Obama gives robust defense of targeted killing program
Chris Hayes takes a look at President Obama's defense of the targeted killing program.
President makes major speech on terrorism
Former Congressman and war veteran Patrick Murphy and Krystal Ball join Rev. Sharpton to discuss the president’s historic counter terrorism speech.
Moving the drone program from the CIA to Defense Department
Former Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson talks about the crucial steps for this process.
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Exposure of double agent at heart of AP investigation
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the U.S. government is so keen to find the source of the leak to the AP about the al Qaeda bomb plot, and the rare and valuable al Qaeda double agent whose life was put at risk by their reporting.
Suicide attack in Afghanistan threatens peace
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen discusses the attack and the cell which claimed responsibility for it. Cohen also shares his thoughts on the recently released Benghazi emails.
White House attempts to end Benghazi dispute with new documents
One hundred pages of emails were passed out by the White House Wednesday as the Obama administration tried to put an end to the long simmering dispute over what took place when the American compound in Benghazi was attacked. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.
Obtaining AP phone records a ‘last resort’
Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who approved getting the AP’s phone records to track down the person that leaked classified information, said it was a last-resort effort after having conducted hundreds of interviews. NBC’s Pete Williams reports
Holder addresses AP phone record seizure
Attorney General Eric Holder addresses questions from the press about the Justice Department seizure of the phone records of many AP reporters in pursuit of the source of a leak about an al-Qaida plot.
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