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>> reporter: he made no apologies for leading edge technology and emphasized to reporters that these tools are not used by the cia against targets inside the united states. wiki leaks responded on twitter suggesting they got the records because of bad cyber hygiene and did imply that insider was involved, sandra. >> sandra: katherine, a former cia case officer is making a personal plea to president trump, who meets with the italian prime minister later today? >> reporter: thats right. former cia...

So its unsurprising completely since my return from guantanamo ive been documenting numerous cases in the u.k. and around the world of people who were beaten and abused and tortured in various ways through this rendition program. >> do you believe that the release of this report will incite a certain degree of anti-americanism around radical youth in the middle east, for example? >> i dont think so, no. in fact, what it will do is suggest that at least america is attempting to be open, at least ...

Have been mentioned mercifully i was not subjected to but there were others that i was subjected to. for example, i was tied with my hands behind my back to my legs. i was punched and kicked. i had the agents showing me pictures of my children with the sound of a woman screaming next door that i was led to believe was my wife and then forced to sign confessions as a result of this. so its unsurprising completely since my return from guantanamo ive been documenting numerous cases in the u.k. and ...

Wrongdoing wron wrongdoing wrongdoingers. cnns ian lee is live in egypt for us this morning. with more on the revelations and the global response from those revelations from that senate report. good morning, ian, what has been the reaction in egypt. >> well, christine, i had a hard time hearing you, but talking about this report. and its relationship to egypt and the cia. egypt for a long time has been a partner of this rendition program where the cia would bring suspects, their suspects, to egy...

Symbolic gesture after whats been reported in guantanamo and elsewhere. some of the details in here are chilling and we may hear of them again in the future there are less hostages still alive than was the case a few months ago, thats one chilling thing we may hear of again. >> on the flip side. one of the arguments for releasing report is it would somehow engender respect for the u.s. by showing our transparency and accountability. is that wishful thinking or is that possible? >> there are many...

Knew that the united states tortured its enemies. from international governments, many of them keeping their heads down because we understand in their allegations that many international governments including britain may have been complicent in helping the united states torture victims or helping torture from one country to another. the rendition program, outsourcing of countries who have an absolutely filthy human rights record and have torture people without fear of reprisal. we did hear from ...

Street and the genre action, theres mild interest, not very much what were hearing that people are saying. where the real damning reports could come from are egypt, for example, was one of the cias rendition program. if they are mentioned this could be embarrassing for the government and as well for their intelligence community. we havent heard any reaction from the egyptian governments yet but were also waiting to see what are in the details. if something is very explosive in this report, then ...

>> reporter: theres a heavy security presence outside the u.s. embassy. i talked with one of the officials earlier today. they said they werent going to comment on it. but there are cement barriers protecting it, as well as a heavy police presence and the military close by in case anything were to happen. this report had the potential to be very embarrassing for the egyptians. they had been a longtime partner of the cia in their rendition program where they take suspects from around the world, b...

The military is close by in case something were to happen. >> how can the report damage the u.s. relationship with egypt? >> reporter: when we look at the cia relationship with egypt, we are talking about the rendition program where suspects are taken from round the world to egypt to be interrogated. this has been going on since the clinton days in the mid 90s. a long relationship with the u.s. government. the egyptians would not like the dirty laundry out in the open. they have a secretive inte...

>> reporter: when you talk about the cias relationship with egypt, we are talking about the rendition program. this is where the cia would bring a suspect to egypt for interrogation. this process or program goes back as reports say to the 90s and the clinton administration. thiss one very famous case in 2003 where an italian man omar was taken from the cia to italy to egypt. the italian prosecution charged and convicted almost two dozen cia operators in that case in 2009. a big embarrassment for...