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Defense of that controversial cia report and its release. up next well show you that. and well speak with the man who oversaw the entire cia interrogation program. wait until you hear what he says about these reports. and what do poinsettias have to do with your faith? thats what the reverend franklin graham wants to know after the flower was banned from a courthouse for being too christian. the flower. hell join us next. and, story of an ivy league professor goes global after he goes to war ove...

Mitchell. >> the purpose of the enhanced interrogation program was to get the detainee to be willing to engage with a debriefer or a targeter who was asking a question, and that it wasnt designed so that you would ask questions about actual intelligence while the detainee was experiencing the enhanced interrogation program. almost like a good cop, bad cop kind of setup with a really bad cop. >> joining me now investigative reporter who produced that piece. let me start at the beginning and ask w...

It is an unrelenting prosecutorial document. >> reporter: both men say the cia is right inserting harsh interrogation techniques like shows shop in the film "zero dark thirty" methods prevented attacks and saved life. but on that crucial question, the white house takes no position. >> it is impossible to know the counter-factual. its impossible to know whether or not this information could have been obtained using tactics that are consistent with the army field manual or other law enforcement te...

Wouldnt say definitively. youre not hearing the white house put up a big fight. they say theyre still reviewing the fine details of the legislation. i think what theyre signaling is at this point president obama would sign that legislation. >> let me ask about the continued fallout from the so-called torture report. we heard from former vp dick cheney yesterday. this is just a snippet of what he said. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the reports full of crap. excuse me. said hooey y...

Evidence from him. as you know, youve had the fbi agent who was in charge of this on your show. that all came out before they brought in the torturer -- >> he provided useful information under fbi techniques that were not coercive. they started torturing him thereafter and got nothing else useful from him. >> theyll say that the torture program -- i should say that the interrogation program got this out. but what they dont distinguish is the legitimate interrogation done by fbi and cia officials...

Leftie wishful thinking in a peaceful world, versus what happened in these interrogations, what worked and what didnt. >> theres no doubt theres part of that wishful thinking that you know, all these years on from 9/11, it would be great to rewrite history in the way we felt at that time. mr. fuentes is right in that a sense, think were on the same sheet of music. thats part of the problem of the whole debate. its been the problem for years now, weve been debating and talking and viewing the ren...

Difference between the tactics that are used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics that are employed by the united states of america that go to great lengths to protect the lives of innocent civilians. >> the other interesting angle is the president and his top aides believe these tactics broke the law but theyre not pursuing criminal charges. u.n. officials today said they believe former cia officials as well as former top bush officials should now face war crimes, but the justice depa...

Unpleasant. so its a distortion. its a distortion of what our values are. >> and yet they seem to be claiming the moral authority here even though innocents do get killed in these drone strikes, collateral damage if you will. and yet theyre really hard on the cia for the death of one terrorist during the enhanced interrogation program. however, if you want to get into it they talk about the tactics, certain things were approved, certain things werent. among the other things they say were not app...

Hes the living proof of the fact that they have been deceitful about how that torture program contributed to getting evidence from him. as you know, youve had the fbi agent who was in charge of this on your show. that all came out before they brought in the torturer -- >> he provided useful information under fbi techniques that were not coercive. they started torturing him thereafter and got nothing else useful from him. >> theyll say that the torture program -- i should say that the interrogati...

World. thats their words, not ours. that was a testy interview with the chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein. were going to have more of the interview coming up. i want our viewers to see it. she says the cia interrogation program over these years was flawed and that it completely failed. lets get a different perspective. joiningis now is bill harlow, former cia director of public affairs and also the man behind this new website, ciasavedlives.com. thanks very muc...