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Not just from democrats though coming out and speaking about this personally as being a person who is in pow for a number of years. the information you get from these types of enhanced indelaware -- interrogations is worthless. >> i dont think anyone who opposes this is crazy or anything. what i am offended by though is somehow we dont have any right to talk because we are morally compromised. its like really? the united states, whatever you think for example of the iraq war, we went in there an...

Derelict had we not sought them out. mitchell says hes been misrepresented in the press. >> people are distorting my credentials and qualifications. >> its the credentials being called into question. they worked in the militarys sere military program but given wide latitude to carry out the most brutal interrogations. they formed a company and actually carried out the water boarding of significant detainees and pocketed $81 million before their contract was dissolved in 2009. to some, the detail...

Or a drone hitting you on the head. what would you choose? im not trying to be facetious. >> cia does very good and important work. and it really pains me to see the division between the senate and the intelligence community. heres where i come in. and youre going to say im straddling the center. i do believe in forced interrogations. i dont think you need to waterboard. its questionable whether it works. now, what i think is clear here is what we shouldnt do after all this episode is hurt and d...

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. >> madame speaker, just to be clear, youre accusing the cia of lying to you. >> yes, misleading the congress of the united states. misleading the congress of the united states. [ female announcer ] hands were made for talking.

>> well, you know, thats another peculiarity, mike. the agency is peculiarly, the organization of the president. we do what the president wants. whether its droning under obama or doing enhanced interrogations under bush. if lawyers are going to write what somebody wants them to write, then even more they need to go back to school and learn a little bit of integrity. but the question is really, was it -- was it essential, a., and was it useful? when we were attacked in 9/11, the military had abs...

>> i think the issue is what do we stand for? >> i dont apologize -- >> waterboarding did not necessarily -- and, you know, rodriguez he was an expert -- >> yeah. heck of a guy. >> i just dont think these interrogations -- im for strong interrogation. but waterboarding, sleep deprivation -- i dont think that works. >> i dont know. he says it does. but if you had to get a quick answer out of that guy. >> yeah. >> you know, you really would stop at nothing. i would stop at nothing. >> to protect m...

You race out, you tackle one of the guys. the other guy gets away with your two kids in the car. and you have one of the men that knows where your children are. real life now. would you stop at anything to get the information? >> no. no, i wouldnt. >> you wouldnt. nor would i. so why should we as a country act so sankt moan yus. >> i think the issue is what do we stand for? >> i dont apologize -- >> waterboarding did not necessarily -- and, you know, rodriguez he was an expert -- >> yeah. heck o...

Terrorists. let me repeat, zero sympathy. brian williams, you should have your citizenship revoked for asking general hayden this. >> what if you, god forbid, members of your family had to undergo some of the treatments we are reading about in this report? >> mr. williams, innocent americans died at the hands of terrorists and you compare them to a generals family? im embarrassed for you and for nbc and for those on the right, senator mccain, this goes for you. >> i dispute wholeheartedly that i...

The most dangerous report i believe that has ever come out of the congress to our national security. it is very, very dangerous. and i believe the blood will be on her hands for this report. >> here with reaction former new mexico governor bill richardson. good to see you, governor. welcome to the studio. >> thank you. >> we appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> im not being callous as i ask you this question, but if you had a choice between enhanced interrogations, sleep deprivation, ever...

We did to japanese american citizens, we threw the constitution out the window. >> the pivotal question in all of this, did these torture techniques work? did they produce useful intelligence? the answer is still strongly debated. lets watch. >> the committee found that the cias coercive interrogation techniques were not an effective means of acquiring active intelligence. >> actionable intelligence that was otherwise unavailable was not obtained using these coercive interrogation techniques. >>...