Do you hear me now?

Go ahead, make my day

"I did not take steps to stop the CIA's use of those techniques. I was not in the chain of command of that programme ... I was aware of the programme. I was CC'd in on some of those documents, but I had no oversight of it. I wasn't involved in its creation."

"It's the idea of giving any president unfettered power to kill an American without checks and balances that's so troubling. Every American has the right to know when their government believes it's allowed to kill them." Senator Ron Wyden

Brennan said drones are only used as "a last resort to save lives" but agreed that "we need to optimise transparency while at the same time optimising secrecy" over the killings.