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To the cia enhanced interrogation program, they will be challenging the secrecy rules at this hearing. >> every decision made in this case contributes to a larger verdict about whether the military commissions have been fair, especially given the context of this case because its the terrorism case to end all terrorism cases. >> reporter: later this month, pretrial hearings in the u.s.s. cole case continues. one of the detainees waterboarded by the cia is accused of planning the attack on the col...

Him. >> joining me is a c.i.a. official that put it together that led the team to bin laden. the author of hard measures, jose rodriguez. just to remind people, there were three people that we gave enhanced interrogations or waterboarded. you were there, like khalid shaikh mohammed. >> i was overlooking the problem and i did travel to one of our black sites but i know the program very well. >> sean: the president wouldnt show the pictures of bin laden because he didnt want to inflame tensions. n...

There is no bin laden without the intelligence you got using these methods, correct? >> that is correct. since then, of course, when he first came into the presidency, he closed down our back sites and stopped the interrogation program. we basically dont have an interrogation policy now. >> sean: so those interrogations led to the nickname of the can you remember yes, sir, over a period of years, you find his real name. he leads you bin laden and decision, president has no decision. this is very...

President obama assumed the presidency eight years into ten-year effort. by the time he assumed the presidency, we were already hot on the trail of bin laden thanks to information obtained from our black sites, information from hardened terrorists that gave us the information because they were subjected to our enhanced interrogation program. so he deserves credited for going ahead with the operation, but to spike the ball and assume sole responsibility and credit for killing bin laden is not rig...

President obama assumed the presidency eight years into ten-year effort. by the time he assumed the presidency, we were already hot on the trail of bin laden thanks to information obtained from our black sites, information from hardened terrorists that gave us the information because they were subjected to our enhanced interrogation program. so he deserves credited for going ahead with the operation, but to spike the ball and assume sole responsibility and credit for killing bin laden is not rig...

Him. >> joining me is a c.i.a. official that put it together that led the team to bin laden. the author of hard measures, jose rodriguez. just to remind people, there were three people that we gave enhanced interrogations or waterboarded. you were there, like khalid shaikh mohammed. >> i was overlooking the problem and i did travel to one of our black sites but i know the program very well. >> sean: the president wouldnt show the pictures of bin laden because he didnt want to inflame tensions. n...

Community very well. the idea that obama is responsible for the state of the war on terror, he inherited al qaeda. the operation that got bin laden, which we are hearing a lot about now, it was made possible by the intelligence gathered from the cia interrogation program that he shut down. when obama had the chance to interrogate a guy trying to blow up a plane in detroit, he is using the intelligence that he inherited from the bush administration. one thing he gets credit for is because with th...

Obviously, after 9/11, unfortunately. after 9/11, to put together an interrogation program and surveillance program president is patriot act and all of those things that were vital to keeping us safe and the remaining 7 1/2 years of our administration, the system with respect to drones and arming the drones, that was something tapresident bush decided on, right after 9/11 and we put weapons on the platforms. that has worked very well. its produced significant results. and the obama administratio...

Obviously, after 9/11, unfortunately. after 9/11, to put together an interrogation program and surveillance program president is patriot act and all of those things that were vital to keeping us safe and the remaining 7 1/2 years of our administration, the system with respect to drones and arming the drones, that was something tapresident bush decided on, right after 9/11 and we put weapons on the platforms. that has worked very well. its produced significant results. and the obama administratio...

Obviously, after 9/11, unfortunately. after 9/11, to put together an interrogation program and surveillance program president is patriot act and all of those things that were vital to keeping us safe and the remaining 7 1/2 years of our administration, the system with respect to drones and arming the drones, that was something tapresident bush decided on, right after 9/11 and we put weapons on the platforms. that has worked very well. its produced significant results. and the obama administratio...