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General mcamericinerney, i apol to me this is outrageous because its going to put peoples lives in danger. but dianne feinstein write a report about enhanced interrogation and not a word about a drone program by obama killing thousands of innocence. do you see the irony. >> i do. dianne feinstein has normally been a very balanced senator running that committee. in this case it was a very partisan report. the points that youre making of the dichotomy of what i would call enhanced torture and the ...

The so-called torture memos that authorized enhanced interrogation techniques under the previous administration. >> how so, how are legal structures around killing people, hundreds of whom have been civilians, even though its shrouded in secrecy. >> every incident in the world history involves civilian casualties. drone strikes are certainly much more precise for example than the bombing of dresden in world war ii or bombings in vietnam or other efforts or bombings in desert storm in the 90s, bu...

At all. >> what we know, we dont know much. because much of it is shrouded in secrecy. we believe there have been more than 2400 people killed in these drone strikes. not all of them terrorists. at best, theyre suspect. theres no adjudication, sometimes children are killed, sometimes their families are killed. is it time for to us take a good, hard look at what the u.s. is doing with this? >> i think the answer is yes. in terms of continued look at these programs, and an effort to bring more of ...

Bush and classified drone attacks under president obama? one intelligence committee member insisted the drone program is legal. >> i believe that the cia is acting within the law and intentions. right now thats as far as i want to go. >> reporter: now, all these attacks on the cia prompted a spirited defense from former president george h.w. bush. he released a statement last night saying he felt compelled to reiterate his confidence in the men and women who work at the agency. and remember, car...

Because they fear they could be arrested. and so there is this fear out there about what could happen. a magistrate in one of those nato allies could think its a good time to score political points back home. >> i think david is absolutely right. the american people would be outraged. having said that, the rest of the world is outraged by the reports of torture in the united states. people may press their governments to hold action and hold the united states accountable in the same way that the ...

Rehydration? >> im giving you a sense of how the report was put together. this activity that was done five times, in each time for the health of the detainee, not part of the interrogation program. not designed to soften him up for any questioning. >> critics ask whats the difference between harsh interrogations under president bush and classified drone attacks under president obama? one intelligence committee member insisted, the drone program is legal. >> i believe that the c.i.a. is acting wi...

How can we be so outraged over the so-called torture tactics when were killing people, often civilians, with the flick of a switch from the sky. here is jose rodriguez, hes the former head of the c.i.a. clandestine services on this topic. listen. >> this administration actually does not take any prisoners. they prefer to kill them from afar using drones. and somehow they feel that because they kill from a distance, somehow its more ethical. more ethical than the difficult and messy and unpleasan...

Detainee, not part of the interrogation program. not designed to soften him up any questioning. >> critics of the torture report, asked whats the difference between harsh interrogations under president bush and classified drone attacks under president obama. one intelligence committee member insisted the drone program is legal. >> i believe that the c.i.a. is acting within the law in the intentions right now. thats as far as i want to go. >> and all of these attacks on the c.i.a. prompted a spir...

Effort six days after 9/11 and it was our job to carry it out. there was useful intelligence, very useful valuable intelligence that was obtained from individuals who had been at some point subjected to eits. whether that could have been obtained without the use of those eits is something that again is unknowable. >> here with reaction fox news military analyst lieutenant general thomas mcinerney. general mcamericinerney, i apol to me this is outrageous because its going to put peoples lives in ...

Justice reporter evan perez. take a listen. >> your agency is involved in overseeing the drone program. in which we know from the governments own statements, you know, that there have been some innocent civilians killed alongside terrorists. im wondering if you feel that theres enough control over those programs and were not going to be here in a few years with another director having to answer these same questions about the loss of trust from the public, from policymakers. >> im not going to ta...