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>> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred. >> its a "yes" or "no" answer. >> senator, i believe that cia did extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country using the legal tools we were authorized. >> please answer yes or no. do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral? >> senator, what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have deci...

Did as president in april 1988 was signed and champion to congress the u.n. convention against torture. that defines torture as anything thats purposely inflict it on someone -- >> laura: gina haspel didnt make the decision, though, john. she was not the architect of waterboarding. george w. bush and the legal consuls offset justice in consultation with congress okayed these techniques in a very limited number of cases at a time where we still believed the next attack was coming. she was oversee...