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You hear these critiques of haspel being too tough on terrorists? >> they murder americans, they flew planes into innocent people in 9/11 and we are being too tough on them? this is a joke. rob: the critics say the interrogation techniques, and the freedoms we hold so dear in america. >> i was at quintana bay, america tries to bring these terrorists who murdered without any due process. we created rules that made this not torture but enhanced interrogation. i saw colene she, hominid at guantána...

>> senator will suspend, capitol police will remove. [person in back of room shouting] >> stop resisting. >> if there are any other further disruptions i will ask the capitol police to remove all individuals. >> if one of your operatives were captured and subjected to waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques which you supervised would you consider that tore moral since the other entity did not have legal restrictions and good trade craft, as you appeared to do when you were involved i...

Intelligence committee say shes a pro, shes wonderful. this is about us and our value. there was an article in the times as i told pete by a pregnant whom said she was at this site where she was abused and tortured. and i think to myself the united states, we should not put our brand on torturing a pregnant woman? should we torture -- >> so i didnt read the article ill go back and find out if we indeed tortured a pregnant woman. >> the government does a lot of things we disagree with you dont th...

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 in that. >> i note that one pro...

Of professional accountability and what we prioritize in terms of 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 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 legal. im asking do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i b...

Experience. not learned from some academic or theoretical position or from a comfy chair in an office somewhere. she has learned, and the agency learned, very difficult lessons from the past. and shes been very clear that were not going back there. laws have changed. the belief -- the understanding what was wrong with that program has developed, and, you know, again, i dont know how many times shes going to have to repeat that. >> one of the things she said, we did get valuable information from ...

Their mind. >> we know that rand paul has an issue, but that math may still work out. >> that could have been a taped response. when you say that ran paul has an issue, doesnt that come up every time there is a close vote. ? gina haspels nomination brought the cias controversial detention and interrogation program back to the forefront because of her reported involvement in it. after the 9/11 attacks the cia set up secret prisons known as black sites in eight countries including thailand, afgh...

What rule did she play in the brutes interrogation techniques and what did she feel about it? she said some things democrats wanted to hear. the cia will not go down the road again, its against the law. even if president trump wanted to bring this back, asked her to do it she would resist, but on this question what did she personally feel about the techniques, were they moral, immoral? she refused to answer. we have sound from the senator from new mexico trying to get an answer to that question....

Secured to provide classified briefings and information. so she is behind those closed doors with intelligence committee members who have been coming and going as they have pressed her for information. this is also where the intelligence committee regularly hold its classified briefings during the week. so, really, in the context of a hearing like this, the performance art you see out in public in front of the cameras but a lot of the real questions are kept quiet because many of the questions s...

Something from you. you are messing with trump a lot more than they are. we are just moments away from what is shaping up to be a very contentious hearing for nominee gina haspel. and while were doing that were learning exactly what haspel is expected to say to the senate intelligence committee itself concerning harsh interrogation techniques and torture. i want to go live to kendall laneny on capitol hill. okay, ken, the house released some prepared remarks. what did it say about torture, gau...