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Evidence in that decade-long search came from enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding, sleep deprivation and stress positions. >> actionable intelligence that was, quote, otherwise unavailable, otherwise unavailable was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. >> reporter: the cia and senate republicans dispute that, saying detainees in cia custody who had been the subject of those techniques helped lead the agency to man named abu ahmed al kuwaiti. >> the facilit...

More now on our top story. controversial c.i.a. report putting u.s. troops on high alert this hour. the report condemns the agencys interrogation tactics after september 11. >> at no time does the c.i.a.s coercive interrogation techniques lead to the collection of intelligence on an imminent threat that many believed was the justification for the use of these techniques. >> whats behind the timing of this reports release and where do you come up with that conclusion? fox news contributor liz che...

Context. the detention and interrogation program was formulated in the aftermath of the murders of close to 3,000 people on 9/11. it felt like the classic ticking time bomb scenario every single day. senator feinstein rejected that issue as he presented the report on the floor today. here she is. >> at no time did the cias coercive interrogation techniques lead to the collection of intelligence on an imminent threat that many believe was the justification for the use of these techniques. the com...

You think about it. one argument the cia has used to defend its interrogation techniques, is that they helped get information that led to finding osama bin laden. the top democrats dispute that claim, in fact. brian todd explains. >> reporter: one of the most successful intelligence operations in american history, the hunt for osama bin laden and the raid that killed him. top democrats say no meaningful clues. no key evidence in that decade long search came from enhanced interrogation techniques...

Unavailable, was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. >> reporter: the cia and senate republicans dispute that saying detainees in cia custody who had been the subject of those techniques helped lead them to a man named abu ahmed al kuwaiti. this interrogation is believed to be that of a detainee who the cia says told them al kuwaiti was bin ladens courier after interrogation. >> whats the target? where was the last time you saw bin laden? >> reporter: the cia says that in...

The shocking, controversial and long-anticipated report on the cias use of torture, that report has been publicly released, reigniting not only the debate over the morality of torture but its effectiveness. whether, for instance, it saved american lives, whether it helps the u.s. capture and kill osama bin laden. former bush administration officials including vice president dick they chi argued the cias enhanced interrogation program helped them interrupt terror plots, gain valuable understandin...

>> the senate intelligence committees five and a half year review of the cias detention and interrogation program which was conducted between 2002 and 2009 is being released publicly. the executive summary which is going out today is backed by a 6,700 page classified and unredacted report with 38,000 footnote which is can be released if necessary at a later time. the report released today examines the cias secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogatio...

The american public. third, the cias management of the program was inadequate and deeply flawed. fourth, the cia program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. let me describe each category in more detail. the first set of findings and conclusions concerned the effectiveness or lack there of of the interrogation program. the committee found that the cias coercive interrogation techniques were not an effective means of acquiring accurate intelligence or gaining detainee cooperation....

Long-time hawkish ally, spoke out in a pretty historic speech today on the senate floor. >> what is true is that actionable intelligence that was, quote, otherwise unavailable, otherwise unavailable, was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. >> msnbcs joy reid is out on assignment but she learned new information about attorney generals eric holders reaction to this report. joy joins me by phone. what can you tell us? >> i spoke with a senior administration official who made...

Building techniques that were developed and honed by the united states military, the fbi and, more recently, the interagency high value detainee group, that these techniques produced good intelligence. let me make a few other comments on the claimed effectiveness of the cia interrogations. at no time did the cia coercive interrogation techniques lead to the collection of intelligence on an imminent threat that many believe was the justification for these techniques. the committee never found an ...