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Her appointment kind of troubles me. and it shows that the trump administration apparently is most interested in the cia in terms of operations. this appointment and a few others that trump has made during his presidency has always favored the operational side. and so therefore, i take that as being that the trump administration is not really interested in the information that they can get from the cia analysts, but they want to use the agency as a weapon against their adversaries. >> im going t...

We need accountabilityaccountab. without accountability, were going to have more problems, because people will do whatever they do and they feel they can get away with it. >> hold that thought on accountability. i want you to stay right there. the cias torture program was a product of the post-9/11 battle against al qaeda. now, fears of the rise of isis have eclipsed al qaeda in recent years, but there are signs that al qaeda and its threat are still very real in 2018. more than 16 years after t...

Cover cia officer for 30 years and as you pointed out there are no public pictures of her. there are many within the intelligence community that are applauding her appointment, saying shes an exceptional officer but also those including politicians on capitol hill raising concern about her past ties to the cias former torture program, she served in thailand known as a black site when suspected terrorists were held there, in this case she was responsible for the facility but would not have partic...

And thats why it surprises me a bit abut this. she hasnt explained why she thinks it is unlawful. at best i think the law is unclear. there is arguments on both sides. if anything, i think, the administration has the stronger argument based on past cases. also, she cites statements made before the executive order was signed. presumably, statements by mr., by president trump during the campaign, and by rudy giuliani. the justice department has routinely opposed those types of statements from bein...

There may be parts that are modified here and there but its not going to be overturned. so the second she said she wasnt going to enforce this, this did seem, did it not, to be a political decision on her part which certainly was within her right but a curious decision for a justice department official to make. >> i thought it was very odd. i dont know what her motivations were. on the constitutional side it favors him. on the statutory side theres an argument under 1965 law but compelling arts ...

Devised the torture program but conducted waterboarding will tonight be my guest. >> lets listen for a second. jim sciutto walk us through what we are looking at. >> theres general james mattis in a suit. of course remember congress had to pass a waiver because hes only been out of his uniform three years, the law said seven years dating back to the 50s so they had to have a waiver for him to take this position. its a big moment the presidents first visit to the pentagon, just a reminder when ...

Torture program today would simply walk away or refuse to do it. >> thank you very much. more on president trump and the president of mexico called mutually calling off the meeting for this meeting over the border wall. also backlash erupts after this grammy award winning singer performs at the inauguration and spike lee now says he wont use her music. she joins me to respond. and theyre absolutely right. they say that its hot...

And there needs to be a facility at which we can take people off the battlefield and interrogate them and not sending people to guan man toe but even that was ended. >> i dont know how in the world closing this loophole would have any effect on whether we know if drone strikes are going to be effective. if anybody has a problem like i do still has a problem. maybe more so the fact that the president promised that he was going to be trapsnsparent about this program and this is something we need t...

Found no way to close guantanamo and there needs to be a facility at which we can take people off the battlefield and interrogate them and not sending people to guan man toe but even that was ended. >> i dont know how in the world closing this loophole would have any effect on whether we know if drone strikes are going to be effective. if anybody has a problem like i do still has a problem. maybe more so the fact that the president promised that he was going to be trapsnsparent about this progra...

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, 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...