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Answers, but theyre only raising more questions about the agencys use of harsh interrogation tactics and whether they worked. some say john brennan tried to have it both ways -- defending the c.i.a., while admitting major flaws in the system and they were all outlined in that scathing senate report. >> so needless to say this has done nothing to quiet the calls for brennan to resign. despite his promises to improve the agency. however one of his predecessors is defending the c.i.a. with a contro...

Information. do they work. he said let me be clear we have not concluded it was the use of eits within the program to obtain useful information from detainees subjected to them which saline that diane feinstein applauded. >> what happened is he said he got actionable intelligence from people that had enhanced interrogation techniques used against them but not going to do the cause and effect. he has before. yesterday was a brilliant political moment. >> its possible. >> you can decide, this is t...

The first ever live news conference from cia headquarters. >> the cia has implemented a number of reforms to make sure those mistakes never happen again. >> they didnt go rogue. thats their argument. >> he said weve had enough transparency. >> i think theres more than enough transparency thats happened the last couple of i das. >> thats not what this report was about. that was a pretty big surprise. >> some say they went beyond the scope. >> why do we need to see the report anyway. we got to the...

>> none of these lapses should be excused, down played or denied. >> who are we to disagree? >> john brennan in what some thought would be a defense of the torture program but instead he made explicit his agreement with most of the criticism of the cia in the senate intelligence committee report. >> the cia was unprepared to conduct and intention and interrogation program and our officers inadequately developed and monitored its initial activities. the agency failed to establish quickly the oper...

Agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized. were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all. >> but brennan would not call it torture. >> i would leave to others how they might want to label those activities. >> brennans explanation, the c.i.a. was not ready after 9/11. >> the program was uncharted territory for the c.i.a. and we were not prepared. >> and he maintained the agencys enhanced interrogation techniques or eits produced intelligence, even though ...

>> john brennan in what some thought would be a defense of the torture program but instead he made explicit his agreement with most of the criticism of the cia in the senate intelligence committee report. >> the cia was unprepared to conduct and intention and interrogation program and our officers inadequately developed and monitored its initial activities. the agency failed to establish quickly the operational guidelines needed to govern the entire effort. in a limited number of cases, agency o...

Cant beat undercover boss either. >> you look like that guy. >> the guys at the c.i.a. are undercover and so its extraordinary that the top guy at the c.i.a. came out yesterday, william brennan, first time they ever had a live press conference and what he said, among other things, is that despite what the senate democrat report says on interrogation techniques, they did work. we did get good stuff and it did lead to bin laden. here he is defending the bush administration. listen. >> the previous...

Techniques ultimately did provide intelligence but said you simply cant know because if it was because of the techniques used. do you agree? >> sean was very careful and quite nuanced. and what he said was the information from detainees was useful and they were, these detainees, also subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques. the meaning of his words is that the information, which he confirms elsewhere in his comments, the report is devastatingly clear about is that the information that was...

Useful intelligence. brennan calls it unknowable. whether that information could have been obtained without the harsh interrogation. while he would not call it torture, he did not use the word torture, brennan admitted some officers used techniques that went beyond what was legally authorized. >> a number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all. the detainees subjected to enhanced interrogation t...

Media. and even as the cia directors denied that brutal interrogations were indeed torture, he now concedes that some of the tactics were abhorrent. cnns jim acosta at the white house with more. >> reporter: hi, carol. good morning. thats right, the cia director, john brennan, conceded the agency did make mistakes in using those harsh interrogation techniques after 9/11, but he also defended those methods in some instances, saying that its possible in some cases that they provided some useful in...