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Today, on the anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment coming into

Even if people make the argument that it pertains to extraordinary circumstances, and i think he will continue to do that. >> you know, matt miller, i want to pull you in on this. it is a constant and traditional tension in normal times, but i wonder if you think these are those, normal times. >> no. theyre not normal times. look, it is a very tough position theyre in. it is, in many ways, analogous to what we faced in 2009 when president obama was elected and we took over the justice department...

Doing, and it has led to all kinds of revelations over the last couple of decades after the post-9/11 environment including about the cias torture program, about the national security agencys bulk collections of everyones call records, and many other things that are part of how democracy works in the united states. it is part of educating the public so there can be an informed electorate, and that is why the founders included in the first amendment to the constitution that government shall pass ...

About what the government is doing, and it has led to all kinds of revelations over the last couple of decades after the post-9/11 environment including about the cias torture program, about the national security agencys bulk collections of everyones call records, and many other things that are part of how democracy works in the united states. it is part of educating the public so there can be an informed electorate, and that is why the founders included in the first amendment to the constitutio...

On him including specific references by the people who wrote the torture memos approving these things, referencing how flexible he was and specifying the number of days he could be subjected to sleep deprivation. this was all designed to be used on him not just as individual one off things, but this is authorized in specific and in detail by government. >> he is the entire torture program as approve bide the department of justice. >> never charged with a crime. >> never charged with a crime. ind...

Today was to stress the fact these torture techniques were specifically approved for use on him in combination. they were all approved for use on him including specific references by the people who wrote the torture memos approving these things, referencing how flexible he was and specifying the number of days he could be subjected to sleep deprivation. this was all designed to be used on him not just as individual one off things, but this is authorized in specific and in detail by government. >...

In that u.s. detention center in iraq. >> thats a good point. it would not surprise me. he was there almost a year and there was a great intelligence stuff if you will, looms very large that we let him go. accidentally we did that with quite a few people. al-qaida and other people where we just messed up and because of the torture program largely we didnt really go after people in a solid methodical way and determine whether or not they were future threats. we let a lot of threats go. we let som...

Dangerous thing that hes doing. when i blew the when i felt on the cias torture program, i got what the fbi called three credible death threats. i actually had to take my family and leave town where to week. when you have the president of the united states joking, maybe, maybe not joking, about death penalty offenses for someone reporting waste, fraud, abuse, or illegality, i think thats very tadangerous tack to take. >> that comes from somebody who paid a price for leaking to be sure. house dem...

Torture program in late 2007, the bush administration investigated me and determined e had not committed a crime. just a few weeks later, john the number two at the national security council, h and he asked the justice department, eric holder, to secretly reopen the case against me. that went to robert mueller. he created this john kiriakou task force -- >> tucker: you are telling me that john brennan, a documented history of looking to the press, ask for a criminal investigation into you with r...

When i went public on the cias torture program, the bush administration investigated me and determined that i hadnt committed a crime. they closed the case. a few weeks later, when barack obama became president, john brennan became the number two at the national security council, and he asked the justice department, eric holder, to secretory reopen the case against me. that went to robert mueller, and he created a task force -- >> youre telling me john brennan, who has a documented history of le...