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True. welcome back to "hardball." that was "the daily shows" john stewart mocking dick cheney over his resolve on torture. cheney doesnt have the best track record when it comes to the facts. nevertheless, the debate over whether the united states tortures its enemies for intelligence doesnt seem to be going away. today nbc released a poll that shows support for torture. 51% of americans say harsh interrogation practices following 9/11 were acceptable under the circumstances. 45% say that harsh ...

Domestic taliban and in fact, that offensive killed a very senior al qaeda leader several days ago, which is something that obama officials were pretty pleased about. i think theyve either killed or captured some other al qaeda leaders from region recently as well. so its a horrible byproduct of something that does fit with our basic u.s. policy goals, but its clear that pakistan does not really have its arms around this problem. when youre talking about a country with nuclear weapons, i think i...

Camps. listen to former senior obama advisor take some not so subtle shots at hillary clintons potential candidacy. said exactly what her program will be, what shes running on. i think elizabeth has -- what happened in 2008 is that hillarys candidacy got out in front of any rationale for it. and the danger is thats happening again, its like ready for hillary, ready for what? >> and one thing hillary seems ready to weigh in on is the enhanced interrogation. >> i am proud to have been a part of th...

Interrogation practices following the 9/11 attacks were acceptable. and 49% say theyre acceptable enough to use again in the future. richard, what do you make of this? i must tell you, in terms of the partisan breakdown, the democrats are against torture as a party. people in the party who identify as democrats. whereas republicans were 80% for torture, and more mixed among independents. does that surprise you? its not eye for an eye and it doesnt compare to what were talking about and what happ...

Interrogations. he admits that some cia actions were not authorized and abho abhoraant, and this came after the senate release today the report on cia interrogation tactics. >> he admitted the mistakes were made, but what he did not say was also of note. we learn from barbara star, she is at the pentagon. in a 45 minute long press conference, cia director john brennan never used the word torture to describe interrogation practices. >> as i said in some instances i considered them abhorant and i ...

Severe storm on the west coast. it was quite a doozy. sony executives forced to apologize after leaked e-mails reveal some ugly comments. and the celebrity who has claims against bill cosby. the cia director defending the agency but admitting his mistakes. this came days after a scathing u.s. senate report on cia interrogations. the tactics amounted to torture. but britain had a different take as we learned from cnns barbara starr. >> reporter: in a 45 minute long press conference. john bren...

Imagine a full disclosure kind of place. not even on cia practices against terror detainees can change that. however, that report put out by committee democrats has shaken the agency and moved director john brennan to speak out. today from headquarters in la lanki lankily, not far from the inscription it reads not far from the truth and the truth shall lay you free. and edited and sometimes contradictory version of the truth as he sees it. the details now from barbara starr. >> reporter: in a 45...

Torture to describe interrogation practices. >> as i said, in some instances i believe them to be abhor ebt and ill let others describe them. >> he defended his agency, reminding everyone of the difficult challenges after 9/11. >> in our pain, we pledged to come together as one and to do what we could to prevent osama bin laden and his killing machine from ever carrying out another attack. >> it led to so-called enhanced interrogation techniques against detainees, waterboarding, being put in str...

John brennan served at the cia under president bush, was a big supporter of these tough interrogation practices and continues to be now a cia director under president obama. and in fact, agrees more with perhaps with former vice president cheney than the current vice president biden or current president obama. because john brennan in the last 25 hours put out a statement saying these harsh tactics worked. they brought in good intelligence. and they helped prevent terror attacks. something this w...

On cia interrogation practices. dianne feinstein u.s. senator from california calling some of the cia tactics torture. george tenet saying the program saved thousands of american lives. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. catherine, first of all this alert. what about that? >> whats missing in the conversation is this is in fact a self-inflicted terror alert. if the report had not been released. the alert that it could provoke violence would not be necessary. >> release...