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Bounds to what they said were okay? >> make no mistake about it, what senators feinstein and mccain described are crimes. its a criminal enterprise which was described not only in the violation of international domestic laws, which we all knew about in the running of a torture program but equally unsettling was the determined effort to hide that program, including what both senators described as false information being given to them by former directors of the cia, the general counsel of the cia....

Expected to accuse the cia of lying to congress, the white house and the american people. it concludes that torture used on three detainees including khalid shaikh mohammed did not produce results. former cia leaders are firing back. >> to say that we relentlessly over an expanded period of time lied to everyone about a program that wasnt doing any good, that beggars the imagination. >> reporter: it did help find osama bin laden and prevent other attacks and cia officials briefed congress repeat...

Illegal, and it didnt work. thats three for three. you know? hes wrong about everything. this report will eventually come out and he will -- well, he would be shamed if he were a normal person and capable of feeling shame. but this is going to be yet another black eye for his legacy. but he and his daughter are going to keep on swinging at the opponents. and, you know, theyre not win, chris. i think public opinion is turning against them. but hes going to leave this earth inzits heavyweight did ...

Youve got -- you had some governors who trapsed off and kissed the rings -- >> what jokes they were. >> kissed off the rings of shell donn adelman. >> the kissing booth should be on everybody democratic ad. >> and he exists and his people, the republican jewish coalition exists to wipe out rand paul. so the fact that you had scott walker with no foreign policy history, john kasich, jeb bush isless surprising, and chris christie traps over there shows rand paul really might have this entire terra...

Them to make them tell the truth. none of it is true. it didnt work. it didnt achieve any truths, but cheney has a certain look in his face, a certain grinding of the teeth. you see in his face, it was all legal, we were able to do that. the washington report rj on what the senate intelligence committee reports, about the current and u.s. officials with knowledge of the report had to say about it. quote, the cia misled the government and the public about the torture program. two, it concealed th...

Report is. as angus king said, when he said he would vote in favor of the release of the report, "it is a really hard read, its very disappointing." he talked about institutional failure. this report alleges that the cia made inaccurate statements, it gave out highly misleading information regarding efficacy of the torture program not just to the national security council but to the president and the congress. how does john brennan manage this process? he both has to not lose the support of his ...

The cia misled the government and the public about torture program, concealed details about severity of methods, overstated significance of plots and prisoners, took credit for critical pieces of intelligence that detainees had given up before being subjected to torture. again, dick cheney defended the torture program and the caliber of a detainee that it targeted. >> it is a fact that only detainees of the highest intelligence value were ever subjected to enhanced interrogation. >> but accordin...

Aspects of the torture program for years. conceal detail about the severity of the methods. overstating the significance of plots and programs and took credit for critical pieces of detainees before they were subjected to hare schtechniques. the cia described its program repeatedly to the congress and unintellab uninor tanable intelligence. twhas true? the answer is no. essentially this report which remains classified concludes that not only did torture not work but the cia lied about the enhanc...

Detention and interrogation program itself. the 6300 page report remains classified. "the washington post" reporters interviewed current and former u.s. officials with knowledge of it who said the report concludes the cia misled the government and the public about torture program, concealed details about severity of methods, overstated significance of plots and prisoners, took credit for critical pieces of intelligence that detainees had given up before being subjected to torture. again, dick ch...

Intelligence committee is seeking to unravel. this past tuesday, thats when we saw on the senate floor that long, detailed and sharply critical speech from the normally cia friendly chair, the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein. she held the floor for 40 minutes and admonished the cia. for literally trying to cover up the activities. she accused the cia as going as far as illegally monitoring and spying on congress to keep information out of the committees hands. thats what ...