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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...

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 those eits is something, again, that is unknowable. >> brennan also says that enhanced interrogation provided information that led to the capture of osama bin laden. the report disputes that and goes on to criticize the cia for the management and brutality of the enhanced inter...

Torture is effective and whether it produced any actionable intelligence. there are also examples, in the report, examples of the brutality of some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, including the use of a power drill to intimidate one of the detainees. that was cited as an example of how brutal some of these tactics were. there was also the revelation that the cia had paid up to $80 million to two psychologists who were involved in the design of the enhanced interrogation program. so, ...

>> peter doocy live in washington, thank you. >> time now for look who is talking. lieutenant ralph peters said we cannot change islamic extremism and we cant be held responsible for it either. >> we are not to blame for their problem. it is an excuse as we used to say to the army is at zero meters. we have to defend ourselves against terrorists but muslims have to fix islam. in the middle east and beyond it is greatly in need of fixing. in pakistan in the name of allah terrorists blunder 132 ch...

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...

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It the enhanced interrogation program was a huge success. heres dick cheney defending torture. >> i was a strong advocate and 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. this notion that somehow there was torture involved, thats not true. its a name that, a term that the cr...

No other option. the senate intelligence committee voted behind closed doors toys to declassify portions of its report on the cia detention and interrogation program. the cia will now go through the study looking for anything that would compromise national security, a process that could take months, were told. critics have questioned the validity of the report because no top spy agency officials involved in the programs were interviewed. a man who was once one of president obamas top adviser...

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