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More than afghanistan. ainsley: what an amazing city. >> investigate the game, lock them up and take those guns off read. the strictest gun controls. ainsley: will you run for mayor of new york? >> got to take the bird out, bill diblasio. >> president obama said to be more suspects from gitmo. is he just returning them to terror? the interrogation program developed that thing. knows the answer to that for ted and joins us live next. did you think hillary clinton was done with politics? think aga...

Steve: it is significant here but flurries. joining us to bring us up to date is james mitchell, st. james enhanced interrogation program, served as one of their interrogators and offer of enhanced interrogation, spent more time talking about philosophy and islamic extremist behavior than anyone else in the country. welcome back. when we found out 22 more gitmo detainees will be released to saudi arabia and others, is there a danger that america should be aware of? >> we are in danger. the belie...

Next up, dr. james mitchell who organized the enhanced interrogation program and conducted waterboarding on high valued detainees and vote your opinion at cnn.com/vote. does the saving of american lives ever justify the use of enhanced interrogation methods? heres james spader from a 2004 episode of the series "boston legal." >> the truth is, as americans, we love torture. we keep it to ourselves, of course. but come on, when it comes to evil doers? tortures okay. just dont tell anybody. we crea...

Hamilton. and that was my whole point. and also this week, a viewer question. dont answer on twitter. go online at cnn.com/vote and weigh in and we will track the results in realtime. see, later in the program, im going to be speaking with dr. james mitchell who designed the post- 9/11 enhanced interrogation program and personally waterboarded al qaeda detain kne detaine detainees. does the saving of american lives ever justify the use of enhanced interrogation methods? go to cnn.com/vote. up ne...

That he wants to get done. so i understand the loyal opposition thing and i get it. i think thats an important part of our process. but i argue its so early, one and a half weeks in, give the guy a chance, i think. >> as you know, president obama ended the cias enhanced interrogation program, waterboarding, stuff like that, saying it actually did damage to americas standing in the world. do you believe that congressman pompeo, whos now designated to become the cia director, and the president-ele...

You have people like ted cruz, rand paul to take away the ability to collect data. >> right. isnt it time to give the nsa that power back. isnt it time to restart to interrogation program we used after 9/11 and bring down a large part of al qaeda. >> there is a proposal in the senate today to restore the powers that the nsa had previously which expired on november 29th. when youre in this kind of a crisis, environment, you need to be able to get the bad guys. not being able to get phone records ...

Knows. on all these subjects, on the enhanced interrogation program that followed 9/11, on the drone warfare program that has actually escalated under president obama at least in its first year, on all of these subjects, and even on what the mission of the cia said today. those who think too much of a paramilitary covert force and that that comes at a price. the price can sometimes be if you are seduced by covert operations the price can be your analysis. bob gates put it this way. imagine how d...

The plan from the pentagon? >> shep, those familiar say the plan is not to close down the operation completely but keep the military trials open at guantanamo and that means the 9/11 suspects, the self-described architect of the attack, khalid sheikh mohammed would stay there. its messed up legally with the cia enhanced interrogation program, still no trial date. fox news has been to the camps more than any other broadcast network and under the dwrafts some, but not all of the camps would be emp...

>> on president obamas watch, we got osama bin laden. hes used the drone program aggressively. there have been no major 9/11-style attacks on american soil. is it possible that even though you disagree with him that his foreign policy is keeping america safe? >> one of the reasons we got osama bin laden is because of the enhanced interrogation program we put in place and he canceled. the drone program, hes used effectively, was invented by george w. bush. >> you write that america is at a hinge ...

9/11-style attacks on american soil. is it possible that even though you disagree with him that his foreign policy is keeping america safe? >> one of the reasons we got osama bin laden is because of the enhanced interrogation program that we put in place and that he canceled. the drone program that hes used effectively was invented by george w. bush. >> reporter: liz, in the book you write that he wants to diminish america. >> hes done everything within his power to diminish us. he seems to thin...