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States interests. some critics have suggested the study concludes that no intelligence was ever provided for any detainee the cia held. that is false. and the study makes no such claim. what is true that actionable intelligence that was, quote, otherwise unavailable, otherwise unavailable was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. the report also chronicles where the techniques that do not involve physical force were effective. specifically, the report provides examples wher...

All members asked him to correct the record saying, regardless of what message the filmmakers intended to convey, the movie clearly implies the cias coercive interrogation techniques were effective in eliciting important information related to a courier for osama bin laden. please consider correcting the impression that the cias use of coercive interrogation techniques did not. no one has been held to account for crimes in u.s. law and international law. with evidence remaining about the program...

Foundation for the defense of democracies. good to see you both today. cliff, you wrote for the "national review" online yesterday that the information that was elicited from khalid sheikh mohammed through these methods provided the seed of intelligence from which grew the vine that led the navy s.e.a.l.s to osama bin laden. it was not from waterboarding, it was his denial of knowing who the courier was and he went straight to the director of central intelligence, leon panetta, to get the inform...

The 20 cases and not a single case holds up. actionable intelligence, that was quote otherwise unavailable, otherwise unavailable, was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. >> okay. lets start with david ignacious in washington. you say, david, this was necessary to release for public accounting, but what about national security? >> well, lets take the first part first. i found the report absolutely devastating to read. we have known about these techniques. we have known ab...

Said to keep details of the program hidden from former secretary of state colin powell because he may quote blow his stack if he were to be briefed on whats going on in 2003, the chief of interrogations threatened to quit, writing in an e-mail, this is a train wreck waiting to happen and i intend to get off the train before it happens. the five-year investigation disputes claims the enhanced interrogation stopped attacks and led to information that located osama bin laden in pakistan. >> the com...

>> i got you. >> so he fed them whatever they wanted to hear. >> as they say in courtroom dramas, youre leading the witness. >> correct. >> feinstein summarized the report on the floor today. >> the committee found that the cias coercive interrogation techniques were not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining detainee cooperation. we took 20 examples that the cia itself claimed to show the success of these interrogations. our staff reviewed every one of the 20 cases. and not a s...

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