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George reams joins us now. what have your clients told you about their experience during c.i.a. interrogations. >> i have one client who experienced exactly what the report talks about. he was put in a secret c.i.a. prison, stripped, put in a lightless room. bombarded with loud music, taken into interrogation. where strobe lights were shown in his eyes. chained to the wall so he couldnt sleep. everything is documented in his case. and in the case of other clients that i have. >> there are other ...

Going. brian is printing out the summary which is 500 some odd pages? >> this is 399. i had to come down. 399. >> these are some of the key findings in the senate report. they say the interrogations were more brutal than we knew about. they say the program not subject to proper oversight, the number of detainees underreported. also the white house and congress not told about the tactics. we had liz cheney on, brian did, and liz cheney said look, my dad, former vice president, knew all about t. s...

>> we should be clear. it provides the raw materials for this report. the one argument folks in the c.i.a. are making that seems to me persuasive is we are being hung out to dry here. we are ordered by the president of the united states to stay do this. we did it. sure, we werent equipped to. it was wanted by the american people who were thirsty for vengeance and terrified. it was signed off and briefed to legislative leaders. and now you guys all want to put this on us. its the battle c.i.a. wh...

>> thank you, brooke. >> coming up, did any of these interrogations help find osama bin laden? you ask the cia they say absolutely. another expert says hell no. hear both sides. you decide for yourself. will anyone be prosecuted for this? we were just talking about this. should they be? how would that work? well answer those questions and heartbreaking words from mothers who lost their signs to police brutality. >> my son trip and fell and he was yelling "i didnt do anything! i didnt do anythi...

But i think the idea that we should ban torture and say thou shalt not is correct. and weve learned that its correct from the worlds reaction to the exposure of what happened over the last ten years. >> richard, you know the scene better than anybody i know. do you know where weve been practicing this kind of nasty business, this torture, enhanced interrogations? and which of our allies are doing it? do we know that pretty much? >> well, torture is unfortunately very widespread in the world. bef...

All of those documents. cia director john brennan strongly disagreed with the senate reports findings. he said this, "our interview indicates interrogations of detainees subject to enhanced interrogation did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives. the intelligence gained from the program was critical to our understanding of al qaeda and it continues to inform our counterterrorism efforts to this day." why would he say that if it wasnt true? >> tha...

Secretary state colin power because he may, quote, blow his stack if he were to be briefed on whats going on. in 2003, the cias chief of interrogation, threatened to quit. writing in an e-mail, quote, this is a train wreck waiting to happen. the five-year investigation also disputes claims the enhanced interrogations stopped imminent attacks and led to information for obasama bin laden in pakist. >> the committee found the techniques were not effective in acquiring active intelligence or gaining...

Zubaydah a martyr for those around the world. >> where is dianne feinsteins outrage and indignation and report on obamas use of drones where children have been chronicled as collateral damage, hundreds of them? why no report on that but a report on enhanced interrogations from ten years ago? >> well, i think right now -- this is only my suspicion, sean, is that senator feinstein is worried about her legacy, and she was briefed on all this stuff. she knew everything. but shes trying to rewrite hi...

By the release of this torture report saying mistakes were made. former top c.i.a. officials are only beginning to speak out, defending their actions. it was stinging criticism for the c.i.a. from a sitting president. in an interview with telemundo, president obama says the agency was wrong to use harsh interrogation techniques on terror detainees after the 9/11 attacks. that amounted to torture. >> i think in the midst of a national trauma, anden certainty as to whether these attacks were going...

Reported true or untrue? should we have done those things, were we lied to, was bushman efficient lied to by the cia? all these questions are valid and should be answered. bill: according to the cia reports, they say not only did we keep the gang of eight apprised of these methods, we were quite graphic and specific with them of what these methods would be and when we shared that with them, one of the senators on the committee asked them to you have all the authority you need, is anything else h...