drone wars
and we are now getting a preview that he is going to get some questioning from
the senate
about
those drones and he's going to get questions about
when is it okay to use drugs
and in how many countries are using drowned and all of this other stuff we
have a letter that was sent from oregon democratic senator brown widen
johnbrun
and he was the white house is counter-terrorism advisor and he is of
course the nominee to head the c_i_a_
and it basically asked for an outline of the legal and practical rules that
underpin the u_s_ government's targeted killing of american citizens suspected
of working without hyder
now the obama administration has been very resistant to root release any of
this information
including out where
uh... where is this going on in in in other words in what jurisdictions are
some of these uh... attacks going on
where uh... how much evidence is needed to determine that someone
can be lawfully kill that's a great question what is what is the standard of
proof here
to say yes this is someone who falls legally under the description of some
when the u_s_ consider separately target
a lot of these questions i think
going to come up
in the confirmation hearings from john brennan because again
we basically have been all talk about this in my interview that's coming up
with michael per mt when you have agreement from the republican party and
the democratic party in the u_s_ on an issue broadly
as we mostly have withdrawn warfare
it's very hard for it to really make of the news because if you can't frame it
as a left-right argument
is it that interesting to mainstream corporate media it's not
now i know we're works cited about this but you can buy mrs
uh... this is a senate hearing
and usually what happens during senate hearings is
and people being asked her questions say well i can't really comment on that date
deflects the uh...
day
they they beat around the bush if you will
and so in other words john brennan will be prepared to enter these questions in
a way that gives us a little information as possible probably citing
confidentiality in most cases
i can almost guarantee hopefully i'm wrong
before your
interesting voicemail that i got about drones which i wanted to add into this
conversation as i brought up the hypothetical scenario
of what if mexico
targeted a drug known drug lord in the u_s_ and there was collateral damage
with the u_s_ just say well it does make sense
i got a great voice mail that really sheds light onto another factor that
we've does not discussed when it comes to drugs take a listen to this
notes
family from birmingham alabama armoire huge fan of the show ah... just
responded to within the last few months torn up
two thousand twelve campaign
uh... just want to comment briefly on the situation a terrible a couple of
days ago about it
mexico head had to draw technology with the u_s_
all well star probable
program too
execute draw strike on u_s_ hello right and
them basically
opera my perspective
no if you look similar to the would be a situation with pakistan that way
nicole with giving the u_s_ billions of dollars in federal aid
as well as headquarter lament
impaired government debt harbor it eighty-two evidently not known
terrorists
there or uh... use trip to mexico national security
yes pretty much nobody would be justified in executing drawl striker
this is exactly right we have not considered when drying up these
comparisons scenarios
what is the financial relationship in other words in a sense
the u_s_ from the point of view of a lot of these countries where the strong
strength of questionable legality or taking place the u_s_ has essentially
paid off the country's for lack of a better term i mean not literally but
essentially it's what has happened and if mexico had that relationship with the
u_s_
maybe it wouldn't be that crazy to say hey
mexico's doing what he needs to do
we just uh... during the other cheek
yeah i mean the time i think stanley's bring up a really good point here
it's an excellent point com and i just wanna add one more thing which is to say
that
it's important to recognize that the legality of international activities of
this kind
are sort of i think set-aside in terms of its illegality if its new if we
consider as a country to be morally justified whereas with domestic issues
we look at the constitution we look at our laws and we should stick by that
whereas i mean if you if you can prove that what's going on in another country
in terms of the level of corruption is such
did the situation that the callers describing in pakistan
or the hypothetical situation for mexico in the u_s_ is happening and i think the
country could rally behind it even if the international community were against
it
we might think it's ok for mexico to kill the dangers terrorist on our soil
if mexico were giving us billions of aid
i mean maybe we should ask a pakistani citizen if they think it's okay to
regulate dressed despite they were giving them absolutely
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