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Bush, karl rove. then, did congress mislead the house? >> this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secure. >> well ask the man who oversaw the cias enhanced interrogation program. former director of clandestine operations, jose rodriguez. plus, the fight over how to keep the government open puts a rising political star in the spotlight. >> this fight isnt abo conservatives or liberals. its about money. >> our sunday group discusses sena...

>> i told you what meets the definition of torture. 19 guys with box cutters did to 3,000 americans on 9/11. theres no comparison between that and what we did. >> in atlantic, . >> in cheneys world methods that were part of program like putting detainees in coffin size boxes were not considered torture because they were blessed by the program and rectal feeding, well, thats not torture either. >> this was over and above you admit. >> it wasnt done as part of the interrogation program. it wasnt t...

>> here is the killer in this report. the report is going to say that none of this torture provided actionable intelligence. the cia is going to dispute. that and senator feinstein apparently has in there support for her allegation. but if what she said is believed by the american people, then all this lawlessness was for not. >> listen to the man who ran the interrogation program. he ran it. he wrote a book a couple of years ago. he went on a very limited pr campaign to promote his book. and he...

President obama put a career prosecutor in charge of it. they spent three years looking at all of these. they came up with a finding of no prosecutable offends were involved. >> the second question we want to examine is, was it effective? the senate report says enhanced interrogation -- heres cia director john brennan. >> the detention and interrogation program produced useful intelligence that helped the united states thwart attack plans and save lives. >> senator, the three cia directors who o...

Director says. >> there was useful intelligence, very useful, valuable intelligence that was obtained from individuals who had been at some point subjected to eits. whether that could have been obtained without the use of again, that is unknowable. >> brennan also says enhanced interrogation provided information that led to the capture of osama bin laden. the report disputes that and goes onto criticize the cia for the management and brutality of the enhanced interrogation program. it should be ...

It. first, the back story. then president bush authorized the interrogation program six days after the attacks of 9/11. and sunday, ahead of the report residents release, he defended the intelligence community. president bush pointed out the aftermath of 9/11 was a very difficult time in our countrys history and difficult choices needed to be made, and they were. president obama today agreed and in a statement reminds us no nation is perfect. now the reports graphic details. the report described...

President obama put a career prosecutor in charge of it. they spent three years looking at all of these. they came up with a finding of no prosecutable offends were involved. >> the second question we want to examine is, was it effective? the senate report says enhanced interrogation -- heres cia director john brennan. >> the detention and interrogation program produced useful intelligence that helped the united states thwart attack plans and save lives. >> senator, the three cia directors who o...

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Listening to. i mean this guy was there and is sitting down there in florida right now wonderering whooir nobody came to traumatic to him when they were trying to do a comprehensive report on the cia interrogation program, which he in large part designed and which he in large part designed and he has encylopedic knowledge. >> tune in tonight at 9:00 for meg megyns interview. man (sternly): seriously? where do you think youre going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. its taco tuesday. man: youre not c...

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