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With some outside contractors that they tried to run the most sensitive program in u.s. history basically after 89/11. and so they came over and decided to out source the most important thing we have. getting information from detainees. zabaydah was not the first terrorist that we arrested. we had investigated people involved in the east africa embassy bombing. we were able to get con fegszs from them. we were able to interrogate people who were imvolved and get confessions. we almost stopped 9/...

We were able to disrupt the plots. we were able to interrogate people who were involved and get confessions. we almost stopped 9/11 based on our interrogations. however, as we know, there was a chinese wall between the intelligence and criminals so the information was not passed to the fbi on a timely basis to stop the investigation. this is not me whos saying that. this is a 9/11 commission. this is the cias own report who said that. and so we know how to interrogate people. what shocks me is t...

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Rehydration? >> im giving you a sense of how the report was put together. this activity that was done five times, in each time for the health of the detainee, not part of the interrogation program. not designed to soften him up for any questioning. >> critics ask whats the difference between harsh interrogations under president bush and classified drone attacks under president obama? one intelligence committee member insisted, the drone program is legal. >> i believe that the c.i.a. is acting wi...

Report. but i think theres no doubt, you know, if you look at the tempo of things like a drone strike or other instruments that have had to be used, you know, each president has to make that determination, and certainly this president has made the determination that some of those things are more effective than say sending in 5,000 troops. >> so lets look at the cia director john brennans unprecedented news conference in response to that scathing report on interrogations. brennan said that intell...

Repudiated by all. we fell short when it came to holding some officers accountable for mistakes. >> reporter: at the same time, brennan tried to clarify earlier statements that the cia program yielded valuable intelligence. the report says it didnt. brennan now says detainees did provide important and useful information. he says no one can say if the intelligence came as a result of harsh interrogations. the cia director stood a few feet away from the cia wall bearing 100 stars representing empl...

Thanks for joining us this morning. john berman has the day off. the use of harsh techniques is escalating at director john brennan steps into the spotlight defending the techniques. cnn reporter evan perez has more from washington. >> reporter: christine, unprecedented for the cia director. a live conference from the langley headquarters from the agency. john brennan made his first public appearance since senate democrats released a report describing brutal interrogations of terrorists. he neve...

Interrogations. he admits that some cia actions were not authorized and abho abhoraant, and this came after the senate release today the report on cia interrogation tactics. >> he admitted the mistakes were made, but what he did not say was also of note. we learn from barbara star, she is at the pentagon. in a 45 minute long press conference, cia director john brennan never used the word torture to describe interrogation practices. >> as i said in some instances i considered them abhorant and i ...

Severe storm on the west coast. it was quite a doozy. sony executives forced to apologize after leaked e-mails reveal some ugly comments. and the celebrity who has claims against bill cosby. the cia director defending the agency but admitting his mistakes. this came days after a scathing u.s. senate report on cia interrogations. the tactics amounted to torture. but britain had a different take as we learned from cnns barbara starr. >> reporter: in a 45 minute long press conference. john bren...

Necessary to stop more attacks on the u.s. >> we didnt have the luxury time. we had a ticking time bomb situation. >> reporter: on "the lead," former cia director michael hayden defended the forced rectal feeding of detainees. >> they had limited options in which to do this. it was intravenous with needles, which would be dangerous with a noncooperative detainee. it was through the nasal passage -- >> hummus and pine nuts and -- >> jake, im not a doctor and neither are you, but what im told is t...