Page 55 - Interrogation Techniques News Today

Of the interrogation program and not designed to soften him up. >> the statute says you cant under law cause intentionally cause somebody severe physical pain or suffering. it is not defined. severe mental pain. >> it gave them a lot of wiggle room. >> it has to last beyond whats transient. what the cia did did not violate the statute. >> outrage over the harsh interrogation techniques building harsh words coming from u.s. allies. germany calling the torture gruesome. other countries like china ...

Those who served in the bush administration and authorized these enhanced interrogation techniques, should they be worried about going to belgium or sprain and arrest them on war crimes? >> no. i dont know who that u.n. official was. americans will not stand for that. its unfair. its unthinkable i dont think its going to happen. it only hurts the u.n., frankly. >> john rizzo, was the cia council, the memorandums authorizing these enhanced interrogation techniques called torture. alberto gonzales...

He says without that technique we wouldnt have found the courier which led us to bin laden. if he was there and he saw and had the information and they dont interview him for this report, how do they possibly come to the conclusion that they did that this did not help find some of these terrorist sns. >> well, look, it clearly did. and theres plenty of evidence on the record, including president bushs own book in which he talks about on pages i believe it is 168 through 170 where he talks about ...

T.j. and reena, back to you. now that the house passed a trillion-dollar spending bill its the senates turn to take up the measure. president obama made last-minute calls in order to secure enough support for that bill which keeps most of the government operating through next september. it passed by 13 votes despite democratic opposition to changes in wall street and campaign finance reforms. conservative republicans were against it because it doesnt challenge the president on immigration. t...

Activities. the agency failed to establish quickly the operational guidelines needed to govern the entire effort. in a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent, and rightly should be repudiated by all. >> brennan conceded he cannot say for sure the methods obtained useful information. >> our reviews indicate that the detention and interrogation program produced useful intelligence that helped the united states thwart atta...

Have been leaked online. those weve seen seen so far contain negative comments about angelina jolie, leonardo dicaprio, tom cruise. and also celebrities social security numbers wound up online. it comes at the same time as release of the sony movie, "the interview," a comedy condemned by north korea. the fbi says north korea could behind the attacks. martha, that is still under investigation. >> indeed. will, thank you very much. >> is there a new civil war among democrats now? many going public...

Conclusions just like the rolling stone author. is that true or false? >> i want to say this up front because i agree the debate over how they put the report together matters and they should have interviewed these people but i dont want to it distract from the substance of this. we use these interrogation techniques which goes to torture. if you read the report we used them on a lot of people. we profiled this one case where we brought in this one guy and presumed he actually wasnt a high value ...

Them. richie is taking them back to court. she wants them fined $100 a day until they pay up. boy. those are your headline. >> the parents are not going to give her any money until she starts talking to them. >> of course. >> it seems fair. >> we come from the parental perspective. this coming up, top democrat says the c.i.a. should issue an apology to our enemies for its enhanced interrogation techniques. the first navy seal ever elected to the u.s. house of representatives is up next to reac...

About these interrogation techniques and whether or not they are torture. >> first of all, i certainly agree that there were times when cia officers exceeded the policy guidance that was given and the authoritized techniques that were approved and determined to be lawful. they went outside the bounds in terms of their actions as part of that interrogation process. they are harsh. in some instances i would say theyre abhorrent. and ill leave it to you to label those active it itieactiv. >> john m...

A test vote to count the chickens. if they do this, can you imagine what parties will think and then forces a shut down? >> drama is going to happen and we want him to update us in terms we can understand because its confusing but thing are falling apart there. the government is going to shut down and hes going to stay tuned and let us know. we may get word any moment now this bill is debt and a government shut down is potentially upon us. the minute there is news, well bring it to you. nancy pe...