Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Senate Intelligence Committee approves Brennan as CIA head

Details

  • Description

    Did administration release of Benghazi e-mails help?

  • Duration 2:57
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

-- the Senate Intelligence Committee has approved the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director now it heads to the full senate before that the administration grease the wheels.

By providing some documents senders had did manage demanded on the administration's strong program.

And the terrorist attack and -- guys in Libya.

There are still questions as you've heard about -- but the Ben -- investigation.

Appears to be stifled elsewhere chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has that story.

On Capitol Hill in a bipartisan committee voted twelve to three the president's pick to run the CIA got the nod of approval.

This is an agency.

That most of us I think needs oversight and supervision or direction and in music director.

So I believe that the majority leader will be.

Likely moving cloture shortly.

Would -- -- -- John Brennan Manning the administration just released the email traffic on the Ben -- talking points which falsely branded demonstration for the 9/11 attack.

John -- nominee nation ought to be considered on its merits on his qualifications.

Not on disputes about.

An issue they did not involve.

John Brennan's nomination to be the CIA director in a letter to secretary -- congressman Frank Wolf joins other Republicans.

Pressing for the number of Ben Ghazi survivors there injuries and -- congressional access to them has been -- They're very thought.

Then American citizens have been wounded protecting the consulate or protecting the -- and nobody even acknowledge is their service.

This is incredible.

On the investigation Egyptian authorities are still denying direct US access to -- vomit.

Who allegedly sent -- kids in eastern Libya where some of the -- Ghazi suspects may have trained.

Ten days ago congressman wolf tried to raise the access issue with the Egyptian president -- -- through a third party.

For them not to allow us to interview a person who may have information on -- death in American ambassador.

Three other people who were killed and others who -- it is unacceptable.

Beyond -- -- in a move to -- Brennan's passage the administration provided the legal memos that justified the use of drones for the targeted killing of suspected American terrorists overseas.

We have worked with -- committee to provide information about legal advice.

And what the president believes is a unique situation.

And the two.

In doing so that help expedite.

Confirmation.

-- the ACLU claims the administration is still withholding drone documents from congress.

It's unacceptable and a system of checks and bounces that set up by the constitution.

For congress still only -- five -- -- eleven legal opinions.

A full senate vote on -- could come as early as Thursday barring a weather cancellation the attorney general Eric Holder will be on the hill Wednesday.

Where the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to raise the drone issue and whether the administration has been blocking congressional oversight right.

Captain thank you.

Load More