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Do you think this report should be released? >> well, jon, its worth noting that this report was originally approved on a bipartisan basis by all the republican members of the intelligence committee except for one, because there are republicans who had some problems with this, with this program, the enhanced interrogation program. when it became clear this was not going to be an objective investigation, the republicans pulled out. now, i was a cia analyst for 19 years, i was with the house intel...

Committee learned for the first time, for the first time of the use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques or eits. it was a short meeting, in part because president bush was making a public speech later that day disclosing officially for the first time the existence of cia black sites and announcing the transfer of 14 detainees from cia custody to guantanamo bay, cuba. it was the first time the interrogation program was explained to the full committee as details had previously been limi...

The code name cobalt to hide the actual name of the facility. it began operation in september 2002. the facility kept few formal records of the detainees housed there and untrained cia officers conducted frequent, unauthorized and unsupervised interrogations. using techniques that were not and never became part of the cias enhanced interrogation program. the cia placed a junior officer with no relevant experience in charge of the site. in november 2002, an otherwise healthy detainee, who was bei...

Cias interrogation program. they pulled out of the investigation soon after it began when they saw what direction it was heading. now, former vice president dick cheney has come out ahead of this report defending the governments decisions at the time. and of course, former president bush ii has been quick to defend the interrogation methods and all the people involved. take a listen. >> were fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia serving on our behalf. these are patriots. whate...

The obama add min has taken the matter very seriously. finestein told the l.a. times that the white houses involvement was not received well. the report is expected to question the efficacy of torture and revealing more details of the program. they may have misled officials at headquarters. a couple years aduo, the report uncovers startling details about the c.i.a. interrogation program that raises critical questions. there is a bipartisan push. theres a bipartisan push against the release of th...

Facilities abroad and the damage it could do to u.s. relationships with key allies. but both the white house and the justice department say a delay in releasing the report only prolongs the inevitable. the administration is losing the battle the courts over trying to block the report and figure its better to get it over with sooner rather than later. elise labott, cnn, washington. >> now the report began as a bipartisan review of the cia interrogation program that republican senators pulled out ...

Do whatever it takes to prevent another 9/11. >> that is the darnedest thing about this report. because if the defense is you senator feinstein are our regulator and authorized everything in here, then i dont know why shes releasing it other than because, heres the genesis of it, cia is prohibited from spying domestically. she argues the cia spied domestically and one of the victims was her. >> shes ticked off they spied on her. i get that. but you dont put american lives in danger for that reas...

Lot of efforts to circumvent oversight and to report to top officials exactly what was happening within that program. the president for his part has already reacted to the release of this report. i want to read for you what president obama has said in part. todays report reports one element of our nations response to 9/11. the cias interrogation program which i formally ended on one of my first days in the office. the report reinforces my long-held view that these harsh methods were not only inc...

Individuals, very high target, very important individuals. three. they talked about how its important forçó transparency purposes. now, think about how few times when people actually want the information released, the administration has been transparent and the lead tapioca eck is released, the details about the implementation of obamacareers the issue of executive amnesty, they held that back until after the election. this is one more move that is going to be undertaken in a lame duck session...

Committee meeting learned for the first time of the use of so talled enhanced interrogation techniques or eits. it was a short meeting in part because president bush was making a public speech later that day disclosing officially for the first time the existence of cia black sites and announcing the transfer of 14 detainees from cia custody to guantanamo bay, cuba. it was the first time interrogation program was explained to the full committee as details had previously been limited to the chairm...