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So be it. >> we have people serving all over the the globe and they will miss christmas at home. and if i shed tears for people working over the holidays, it is going to be for the sailors and soldiers and air men and marines and coast guard personnel that have my sympathy. how about a bag of switches and a lump of coal. (applause) >> the other big story coming out of washington this week was the senates scatting report on the bush eran enhanced interrogation techniques. it cost the taxpayers 40...

>> you personally briefed nancy pelosi. >> i did. >> about enhanced interrogation. >> we briefed her on 4 september 2002 about the interrogation of abu zubaydah. so we went through the techniques that were used on him, including waterboarding. >> and this wasnt just a courtesy call by the cia. u.s. law requires the cia to inform top congressional leaders about covert activities. one of the ranking members notified was west virginia senator jay rockefeller, an outspoken liberal who after the capt...

The blockbuster report on >> the report onni torture takes the lid off of gruesome tactics after 9-11. >> the cia torture revealed. on cia interrogation of terror suspects. >> the release of the highly controversial and inflammatory report on cia interrogation techniques following the 9-11 attacks. >> the media reports earlier this week the senate reports about the cia enhanced interrogation technique. how did the media do covering this story? >> how did they do? >> there are were waves of media...

Didnt know about thigh enhanced interrogation techniques until 2005. you were there. is that true? >> no. it says how he was briefed, he was presented 12 techniques. he authorized the use of ten of them, including waterboarding. its in a footnote and illustrative of the problem with the report -- >> the allegation. >> yes. they didnt talk to the people. they spoke to no one. they simply read documents. its like the queen of hearts, you know, for -- judgment first, verdict second. they came to a ...

The 9/11 attacks is a cheap shot. >> and is this why it was done at other sites? >> no, they are not american citizens, but they are unlawful combatants, and they are people who have committed unlawful acts of terror against the american people, and we put them in places to find out what they knew and to protect the country from further terrorist attacks, and it worked. >> and general petraeus said this about the troops about the interrogation techniques to the troop, and others say that we coul...

From washington. tracie, the former vp, he didnt hold back one bit. >> reporter: no gray area at all for dick cheney here. he says this program, the interrogation techniques that were talking about here, that they were authorized, that they were legal and they worked. >> i would do it again in a minute. >> reporter: former vice president dick cheney with the strongest defense so far of the cias enhanced interrogation techniques. >> what they did to 3,000 americans on 9/11, that was brutal, blood...

Interrogation techniques. >> did you tell her about waterboarding? >> yes. >> did you tell her about sleep deprivation? >> yes. >> did you tell thher will slapping and pushing them into the walls? >> i briefed her onally of the techniques they were aware of everything and okay it had. >> did nancy pelosi ever object to the techniques that you mentioned? >> she never objected to the techniques at all. a wear december tornado hit down in wichita. no damage was reported. >> in drought stricken ca...

To the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks is a cheap shot. >> and is this why it was done at other sites? >> no, they are not american citizens, but they are unlawful combatants, and they are people who have committed unlawful acts of terror against the american people, and we put them in places to find out what they knew and to protect the country from further terrorist attacks, and it worked. >> and general petraeus said this about the troops about the interrogation techniques to the troo...

It. we have people in uniforms serving all over the globe, theyre going to miss christmas at home and they arent being paid near what the president and congress are making. if i shed tears for people working over the holidays, its going to be for the sailors, soldiers, airmen, marinesy2t÷ a the coast guard personnel that have my sympathy. for the president and the members of congress, how about a bag of switches and a lump of coal. the other big story coming out of washington this week was the ...

>> the bulk of the government is from september 30th, but it only funds the department of homeland security through february. thats the branch that the agency, i should say, that carries out. >> during the past week reignited the conversation today. talking about the release of the e cia torture report by the democrats, and, of course, former vice president dick cheney has been one of the biggest proponents of this program. he talked about it again today, right? >> he was on nbcs "meet the press...