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An explosive report released tuesday on the cias release of the harsh techniques on 9 11. That report reveals shocking revelations about interrogation techniques that included marked executions, days of sleep deprivation, in addition to waterboarding. Cnns Michelle Kosinski is at the white house with the latest. Reporter hi, john and christine. Report has been intensive and detailed. Heres senator mcconnell. I think what it does is endanger every one of our people overseas, every embassy flying ...

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Moment, back at the white house top staffers are reportedly starting betting pools on who will be fired next with sources telling cnn attorney general Jeff Sessions is likely at the top of the list, all this as new documents show that the Trump Organization was more involved in the porn star payoff than previously reported. Lets start with Cnns Abby Phillip live at the white house. The president bragging about some interesting things, abby. Reporter thats right, john. We have actually heard this...

In 2004, Khaled el-Masri is kidnapped by the CIA. A German citizen with Lebanese roots, el-Masri is flown to a prison near Kabul, where he undergoes months of torture. All the while, he maintains his innocence.

Commander will then make a decision. i know, having trained as a s.w.a.t. officer and as a scout sniper, that this process could be resolved in less than a second, but no one wants to go there. we really want to find out what is the motivation for this individual, can this individual be spoken to and talked down off the ledge, so to speak. and we really need to make sure that no one else is injured if they do have to go to direct action or sniper action to resolve the issue. what would be his ul...

And maybe think that from time to time can act as a buffer from whatever the tweets are that are coming out of the oval office. of course, the concern about gina haspel was participation in that extreme rendition program. if i had been a senator, im not sure how i would have thought about that. i know her going to mark warner and saying it should never have happened, that was an important statement for her to make. >> congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. we have some breakin...

The cia, you members of congress, will have more purview and have -- there would be more transparency into what were doing. if we cant share aspects of the secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. significant? >> absolutely. given the fact that putting aside what she has said about her past involvement with the rendition program, that is the most important thing shes going to say and should really calm any fears right now from congress to hear somebody fro...

Relating troll farm, thats a trump-appointed judge, you are in the weeds of legalese and thats not my area of expertise. rob: we have gina haspel, mike pompeo secretary of state. she has a confirmation hearing coming but shes been tie today this water-boarding enhanced interrogation, how do you think this goes? >> well, i think if it was any other administration that had chosen gina haspel, they would be praised for rock-solid choice. she has 30-plus years of operational and have solid managemen...

Going to do a reset, we can be friends, nobody in the intel community buys that. we have our eyes on whats important and the agency will continue to be and i think will be led extremely well if gina can get confirmed. thats a big question. there would be people that would want to relitigate the rendition program. leland: theres been questions about that and a lot of reporting about her that had to be walked back. the truth will hopefully come out and obviously theres a lot of folks who work with...

This very strange case. >> thank you and good afternoon, former cia case officer sabrina de sousa speaking out about her decades long ordeal after an italian court convicted her in absentia along with two dozen others connected to the juice out 2003 government second kidnapping of a cleric abu omar. under the president bush post 9/11 rendition program, he was snatched from milan, italy, and flown to egypt where he claims he was tortured. the evidence was weak, he was eventually released, but sab...