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>> but isnt there a difference between a journalist and a military person saying it will end when they say it will end. ksm also knew how long they were going to do it and that it was going to end. >> thats not what broke him, actually. it was sleep deprivation that broke him in the end. and if an american serviceman was going through and having his legs burned with hot cigarettes or being electrocuted or some of these other tactics, it wouldnt matter if they knew if the experiment was going to ...

Department. they lied to congress about what they were doing. >> in an interview aboby the la times they undermine quote societal and constitutional values we are very proud of. anybody who reads this is going to never let this happen again. michael hayden says the report will be tray u.s. allies overseas and make agency officers at risk. >> this report will lead to an espionage service that is timid and friendless. cia officials arent saying they defend the techniques but the democrat led sen...

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This morning to cia director john brennans unprecedented news conference in response to scathing report on interrogations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. for 45 minutes, he tried to walk a fine line defending the agency while admitting mistakes were made during the use of enhanced interrogation techniques or otherwise known as eits. >> cia was looked to for answers. not only to the questions on the threats we faced, but also to questions about what we were going to do to stop future attacks. th...

Experiment. were going to do only gentle interrogations. were going to ask khalid sheikh mohammed would you kindly help us out in learning about the plots that now now having trained. and well see if you get hit on 9/11. or well say we cant conduct the experiment with the lives of thousands of americans. were going to do everything in our power and we take on the %b ponsibility and it is a deep and a serious one of going beyond the bounds of what we would like to do in ordersafjf safeguard the n...

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 saying, all right, jam...

Newly released reports find security flaws under secretary of state hillary clinton went well beyond benghazi. thank him with should not give up the investigation until many questions are answered. >> what precautions were taken? where? by whom? why were we told the facility was secure, why were we told it was a strong security presence when we now know that was false? why an ambassador trusted to represent us in a dangerous land wasnt trusted to know what security he needed. >> all this coming ...

President and to some extent by even john brennan, the cia director himself. this is a partisan report. it is not a congressional report. this is a report that breaks ranks with the fact that many top congressional leaders told the cia when they were conducting these interrogations, go to it, do whatever you have to do and then some to make sure that we are never attacked again. and the cia succeeded in that task for which they are now being pillar ried for being profoundly immoral or temporaril...

And her cohorts? thats the memo. top story tonight, john yoo, legal council at department of justice was deeply involved in the legality of interrogations. he joins us from berkeley. professor, please explain what you did. >> i worked in the justice department as you mention and my job was to review legality of a lot of policies after 9/11 ranging from invading afghanistan, guantanamo bay, interrogation measures and surveillance. and i was there until -- from before 9/11 attacks until after th...