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Strategy, marketi ining strateg. how does sony get in front of this? >> well, its difficult. were witnessing a company can be crippled and embarrassed publicly and be judged in a public court of shame almost. its very difficult to get out in front of turning perceptions that are turning so rapidly at this point on sony. >> but you have said you think some of the top brass has to go? >> i think some of the top brass has to go. this is representing a corporate culture that is demonstrating not onl...

Or either "b" theyre being truthful and thats their perception of events. for example, when johnson says i believe michael brown got shot in the back, he says that when they press him, poppy, based upon the actions of michael brown. like what? like michael brown spinning around. >> but not all witnesses from what these documents show us, on either side, were completely honest at all. thats what this is showing us. both sides had people who lied. >> you know whats interesting, because -- i dont k...

Torture produces more misleading information than actionable intelligence. >> lets take the first portion first. do americans not deserve to know what was being done by their government in their name? >> as a former intelligence officer i believe things classified are supposed to stay classified. when you have releases like this absence the conduct how it was conducted. its easy to foment an emotional response. i look at targets in the middle east and southwest asia. when they heard this reports...

Wheels around. make the person that did the shooting a black man and the person that actually got killed was a white person, and you put that out there and see what peoples perceptions are. >> that was done in your sons case -- >> yeah, i can guaranty you that their ideas would be changed. oh, yes, that was a chokehold. oh, yes, that was a toy gun he had. oh, yes, michael brown had his hands up. see, all of these things will be changed. look at the little boy, the young teenager was walking from...

Been caught selling cigarettes that day, they would have given him a summons. and he wouldnt have lost his life that day. i believe that 100%. >> do a reenactment in each one of these cases and turn it around. make the shooter a black man and the person killed a white person and you put that out there and see what peoples perceptions are. >> i remember that was done in your sons case. >> yes, i can guarantee you their ideas would be changed. then they would say, oh, yes. that was a choke hold. o...

Looking for? >> well, in this study we were looking to see if as some people such as brigadier general patrick finnegan attempted to convince producers of "24" to show scenes where torture didnt work sometimes and he thought it was having a detrimental effect on troops. are people impacted by scenes that show torture in the media? does this impact perceptions in favor of or in opposition to these practices? >> so a scene such as were about to show you for you "24" fans out there. a clip from "24...

Damage effect inside the agency, but remember, too, that one of the points in the 9/11 commission report was that the cia was too risk adverse. and i think thats the challenge. when you go back in time, can you never recreate the atmospherics that we experienced. i can tell you from several different bombing investigations and terrorist attack cases that ive worked, that as the years go on, the details and just the general perceptions of the constant threat streams diminish. >> fred, to me thats...

Shows americans have a different view. majority 53% say u.s. racial relations have gotten worse under the first black president. 36% say relations have stayed the same. 9% say they have gotten better. joining me now michaela davis, chuck nice comedian and tv personality. when i read that, why did you have that reaction? >> what, race relations have gotten worse? what struck me was under the first black president. were associateing things have gotten worse under the first black president. i belie...

Mr. ramsey was picked, its 21st century policing. i dont think we want to completely get away from allowing people to do some set of random things on a regular basis and just say, were willing to accept that level of crime. but then all of a sudden -- where do you draw the line? whats the threshold? at some point wrong is wrong. >> you as a mayor, you cant accept any level of crime? is that your mindset? >> you can never accept criminal activity. but there are gradations. we go back to training ...

Something that we need to have a discuss about in terms of perception and media perceptions in this country. >> thank you for having the conversation with us. >> thank you. coming up, thousands of marines on alert around the world as the u.s. senate prepares to release a controversial and potentially explosive report. will americans be targeted abroad once it is released?