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Are being conducted. and not just the principles, but the lawyers in their departments, as well, for obvious reasons. thats an important point, right. one of the things that has come out in the years since the bush presidency is that there were officials at the time who were worn e warning what was going on with the c.i.a. torture program. it wasnt right. one of those officials was phillip zeleca deputy secretary of state of condoleezza rice. offered memos inside the state department in 2005 and...

Council should be informed of all significant covert action and programs that are being conducted. and not just the principles but the lawyers in their departments as well for obvious reasons. thats an important point. one of the things thats come out in the years since the bush presidency is there were officials warning what was going on with the cia torture program wasnt right. one of those officials was philip zellko deputy of state for condoleezza rice. he authored memos inside the state dep...

Thought they were ahead of the game, about you you shouldnt discount the united states. that is the moral of the story. because they will come and get you, if it is the united states government and theyll get you good. >> because well never know. right? the u.s. government will probably never acknowledge it. but and the government really isnt in the business of attacking another countrys internet. normally when you see us involved in or looking at internet access in other countries its a defense...

When you see whats in this report, you realize how much there was to hide and whats still out there about what this program contained. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you now that the report has come out, you broke so many of the details about the torture program over the years. i wondered if there was things that came as news to you or if you wondered if this was a different angle write-up. >> i think the narrative remains the same. im glad that were able to tell the american public w...

Nothing to hide. when you see whats in this report, you realize how much there was to hide and whats still out there about what this program contained. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you now that the report has come out, you broke so many of the details about the torture program over the years. i wondered if there was things that came as news to you or if you wondered if this was a different angle write-up. >> i think the narrative remains the same. im glad that were able to tell the ...

Raising the questions of fairness, need to ask themselves, the people young and old, the people of all races, are saying that the system is broken in terms of fair and impartial review of cases. then something must be wrong. what would make people across these lines march? the answer is, we need change. thanks for watching. im al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> dick cheney, id do it again. lets play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >> good evening, im chris matthews in washington. dick cheney could...

♪ [ applause ] >> ha! >> the senate report shows that the cia paid two psychologists $80 million to design the torture program. $80 million? were they waterboarding with pell greeno? also, you dont have to use torture to get them to admit stuff. just get them really drunk and log them into facebook. it worked on my ex-. thats how i found out my sons real father is a denver nugget. time now for the side show. that was "snl" on the role that two psychologists played in designing the torture te...

A war against islam. but the drone war is certainly part of it. the torture program is certainly part of it. i dont know if you can say one is more influential and creating more of a problem than the other. >> now, you were telling me before, and you didnt bring it up in the piece, that there is -- theres obviously various ways that the drone program is used, you know, going after a known terrorist. theres no other way to get them and they kill that terrorist. but then theres something you say t...

Part of it. the torture program is certainly part of it. i dont know if you can say one is more influential and creating more of a problem than the other. >> now, you were telling me before, and you didnt bring it up in the piece, that there is -- theres obviously various ways that the drone program is used, you know, going after a known terrorist. theres no other way to get them and they killthat terrorist. but then theres something you say that are called signature strikes. tell me about em th...

Which is the video image you see from the pentagon, torture is something we feel directly and personally and we think is morally wrong. >> reporter: but there is nothing antiseptic about a missile that hits a village. so as officials do the rounds to admonish the previous administration for condoning the secret torture program, they will do well to keep in mind that old saying about glass houses and stones. >> richard engel is in studio with me now. richard, first of, its good to have you states...