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Bring back these interrogation programs and whether she would if she were confirmed. take a listen. into ms. haspel you didnt actually answer the question. what would you do if the president ordered you to get back in that business? >> senator, the president has selected me -- >> thats a yes or no. >> -- to give him advice. i would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation program at cia under any circumstances. >> you know, cynthia, if she couldnt say that torture is immoral, then on...

Interrogation program? >> senator, i was not. and i was not read into the program until about a year into its existence. >> laura: guess who learned about the enhanced interrogation at about the same time as gina haspel? congress. yes. fast forward to today. suddenly nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats pretend they hold the world high ground against torture? where were their objections when they were being briefed on these techniques? instead,ni democrats and republicans like mccain and paulan...

>> bret: finally tonight, notable quotables. namerica is being respected again. kim jong-un did a great service. those hostages came out with respect. we didnt pay for them. >> it is no great accomplishment of kim jong-un to do this. >> i think it is time to wrap it up. i encourage the special counsel and their team to bring the work to completion. >> well not let a regime that yells death to america to have the dangerous weapons on earth. nunder my leadership. cia will not start detention and i...

Dojs ongoing stonewalling, slow walking of documents that have been subpoenaed by congress. oh, then they give the phony redaction. oh, and theyd delay delay, delay. then they say no. according to a brand-new article from sara carter, this could be just an effort to buy time for sessions and rosenstein. we will have more on this later in the show. this stuff is not fun. the american people have a right to know. the constitution gives congress that oversight responsibility. make no mistake. we on...

Walking of documents that have been subpoenaed by congress. oh, then they give the phonyen redaction. oh, and then they delay, delay, delay. then they say no. according to a brand-new article from sara carter, this could be just an effort to buy time for sessions and rosenstein. we will have more on this later in the show. this stuff is not fun. t the american people have a right to know. the constitution gives congresso that oversight responsibility. make no mistake. we on this program, will ho...

Did and she stuck to her guns was not to condemn people who did something at the cia they thought was right, legitimate, authorized by the president, blessed by the department of justice and approved by those who are concerned in the congress, although you will have a hard time finding anybody that will admit to that. >> but listen. im going to get this in there. the hearing was contentious in her role post-9/11. she insisted she would fought restart under any circumstances. listen. i will get y...

Me. >> what about enhanced interrogation techniques not used by the cia, is it fair for haspel to be asked are those immoral and if not is it not fair for people like harris or mccain to say if you cant say thats immoral i wont vote for you? >> thats a fair question. you know, if i had answered it i would have said i dont think what we did is immoral. i have the advantage of spending years with her, the people like me in the business dont look at the involvement in the interrogation program as t...

Haspel more ten years, you spoke with her in the field. why do you think she is qualified to run the cia? >> this is a woman who dedicated her life to doing it. she started as a covert agent at the bottom, worked her way up in the operations side of the agency, has been in the management side of the agency. she knows it backward, forward, shes been in some of the tough times. look, we on the intelligence committee, we hear a lot of things that make us not sleep very well at night. with her as th...

Not discontinue this program. i would have them active and ready to go. id go back and study them and learn. there are a lot of monday morning quarterbacks in the business. >> gina haspel, the pick to run the central intelligence agency, in danger of not being confirmed because of the role of running a cia prison, where terror suspects subjected to some of these techniques or torture post-9/11. lets bring back the panel and joining us is phil mudd. you were there and you thought the controversy ...

Qualified to run the cia? >> well, this is a woman who has dedicated her life to doing this. she has been over 30 years with the cia. she started as a covert agent right at the bottom, worked her way all the way up. worked in the operation side of the agency, has been in the management side of the agency. she knows it backwards, forwards. she has been in through some of the tough times. look, we on the intelligence committee, we hear a lot of things every day to make us not sleep very well at ni...