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Radio host who famously touted a plan to undergo waterboarding, to say that it wasnt torture, and that didnt go as planned when he lasted about 10 seconds. >> all right, thats it. thats it. >> all right, i dont want to say this, i do not want to say this, absolutely torture. >> barack obama ran against torture in 2008, he reissued the bans against the techniques that bush used on his first day in office. >> we have to be clear and unequivocal, we do not torture. period. that will be my position ...

Pompeo is whether or not he can put the state department back together again. its been undermined. its been hollowed out. for him to operate effectively as secretary of state, hes going to need some experts in all of these key positions, and thats going to take time. >> and what about gina haspel to become the cia director, first woman, first person from the covert side of cia since the 70s. but most importantly to her critics, including those who are going to have to confirm her, she was in cha...

Law has changed and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security, but in terms of her qualifications to me, theyre second to none. >> attorney general jeff sessions fired former fbi director andrew mccabe on friday night, two days before he was set to retire and receive his pension. mccabe says this was a politically motivated effort driven by the president himself. and though of course there was this inspector general recommendation that he be ...

Enormous power who is intimately involved with torture and from everything were reading was supportive of the policy so no, i cant support that. >> i thinks and outlier, senator paul, within the republican party and i will be looking for her to understand that the law has changed, and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security but in terms of our qualifications to me theyre second to none. >> back with me analyst david drucker and ana navarro....

Thanks to senator mccain and others, and i will be looking for her to understand that the law has changed and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security, but in terms of her qualifications to me, theyre second to none. >> attorney general jeff sessions fired former fbi director andrew mccabe on friday night, two days before he was set to retire and receive his pension. mccabe says this was a politically motivated effort driven by the president...

Ari B.R. In Santa Cruz and Weiner K. P.F.A. Got Archie time for brushing up with some holly. From K.B.S. Gaper cigar radio in Los Angeles This is rising up with song and Im your host son on legal hotbar Donald Trump has named a new CIA director Gina hospital as part of his major reshuffle of agency heads possible is the current deputy director of the CIA and has a sordid past in the agencys torture program under George W. Bush on our show duty will speak with my heart his all a fellow at the In...

Role in our national security apparatus, pompeo will give it a bigger voice in the oval office. this is a net positive for the president to make that change. now hes got the right team, pompeo and haley, two people that have his confidence. >> one bit of breaking news as it comes to the cabinet makeup now. some speculation that the va secretary david shulkin may be on the way out, not by his choice. and that secretary of energy rick perry might be the replacement. rick perry is testifying on cap...

And as to haspel, i have serious question questions concerns about her seemingly unlimited commitment to interrogation techniques and torture that i think from people like john mccain who was a victim of torture himself who was a prisoner of war that it doesnt work at the end of the day for the purpose of our intelligence gathering and it acts as a negative for us globally. i have to respect somebody like mccain who was a prisoner of war, went through torture and understands the realities of it....

2002, waterboarding what some consider to be torture. is this an area you think democrats will fight on? >> i think democrats will want to give it a really close look. we have seen senator john mccain tweeting about this. hes very concerned as well. i think other republicans will. we forget how damaging those interrogation techniques were to our reputation around the world. part of the reason that so much violent extremism arose in the middle east and elsewhere was in part because of some of wha...

Without interrogation techniques, there is no getting usama bin laden. she saved american lives. i wish the world was an evil, sadly it is. former deputy assistant to the president, sebastian gorka, ed henry. by the way, ed, this is a full-time gig. what is up with that? theyre going to oppose the first woman ever nominated to lead the cia and theyre saying shes too tough on terror? jose rodriguez witnessed the waterboarding and he knows the information extracted. >> this is almost tailor-made f...