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Information that was integral in finding bin laden. is that the case? >> not to my knowledge. and quote -- they say a closer look says the harsh techniques played a small role, at most, in identifying the trusted courier. two of the waterboarded lied to their interrogators about the identity. apparently the name was given up much later under standard interrogation practices. even panettas claim doesnt make much sense. listen to what john mccain had to say. irges so far i know of no information...

Intelligence or the foundational piece of evidence, that initial thread came in 2003 from the cias interrogation program, this was the controversial program with the black sites overseas. several administration officials, as well as top democrats on the intelligence committee are insisting that water boarding was not involved. >> what i said was to the best of our knowledge, based on a look, none of it came as a result of harsh interrogation practices. >> reporter: they have the attention of u.s...

John boehner today said the u.s. should use the moment to build ties with pakistan and not back away. but the speaker did say the u.s. should have an eyeball to eyeball conversation with the pakistanis about their role in fighting terrorism. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. thank you. were continuing to follow the timeline of intelligence that eventually led to sundays strike on the bin laden cop pound. -- compound. national correspondent catherine herridge tells all what she ...

>> joan walsh, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. now, we have been talking throughout the show about the pivot points we have reached as a result of bin ladens death. one of the biggest questions is whether torture did or did not work in this situation and what that means going forward. democratic senator dianne feinstein, chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, says got the necessary leads to find bin laden without resorting to torture. >> to the best of our ...

Asked permission to do the c.i.a. interrogators to go ahead and use enhanced interrogation practices and the judge says thats too much. >> yeah. gary is exactly right. these folks are warriors. theyre prisoners of war. we should just treat them as such and we can release them when we say the war is over. obama is going to get more americans killed if he keeps doing this nonsense. if they had a practice that worked, it would be fine but theyre really amateurs. gary is exactly right. >> al-qaida r...

Them there last year. number of operations, kidnappings, attacks out there. thats one of the things under the law. you can kick somebody back to the place that you captured them or where youre from. hes from there. so its two and one. >> heres whats going to drive you nuts, he was giving us great information and has given us great information. using the enhanced interrogation practices which we got permission to implement on him. yet, that is the reason he could be freed and avoid the death pena...

They got a plea that he was able to plead guilty to planning to use a weapon of mass destruction. they threatened to charge his mother and thats when he started coughing up intel. >> lets hope somebody always has a mom here and -- >> like the underwear guy with the uncle. remember? its twice in a row. >> with the father, you mean. >> with the father and then there was an uncle. its about relatives. theyre able to pinch the relatives to get the bad guys to squeal. >> eric holder went on to see i ...

Custody. today robert mueller told congress despite being read his miranda rights the christmas day underwear bomber suspect is still cooperating with investigators and giving them useful intelligence. a senior administration official has also now told nbc news that two fbi officials flue to nigeria on new years day, to meet with mr. abdulmutallabs family. a few of his family members flew back to the u.s. with the fbi. they convinced the man to cooperate with authorities. the official also says ...

His miranda rights, they wanted him until military custody. today robert mueller told congress despite being read his miranda rights the christmas day underwear bomber suspect is still cooperating with investigators and giving them useful intelligence. two fbi officials flew to nigeria on new years day, to meet with mr. abdulmutallabs family. a few of his family members flew back to the u.s. with the fbi. they convinced the man to cooperate with authorities, the official says that standard fbi i...

To now become the cia director and the fact she was facing steep odds in terms of her confirmation process. skepticism and criticism about her rolepost-9/11 era and interrogation practices now deemed torture. senator mccain opposed her nomination but ultimately he was confirmed and won over six democrats. president trump focusing on that victory today. a political win for the president an also, of course, an historic moment. the fact do you have the first woman who is now the cia director, chris...