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About this torture report and i think this is really the first time that the press is going to have a chance to ask josh about some of the really damning, really revealing allegations that are made in this report. that there was extensive waterboarding way beyond what the american public knew about that. there were other forms of these harsh interrogation techniques that sunk to levels that many americans would probably be shocked by if they were to go through and read this report line by line. ...

Not been subjected to the enhanced interrogation techniques. the cia and john mcglocklin said ghoul gave up a very important piece of information after his interrogation. >> this guy delivered a letter from bin laden to the operations chief. that sort of nails the fact that hes in touch with bin laden and that hes actually doing things for him. >> but mcglocklin acknowledges the information given by those detainees who got stressful interrogation was just one piece of a much larger intelligence ...

Prevented the next attack. i understand why people did this. >> what is the difference between enhanced continue tear gation and torture. >> i think from a military lawyers point of view, none there are some enhanced interrogation techniques that dont violate the. beyond the army field the idea is pretty absurd. because the army field manual is to make sure that corporal smith doesnt abuse a prisoner in the field. we need to allow our intelligence community and military intelligence officials so...

>> led the prosecution against sheikh omar radahll rahman and a plot to bomb new york city land marks. perfect guest for this today. were hearing from james mitchell. he cant call himself the architect of these enhanced interrogation techniques. he calls himself contractor a. the report calls him that. he is basically saying, look, when you kill them with drone strikes, you cant talk to them the way that they did, and now theyre being called, i dont know, in some circles criminal for doing that,...

President george w. bush and other top officials were kept in the dark about aspects of this program for years. is that really possible? >> on the one hand, the report shows there was an intentional effort by senior white house officials to keep key officials including president bush out of the loop on the details of the harsh interrogation techniques used at cia black sites for months and years. the cias telling of this, is that they tried to brief the president but were rebuffed by senior whit...

Very close to him who met with him sometimes virtually every day lied to him or mislead him. these three men in charge of the agency didnt know what was going on most vital of programs that they were intimately involved with and in my opinion knew everything about. >> 17 the information indicate, doesnt identify what the information is which is always interesting. the information we have indicates that the president was not briefed by the cia regarding specific interrogation techniques until apr...

This information did yield important national security information, the damage that it did to our moral authority in the mind of this president means that those interrogation techniques should not have been implemented in the first place. the other thing that is true is it is impossible to know the counterfactual. its impossible to know whether or not this information could have been obtained using tactics that are consistent with the army field manual orror law enforcement techniques and that e...

Did information gleaned through torture expose osama bin laden? cia says yes. cliff notes version. intelligence from the u.s. uncovered bin ladens hideout by identifying his courier and putting a tail on him. what got them to this kuwaiti who ratted out the man? its the most crucial or the most valuable and he was not related to the cias enhanced interrogation techniques. this is the swampts side of this. their response is that it is impossible to know in hindsight if we could have got the same ...

Entire 37-page section dedicated solely to inconsistencies in a single 2007 appearance in front of the committee. for example, the senator asked hayden personnel express allegations about interrogations being used. im not aware of any. these guys are more experienced. no. the report knows that statement is incongruent with c.i.a. records. they express reservations over zubayda. several on the team profoundly affected. some to the point of tears and choking up. an e-mail points away from the dete...

>> the conclusions will make clear how this program was morally, legally and administratively misguided. >> the executive summary released today included 20 findings of techniques that were, quote, brutal and far worse, and, quote, the doctor ia enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or cooperation from detainees. the report also found that the cia used techniques that were not approved by the department of justice or authorized by cia headquarters...