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We have to determine now how do we best interrogate, detain suspects to protect the national security interests. and the government has done about $40 million of research about how to do that. we have to use science, we blend the art with science and do it more effectively in the future. >> they spent $40 million trying to figure it out. they spent hundreds of millions doing it the wrong way, mr. fallon, thank you so much for giving us some straight talk on this. theres so much to dig into her...

But even today, some supporters insist that torture was necessary. joining me now is mark fallon, a former interrogator at guantanamo bay. hes written a piece this week called "dick cheney was lying about torture." and counterterrorism expert leif corey. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. >> mark, you were privy to information from some detainees who were tortured. was there ever any sign at all that valuable information came from enhanced interrogation techniques? >> im ...

Likely to elect transfer away from the detention site if the decision is made to continue with the enhanced interrogation techniques. mark, how could these observations from people who were there be ignored? >> well, its part of what was basically a cover-up here. i mean, what you had here is, you had personnel within the cia who have contested what happened. i know people who were there, i know how disgusted some of these people are. so right now is a time to illuminate the darkness on what we ...

>> outsourcing to contractors to do this kind of dirty job. so the question is, what kind of oversight was done over these contracted individuals? and what kind of action was taken to either eliminate, you know, the use of bad interrogation techniques, or even just make the interrogation itself much more easier, less costly, much more effective? we dont know. >> mark and laith, thank you both for your time this evening pch. still ahead, republicans are back to their old tricks, playing hide an...

Interrogator and has done this for 30 years. he says torture does not produce good intelligence. people will tell you whatever you want to hear. thats what mccain says. >> you dont hear that from people involved in the program or former cia officials. >> what do you expect? of course they are going say it worked. thats what they have been telling us. >> i expect there are good americans who did what democrats and republicans asked them to do and if it wasnt going to work, i dont think they want ...

Applicant. so, if it was for a loyer level unclassified position or some the lower classifications, the investigating process would be a normal employment process. so, some of these signs that would manifest itself the type of behaviors that trigger this activity might not have been present during that investigation. >> bill: thats a good point. mark, thank you. we will row lie on you for your insight coming up soon. mark by telephone sorting what we know and what we frankly do not know. thats a...

this ad narrated by bill clinton. >> its not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. he was referring to the hunt for osama bin laden. what did he mean by that? because its generated a little controversy given osama bin ladens role in killing 3,000 americans on 9/11. >> he had to decide. and thats what you hire a president to do. you hire the president to make the calls when no one else can do it. >> obviously that wolf blitzer tape w...

Boarding ended seven years ago. all of the enhanced interrogation techniques were abandoned by the cia five years ago. the most famous target khalid sheik mohammed was water boarded hundreds of times. mohammed did not discuss bin ladens courier while being subjected to the simulated drowning deck neek known as water boarding. former officials said he acknowledged knowing him many months later under standard interrogation. joining me now mark fallon a former interrogator and special agent in char...