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Tough questions ahead for Brennan on Capitol Hill?

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    Previewing confirmation hearing for CIA director nominee

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Good evening I'm Chris Wallace in for a -- -- John Brennan has spent the last three decades working behind the scenes for -- in the CIA then as president Obama's counterterrorism advisor.

But tomorrow he will face public questioning about much of that from enhanced interrogation to the drone program.

In a senate confirmation hearing for the post of the CIA director chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge tells us it may get lost.

Facing a backlash over the targeted killing program the White House insisted its nominee to head the CIA is not in trouble.

The president believes that.

The senate.

-- should and will.

Confirm John Brennan expeditiously.

The White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan described is the architect of the expanded drone campaign.

-- -- alleged al-Qaeda leaders overseas is now in the cross hairs of Republicans Democrats and mr.

Obama's traditional supporters on the left.

Yes it's a good program.

That had a very well it was these very minimally by President Bush.

And now there there are over 3000 civilians who have been killed in this in this program.

Fund friends watch the clear on more on -- -- became the first American successfully targeted for death in September 2011.

Two weeks later his sixteen year old son was also killed in a drone strike -- described as collateral damage.

I think it's fair to say -- Far fewer.

Civilians lose their lives in an effort to.

And go after senior leadership and al-Qaeda.

A long lines that we are discussing here as opposed to.

An effort to invade a country -- hundreds of thousands of troops and take cities and towns.

The Justice Department staff memo -- -- to legitimize the targeted killing of Americans is described by leading national security lawyers as overly simplistic.

I think that before they decided to take an extraordinary action.

And essentially.

Unilaterally execute an American citizen that they want it legal cover.

At the senate democrats' annual retreat senator Ron Wyden -- quote to pull out all the stops to get classified legal memos that justified the killing of Americans without judicial review what I can say.

Is the president I don't know.

And this administration will continue to work with country.

Another line of questioning at tomorrow's confirmation hearing will likely focus on -- is 2007 statement.

That the controversial CIA program which included the waterboarding of 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed saved lives.

-- worked -- John McLaughlin a former CIA deputy direct.

And new documents released tonight by the Senate Intelligence Committee in advance of the hearing tomorrow.

Show brought John Brennan was questioned by federal investigators as part of two national security investigations.

Cyber attacks against Iran and a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen.

-- in states that -- is only considered a witness in this case Chris.

Should be very interesting hearing in -- -- when this with a -- Catherine thank you.

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