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The things that were not -- >> the unauthorized. >> such as a medical rehigh tradition. >> stop. that was a medical procedure. they saw they were becoming dehydrated. and they had limbed options to do it. it was intra venus with needles and that was dangerous. >> so you are saying did -- >> im not a doctor and neither are you. what im told is this is one of the ways that the body is rehydrated. these were medical procedures. and to give you a sense. >> are you really defending rectal hydration. ...

Of the interrogation program and not designed to soften him up. >> the statute says you cant under law cause intentionally cause somebody severe physical pain or suffering. it is not defined. severe mental pain. >> it gave them a lot of wiggle room. >> it has to last beyond whats transient. what the cia did did not violate the statute. >> outrage over the harsh interrogation techniques building harsh words coming from u.s. allies. germany calling the torture gruesome. other countries like china ...

Again. so i wanted to stand with those women. this, for me, is not about bill cosby. this, to me, it about violence against women. >> beverly johnson first revealed her story to vanity fair magazine and hopes that more women with more accusations against him will speak out. meantime, a man considered to be one of the architects of the cia interrogation program is breaking his silence to cnn about the spy agency that paid him millions and what he thinks about the new report on the brutal tactic...

Of the interrogation program and not designed to soften him up for any questioning. >> the statute says you cannot cause intentionally cause somebody severe physical or mental pain or suffering. it is not defined. >> it gave them a lot of wiggle room. >> it has to last beyond what is transient. the cia did not violate the statute. >> worldwide outrage over the techniques building. harsh words from u.s. allies. germany calling it gruesome. china and north korea predi predictably calling it hypocr...

Agenda. >> he sited a key finding that the enhanced interrogation program also known as eits did not provide substantive leaves in the decade long hunt for al qaeda leader. >> the information contained subs went to bits from detainees that was useful in the operation. brennan offered a an assessment of the program and the connection of waterboarding including 9-11 architect khaled sheikh mohammed. >> the cause and effect relationship between the use of the eits and useful information subsequentl...

Speech on the floor of the senate, calling for president obama to purge from his administration people who were part of the cias interrogation program, people like the director himself, john brennan. this is tough stuff for a guy on his way out. but here he is. >> torture just didnt happen afterall, contrary to the presidents recent statement, we didnt torture some folks. real actual people engaged in torture. some of these people are still employed by the cia and the u.s. government. they are r...

And he still wouldnt tell me which moniker was his. and that report says mitchell helped run and design the interrogation program. and he didnt have any particular expertise, according to the report. the cia disputes that. but the fact remains, carol, that the company he started made $80 million contracting with the cia, and theres real questions about whether or not he had the expertise to start to run that program. >> im sure youll keep digging. chris frates, thanks so much. we appreciate it. ...

Rehydration? >> im giving you a sense of how the report was put together. this activity that was done five times, in each time for the health of the detainee, not part of the interrogation program. not designed to soften him up for any questioning. >> critics ask whats the difference between harsh interrogations under president bush and classified drone attacks under president obama? one intelligence committee member insisted, the drone program is legal. >> i believe that the c.i.a. is acting wi...

>> right. bill: rich lowery writes this on the screen about dianne feinstein. the senate intelligence committee spent roughly $50 million in the cia and could not find michael haydens phone number. it portrays general hayden as a liar and deceived the committee about the interrogation program yet the committee could not be bothered to interview him because it didnt bother to view anyone. he calls this depiction of the cia cartoonish are steve. >> cartoonish might be kind. that is the major probl...

Time. of course theyre working on the problem but it will take them some time. well keep you posted. were also learning more about interrogation methods used by the cia, including the idea that you have to mentally and physically break down suspected terrorists before you build them up and get information out of them. heres how james mitchell, one of the architects of the cias interrogation program, describes it. >> its a little bit like a good cop/bad cop argument. we have a bad cop and a good ...