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>> 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 think, for example, if he cuts our nuclear arsenal, hes said that will help us have the credibility to tell the iranians or the north koreans th...

Senior officials there basically liars for their role in the interrogation program. but some of the same members are completely fine and believe theyre being told everything they need to know about the drone program. theyre the same people. >> why is the cia achlta running this program instead of the pentagon? >> it started as a covert program. it started as we want to do these missions inside pakistan and wed like to not acknowledge that were actually doing it so tailor made for the cia. everyb...

>> i was a strong advocate and helped put together the enhanced interrogation program. some people call it torture. it wasnt torture. >> frankly, i was stunned to hear that quote from vice president cheney. if he doesnt think that was torture, i would invite him anywhere here in the united states to sit in a waterboard and go through what those people went through, one of them 100-plus odd times. thats ridiculous to make that claim. this was torture by anybodys definition. >> they make a case th...

January 2010. such as vehicle registrations, baptism records or even mortgages. the government is planning to start accepting applications as early as mid-february and will be hiring at least 1,000 new officers to process those applications. and a panel investigating the cias search of a computer network used by staff members of the senate intelligence committee will reportedly recommend a guest punishing anyone involved in the case. "new york times" says the panel will make the recommendation...

Of a scathing report from democrats on the senate intelligence committee on their investigation into the cias interrogation program itself. the committee concluded the program was not effective as a means of collecting intelligence. joining me now, steve mcmahon a democratic strategist and sam stein is political editor at the huffington post. sam, this question of torture and the american people, why do you think that in the main, 51%, people accept the need to be really rough? you can argue the...

Home of an al qaeda suspect. they called it the manchester manuel. it contained information stolen from the u.s. army. and al qaeda was using it to teach jihadists how to resist interrogations. in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, as the cia began to capture terrorists, it went back to mitchell to help devise and manage an interrogation program. and ultimately, it asked him to do the interrogations. among those mitchell was asked to interrogate khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11. ju...

They called it the manchester manuel. it contained information stolen from the u.s. army. and al qaeda was using it to teach jihadists how to resist interrogations. in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, as the cia began to capture terrorists, it went back to mitchell to help devise and manage an interrogation program. and ultimately, it asked him to do the interrogations. among those mitchell was asked to interrogate khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11. just 72 hours ago dr. mitchell ...

Dick cheney is not lawyer and as he told nbcs chuck todd when -- he is not a doctor. he insists the enhanced interrogation program, including practices that meet the standard of illegal torture, were all legal because his lawyers told him so. >> you can look for various definitions. we did what was in fact required to make certain that going forward we were not violating the law, and the law as interpreted by the justice department, the office of legal counsel, is very clear. >> not quite. chene...

Listening to. i mean this guy was there and is sitting down there in florida right now wonderering whooir nobody came to traumatic to him when they were trying to do a comprehensive report on the cia interrogation program, which he in large part designed and which he in large part designed and he has encylopedic knowledge. >> tune in tonight at 9:00 for meg megyns interview. vo: the good more is capturing heey! the moment they open their gifts from verizon. awesome, woah! a bose bluetooth speake...

"a different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. it is the portrait of a man i do not know. it is also a portrait painted by individuals." bill cosby has declined to comment on the accusations. a former cia official is speaking out on the agencys enhanced interrogation program. he says to understand, you have to consider this is what the cia faced right after 9/11. >> the flomood of the populatios this is more than okay. and by the way, if we ever see another jumper f...