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Cia subcontracted this interrogation program out to a company run by two psychologists. they didnt have any specific training in interrogations. they didnt have any specific training in al qaeda. they made $80 million off of this contract. is this typical of the way that the cia operates? >> well, i dont know that its typical of the way the cia operates. its certainly typical of the way the united states operated in the first couple years after 9/11. when i did my book, i talked to condoleezza r...

The use of these techniques. the committee never found an example of this hypothetical ticking time bomb scenario. >> the cia disagrees strongly with that. lets bring in former cia officers, bob bear and mark grekt. set aside the morality of torture here. i want to discuss whether or not it was effective because this democratic senate report says, no. what do you say, bob? >> i see no evidence that it was effective. the raid on bin ladens compound was multiple sources. it wasnt due to hostile in...

Numerous interrogations resulted in 766 sole source disseminated intelligence reports. now, thats an awful lot of actionable intelligence collected under the cia program that this study tries to quietly sweep under the carpet in an effort to support its false headline that the cias use of enhanced interrogation techniques was not effective. the study also overlooked several crucial intelligent successes that prevented terror attacks against the united states and our allies around the world. al q...

Very tense negotiation with the cia, finally the white house and cia green lighted it this week but timing certainly was a factor here, wolf, since democrats lose control of the senate effectively this week. republicans take over and feinstein admitted to me that was part of the reason they wanted to do it this week. >> if it didnt happen this week under the republican majority in the new senate in january, it probably wouldnt happen for a while. thanks vex for that report. lets get more now on ...

Terrorist attacks on the u.s. homeland and against our military forces overseas. al qaeda affiliate statements to interrogators led to the identification of jose padea and al qaeda operative tasked with conducting a terrorist attack inside the united states. the interrogation of ksm and akned disrupted plotting. a critical base of operations in the war on terror in africa. and at that time, home to some 1,600 u.s. military personnel. theres no telling how many lives this program saved in those p...

Times" that the harsh interrogations were, quote, absolutely, totally justified, dismissing accusations in the senate report that it was a rogue operation as a bunch of huey. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. investigators return to a maryland neighborhood later today to try to figure out what caused a small plane crash. six people were killed including a mother on maternity leave and her two sons. police say they found the woman huddled over her children in an upstairs bathroom. the three...

Passed out. the only reason they know that they have notes from a medic brought in revive him. not cia notes. there was also the celebrated case which we did know about where the head of covert operations jose rodriguez actually erased video of the interrogations against the orders of the white house counsel and of the cia. and investigated by eric holder and people in the justice department to who followed up on this. and eventually there were no prosecutions. after he acknowledged destroying t...

Times" that the harsh interrogations were, quote, absolutely, totally justified, dismissing accusations in the senate report that it was a rogue operation as a bunch of huey. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. investigators return to a maryland neighborhood later today to try to figure out what caused a small plane crash. six people were killed including a mother on maternity leave and her two sons. police say they found the woman huddled over her children in an upstairs bathroom. the three...

Will stop their suffering. most of all, i know the use of torture compromises that which most distinguishes us from our enemies. our belief that all people, even captured enemies, possess basic human rights which are protected by international conventions the united states not only joined, but for the most part, authored. >> to mccains point, the report finds that torture did not produce useful intelligence. do you think thats accurate? >> well, the cia says that its not accurate. i would not be...

Taking down the al qaeda leader. >> brian, didnt some of those interrogations lead to what were described as fabricated information about bin ladens so-called courier? >> yes, he said when the cia built confidence that they knew all about bin ladens courier, they went to khalid sheikh mohammed to ask him about the courier. mclaughlin said mohammed denied any knowledge about the courier, they say mohammed was lying about it. he lied to them to protect bin laden but in lying to them, he tipped the...