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Newsroom" wrerl today. >> the report says we got nothing from this program. bill, no one involved in this program can even imagine how they got to that conclusion. these interrogations of all the detainees gave us kind of a home depot-like storage of information on al qaeda which we relied, well, were still relying on it today. >> lets get the real story from liz cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state and a fox news contributor. liz, great to have you on "the real story" today. >> go...

Justifications while the legal counsel was considering the legality of the coercive techniques. in those communications to the department of justice, the ci acclaimed the following. they would not be used with excessive repetition. they would have an opportunity to provide information prior to the use of the techniques. they were to be used in progression starting with the east aggressive and proceeding only if needed. medical personnel would make sure that interrogations wouldnt cause serious h...

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And reflects the impact of the democratic-led senate report on the agency and its mission. >> this is a feature, i think, of our past and one that we have to come to terms with and deal with. and this agency is determined to move forward. >> reporter: while not offering specifics, brennan said the revelations were damaging and reinforced the view among americas allies that we cannot be trusted. >> there are things that we do with our partner services under our authorities that we have covert act...

Capture a terrorist who knows where it is and wont tell you where and you cant evacuate the city. do you think there is anybody who would not advocate using any method, any means at all, to receive that information? the answer is no. so the question is do you acknowledge that and then establish the limits of where and when and what youre allowed to do? or do you pretend that youre hollier than thou and wouldnt do anything. >> on the sliding scale how close are we to that scenario at the time wer...

Interviews of witnesses involved with the interrogations. >> you werent interviewed? >> i was never interviewed, no one ever contacted me. i dont believe anyone in the white house or justice department were ever interviewed for this report. it is stunning, it is as if you had a trial and the judge said only the prosecution gets to put on the case and no witnesses can be put on. >> why are you convinced we did get actionable intelligence that saved lives. what convinced you? >> you can look at th...

Avoid. >> all right. lets just step back. the air force sere program something you developed. in a line or two tell us what it is. >> i didnt develop it. i was just a part of it. its survival of asian resistance and escape. its a program thats designed really to teach men and women to -- who are shot down behind enemy lines or taken captured or taken hostage to survive and return with their honor in tact. >> so the cia was already conducting interrogations of abu zebedah prior to coming to you s...

>> correct. i was here in the united states. >> and can you tell us where you went? >> no. >> all right. it was a cia black spot where they had him. you look at ways to possibly break their resistance to our methods and the next thing you know youre on a plane to go to a cia black site to participate in the interrogation of one of the worst terrorists were fighting. just as a man what was that like for you? you land, you walk into the room, are you scared? are you -- is he scared? what is going ...

Street journal," calling it bogus and dangerous. every american should read that op-ed. as i said, the days following 9/11 were filled with chaos. america expected another al qaeda attack and there were plots investment. because the cia had failed to detect the al qaeda attack on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 americans, the agency was under intense pressure, and so when terrorists were captured, intense pressure was put on them, and in a few cases harsh interrogation methods were used. presiden...