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00:00:05 I AM FAMILIAR WITH GROUPS WE ARE EXPOSED, ATTEMPTING TO CRITICIZE THE MESSENGER, AND WE DO NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO THE OTHER GROUPS WE HAVE EXPOS.
00:00:30 WE HAVE TRIED HARD TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT PUT INNOCENT PEOPLE IN HARM.
00:00:39 WE HAVE NO CURRENT OPERATIONAL CONSEQUENCES, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE OF SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATIVE CONSEQUENCE.
00:00:57 >> DO YOU FEEL RISK, AND HOW SO?
00:01:04 >> FROM TIME TO TIME, WE HAVE THREAT WARNINGS FROM OUR FORCES , AND WE TAKE THOSE SERIOUSLY.
00:01:28 WE HAVE NOT FELT A THREAT TO PERSONAL SAFETY IN KENYA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
00:01:36 THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN TRUE.
00:01:54 THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS ASKED BY THE UNITED STATES TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN FORMS OF SURVEILLANCE AND OTHER PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA.
00:02:13 MOST OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE REJECTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO CARRY THEIR >> -- THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.
00:02:34 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY YET.
00:02:38 IT IS CLEAR IT WILL SAVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PAST -- WILL SHAPE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PAST HAS BEEN LIKE, AND THE COURSE NEEDS TO CHANGE.
00:02:53 THE MANNER IN WHICH IT NEEDS TO CHANGE IS NOT CLEAR.
00:03:03 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> I AM OFTEN ASKED THIS QUESTION.
00:03:07 IN WHAT IS THE MOST SINGLE DAMNING REVELATION, THE SINGLE EVENT, THE SINGLE PERSONALITY.
00:03:18 THAT IS NOT THE REAL STORY.
00:03:20 FOR REAL STORY IS THAT IT IS WAR.
00:03:25 IT IS ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER.
00:03:28 IT IS THE CONTINUOUS SMALL EVENTS, THE CONTINUOUS DEATH OF CHILDREN, INSURGENTS, ALLIED FORCES.
00:03:43 SEARCH FOR THE WORD AMPUTATION OR AMPUTEE, AND THERE ARE DOZENS OF REFERENCES, SO THIS IS THE STORY OF THE WARS SINCE 2004, AND LIKE MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON THE ROAD, THEY ARE THE RESULTS OF CARS, NOT OF THE BUSES.
00:04:09 MOST OF THE DEATHS ARE THE RESULTS OF THE EVERYDAY SQUALOR OF WAR, NOT THE BIG INSTANCES.
00:04:21 THAT SAID, OF COURSE THERE ARE REPORTS OF HIGH KILLED COUNTS IN THIS MATERIAL.
00:04:30 A SINGLE REPORT TAKING PLACE AUGUST 9, 2006 HAS A KILL COUNT OF 181, ONE WOUNDED, ZERO DETAINED.
00:04:45 WHAT IS THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THAT REPORT?
00:04:54 THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOT YET KNOWN.
00:04:57 ACCORDING TO REPORT, THERE IS A CARGO PLANE FITTED OUT WITH CANNONS AND CIRCLED AROUND AND KILLED 62 OF THOSE PEOPLE.
00:05:07 WE ADD UP ALL THOSE DEATHS, WE GET ABOUT 80.
00:05:10 THE DEATHS OF THE OTHER 100 ARE STILL NOT EXPLAIN.
00:05:16 THERE ARE MANY REPORTS LIKE THAT THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS WITH THE FULL DETAILS NOT EXPLAINED.
00:05:23 WE CAN SEE THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TASK FORCE, A SPECIAL FORCES ASSASSINATION SQUAD INVOLVED IN THE JOINT PRIORITIES, A EUPHEMISM FOR THE U.
00:05:52 S. THE ASSASSINATION LIZ IN AFGHANISTAN.
00:05:54 THERE ARE MANY EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, SOME THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF -- ONE THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND OTHERS THAT RESULTS IN A NUMBER OF INNOCENT.
00:06:09 WE CAN ALSO SEE HOW PEOPLE GET ON THE LIST.
00:06:11 THEY SEEM TO BE RECOMMENDED BY REGIONAL GOVERNORS IN AFGHANISTAN OR BY INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES, OFTEN WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE AND NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.
00:06:27 >> YOU SAID YOU INTEND TO COOPERATE.
00:06:31 >> THAT