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A friendly yemen government but that government has collapsed. you must be really worried about that. >> well i am. im troubled by whoever made that decision. because it was obvious long before we left and long before there was a collapse of the government that they were probably going to be incapable of standing up standing up to the rebels who, as you know are backed heavily by iran. it was pretty evident that the bottom was falling out long before it did. >> its not just in yemen. think of th...

Speaking to a reporter for the "huffington post." >> you dont hold attorney general nominees hostage for other issues. this is our top law enforcement office. nobody denies that shes well qualified. >> is eric holder prepared to stay? >> yes. the republicans really dislike mr. holder. if they really want to get him of him, the best way is to get loretta confirmed. >> what do you say about that senator risch? whats your reaction? >> you know, this just amazes me. i dont know what he thinks were h...

The democrats know as well as republicans that if were going to do this we need to all pull the wagon together. this is a dangerous regime were dealing with. its a dangerous situation. we need to all be pulling in the same direction on this. >> senator risch, thanks very much for joining us. >> wolf thanks for having me. the future of the affordable care act here in the united states now in the hands of the u.s. supreme court. it could be, though, in jeopardy. well have a live report from the ...

Responsible to justice, the u.n. convention against torture and the u.n. convention of forced disappearances requires states to prosecute acts of torture and enforce where theres sufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction. the its is a signatory, signed those international treaties. >> that would be a question best asked to the administration. im not interested in any involvement in international participation whatsoever. this is our issue. if the administration wants to ...

Arizona know candidate, himself a p.o.w. during vietnam war who was tortured by the north vietnamese. this is what he said today on the senate floor after dianne feinstein released this report. >> i have long believed some of these practices amounted to torture as a reasonable person would define it, especially, but not only the practice of waterboarding which is a mock execution and an exquisite form of torture. >> are you ready to concede that these techniques amounted to torture? >> no. no. t...

These are people in the fight against america. it is only people who we are engaged in conflict with, in war with that are identified and listed as possible targets for the drone program. >> you support killing these terrorists? >> i support the drone program. i absolutely do and so do most of these people talking about this report. dianne feinstein is a strong supporter of the drone program and shes right. and i agree with her. >> senator, stand by. we have more questions. i want to go through ...

Were following the breaking news, fear of terrorist retaliation following the release of the senate report on alleged cia torture. its prompted an unusual warning by the fbi and the department of homeland security to all u.s. law enforcement agencies across the country. were talking about the report with republican senator james risch of idaho. hes a member of the senate intelligence committee. john mccain, republican senator, a man you know well, he himself was tortured in vietnam during the vi...

Im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were following the breaking news. an unusual joint warning by the fbi and the department of homeland security. theyre telling law enforcement agencies nationwide to be on alert right now for a possible terrorist response to the senate report on cia interrogation. that report released today. the blistering document five years in the making details interrogation techniques adopted after the 9/11 terror attacks that are described as cruel, inhumane ...

Taking down the al qaeda leader. >> brian, didnt some of those interrogations lead to what were described as fabricated information about bin ladens so-called courier? >> yes, he said when the cia built confidence that they knew all about bin ladens courier, they went to khalid sheikh mohammed to ask him about the courier. mclaughlin said mohammed denied any knowledge about the courier, they say mohammed was lying about it. he lied to them to protect bin laden but in lying to them, he tipped the...

The proposed program before it was finally approved so they were in before the thing was actually put into place. >> and what about the chair, the chairman and the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee and the house intelligence committee at that time? were they told about what you guys at the cia were doing? >> yes. the program officially began when i received the memorandum from the department of justice approving the techniques. >> do you remember who you briefed specifically? >>...