the agency's director, john brennan, that terror detainees swept up after 9/11 were abused. >> in a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent, and rightly should be repudiated by all. >> but brennan would not call it torture. >> i will leave to others how they might want to label those activities. >> brennan's explanation -- the c.i.a. was not ready after 9/11. >> the program was uncharted territory for the c.i.a. and we were not prepared. >> and he maintained the agency's enhanced interrogation techniques or eits, produced intelligence. even though he conceded it was unknowable if the same results were obtainable without harsh methods. >> it is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the