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Program -- >> they did have hundreds of thousands -- in fact, thats one of the argument -- of documents from the cia, recounting the program. >> but this program itself has also been the subject of investigation by the cia inspector general at length. we know, look, this program will be debated clearly for decade here in this country. and i think its fine to have the debate. but if youre going today that we should not have conducted the enhanced interrogation program, if youre going to see we sh...

The severity and success of the enhanced interrogation program. this is obviously a program that your dad was instrumental in supporting and helping to shape up. heres what chairman -- the chairman of the intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, said this week. >> it is now abundantly clear that in an effort to prevent further terrorist attacks after 9/11 and bring those responsible to justice the cia did make some serious mistakes, and that they haunt us to this day. >> she talked about it as ...

But the f.b.i. interrogator was not even there when we started the program. its interesting that nobody ever talked to us about this report. nobody who was in a position of authority at the agency was interviewed, which i just find incredible. >> here is nancy pelosi yesterday doing what she does best, blaming dick cheney. >> i do believe that during the bush-cheney administration, that vice president cheney set a tone and an attitude for the c.i.a. i think hes proud of it. i think hes proud of ...

>> the head of the program under president george w. bush at the cia, jose rodriguez who was in charge of operations spoke out about this after the house minority leader had something to say about it as well. >> many people in the cia are patriotic they protect our country in a way to avoid conflict and violence, et cetera. but the attitude that was there was very -- i think came from dick cheney. >> i think that dick cheney is proud of it no disrespect. but nancy pelosi is not even telling the ...

Soon as the report is completed. we will declassify those findings so that the american people can understand what happened in the past and that can help guide us as we move forward. >> now it could be a few weeks or even a few months until we get the summary of the report, but this week "the washington post" reported some of the senate panels bombshell revelations. according to government officials familiar with the report, the senate investigation concludes the cia misled congress and the publ...

And the debate. where does it go? >> first to the debate which you bring up, former vice president dick cheney defending itself because parts of the senate report have been leaked and theyre expected to show the interrogation tack telecommunication were much more harsh than reported and it going to question the link between the interrogation program and actually gaining credible intelligence. so it is an incredibly divisive debate, democrats entering it obviously, house minority lead are nancy p...

>> the strong advocate helped put together the enhanced interrogation program. some people call it torture. it wasnt torture. we were very careful in all respects to abide by the law. we got legal opinions out of the justice department with respect to what we could do and what we couldnt do. >> i was stunned to hear that quote from vice president cheney just now. if he doesnt think thats torture, i would invite him anywhere in the united states to sit in a water board and go through what those p...

Approved at the very highest levels of government being briefed constantly to those in the oversight intelligence committees. and frankly, you need to have an element of unknown in your kit bag, meaning that when youre involved in an interrogation program, and we have to remember what this was like right after 9/11. we have to remember, sometimes i hate to say this, but a lot of people have slipped away from that moment. its a mark in history. so its as if we want to talk about this now as if 9/...

School newspaper, quote, if i had to do it all over again i would. the results speak for themselves. a former cia official who ran the cia interrogation program wrote this in an op-ed. quote, i know it produced critical intelligence that helped decimate al qaeda and save american lives. staff members started with the c conclusion in 2009 of evidence ever since. they never spoke to me or other top cia leaders involved in the program or let us see the report. the cia will now finally get a chance ...

Of what it happened in the program -- >> they did have hundreds of thousands -- in fact, thats one of the argument -- of documents from the cia, recounting the program. >> but this program itself has also been the subject of investigation by the cia inspector general at length. we know, look, this program will be debated clearly for decade here in this country. and i think its fine to have the debate. but if youre going today that we should not have conducted the enhanced interrogation program, ...