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Of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence. >> reporter: as for the presidents claim that those harsh interrogation tactics amounts to torture, white house secretary john ernest was asked that question, he said the president still stands by that claim. >> jim acosta reporting live from. u.s. troops around the world are bracing for the threat of retaliation to the so-called terror report. the senate investigation steer bid dianne feinstein detailed the cias brutal tactics to interr...

Morning. >> thank you for having me on the program. >> bob baer, former cia operative told us last hour he thinks the fallout from this is going to be political. that its not going to be any retaliation from our enemies overseas. do you agree? >> i generally think this is a political issue. all the things that are basically ahead in the report has already come out. already t tough interrogation techniques, the cia inspector general report actually came out with something in 2004 which was declas...

From the pentagon. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, poppy. troops at the ready in case there are retaliation attacks. this report has been in the works for months. the question now, of course, is how will the world react when it is made public. this morning, thousands of u.s. military personnel on heightened alert, anticipating the release of a report by the senate intelligence committee on top-secret interrogation tactics and torture of cia detainees. >> our own intelligence community ha...

The secretary. he just sat down for an interview. they talked about the release of this so-called torture report. listen. >> this is one of the places where theyre concerned about possible retaliation for that terror report. i asked secretary hagel about this. he said he has put all his combat-and-commands on the alert with the release of this report today. he says some of the redactions of the report have helped a bit. theyre taking every precaution. a lot of commanders weve spoken to in iraq a...

Waterboarding, provided by key information that prevented other terror attacks and led to the capture of osama bin laden. but the report questions the effectiveness of those procedures. critics of the $50 million report question the timing of its release. >> what would be a good time to release this report? its difficult to imagine one. particularly because of the painful details that will be included. but, again, the president believes that it is important for us to be as transparent as we poss...

>> but what he goes on to say is the money they have lost and the implications, youve got to bet other studios are looking at this and thinking and the idea of hacking for censorship. were entering new territory here. >> we are. laurie segall, thanks for staying on top of it. the next hour of "newsroom" starts right now. good morning, everyone, im poppy harlow in today for carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. we begin this. thousands of u.s. troops are on alert right now as washingto...

Leaders arguing the program itself was worth it adding "as far as im concerned, they ought to be decorated not criticized." that sentiment was echoed by former president bush. >> these are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, sittwe off base. >> reporter: this report from senate democrats is expected to be made public just about one hour from now. former and current serving cia officials will tell you that they were just following the orders...

Frequently. >> were glad youre here with us as well. well bring awe fox news alert. united states embassies across the globe on high alert as a new terror report with detailed descriptions of secret c.i.a. interrogation tactics is about to be released by senate democrats. >> its believed to detail methods used in the aftermath of 9-11 attacks. a lot of people say its torture, not interrogation techniques. >> embassies being urged to prepare for backlash because concern is high in the middle east...

Because mornings are better on the couch. >> i think so. >> in all fairness to elisabeth, sometimes on the teleprompter you can not tell where were supposed to stop and the next person starts. >> i can be a teleprompter hog. you want to bent about that? >> no. a lot of times you see the big white lines, that says stop. >> when you see the word brian. >> thats also an indication. >> here it says brian, but im gog read it. fox news alert right now. u.s. facilities across the globe on high alert as...

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