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For people appropriately to behave differently in those different circumstances. >> but looking at all of these accounts that say it just doesnt help to behave differently under the circumstances. youre unswayed by that in your own personal experience, you think it does help to use more extreme practices. >> well, we -- i was back in happier era as director of central intelligence. not only did we not have interrogations of prisoners, we didnt have any prisoners. this was 93, 94, 95. im no exper...

The report is partisan. >> and, also, keep in mind top democrats who were briefed on these enhanced interrogations. >> maybe not all of them. >> the ones who were briefed and now they want to say they had a big problem with it. >> lets be fair here. if the cia held things back and they briefed on some things but not others thats wrong. >> that was my original point about that brief period of time about four or five months where the legal guidance and so on wasnt totally clear. >> 2008. >> i beli...

Uncomfortable. here now president george w. bush one year after that briefing. >> this government does not torture people. we stick to u.s. law and our international obligations. they are highly trained professionals questioning these extremists and terrorists. we have professionals who are trained in this kind of work to get information that will protect the american people. we have gotten information from these high value detainees that have helped protect you. >> that was president bush 15 mo...

About that collateral loss of life and the other one is, if you kill them you cant question them. >> vice news giving that interview with that cia psychologist, james mitchell believed to be the architect of the techniques used in interrogations and obviously the big news of this week so far is the reaction to this report. you just heard former vice president dick cheney here on special report. lets bring in our panel. john goldberg, senior representative of national review. amy stoddard and cha...

>> reaction pouring in following the reaction of the controversial cia report. everyone from cia veterans to president obama weighing in. recognize there is controversy. but what is not controversial. we did things that violated who we are as a people. it is important for us to recognize part of what sets us apart when we do something wrong we acknowledge it. because of this report, the taliban said we will increase our report. >> the real strength of america is when we are consistent of the val...

Mistakes is pushing back oon aspects of the report, including the idea the c.i.a. misled about the effectiveness of the program. the current c.i.a. director argued the program was, in fact, effective. writing quote, interrogations of detainees on whom enhanced interrogation techniques are infused did help twart plans and save lives. intelligence gains the programs were critical to our understanding about al-qaida and continues to inform to this day. six former deputy directors also weighed in wi...

Enter a report by democrats on the senate intelligence committee it says that the cia tortured captured al qaeda suspects and lied to congress about it. the senate intel committee is comprised of 8 democrats and seven republicans. all of the republicans, all of them refuse to endorse the report. , which by the way, cost $40 million to produce. the g.o.p. senators did that because they feel its a partisan situation designed to embarrass the bush administration. the report concludes that harsh int...

Chiefs say the program was fully authorized by the justice department and the white house. the report says president bush didnt know all the specifics but just last week, he defended the cia. >> were fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia. >> reporter: one key question, did the interrogations help get osama bin laden? the report says no. the cia says yes. that only through harsh interrogation did they discover bin laden the personal messenger and following the mess. >>er led to...

Because he may employee his stack if he were to be briefed on whats going on. this is is a train wreck waiting to happen and i intend to get the held off the train before it happens. the five-year investigation also disputes claim that is the enhanced interrogations stopped eminent attacks and lead to information that located osama bin laden in pakistan. >> the committee found that the cias coercive interrogation techniques were not an effective means of acquiring accurate intelligence or gainin...

They even put a halt to some of these interrogations because of this very concern. i asked ari fleischer, the former white house spokesman, he was told not to use that term. he said he doesnt remember that, but he does remember being told not to say that the geneva conventions covered the detainees. >> we are getting more information on what president obama may have known about all of this during those critical years because the suggestion in this report is that he was kept in the dark on a lot ...