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Questions. in the committee must consider how christopher wray has handled such situations in the past. according to one press account, he expressed his desire to resign in a standoff with the bush white house about the legality of the nsa surveillance program. yet it was testified that the year earlier that christopher wray was part of senior leadership that may have reviewed a memo justifying the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. this is significant because we

Ineffective and unreliable. and harmful to counterterrorism. we learned that bob mueller ended the fbis participation in the interrogation of other cia detainees. because of the harsh torture methods they used. and because they were undermining the investigation. he pulled his people out. this is important because the issue of interrogation techniques isnt just something of the past. trump said that torture works, and he would immediately bring back waterboarding and much worse. so im interested...

And unreliable. and ultimately harmful to counterterrorism efforts. in fact, we learned that back in 2002 then fbi director bob mueller ended the fbis part participation in cia detainees because of the harsh torture methods being used and because they were undermining the investigation. in fact, he pulled his people out. the issue of interrogation techniques is not just something of the past. in february of this past year then candidate trump claimed that torture works and has said that he would...

Is review of particular interrogation techniques. and that was because even at the time, i believe, we were already starting to investigate, and in one case, which led ultimately to prosecution, cases where techniques went too far, and i did not think it was appropriate for the criminal division to be setting interrogation policy or providing legal advice on a going-forward basis. >> memo does not make that distinction. it simply says the criminal division of the department of justice has review...

These are not abstract questions or hypotheticals. and the committee must consider how mr. ray has handled such situations in the past. according to one press account, for example, mr. ray expressed his readiness to resign, alongside then deputy attorney general comey. and fbi director mueller in a standoff with the bush white house about the legality of the nsas warrant list surveillance program. yet, john yu has testified that just a year earlier mr. ray was part of the senior leadership in th...

Because of what it says about mr. rays views and independence at the time, but we know there are those who would bring back torture if they could. how he would handle this is important. in 2009 this committee heard important testimony stating that fbi interrogators have traditionally used the informed interrogation approach. sufan who many of us know, an fbi agent who was a key fbi interrogator for several major terrorism investigations testified to us directly about the contrast between the fbi...

Approvin approving, anything of that sort any memo from john on this topic. later in 2004, the criminal division did have a fairly surgical role, which was not, underline the word not, in approving any particular interrogation technique but merely commenting on a public general interpretation memo by dan levin about what the statutory standard means. and that opinion, as you know, was rescinding prior interpretations that had occurred. again, i had not seen. i did not think it was appropriate fo...

With me. two things happen here. we know the comedian, canadian officials are wrong in their actions, and we do not know that khadr isnt guilty of murder, but we absolutely could be. until we saw that on appeal, handing over $8 million today? that doesnt seem like justice. eric? >> eric: why in the hell does he have any rights at all? if you want to do that, canada, keep that sob in canada. enhanced interrogation techniques that were used in guantanamo bay, three times it was waterboarding, it s...

>> well, james comey may be a magnificent prosecutor. he may be a marvelous attorney. he might have been a good head of the fbi. thats up to everybody else to figure out on their own. one thing no one will ever take away from james comey. heck of an actor. heck of an actor. when it comes to portraying the parts -- if we think about it this way. hes had three basic collisions with american history. in 2004 when he basically shirked from alberto gonzalez over harsh interrogation techniques of the ...

Lets assume that im not a united states senator. im working for a presidential campaign. and im contacted by a russian agent who says, ive got some hacked e-mails here and i want to visit with you about. am i committing a crime? >> also, senator, i think i should resist answering that hypothetical. >> okay. can you explain to me not the law but just in your personal opinion, when interrogation techniques become torture? >> you mean not the law? >> thats right. >> there is a statute that defines ...