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Have an experiment, were going to do only gentle experiment -- gentle interrogations. were going to ask khalid shaikh mohammed, would you kindly help us out in learning about the plots that you now have in train, and well see if we get hit on 9/11, or would you say we cant conduct an experiment with the lives of thousands of americans, were going to do everything in our power and we take on the responsibility and it is a deep and a serious one of going beyond the bounds of what we would like to ...

Indicate that he was lying. the question is, could they have gotten it from other ways? and he says that it was unknowable whether or not that information, that train of evidence. what he also disputes is whether this analysis, based on memos, can lead to the proper k conclusions. what analysts do is look at lots of different pieces of information and that the senate investigators looked at it too linearly. but let me just say, the former director, i think many would say, as the vice president s...

Knows what it is and wont tell you where and you cant evacuate the city, do you think there is anybody who would not advocate the answer is no. so the question is do you acknowledge that and then establish the limits of where and when and what you are allowed to do or do you pretend you are holier than thou and even in those circumstances you wouldnt do anything. you would. >> on a sliding scale how close are we to that scenario at the time we did the enhanced interrogation. you heard the report...

Gotten it from other ways? and he says that it was unknowable whether or not that information, that train of evidence. what he also disputes is whether this analysis, based on memos, can lead to the proper k conclusions. what analysts do is look at lots of different pieces of information and that the senate investigators looked at it too linearly. but let me just say, the former director, i think many would say, as the vice president said, should have been interviewed, they were not worried abou...

Pretty good advice. stick to the opinions youve been given regarding the legality and do not speculate. if you have any questions, talk to our lawyers. they will let you know if youre breaking the rules or not. >> you are also the cia official who eventually ordered the destruction of videotapes, 92 videotapes of interrogations of abu zubaydah. your critics say you were trying to cover up what you knew was improper. >> that is not true because there is a full written record of whats on those tap...

Up next see what happens when ed henry challenged that argument. and some of the top democrats now attacking the cia say they were never told about these enhanced interrogations. the cia says that is a lie, the investigation into who is telling the truth, just ahead. >> madam speaker, just to be clear, youre accusing the cia of lying to you in september -- >> yes. misleading the congress of the united states. >> and all the -- >> misleading the congress of the united states. instead of mailing e...

The torture scenes were crucial to the plot, because they said that the information was crucial to the information that went to capturing osama bin laden. >> look. when you lie to me, i hurt you. >> and these movies can be influential and misleading. this week the senate committees report rerejected what the cia said after the raid and you remember, they said that the interrogations provided key intel. take a look. >> the facts of the matter are that people against whom we used these interrogati...

Islamic state need recommended guidance from their board of governors, the u.s. congress." how about that? >> yes, and they got the guidance back in 2002. they were told what to do by the u.s. congress back in 2002. they did it and now theyre being attacked for it. i think senator kerry also said, i give him tremendous credit for this, senator kerry also thought this was a very partisan report basically written by a very partisan staff and i want to point that out. the congress did tell the cia ...

They were given wide latitude to develop and carry out some of the most brutal interrogation methods, even though they had no experience in actual interrogations, according to the report. they formed a company, and actually carried out the waterboarding of khalid sheikh mohamed, among other significant detainees, pocketed $81 million before their contract was dissolved in 2009. to some, the details are evidence of a desperate administration willing to try anything, even people with questionable ...

Information, that train of evidence. what he also disputes is whether this analysis, based on memos, can lead to the proper conclusions. what analysts do is look at lots of different pieces of information and that the senate investigators looked at it too linearly. but let me just say, the former director, i think many would say, as the vice president said, should have been interviewed, they were not worried about prosecution. they were willing to come forward. i think there are other issues her...