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Youre confirmed there will never be an interrogation program under your leadership and you addressed the issue of the fact that it is against the law. the question i have, with the benefit of hindsight, do you believe the program, the interrogation program was consistent with american values? >> senator, as we sit here today, and with some distance between us and the events of 9/11, the congress and indeed our nation, have had an opportunity to have a debate about the interrogation standards we ...

When mike pompeo and i took the reins at langley about 15 months ago we decided to concentrate on four initiatives, and one of those is partnership, and it involves two areas. first, our partnership with the other i.c. partners and even more broadly than that. there are many important partnerships for cia, and as you say, those partnerships are critical because its a complex world. . there is no more important partnership than the one between cia and dod. i have had the absolute honor and privil...

Board that suspect, what would you do? >> senator, i would advise -- i do not believe the president would ask me to do that, but -- we have today in the u.s. government other u.s. government entities that conduct interrogations. dod uses the army field manual, and they conduct battlefield interrogations and cia has incredible expertise it can bring to the table in support of those interrogations. the fbi has its authorities to conduct interrogations, and as you know, we have the high-value inter...

In that business and why it should be done in the military? ? thats a great question. cia historically has not done interrogations. we dont have interrogators. we just dont have any expertise. >> the questions have been directed to you has been because of that. >> yes, thats right. and why dod, of course, does do battlefield interrogations and thats why we have the army field manual. we have very clear legal and policy guidance for those dod interrogations which i support and then, of course, th...

Interrogation. i still believe enhanced interrogation should be a tool in the arsenal in extreme circumstances. but she made it clear she doesnt believe the c.i.a. should be in that business. that is in the d.o.d. there is really no guiltless parties in this whole issue. after 9/11 we had planes hit the world trade center. we didnt know what was next. so at that point its like what do we do to protect americans? i remember rumors of dirty bombs and everything. in those circumstances we have to d...

C.i.a. historically has not done interrogations. we dont have interrogators so we just dont have any expertise. >> most of the questions have been directed to you has been because of that. >> yes, thats right. dod of course does do battlefield investigations and why we have the army field manual. we have policy guidance for those dod interrogations which i support. the f.b.i. has its own authorities for interviewing terror suspects and as we mentioned we have the high-value interrogation group a...

But we have today in the u.s. government other u.s. government entities that conduct interrogations. d.o.d. uses the army field manual and they conduct battlefield interrogations and c.i.a. has incredible expertise it can bring to the table in support of those interrogations. the f.b.i. has its authorities to conduct interrogations. and as you know, we have the high value interrogation group. so i would be advise -- advise anyone who ask me about it that c.i.a. is not the right place to conduct ...

The fact it is against the law. the question i have, with the benefit of hindsight, do you believe the program in terms of the interrogation program was consistent with american values? >> senator, as we sit here today and with some distance between us and the events of 9/11, the congress and indeed our nation have had an opportunity to have a debate about the interrogation standards we want to use as the united states of america. we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard fo...

Ago, we decided to concentrate on four initiatives, and one of those is partnerships. and it involves two areas, first, our partnerships with our other ic partners in the u.s. government. but even more broadly than that. there are many important partnerships for cia. and, as you say, those partnerships are critical because its a complex world. there is no more important partnership than the one between cia and dod. i have had the absolute honor and privilege to sit at the table with secretary ma...