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Cias interrogation program. they pulled out of the investigation soon after it began when they saw what direction it was heading. now, former vice president dick cheney has come out ahead of this report defending the governments decisions at the time. and of course, former president bush ii has been quick to defend the interrogation methods and all the people involved. take a listen. >> were fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia serving on our behalf. these are patriots. whate...

Misleading information it they think the captors will believe it. i know they say whatever they think the torturers want them to say if they believe it will stop their suffering. most of all, i know the compromise is that which most distinguishes us from the enemi enemies. our belief that all people and each captured enemies possess basic human rights protected by international conventions the united states not only joined, but for the most part authored. i know too that bad things happen in war...

Did these techniques stop terror attacks? today, senators of both parties said no. >> coercive interrogation techniques did not produce the vital, otherwise unavailable intelligence the cia has claimed. >> i know from personal experience, that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good in intelligence. and what the advocates of harsh and cruel interrogation methods have never established, is that we couldnt have gathered as good or more reliable intelligence from using humane methods...

Intelligence officials have said it doesnt work. john mccain doesnt believe it works. so people with some expertise make that case. this report should be -- >> i think a common sense answer is, it depends. >> chris, i think youre right. but i would also say this, and im going to press this point. i do not favor torture. i do think there is such a thing as coercive, aggressive interrogation methods, short of torture, that work in the hands of a professional who knows how to get somebody to unders...

Last night. he really -- hes talking about a post-staten island reality that were now in, in this country. everyone has called for a national conversation. it sounds like thats where we are now and president obama seems to be willing participant of what he can do in terms of the law thats still an open question. >> you bring up rand paul. i thought it was good. john boehner came out and talked about this. republicans havent talked about race in the past. and glad they are starting to. lets talk ...

Million in six years coming to this moment and theyre desperate before they lose control of the senate intelligence committee to smear the cia. shame on them for doing so. >> tomorrow well get a republican member of the senate intelligence committee on "the factor." from what i understand, all the interrogation methods we used the senate intel committee knew about it. >> sure. they were briefed about them. nancy pelosi was briefed about them, bob graham, the then chairman of the intelligence com...

Shannon: thank you very much. weve got breaking news on the new cia intel report. thank you both for your time. >> thank you. shannon: jon? jon: the report that all of washington has been waiting for and in some cases dreading is now officially out. the executive summary of the senate intelligence committees 6,000-page report on the cia and its conduct in the days and years after the nerve attacks -- 9/11 attacks is now out in the public domain. it finds that the cia apparently, according to thi...

>> i think a common sense answer is, it depends. >> chris, i think youre right. but i would also say this, and im going to press this point. i do not favor torture. i do think there is such a thing as coercive, aggressive interrogation methods, short of torture, that work in the hands of a professional who knows how to get somebody to understand they will not get the comfort they want unless they are cooperating. and the way it works, the interrogator knows the answers to most of the questions h...

Responsible for the end results. we can help, we can train, we can assist and advise, and we are doing that and will support them. >> hagel was addressing u.s. and australian troops at the baghdad airport. u.s. defense officials say that what iraq needs to fight isis is not more weapons but competent military leaders. >> after the release of this torture report from the senate, what are they saying around the pentagon about that? >> well, theres a great deal of frustration in the intelligence an...

In the last hour, if youve just been watching. id like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. significant findings in this report that the cia interrogation techniques were far more brutal than were led on to government officials and that were released to the public. also, that the program itself was grossly mismanaged, that they circumvented congress and the white house in terms of effective communication and also advising. not only that but they underreported the num...