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And john mccain. now, the issue of brennans involvement in enhanced interrogation didnt concern the democrats on the senate intel committee back then. of the 50 democrats who voted to confirm brennan in 2013, 36 are still in office. during brennans confirmation hearing in 2013, weaponnize drones were the big issue. this is how the question of water boarding was addressed. >> what steps did you take to stop cia from moving to these techniques? >> i did not take steps. i was not in the chain of co...

Know, something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. and it was something that was directed by the administration at the time. >> laura: and that was that. move on. while, it wasnt until december of 2014 when the senate intel committee released a report severely criticizing enhanced interrogation, describing the techniques as torture, which yielded little intelligence. that anyone began to really care that much about it. during a press conference a...

Out but tom. >> we had confirmation last week from the house intelligence committee that there was a counterintelligence operation against flynn while he was on the campaign are working for the transition. >> laura: how does that play out? out? wiretaps or what? >> what did the program entail? this justice berman takes the approach of the modified limited hangout in terms of information. four months the mueller operation sat on the fact that they had the strzok-page messages. then we found out a...

Want that, youve got to embrace somebody who seems to have embraced torture, which democrats arent -- >> laura: she didnt design the program. >> well, laura. i have to throw the challenge flag. >> laura: jeff is coming in on us with the challenge flag. >> ive got to throw that challenge flag, rosa. torture is a propaganda word. thats a propaganda and its chosen to evoke an emotional response. its chosen to conjure up images of putting people on the rack or cutting off fingers or limbs. lets be a...

>> the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. >> laura: well, not only did he go on the record defending the bush administrations aggressive interrogation tactics, he also reportedly objected to the obama administrations decision to release the bush interrogation memos and other related documents. apparently he did think the program have value, whether or not it actuall...

In the creation of the enhanced interrogation program? >> senator, i was not, and i was not writing the program until about a year into its existence. >> laura: and get to learn about the enhanced interrogation at about the same time? as gina haspel? congress. yes. fast forward to today. nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats want to raise a big fuss and pretend that they hold the moral high ground against torture? where were her objections or any of their objections when they were being briefed ...

Just two democrats voted against the nominee, pat leahy and jeff merkley along with independent bernie sanders. now, the issue of brennans involvement in the enhanced interrogation in that whole program didnt concern the democrats on the senate intel committee back then. of the 50 democrats who voted to confirm brennan in 2013, 36 are still in office. during brennans confirmation hearing in february of 2013, weaponized drones were the big issue. this is how the question of waterboarding was addr...