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Flynn has been quoted as saying the cia has become a political organization. do you believe that. >> my experience is that i have not seen that. >> if you were ordered by the president to restart the cias use of enhanced interrogation techniques that fall outside of the army field manual, would you comply? >> senator, absolutely not. >> nbcscally oh, has been following the pompeo confirmation hearings. kelly, good to see you. lets start with some of the technical glitches we saw there. they had ...

Given up the notion. >> its enhance interrogation techniques or whatever you want to call this. it certainly doesnt work specifically just to justify it as a result. >> interesting. >> he was unequivocal. he has given up that notion and youre right. well wait to see what happens under the trump administration but the nominee for defense secretary thats close to david petraeus as well because of their time in the field together but also told donald trump its not torture its beer and cigarettes th...

Now he has a whole other set of stockholders those are the words of david petraeus, the american people. so he will have to work in the best interest of the american people but this interview was conducted just before all the revelations that cnn has been reporting and it goes far toward answering a question concerning the western allies and people overseas. warming up and favoring of the russians over his own intelligence teams on this regard. >> theres also confusion today about the so-called ...

Back that wall up with patrolling by human beings, by sensors, by observation devices. >> would you commit to ensuring a religion does not become a basis for u.s. foreign policy, particularing as targeting individuals with ancestry from muslim majority countries? >> i dont think its ever appropriate to focus on something like religion as the only factor. so yes sir. >> what is your personal view of waterboarding and other forms of torture? >> senator, i dont think we should ever come close to cr...

For refusing to rule out the use of waterboarding in the future. these interrogation techniques are and were at the time illegal. and thanks to a provision, senator mccain placed in the defense authorization bill this past year, they are now prohibited from use. in addition, senator sessions voted against the matthew shepard and james byrd hate crime act which among other things expanded the hate crimes law to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. arguing against the hate crimes law in 2...

Mccasey in 2008 for refusing to rule out the use of water boarding in the future. these interrogation techniques are and were at the time illegal. and thanks to a provision, senator mccain placed in the defense authorization bill this past year, they are now prohibited from use. in addition, senator sessions voted against the matthew sheppard and james byrd hate crimes act which among other things expanded the hate crimes law to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. arguing against the h...

General mukasey in 2008 for refusing to rule out the use of waterboarding in the future. these interrogation techniques are and were at the time illegal, and thanks to a provision senator mccain placed in the defense authorization bill this past year, they are now prohibited from use. in addition, senator sessions voted against the matthew shepard and james bird hate crimes act, which, among other things, expanded the hate crimes law to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing again...

And not know, you know. >> uh-huh. >> i was young. i didnt know. i was naive. i was scared. >> robert is not alone, of course. there are people like him in situations just like his in jails and prisons all around the country who confessed as teenagers to crimes they maybe didnt commit. in fact, to prevent that very thing, police departments in many other countries banned or dispensed years ago with interrogation techniques still used in america. had the murder happened elsewhere, for example, he...

Wrong when they say you can get all you need with smokes and a six pack. are they right or are they wrong? >> here is what i would ask general mattis. i have a lot of respect for him, he is a hell of a warrior. he has to ask himself, what would he do? would he give up information if he was captured by isis or al qaeda that was likely to get americans killed for a camel or miller lite. i dont think so. ksm didnt either. our president-elect needs to ask himself, what is he going to do the next tim...

Interrogation techniques that the cia cant use. good chance well stand on the moral high ground looking down into a big smoking hole that used to be several city blocks and some city like los angeles. >> i pray not. dr. mitchell, thank you for being here. >> thank you, sir, for having me on. here is a remind e weve got a live vote today of viewer opinion on exactly this question -- does the saving of american lives ever justify the use of enhanced interrogation methods? go to cnn.com slash vot...