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Interrogations. >> this is a close ally. you know, their society is very parallel to ours. the laws are very similar. this is happening there. this could be the united states tomorrow. >> and today in a series of raids federal authorities confirmed the arrest of ten people with frances homeland security minister calling the disruption of jihadi recruitment networks to iraq and syria their governments highest priority, sean. >> catherine herridge in washington tonight. and just yesterday former a...

Permanent damage or violating the rules, we did it. >> and there was medical personnel in the room. >> there was always medical personnel. there were medical personnel, there were psychologists that were independent of the interrogation there. there were language experts although he spoke english pretty well. there were language experts. there were subject matter experts. and there were the people who had the command and control. there was also a traditional interrogation expert that, you know, ...

Because i was concerned about these attacks that were potentially coming in the second wave. >> i want to say until tonight you have not fully told your story because you were under a disclosure agreement thats been loosened over the weekend. this is your response to the senate dems, no republicans, this is an extraordinary moment for you to be able to come on camera and tell this story. when you went into the room, the interrogation room, and of course youll tell me what you can and cannot say,...

Very, very conscious of it. you know, hes a human being. those techniques are so harsh that its emotionally distressing to the people who are administering them. even though you dont want to do it, youre doing it in order to save lives in the country. and we would just have to man-up for a loack of a better term an move forward. >> do you think about the 9/11 victims in these moment sns. >> the 9/11 victims are the reason im here. when they first asked me if i was willing to do this, my initial ...

I felt like i was working because i was concerned about these attacks that were potentially coming in the second wave. >> i want to say until tonight you have not fully told your story because you were under a disclosure agreement thats been loosened over the weekend. this is your response to the senate dems, no republicans, this is an extraordinary moment for you to be able to come on camera and tell this story. when you went into the room, the interrogation room, and of course youll tell me wh...

And if theyll engage you, then you proceed with the normal kind of theme developed rapport based type of procedures. if they wont engage, then you move to the more harsh measures. >> even with somebody like khalid sheikh mohammed, lets talk about him. i mean, you walked into a room with khalid sheikh mohammed. >> yeah, i was -- yes. yes, i did. >> what condition was he in? what was he wearing? how was he restrained? >> i dont think he was wearing anything. i dont recall exactly because its been ...

Tell us. >> no, no, look what happened. when they talked to the people -- >> pretty please with sugar on top. >> it worked. >> with sugar on top? >> how was he behaving -- he shut up when they tortured him. >> in the real world in the real room when ksm was using enhanced interrogations that in fact he started singing like a bird and that they gave him direct knowledge of the courier which led us to osama bin laden. do you think it was wrong for america to kill bin laden? >> no. >> you dont thin...

Permanent damage or violating the rules, we did it. >> and there was medical personnel in the room. >> there was always medical personnel. there were medical personnel, there were psychologists that were independent of the interrogation there. there were language experts although he spoke english pretty well. there were language experts. there were subject matter experts. and there were the people who had the command and control. there was also a traditional interrogation expert that, you know, ...

Them gets away with the kids in the car, you tackle the other kidnapper. okay? this happens often. this is a real live scenario. your kid with one of the kidnappers, the other kidnappers with you. what would you do to extract the information about where your children are being held? what would you be willing to do? >> let me show you -- >> no, answer. >> i was a prosecutor. ive interrogated terrorists. what works is building rapport and getting them to talk. >> please, terrorist, please tell us....

And perhaps a limited role for torture, but what there is no role for is a program that was clearly out of control with briefings that were clearly not explicit, at least if you listen to the democrats, and most of all, why do we have a partisan report rather than a bipartisan report? >> and this was very much a partisan report, correct? >> absolutely. first of all, he was one of the great operatives in the guestses on todays show, but hes also got to burn all the tapes, he burned all the tapes ...