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Specifically he briefed nancy pelosi and others. and the records show that briefing took place. were you there at the time? do you have an independent recollection of it? >> yes, i was there at the time and have an independent recollection of it. the other point, megyn, this was not just a one-time briefing. ms. pelosi and her senior colleagues including senator rockefeller were repeated a number of times periodically as the program was unfolding. so if they were going to express objection, they...

Emptous, all the mood of congress was for the cia and entire intelligence community to do everything possible. so i am disgusted by the hypocrisy today. and ill say every one of those cia people should get a medal for what they did. >> congressman, good to see you, peter king. joining me now former cia legal officer. john, good to see you tonight. so you heard mr. rodriguez say specifically he briefed nancy pelosi and others. and the records show that briefing took place. were you there at the t...

Specifically what the cia was doing in terms of enhanced interrogation? >> there are about 40 instances where we briefed the senate and the house intelligence committees over the life of the program from 2002 to 2009. and we briefed dianne feinstein and nancy pelosi and rockefeller and many others all the time. and we at the outset, at the beginning, back in 2001, i remember very clearly them telling me, you know, the problem that you guys have is that you are risk adverse. you need to use the a...

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It was not until the cable -- excuse me, the tapes were burned that chairman rockefeller and kit bonn each designated staff to take a look at three cases. and that was abu zubaydah, it was k.s.m. and al nashiri. and they did and they reported back. and at that point when the intelligence committee saw what had been done, the vote was 14-1 to move ahead with a fuller investigation. and that fuller investigation has taken 5 1/2 years. we stand by it. we believe it will meet the test of time. and w...

Jose rodriguez direct o of the cias counterterrorism center, a key player in the program. cia general council scott muller, cia deputy director of operations, cia acting general council john riz strkso and cia deputy director john mclaughlin. and a variety of interrogate pors, lawyers, medical personnel senior counterterrorism analyst and managers of the detention and interrogation program. the best place to start about how we got into this -- and im delighted that senator rockefeller is on the ...

Negotiation over the redactions to the report. we have been able to include some more information in the report today without sacrificing sources and methods of our -- or our national security. id like to ask, following my remarks, that a letter from the white house dated yesterday conveying the report also points out that the report is 93% complete a that the redactions amount to 7% of the bulk of the report. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. president. this has been a long process. the w...

And records that the videotapes were destroyed shortly after cia attorneys raised concerns that congress might find out about the tapes. in any case, at that same december 11th committee hearing, director hayden told the committee that cia cables related to the interrogation sessions depicted in the videotapes were, and i quote: a more than adequate representation of the tapes and, therefore, be you want them -- if you want them, well give you access to them. thats at the december 2007 hearing. ...

Conditions in some of these facilities. i want to give you a chance to respond. >> she was comparing what the cia program was. there is no comparison. abu ghraib was a break down in the chain of command among low level military people. everyone condemns what happened. this program was carefully designed, legally approved on four occasions by the justice department. briefed to these committees at a time when they were enthusiastic about it. at one point when we stopped this, we did stop this prog...

Washington did not match the way techniques were used at cia sites around the world. a particular note was the treatment over the span of 17 days in august of 2002. this involves nonstop interrogation and abuse 24-7 from august 4th to august 21st. and included multiple forms of deprivation and physical assault. the description of this period first written up by the staff in early 2009 while senator rockefeller was chairman is what prompted this full review. the descriptions go far beyond that. t...