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Department and obama administration repeated they were not going to seek criminal charges. >> the whole thing lacks basic context, they say theres no consideration given to the mindset in america after the 9/11 attacks. at the time "new york times" wrote theres been a drum beat of warnings from top officials that terrorist attacks, even a nuclear one, are all but inevitable. and it was against this backdrop that the cia interrogation program was developed and approved. jose rodriguez jr. is the ...

Josh earnest replied to another question by ed henry saying how could he appoint two of the most sensitive job, f.b.i. and c.i.a., believe that they endorse unamerican techniques and tactics? he said he can rely upon them to keep the country safe. >> okay. the democrats are saying the interrogation program unamerican, but it is okay to drone people. we asked you what you thought. barbara on facebook said, the drone attacks are much worse than the c.i.a. interrogation tactics. >> kevin on faceboo...

Difference between the tactics that are used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics that are employed by the united states of america that go to great lengths to protect the lives of innocent civilians. >> the other interesting angle is the president and his top aides believe these tactics broke the law but theyre not pursuing criminal charges. u.n. officials today said they believe former cia officials as well as former top bush officials should now face war crimes, but the justice depa...

In washington. where is your sense of where the public is? >> i think the public isnt nearly as conflict as people in washington are. there are a lot of people saying we shouldnt be torturing these guys as punishment. but this was never done as punishment. this was done to illicit information. it was never getting anyone to sign false confessions like they tried to do with john mccain. it was about trying to further thwart terrorist attacks. from the polls and the national debate. the average am...

Possible terrorist attacks and all the other things they do. hes a big believer in the cia. he certainly did not want to have on his watch some sort of feeding frenzy of blame that might weaken us from being able to prevent another attack. if there is another attack now, especially if al qaeda were to say, you know, this is partly in retribution for what the cia has been doing, that could be a real problem for democrats who were responsible for releasing the report. >> and very lastly, lynn, doe...

The american people love our troops. they need a villain, the c.i.a. becomes the new villain. i say anything, anything done to a terrorist associated with 9/11 or other terrorist attacks, anything gets my approval. >> dr. james mitchell and bruce jesson were the ones who came up with this. these are two former military psychologists. they were paid $80 million to come up with this plan. that plan and operation gave us the tactics for taking down and cross-examining some of the high-value intelli...

Repeated again i think is a very substantial contribution to the future of american government. >> jeffrey toobin talking to me earlier. and if you would like to read the full report yourself, we have posted it to cnn.com. youll also find several opinion columns on both side of the debate there. >> an american claimed to be a navy s.e.a.l. and plotting terrorist attacks. the suspect was armed with ammunition and explosives stolen from the israeli military. >> reporter: an israeli magistrate is c...

Clear about what it was we intended to do and what we were doing to make sure we had the necessary assurances from the justice department that what we were doing was legal. >> reporter: in an admission in cia documents that waterboarding did cause physical harm. abu zubayda became unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth. internal officials called his waterboarding 180 times. they released a response insisting the program was legal and it did gain the country valuable intelli...

Dedicated to securing justice for the victims of terrorist attacks and to protect americans from further harm. i know their responsibilities were grave and urgent and the strain of their duty was onus. i appreciate your dilemma but i dispute wholeheartedly it was right for them to use these methods which this report makes clear were neither in the best interest of justice nor our security nor the ideals we have sacrificed so much blood and treasure to defend. the knowledge of tortures dubious ef...

Dignity of human rights of people around the world, the president writes. as americans we owe a profound debt of gratitude to fellow citizens who served to keep us safe. among them the dedicated men and women among our intelligence community, including the cia. since the attacks of 9/11 these public servants have worked tirelessly to devastate al qaeda, deliver justice to bin laden, and the wart terrorist attacks. solemn rows of stars on the memorial wall at the cia horn those who have given the...