administration is hiding behind state secrets much like the bush administration did when the center for constitutional rights of the a.c.l.u. represented on his father in a u.s. court the prime motivation for them representing him was to say to the government if you're going to assert the right to kill one of your own citizens we demand to see the evidence against him and that case was dismissed on state secret grounds and so the obama administration saying we have this evidence we just can't show it to you because it's too sensitive do you think if there's any chance that they might release that information now or that you know if there were another law if they were to take place they won't be able to claim state secrets anymore because let's face it they already went and killed it. i you know i wouldn't expect to see any sort of mother load of proof against anwar a lockie i mean the fact is that president obama is not going to be under any pressure from anyone that matters to his administration to produce such evidence he has normalized policies that would have been the source of

so whether or not a president obama completely killed that movement. i think that's a debatable question i like to believe though that there are people that believe so deeply in this country they're going to continue to fight even if it becomes politically unpopular as it as it has under president obama now some people tried to argue that legally under the authorization of the use of military force it may have been ok for after president obama to go after iran locky because he was fighting for a foreign power here i'm wondering what your take is on that i mean define fighting for a foreign power do they have evidence do they have evidence that anwar locky was himself in gauged in hostilities against the united states he was not on a battlefield of course under various rules of law combatants have a right to kill other combatants the united states i think is on very shaky legal grounds with that congressional authorization for the use of military force and applying it to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula an organization that did not exist in eleven and

administration's profile on international issues. >> certainly, the obama administration would like to have a foreign policy success. it's not going to happen in iran. it is unlikely to happen on the west bank palestine issues. syria looks like a real problem. egypt is a problem. a moderate government with reform and reasonable relations with the u.s. and stable myanmar, that would be desirable and something the obama administration could point to and say, yes, we did this. >>> china has been urging the united states to lift sanctions against myanmar. it has close ties with the southeast asian country. foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei commented on clinton's visit to myanmar. >> translator: all countries concerned should lift sanctions against myanmar and try to promote its stability and development. >> hong lei also stressed the importance of maintaining china and myanmar's relations. >> translator: both china and myanmar want to increase this strategic cooperation and doing so will contribute to peace and stability in the region. >> myanmar is becoming strategically vital for

administration is hiding behind state secrets much like the bush administration did when the center for constitutional rights of the a.c.l.u. represented father in a u.s. court the prime motivation for them representing him was to say to the government if you're going to assert the right to kill one of your own citizens we demand to see the evidence against him and that case was dismissed on state secret grounds and so the obama administration saying we have this evidence we just can't show it to you because it's too sensitive do you think if there's any chance that they might release that information now or that you know if there were another law if they were to take place they won't be able to claim state secrets anymore because let's face it they already went and killed it. i you know i wouldn't expect to see any sort of mother load of proof against anwar a lockie i mean the fact is that president obama is not going to be under any pressure from anyone that matters to his administration to produce such evidence he has normalized policies that would have been the source of scorn a

and the way that the obama administration sees it and so do republicans frankly is twofold. one, it's a matter of national security. the majority of our oil imported into the united states comes from canada and mexico. and so we need to keep that flow from canada coming certainly. it's not from the middle east. but purely from our neighbors in canada and mexico. so it's a matter of national security to build that keystone pipeline. the second issue is the obama administration is the one who says our economy is inextricably linked with our energy policy. and this administration believes that energy policy is about job creation. and certainly all depending on the estimates you look at, the keystone pipeline can create anywhere between 10,000 to 20,000 jobs in the united states at a time when we need it. i think the republican majority was smart in including it to force a decision by the obama administration because they are the ones who decided to defer the decision. >> i have to interrupt you t-cause the estimates of jobs place. cornell -- you cited 10,000 to 20,000 jobs. the

. >> bret: the obama administration reveals a new link between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. the state department announced it is offering a sizable reward for information leading to the capture of a man believed to be brokering deals between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. it is the first time the reward for justice program has offered a bounty for a financier of terrorism. and this one is believed to be inside iran. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more on the developing story. >> reporter: it was an announcement two days before christmas eve buried in a flurry of other news from washington. the u.s. state department offering a $10 million reward for an al-qaeda terrorist financier based in iran. from his sanction ware, inside iran, he is accused of moving money and terrorist ceutes through to al-qaeda leaders in pakistan and in afghanistan. arranging with tehran to release al-qaeda operatives from iranian prisons, transferring them to pakistan. >> he is a dedicated terrorist worki

thank you. >>> a friday afternoon document clarification from the obama administration. the justice department today formally withdrew a letter it sent earlier to congress claiming the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, fire average and explosives tries to enter district guns and would not ever knowingly allow them to be smuggled to mexico. the department admitted that was false. it blamed the u.s. attorney's office in arizona and top officials of the atf for lying. we will continue to cover the investigation. and development of fast and furious on "special report." the environmental protest agency is easing rules aimed at reducing the toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators. the epa says it will place emission limits on the largest and polluting boilers. the smaller ones will only be subject to routine tuneu . we will get reaction to today's jobs numbers from the fox all-stars when we come back. >>> our economy added another 140,000. private sector jobs in november. the unemployment rate went down. despite strong head winds this year, the american economy

because the obama administration is not nepitistic. they have to reach out to the african-american community. we're feeling some of the most direct pain in the unemployment era of the american economy. so the administration's doing what they're supposed to be doing. that's important. bill o'reilly is trying to make a joke out of this here. in poor taste. i feel for mark lamont hill. he understands in the very moment what mr. o'reilly is doing there. he's pandering to his base and viewers and trying to challenge this administration that's very delicately balancing a sort of full complement of issues they have to address with respect to our economy. >> don't they have a point, the moment they made outreach in a systemic fashion toward a vulnerable african-american people, they get hammered by the right with the clueless assaults rooted in racial stereotype? >> yes, a double-edged sword here. no disrespect to "soul train." i grew up on "soul train." it's an important vehicle for african-american folk, fashion and dance. there's great docu

the obama administration responded by saying, well, it shouldn't. they said essentially, no way, that's not going to be in the bill. the white house threatening last month to veto the entire defense authorization bill over this new lock them up and throw away the key set of rules that were included in the bill. tons of administration officials have spoken out publicly against this thing at various times over the last couple months. defense secretary leon panetta, jay johnson, the top lawyer. the defense department. they've all said that this detention provision would hurt counterterrorism efforts. the director of national intelligence, james clapper saying these limitations could deny our nation. they got together and tweaked that part of the bill in hopes of vetoing. the house and senate did make a bunch of changes to the legislation. there's been a lot of confusion and some disagreement as to whether the changes they made actually fixed the problem. actually dealed with the concerns voiced not just by law enforcement and the intelligence community

and it was over the objection of the obama administration. iran was cited by the atomic energy as getting close to a nuclear weapon. enriching uranium far above the 5% necessary to run a reactor. having a separate stream of nuclear materials to their military. of designing a war head that had an electrical generator on board. a normal war head has a spark that nishyates the explosive. an electrical generator on board a war head is only needed for a nuclear weapon. on top of that, we know of the iranian support for terror hezbollah and hamas. we know iran is now the central pillar of the final days of the syrian dictatorship in damascus. we know of 330,000 who have all been kicked out of school. the interior ministry is has registered all of their houses. this is a movie we've seen wearing different uniforms in a different country and we're worried about the same outcome. so what we've said is we should take the strongest nonmilitary means possible and that is to pick up on what the obama administration has said that the central bank of iran i

captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> bret: the obama administration reveals a new link between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. the state department announced it is offering a sizable reward for information leading to the capture of a man believed to be brokering deals between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. it is the first time the reward for justice program has offered a bounty for a financier of terrorism. and this one is believed to be inside iran. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more on the developing story. >> reporter: it was an announcement two days before christmas eve buried in a flurry of other news from washington. the u.s. state department offering a $10 million reward for an al-qaeda terrorist financier based in iran. from his sanction ware, inside iran, he is accused of moving money and terrorist ceutes through to al-qaeda leaders in pakistan and in afghanistan. arranging with tehran to release al-qaeda operatives from iranian prisons, transferring them to pakistan. >>

administration has been the most aggressive in prosecuting whistleblowers why are we seeing this this crackdown more so today.

because the obama administration is not nepitistic. they have to reach out to the african-american community. we're feeling some of the most direct pain in the unemployment era of the american economy. so the administration's doing what they're supposed to be doing. that's important. bill o'reilly is trying to make a joke out of this here. in poor taste. i feel for mark lamont hill. he understands in the very moment what mr. o'reilly is doing there. he's pandering to his base and viewers and trying to challenge this administration that's very delicately balancing a sort of full complement of issues they have to address respewith respe our economy. >> don't they have a point, the moment they made outreach in a systemic fashion toward a vulnerable african-american people, they get hammered by the right with the clueless assaults rooted in racial stereotype? >> yes, a double-edged sword here. no disrespect to "soul train." i grew up on "soul train." it's an important vehicle for african-american folk, fashion and dance. there's great docu

thank you. >>> a friday afternoon document clarification from the obama administration. the justice department today formally withdrew a letter it sent earlier to congress claiming the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, fire average and explosives tries to enter district guns and would not ever knowingly allow them to be smuggled to mexico. the department admitted that was false. it blamed the u.s. attorney's office in arizona and top officials of the atf for lying. we will continue to cover the investigation. and development of fast and furious on "special report." the environmental protest agency is easing rules aimed at reducing the toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators. the epa says it will place emission limits on the largest and polluting boilers. the smaller ones will only be subject to routine tuneu . we will get reaction to today's jobs numbers from the fox all-stars when we come back. ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from c

in the obama administration, we talk about their view of the press. they are so controlling of the press. >> they have not done a good job. >> that was a campaign that was brilliant in its use of new media. that again is striking. every president uses the medium of their own time. radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media. >> goldman sachs. >> one of the reasons i supported president obama was i did not want to see larry summers in the white house. [laughter] with hillary clinton, until the end of her campaign, there was not a sense of how she could bring her history to bear. it was very much a restoration ist campaign. he fell if you are going to get the clinton administration part 3. -- you felt as if you were going to get the clinton administration part 3. if you feel it was such a crisis and panic at that time as many say it was coming out of the calamitous bush administration into the tar, bringing in a team of rivals as obama talked about, all you had was larry summers and tim geith

navy. >> did it start before the obama administration. >> no. this is all green obama stuff. let's walk through it the guy who is advising the company is tj., former clinton guy. >> clinton administration for full two terms. >> friend of barack. >> absolutely he is advising. they build the refinery to get this biofuel. the federal government builds it not a private company. >> right. >> but, interject then their partner in this. another company dynamic fuels which already has a refinery so they didn't really need the other part of the refinery. >> why did they build it if they didn't need it? >> it's green. you don't have to be reasonable or rationale. this is about pursuing the holy grail. >> bill: if you are wasting. i like green energy. i think you too do. if it would be reasonably priced they buy it why are they wasting money if they have the refinery biofuel why build another one. >> it can bring with it an algae process. >> an algae process? i can do that. >> probably less than 20 million. >> right. so now they build their little refinery and they have to sell the biofu

because the obama administration is not nepotistic. they have to reach out to the african-american community. we're feeling some of the most direct pain in the unemployment era of the american economy. so the administration's doing what they're supposed to be doing. that's important. bill o'reilly is trying to make a joke out of this here. in poor taste. i feel for mark lamont hill. he understands in the very moment what mr. o'reilly is doing there. he's pandering to his base and viewers and trying to challenge this administration that's very delicately balancing a sort of full complement of issues they have to address with respect to our economy. >> don't they have a point, the moment they made outreach in a systemic fashion toward a vulnerable african-american people, they get hammered by the right with the clueless assaults rooted in racial stereotype? >> yes, a double-edged sword here. no disrespect to "soul train." i grew up on "soul train." it's an important vehicle for african-american folk, fashion and dance. there's great docu

administration the ridicule the super committee during these debates he's been very vocal and i think a lot of the tea party people look at the republicans like people who slap others down now be like they want somebody who's going to fight against the failed policies of the obama administration i think we're saying it's really amazing that the republicans have tried out this whole rogue's gallery of candidates who are going to be the great conservative alternative to romney and every one of them has turned out to be flawed unable to put together a coherent sentence in some cases and so finally they've turned to newt gingrich the remainder me and who can give a good speech but it's fascinating the establishment of the party the republican party is terrified of the prospect that newt will actually win the nomination is santorum going to be the next and i'm not i'm not mitt candidate there are in i was there are social conservatives who are looking for santorum rise and probably it's probably unlikely at this point i want is this close i mean it's and are they if you know if one of thes

the new york times has never done anything to hurt the obama administration. we have showing yet again the justice department is acting in a way that seems criminal. if you put gunrunner next to fast and furious and now the idea that we are helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars for mexican drug cartels. we have actions. add the drugs, add the drugs, add the obfuscation and the lies this is a reco action. this is moving towards a man who should be along with many people in the department of justice who should be going to jail. >> judge jeanine: and, of course, reco being the racketeer influence corruption organizations. i think andrew you are right whatever the motivation is the fact that the "new york times" came out with this which is terribly damaging to the obama administration is very significant. david, you are a former d.e.a. agent. how is laundering money for the drug cartels helping us to catch the bad guys? >> that is an excellent question. i'm a huge supporter and i love you, andrew, i'm a big fan, too. you are both mistaken on the issue

they are trying to intimidate the obama administration. and many european countries that don't want to see the sanctions increase. >> shannon: that is former u.n. ambassadorrion bolton talking about another threat from iran to close the valuable strait of hormuz. let's talk about it with the panel. they are back. steve, chuck, charles. for its part the u.s. navy has had to comment on this saying basically any disruption will not be tolerated. what do we do? >> the united states military has one row in the world. keep open the national waterways. the british has had it for 20 years. for iran to threaten the strait of hormuz, the most important strait on the planet because a quarter of all oil passes through it. is risky on the part of iran. it's doing it because the obama administration on the verge of a serious sanction on iran which will essentially shut down at least gradually the oil expert. europeans consider boycott. that will hurt the economy. the regime is already weak and worries about that. the united states navy can certainly han

the obama administration is delaying a decision until after the election. republicans and labor unions say the delay is costing jobs. if approved, the pipeline would run from canada through six u.s. states. this is just over two hours. >> the obama administration led us to believe they would make a bycision on the pipeline t december 31, 2011. the administration says they are incapable of making a decision before 2013. i might add that the original application was filed in april of 2008. in the meantime, thousands of american workers are forced to wait at least another year for possibly the most shovel-ready of all projects. the announcement to the way the decision until after next year appears to be blatantly political. the president had a golden opportunity to take bold action in create jobs. he declined to do so. it appears he is appeasing environmentalists and casting aside the opportunity to create jobs. opponents of the pipeline deceive the public with a series of misguided statements such as how pipelines are dangerous or that the pipeline will incre

administration he ridiculed the super committee during these debates he's been very vocal and i think a lot of the tea party people look at the republicans like people who slap others down now a bit like they want somebody who's going to fight against the failed policies of the obama administration i think we're saying it's really amazing that the republicans have tried out this whole rogue's gallery of candidates who are going to be the great conservative alternative to romney and every one of them has turned out to be flawed unable to put together a coherent sentence in some cases and so they finally they've turned to newt gingrich the remainder million who can give a good speech but it's fascinating the establishment of the party the republican party is terrified of the prospect that newt will actually win the nomination is santorum going to be the next and i'm not i'm not mitt candidate there are in i was there are social conservatives who are looking for santorum rise and probably it's probably unlikely at this point i want is this close i mean it's and are they if you know if on

administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other

court of appeal cited with the obama administration against arizona, appealed. now the supreme court says we will take it up. four specific provisions they have taken an issue with. i don't expect they will be unanimous on all four aspects of arizona law. compared to healthcare, you can have it piece mill and take one at a time. they will probably uphold three of them. another caveat is the recusal, of elena kagan. so it could amount to a tie, which would ultimately result if it was 4-4 in a win for the obama administration. >> bob: kagan recused herself because she was solicitor general on the appeal. >> kimberly: i love when you go intellectual on me. >> dana: they are not required to say why they recuse themselves. but there is curiosity why she would as solicitor general and now a supreme court justice recuse herself on immigration and not on healthcare. >> bob: this is important day. last year was the first year in 25 years not an increase in illegal citizen in the country. congratulate the obama administration for that. >> dana: i thought you were going to

it would require the obama administration to approve the pipeline within sixty days and put a stop to for the review i think about it is that while trans canada agreed to reroute around the nebraska sandhills no one actually agreed on what the new route would be no one knows how significant it will be where it will go so the republicans want to force obama to give the oil company his stamp of approval on good faith because we all know how trustworthy multinational oil corporations are so not only with the bill simply go around all of the proper reviews of the state department it would make sure that all of the thousands and thousands of people who stood up against the pipeline of farmers the landowners the environmentalist are silence so thank senator lugar for once again choosing the welfare of oil companies over that of the american people. and relations between the united states and pakistan seem to have reached a new low that this after nato forces accidently killed at least twenty four pakistani soldiers now pakistan is taking action kicking u.s. aircraft out of the country and c

that is how the obama administration wants the country to understand this new rule. they rolled it out publicly with a pitch. mitt romney calls this new rule the invisible boot of government. which is a really ridiculous phrase, but it does get at a really important point. in the economy that we have, with the economic disparity we have, with the middle class longing that we still have, though we don't have much of a middle class anymore. from where we are now as americans, do we look at changes like these? changes like air pollution rules on mercury levels? do we look at changes like making it not as hard to form a union where you work. >> do we look at the changes an believe those things are helping us as a country or hurting? not every american is going to answer that question the same way. that's a good debate to have. whether or not we have to talk talk invisible boots to do it. joining us, bob herbert, "the new york times," distinguished fellow, and policyshop.net. thanks for joining us. >> i'm wearing invisible boots as we speak. >> i'm wearing an invisible fa

it was under the objections of the obama administration that this past. the atomic association says that iran is getting close to having a nuclear reactor and having a separate stream to their military, of designing a warhead, having an electrical generator for it. normally, there is a spark that initiates the explosive. an electrical generator is only needed for a nuclear weapon. on top of that, we know of the iranian support for terror, hezbollah and hamas. iran is now the central pillar of the dictatorship in damascus. we know that 30,000 have been kicked out of school. the interior ministry has registered all of their houses. this is a movie we have seen wearing different uniforms in a different country, and we are worried about the same outcome, so what we have said is we should take the strongest non- military means possible, and that is to pick up on what the obama administration has said, that the central bank of iran is the century it -- central money launderer for terror and for the republic of iran, and our amendment says if you do business wit

that is how the obama administration wants the country to understand this new rule. they rolled it out publicly with a pitch. mitt romney calls this new rule the invisible boot of government. which is a really ridiculous phrase, but it does get at a really important point. in the economy that we have, with the economic disparity we have, with the middle class longing that we still have, though we don't have much of a middle class anymore. from where we are now as americans, do we look at changes like these? changes like air pollution rules on mercury levels? do we look at changes like making it not as hard to form a union where you work. >> do we look at the changes and beli believe those things are helping us as a country or hurting? not every american is going to answer that question the same way. that's a good debate to have. whether or not we have to talk talk invisible boots to do it. joining us, bob herbert, "the new york times," distinguished fellow, and policyshop dea.net. thanks for joining us. >> i'm wearing invisible boots as we speak. >> i'm wearing an in