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prison where hes been held since 2009. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." not only the null better one issue for most americans, but also the issue that will win the white house in november. the latest jobs report is not nearly what the obama administration was hoping for. its given the republicans fresh ammunition. were covering all the angles, beginning with our white house correspondent dan lothian. whats the reaction over there to the latest jobs numbers? >> reporter...

Im the only guy who would have. please! >> sean: rodriguez was on the show, he is the one that led the enhanced interrogation. he knows. he was there! he saw them. khalid sheikh mohammed. they deny that this is true. but defense secretary panetta admitted it in an interview on nbc. one last tape. >> are you denying that waterboarding was, in part, among the tactics used to extract the intelligence that led to this successful mission? >> no, i think some of the detainees clearly were, you know, t...

Intelligence, you still believe that there is a connection, that there is a value to the enhanced interrogation techniques. what about the downside and the problems not only the problems legally, but the problems morally and the problems of the u.s. reputation in other countries if we violate the geneva conventions, what happens to our people when they are held captive? >> well, were not violating geneva conventions. these are combatants, enemy combatants. theres a different set of rules about t...

Thoughts now? youve written the book and its a fascinating account. we have to of course, put ourselves back in the mind-set of post- 9/11 not knowing how wide the conspiracy was, the pressure from all sides to find bin laden and to find the other members of al qaeda, which of course, was done. bin laden only recently a year ago, but the other members of al qaeda were tracked down. so i acknowledge all of that. and the long service, your 25 years with the agency. but do you have any second thoug...

Started with enhanced interrogation techniques of a number of detainees. there were two in particular, but khalid shaikh mohammed did not accept the fact that he knew the courier but he did send a note to his fellow detainees telling them not to say anything about the courier which told us a lot about the courier. so, i am i convinced having read all the intelligence that in fact, the information obtained from enhanced interrogation led to the eventual kill of bin laden and the destruction of th...

americas longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that theres a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into whats known as the green villag...

Compound. >> he spent 31 years in the c.i.a.s clandestine service. after the 9/11 attacks he led the agencys counterterrorism center. >> we targeted the al-qaeda structure. took to the enemy with determination and we focused. >> in a new back he defends the interrogation techniques like water boarding used after 9/11 on some of al-qaedas top leadership. poster boy was al-qaeda operative was abu zabeda. >> he identified ramsey bin al sheik and led to his capture a xur and they provided informatio...

Trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, noits guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust em. unlike rdy. dolr for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >>. >> sean: one year after the raid that killed osama bin laden. a high ranking c.i.a. official is speaking out and arguing that the harsh interrogation techniques that were employed by the bush administration played a larger role provided intelligence road map that eventually led to th...

>> daniel larusso may have been the best around in "the karate kid" but one certainly is not. they found that lori shapiro canceled an eighth grade math class and had the kids watch the karate kid for close to an hour. why? apparently, so the teacher could tutor shapiros son instead. the movie was being shown to other classes because of a teachers workshop. no word if it was the original karate kid or the 2010 remake. >> much better message in the original. >> oh, yeah? ok. one year ago, informa...

Compound. >> he spent 31 years in the c.i.a.s clandestine service. after the 9/11 attacks he led the agencys counterterrorism center. >> we targeted the al-qaeda structure. took to the enemy with determination and we focused. >> in a new back he defends the interrogation techniques like water boarding used after 9/11 on some of al-qaedas top leadership. poster boy was al-qaeda operative was abu zabeda. >> he identified ramsey bin al sheik and led to his capture a xur and they provided informatio...