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The so-called torture memos that authorized enhanced interrogation techniques under the previous administration. >> how so, how are legal structures around killing people, hundreds of whom have been civilians, even though its shrouded in secrecy. >> every incident in the world history involves civilian casualties. drone strikes are certainly much more precise for example than the bombing of dresden in world war ii or bombings in vietnam or other efforts or bombings in desert storm in the 90s, bu...

Eits, our nation and in particular this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secure. >> but was the program worth it? heres more from john brennan. >> detainees who were subjected to eits at some point during their confinement, subsequently provided information that our experts found to be useful and valuable in our counterterrorism experts. >> do you think the bin laden case can be attributed in some part to enhanced interrogation technique...

We are tracking what you need to know. welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. the battle over the harsh interrogation techniques under fire after john brennan holds a news conference defending the techniques and useful intelligence. brennan calls it unknowable. whether that information could have been obtained without harsh interrogation. he would not call it torture, he did not use the word torture. brennan said officers used techniques beyond what t...

Violate that statute. >> so i understand you are making a legal point. and whether you want to call it abhorrent, acceptable, whatever you want to say with your point of view, is whether they worked? did they work? did they get information that saved american lives? that is the crucial question at the heart tv and he-- the heartv and here is how john brennan answered today. >> i have already stated that the reviews indicate that the interrogation produced useful evidence that helped the united s...

Who admits hes one of the architects of these tactics. his name is james mitchell. who is right, in his eyes? >> well, pam, based on the fact that he called the senate report a pile of crack, i think you have a good sense of where he is coming from on this. remember, that senate report said that the interrogation techniques that he was the architect for didnt provide any intelligence that prevented and he gave me one of the best explanations for how both the cia can be heard saying opposite poin...

Origination of this program. it begins with zubedah initially coughed up information and then he shut up. and he became uncooperative. the cia, there was a high level of chatter about follow-up attacks on the united states. the cia comes to the president and says we need to have additional authority to undertake some additional interrogation techniques, the enhances interrogation techniques. here are 13 of them. bush has them reviewed by the lawyers and approved. and he determines hes uncomforta...

Today a rare news conference cia director john brennan spoke he was defending cia interrogation tactics. yesterday senate intelligence committee democrats releasing a report accusing the cia of using torture and produce nothing useful information. here is part of director brennans response today. >> it is our considered view that the -- subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. >> and major ...

The cia were providing misinformation. >> i dont think the people are being honest about it. people dont want to see enhanced interrogation techniques used under any circumstances and claim it doesnt work, it doesnt work. sadly, i believe that force can work, not against everybody but works in certain times and i dont think people are being honest about that. the issue of whether its done, its a moral issue and in that situation, we dont want to use, i dont want to see the united states using te...

New ensure active clear protein. 8 grams protein. zero fat. ensure. take life in. abhorrent. thats how cia director john brennan describes some of the agencys post 9/11 interrogation techniques during a rare press conference, firing back against claims that tactics didnt work. brennan said some of the information obtained by interrogators did, indeed, help them find bin laden.

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