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Career ambassadors are expressing serious concerns about her nomination. with us is a former intelligence at the cia and is the author of "the presidents book of secrets." you say this should not be a referendum on harsh interrogation techniques, that this is about joogina haspel, t shes qualified. how do you oversee her role in overseeing a black site shortly after 9/11 from that? shes tough on terrorism? >> we as a country made a decision about that. it was ten years ago. were not doing that a...

I believe that in the cias program, and im not attributing this to enhanced interrogation techniques. i believe, as many people, directors who have sat in this chair before me, that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack. >> is that a yes? >> no, its not a yes. we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees, and i dont think its knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role i...

Commitment enough -- for enough democrats to excuse her path? >> it depends on the democrat. we saw that in this hearing, right? somebody like congresswoman harris who said, do you think that those enhanced interrogation techniques that some people called torture, was it immoral? it was a question she didnt answer. she kept asking and she just was say the united states is on a different sort of moral ground now in terms of this. and she agrees that with this particular place americas approach to...

Getting back in that business. >> thank you. >> the senators time has expired. >> 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 to give him advice. i would not restart under any circumstances in an interrogation program at cia. under any circumstances. >> thank you. you have repeatedly said that at xx of interrogation techniques like waterboarding were determined to be legal. now ther...

Directed by the president who as a candidate enthusiastically endorsed water boarding and more. >> i would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. >> i would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation program at cia under any circumstances. >> reporter: pressed however, haspel with not say if she considered the torture program immoral. >> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral. >> senator, i leave that cia officers to whom ...

Our adherence to the rule of law to what we prioritize in accountability as americans and as a country. one question ive not heard you answer is do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred -- >> its a yes or no answer. do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? im not asking, do you believe they were illegal. im asking do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia d...

Hearing. the real question for a lot of these members is what exactly will gina haspel be able to discuss about her three decade tenure at the cia particularly during the bush year and over seeing those harsh interrogation techniques did take place as well as her role in the destruction of those tapes showing harsh interrogation techniques actually taking place. she told senators privately that there was an order from her superior to carry out the destruction of the tapes but a lot of the detail...

Not interrogation techniques like this are not a quality that the cia is going to move forward on but you also want to see how much responsibility and accountability shell give herself in this. nothing in her opening statement says i regret being apart of this or i had qualms about this and i think shell get pressed on that and i hope shes really honest and forthcoming. >> as we wait to hear from the chairman, senator dick durbin has voiced concern about the role the cia played in advocating for...

Will get confirmed as the next cia director. >> well see if other democrats do the same thing. thank you very much. joining us now, illinois republican congressman adam kinsinger. congressman, thanks for joining us. let me get right to gina haspel, the cia director nominee, faced lots of questions on interrogation techniques during the confirmation hearing today. she led what was described as a cia black site in thailand that used some of those techniques like waterboarding. she says she was f...

Thats very troubling. she was involved in the enhanced interrogation, which they refer to as torture. but, at the time, was considered completely legal. what are the democrats doing with her? >> well, steve, first off, i just say that in those years, 2001 to 2003 gina was a mid career intelligence officer. this is the situation we had just been faced we were feyed with an attack of 3,000 americans on our soil. the attorney general legally approved them. and the democratic director of the cia, ge...