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Laden. >> we are at war with khali shaikh mohammed. >> it was a military operation, right? it was absolutely appropriate. >> and so -- >> great question, by way. >> absolutely. and great follow-up as well. you have this administration unlike the previous one has said that water boarding will not be allowed and in fact, the attorney general of the united states is going after the people who did administer some of these waterboardings to these c.i.a. captives, there were only three of them in all ...

Hellish treatment of detainees there. he joins me now. brandon, when you hear the president talk about the morality of not releasing this picture and it is not what america does, and what is your take being at guantanamo and watching and witnessing outrageous stuff being carried out in americas name? >> well, i can understand him not releasing the photo, but at the same time i think that the victims of the 9/11 families should have the opportunity if possible to view the photos in a confidential...

Outrageous stuff being carried out in americas name. >> i can understand him not releasing the photo. at the same time, i think that the victims of the 9/11 families should have the opportunity, if possible, to view the photos in a confidential or secret way, if they can. >> but in relation to what you witnessed, i mean, you saw, i would argue from what i read of your testimony before, flagrant abuses of the geneva convention and of justice, didnt you? >> yes. when i was at guantanamo, i saw a l...

Confidential or secret way if they can. >> but, in relation to what you witnessed, i mean, you saw, i would argue from what i have read of your testimony before flagrant abuses of the geneva convention and of justice, did yont u? >> yes. when i was at guantanamo, i saw a lot of abuse that took place at the hands of the internal reaction force team there at guantanamo bay in the early days. there was an incident that happened on bravo block in which a detainee, the interaction action force team o...

That december in the hills of tora bora but escaped. allies came to power in kabul and islamabad but al-qaeda regrouped and remain potent enemy today. >> gravity of the moment is matched by the gravity of the threat that iraqs weapons of mass destruction pose to the world. >> at the u.n., the bush administration made a case for regime change in iraq, based on intelligence that later proved false. opened riffs between western allies. >> they are still hoping that just the presence of american mil...

The worlds number one terrorist was nearly captured that december in the hills of tora bora but escaped. allies came to power in kabul and islamabad. but they regrouped and remain a potent even knee today. >> the gravity of this moment is matched by the gravity of the threat that weapons of mass destruction posed to the world. >> reporter: they made a plea for a regime change. baghdad fell and saddam was captured but that was mere prelude with a sunni shiite civil war with americans caught in th...

Terrorist was nearly captured that december in the hills of tora bora but escaped. allies came to power in kabul and islamabad but al-qaeda regrouped and remain potent enemy today. >> gravity of the moment is matched by the gravity of the threat that iraqs weapons of mass destruction pose to the world. >> at the u.n., the bush administration made a case for regime change in iraq, based on intelligence that later proved false. opened riffs between western allies. >> they are still hoping that jus...

Assads party have departed. the departures would be a critical sign that syrians are divided about the governments role in the demonstrations. tanks rolling into the hotspot city of dara. and reports say many citizens are without food, water or medicine. civil rights groups claim that 450 people have been killed so far. the obama administration meanwhile says the death toll from the violence in libya could be as high as 30,000 people. the news comes as a team of u.n. investigators met with libya...

>> reporter: who are we to go and tkpoe side who the ruler of a sovereign country is? i had the same problem with iraq. a count throw that is not a threat to the united states is someone who has a leader we need to remove? i dont know that that is our role in the world or should it be. shannon: better for the president politically that he didnt get in at all or is it better now. >> reporter: that is a story to be written. if qaddhafi leaves power and libya moves toward a more democratic state th...

A human rights group just and leased an alarming report in bahrain. >> reporter: physicians for human rights just returned from bahrain. >> it is unlike anything that i have ever seen in my 20 years of investigating human rights and violations of medical neutrality. the types of abuses that are occurring are actually quite surreal. they are so horrific and so widespread and systematic. >> reporter: solomon says security forces have arrested more than 30 doctors and medics, accusing them of harbo...