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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 in that. >> shepard: that matter is under dispute ...

This to enhanced interrogation techniques -- i believe as many people and 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. i dont think its knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that. >> thank you. >> senator cornyn. >> i note that one ...

Our moral authority as americans and as a country. so one question i have not heard you answer is do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. 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 legal. do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. does extraordinary work to prevent another attack on th...

You. >> i do not believe the president would ask me to do that. >> do you believe previous interrogation techniques were immoral. im not asking do you believe they were illegal do you believe they were immoral. >> i believe that cia did extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country given the legal tools we were authorized. >> please answer yes or no. >> that was tamala harris i worked with at san francisco district attorney office grillingner that sense. what did you make of the h...

Cia. lots of questions from democrats about the enhanced interrogation techniques after 9/11. were they moral? it mustve been asked about ten different ways, different times. what about the tapes that were made to, the videotapes documenting waterboarding that were destroyed. a lot of questions about that and the intelligence community. back with the panel. jason, your thoughts? >> haspell is not a justice department lawyer. her job was to determine what the powers were under the constitution. h...

News deck. >> shepard: first o on the fox news deck this afternoon president trumps pick to run the cia says torture does not work and she is vowing to never again allow it. >> i have on this issue. i want to be clear. having served in that tumultuous time i can offer you my personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under my leadership, on my watch, cia will not restart a detention and interrogation program. >> shepard: gina haspel appeared in front of the senate intelligence comm...

Among party lines and the questioning. >> is there ever. it looks as if she hasnt lost any republicans. if she did, she might go down. she picked up one democrat today about one democrat can make all the difference in the world. that subtracts one from the group that is voting against her, and it means if john mccain doesnt come back that will put her down at 51. if they lose rand paul, they are at 50. everyone along party lines would give her the majority. so on balance tonight, it looks good f...

Denied these attacks after donald trumps withdrawal from the iran deal. gina haspel facing tough questions from senators, their focus her role in the now outlawed torture program. graph jenkins live in washington dc with what we can expect. >> she would be the first female director fond of highlighting the 33 year veteran will face tough questions in front of the committee in the post-9/11 attacks particularly waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques of system -- terrorist suspects. b...

That. i didnt ask you that question. i asked if it was immoral and the question of course of if the president asked to you do it what you waterboard. >> as all anti-trump and this president is unhinged and they may ask you to do something illegal. >> thats the narrative. >> its premsed on the fact that democrats believe that were being too nasty on al-quida. the reason we dont want her too tough on al-quida. you watch people jump from buildings on 9/11 we forget those moment and were up to vicio...

Notorious killers. i have said it before. gina haspell and many people who worked with her and work with her for decades -- guess what, they say she is without a doubt an american hero. she is smart, shes diligent and shes brave. most importantly, our actions in the wake of 9/11 kept this country safe and brought justice to those people, and thoseot terrorists -- look at usama bin laden. hes at the bottom of the sea in part due to the work by people like haspell. jose rodriguez told us right her...