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Or the enhanced interrogation program. the decision was respect to afghanistan and iraq. these were life-and-death decisions really. and i think as a direct result of what he did as president, we got through that period in relatively good shape. as you look back on it now i think he was a bold, decisive leader, and i give him a lot of credit for the quality, if you will, of his presidential leadership. >> we will take a break. coming up, how vice president cheney convinced the president to inclu...

You said no, these were his decisions. what do you think of his ability what do you think of his presidency? how will history judge the presidency of george w. bush with you being his vice president? >> i think set me aside for a moment, administrations dont rise or fall in or the estimate of historians based on the vice president, not ordinarily. pretty rare occurrence. i think when you look at judge bushs presidency you will find, 100 years from now we will look back and see that it was a very...

Guantanamo and shutdown our interrogation program and dramatically reduce our presence in various places where we had difficult assignments that the military had undertaken. >> sean: do you think he projects weakness? >> i think he did in those early days? there was a tendancy on his part to want to apologize for america being america. when we talked about the unique aspects of our history, exceptionalism of the united states of america. that has very special meaning and significance i think for...

Ended the enhanced interrogation program that bush and other bush administration officials say was essential for gathering information. theres been a long-term animosity between senator mccain and the elements of the bush administration. im not taking a side in that fight. im just saying hes not sitting on the sidelines. hes a player. >> in your book you are taking a definite side. you say without enhanced interrogation we would not have the information we have today and im assuming now that osa...

In washington, successful mission to get bin laden stirred up the debate about enhanced interrogation and whether the c.i.a. personnel who conducted them should be praised or prosecuted. near is national correspondent catherine herridge. >> u.s. officials say mosaic of intelligence led to bin ladens compound in pakistan, they acknowledge foundational piece of intelligence came from the controversial c.i.a. interrogation program. on "fox news sunday," senior white house advisor was pushed to expl...

In washington, successful mission to get bin laden stirred up the debate about enhanced interrogation and whether the c.i.a. personnel who conducted them should be praised or prosecuted. near is national correspondent catherine herridge. >> u.s. officials say mosaic of intelligence led to bin ladens compound in pakistan, they acknowledge foundational piece of intelligence came from the controversial c.i.a. interrogation program. on "fox news sunday," senior white house advisor was pushed to expl...

Draw specific links all the way through it. this has been a process of some nine years with a big focus by the fbi and the central intelligence agency and elements of the department of defense. and what happens is scraps of information come together. and it eventually creates a mosaic that presents a picture different than any of the scraps of information. now i wasnt involved with enhanced interrogation program that the cia was operating. they did in fact use techniques on three people as i und...

Intelligence agency and elements of the department of defense. and what happens is scraps of information come together. and it eventually creates a mosaic that presents a picture different than any of the scraps of information. now i wasnt involved with enhanced interrogation program that the cia was operating. they did in fact use techniques on three people as i understand it. and three directors of the central intelligence of the united states of america all said that they believed, and this i...

Part in fact, people who were on homeland security in charge of this, panetta said it himself. >> not. >> yes he did. >> no he didnt. [ talking over each other ] >> sean: one at a time. would bin laden be alive today, but for these techniques? i argue yes, he would be alive today. im glad that the president made the decision. and im glad that bush put in place the policy to get us the intelligence. >> the interrogation program. and yes he would be alive and at large. give credit to the obama adm...

Completely due, at least in part in fact, people who were on homeland security in charge of this, panetta said it himself. >> not. >> yes he did. >> no he didnt. [ talking over each other ] >> sean: one at a time. would bin laden be alive today, but for these techniques? i argue yes, he would be alive today. im glad that the president made the decision. and im glad that bush put in place the policy to get us the intelligence. >> the interrogation program. and yes he would be alive and at large. ...