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Good evening I'm Chris Wallace in for -- -- President Obama's counterterrorism.

Chief had to deal with the -- Florida today over two controversial tools in the long war on terror.

Enhanced interrogation of suspects and the use of drones to tell American targets.

John Lannan faced a senate panel in his bid for the top job at the CIA.

Chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel tells us he did not take long for the fireworks to start that evening Mike.

Good evening Chris I should note the hearing just wrapped up but John Brennan has been in a unique position.

Answering for techniques used to the bush war on terror and as an Obama insider and use of drones to kill terrorists.

A hearing that got off -- a bumpy start.

Please John -- confirmation hearing to the next CIA director was in erupted five times like code pink protesters before the room was cleared.

Brennan has taken heat from liberals as architect of the Obama drone program and it's kill list today he told lawmakers killing terrorists is not ideal.

I never believe it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him.

We want to -- as many -- possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them.

In inappropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow on terrorist attacks -- since closing gitmo has been an Obama priority the administration has done much more killing then capturing.

Last night the White House try to calm some of the drone outraged by agreeing to show members of the Intelligence Committees the Justice Department memo justifying targeted killings would drones.

But today white house Press Secretary Jay Carney said there are no plans to share with other committees are outside groups.

Liberals say more must be done -- I have become concerned that the Department of Justice.

Is not following through with the president's commitment.

Just yet on another controversial issue the -- guys 9/11 attack at a GOP senator fired this warning shot.

It is absolutely.

Central.

But the documents -- committee has requested on -- -- -- supplied.

Before the confirmation moves forward.

Critics say since leaving the CIA Brennan has tried to have it both ways telling New York Times in January 2010 quote.

I was somebody who did oppose waterboarding I -- different aspects of the enhanced interrogation program.

But there were some aspects of it that I concurred -- Senator John McCain is asking Brennan to prove it.

I think he'd have to explain.

What techniques where they were he -- to work and why some techniques which are.

Also in violation of the Geneva conventions are okay.

But there are others are -- and shot I think there's a lot of questions out there for mr.

Brennan.

After leaving the CIA in November 2007.

-- defended the enhanced methods saying they have quote saved lives.

Today -- offered this explanation.

I -- express my personal objections and views to my some agency colleagues.

About certain of those EIT such as waterboarding nudity and others were right by professed my personal objections to it.

But I did not try to stop it because it was.

You know something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others.

Another key question has been high profile leaks which critics say were strategically done to make mr.

Obama looked up.

Brennan says he's not a subject of a probe or a target he's a witness Chris.

Mike Emanuel on Capitol Hill Mike thanks so that.

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