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Place. >> but we all know that the terrorists out there want to hurt the united states, hurt the u.s. allies. the question is, did the cia go too far in using what they call these enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other activities? >> that wasnt your question. >> was that beyond the scope? >> i would say that was not beyond the scope because it was only waterboarding done on three people. khalid sheikh mohammed and abu zubayadah and one other. the ...

Did these techniques stop terror attacks? today, senators of both parties said no. >> coercive interrogation techniques did not produce the vital, otherwise unavailable intelligence the cia has claimed. >> i know from personal experience, that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good in intelligence. and what the advocates of harsh and cruel interrogation methods have never established, is that we couldnt have gathered as good or more reliable intelligence from using humane methods...

President decided he was going to ban these techniques. make mo no mistake, i think this is a very difficult decision for white house to release this information. not only because of the unforeseen consequences that you might see around the world, violence, attacks and so forth, but keep in mind this president wont be in office much longer. hell be gone in two years. the next president can come along from a different party and go back and decide and review what happened during this administratio...

Decisions to make after 9/11 but that some of the decisions made were contrary to our values. the president did point out that he is proud of the work that has been done at the cia. one thing he did say that i thought was very striking, he said that this report documents a troubling program involving enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects in secret facilities outside the united states and it reinforces my long-held view that these harsh methods were not only inconsistent with ou...

Compliance in which they would cooperate and provide information. the study concludes that both claims are inaccurate. the report is very specific in how it evaluates the cias claims on the effectiveness and necessity of enhanced interrogation techniques. specifically we use the cias own definition of effectiveness as ratify and approved by the department of justices office of legal counsel. the cias claims that the eits were necessary to obtain otherwise available information that could not be ...

For the military there was no use of torture. you guys in the u.s. military always stayed away from these so-called enhagsed interrogation techniques. is that right? >> pretty much so. there was a manual that we would teach some interrogators about different enhagsed interrogation techniques. i have to remind everyone during this period of time, there was a demand for a great number of interrogators. they were brought on very quickly. some of them did not have the best of training. thats all par...

The torture report today. to sum it up in a word, reveals actions undertaken by the cia that whether justified or not are downright creepy. detainee number one, purported aid to osama bin laden. according to this report, his interrogation was so brutal, it drove the agents who saw it, quote, to the point of tears and choking up. and, remember, these are cia agents were talking about here. they tortured this man. tortured zubaydah for 17 consecutive days, 400 hours of nonstop torture. when you lo...

Interrogation techniques deployed by previous administration to get information from terrorists. its a study that reveals that they not only failed their purpose to prevent further attacks on the u.s. and our allies but actually damaged our security interests as well as our reputation as a force for good in the world. i believe the american people have a right, indeed, responsibility, to know what was done in their name. how these practices did or did not serve our interests. and how they compor...

And some democratic lawmakers have admitted they were briefed on these things years and years ago, and we all remember the days after 9/11 when people were afraid. there was some unity about going after these guys and getting the intelligence that we could. the report is now saying the intelligence didnt really help, these enhanced interrogation techniques didnt really take us anywhere. plenty of folks were saying, yes, they did, and theyre pointing to specific instances of where those technique...

>> theres also been criticism that they did not talk to cia officials. the committee did not talk to folks who were actively involved in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques. does that undermine the reports credibility. >> >> well i dont know thats true. i cant assess whether thats true or not. >> lets pivot here. i want to switch to isis really quickly, senator. yo wrote an op-ed in the "washington post" writing they are missing a plan to take out the syrian president, bashar al assa...