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Khali shaikh mohammed who you remember extreme interrogation methods were used against khali shaikh mohammed that have become controversial. but he mentioned the nickname of this courier. it was then verified by another key lieutenant of bin ladens when he was caught. he was captured by the pakistanis. he is the libyan -- hes currently at gitmo. and he also was interrogated and he crorroborated that there was this courier and it wasnt until four years ago that they had the name. and then they fo...

Obama. we read in this timeline now within a couple months coming into office, he told leon panetta, im giving you a directive to capture or kill osama bin laden. can you talk about how important it was for the president and his team to keep bin ladens name from the public even though they were pursuing him behind the scenes. >> my sources, i heard about an operation that dates back many years. the initial tip that led to yesterdays killing of bin laden came from some of the detainees subject to...

An opportunity to look at these cases and hear both sides, would have made the determination that the best thing is to go with the tried and true. to go with the system that has served us well. and distinguishes us as a nation. people in congress have a different view. i think in many ways this case was -- this decision was politicized. and i think that people in congress have made a big mistake here. >> one of the big issues in these trials is the coerced statements that khalid shaikh mohammed ...

Wont comment on the tapes but says his client is unstable and the tapes may be used at competency hearings. >> it would be a baseline as to what his mental competency was at that point in time compared to what it might be at the time of the hearing. that would be extremely relevant. >> contacted by cnn on the skro discovery of the tapes, the cia said the agencys past detention program has been subject to multiple reviews by multiple government organization under two administrations. some of thos...

Would hear oral arguments about detainees having access to supreme courts. that decision came in june of that year. the terrorists were then sent back to black site prisons until president bushs announcement in september 2006 that you just heard that they were being sent to guantanamo to face military tribunals and thats where they still are today, wolf. >> all of this coming in from the associated press. what is the cia saying about this? >> they asked about the a.p. report and did not deny the...

Insurance, the mandate doesnt go into effect until the year 2014, and as you just have been reporting, that faces a legal challenge can you constitutionally demand and enforce the purchase of a product in a constitutional democracy. martha: and maybe therein lies the reason theyre calling it a tax and not a fine. >> thats it. martha: stuart varney, thank you very much. bill: this morning, the justice department is reviewing whether or not to appeal a federal judges decision to order the release ...

Anything. you said you were going to drain the swamp. theres a lot of political gainsmanship going on here as far as health care was concerned massa was never a vote they were considering anyway. thats okay. it keeps really the pressure on the democrats, and it is also great political theater and football for republicans when it comes to ethical behavior. >> ed, thank you very much. of course later this evening, democratic congressman elijah cummings will be on with ed to talk about health care,...

Back to what i was asking before the break. i think a lot of people just look at these memos, and they say how do you get to the point as a lawyer, even as a layperson where you say waterboarding is not torture? >> well, let me explain the circumstances which is the most important thing to keep in mind. were a few months after the 9/11 attacks, the cia capture the three, four, and five top leaders of al-qaeda. these are guys who are resisting interrogation, theyre trained to resist interrogation...

Professional misconduct but then it was kind of strange in the same report they said they didnt violate any ethics rules. bill, i taught professional ethics before. i looked through the rules and i dont see that they violated any rules. >> bill: the ruling from the justice department basically said when they told president bush that you could waterboarding khalid sheikh mohammed and some of these other thugs, they were on, what? >> that they used poor judgment in giving that advice but it wasnt ...

Professional misconduct but then it was kind of strange in the same report they said they didnt violate any ethics rules. bill, i taught professional ethics before. i looked through the rules and i dont see that they violated any rules. >> bill: the ruling from the justice department basically said when they told president bush that you could waterboarding khalid sheikh mohammed and some of these other thugs, they were on, what? >> that they used poor judgment in giving that advice but it wasnt ...