defined political abuse which does not end in organ failure, impairment of bodily function or even death not constituting inhuman and cruel treatment. a narrow definition like that could easily have led to the techniques that were used and i think looking back on this chapter is very painful. again, many of the people involved thought they were doing the right thing but we failed them by not having a clear legal framework around their activity. >> jane, let me ask you about congress' involvement. there is the argument that this report whitewashes one element of the system, which was congressional oversight, that the cia briefed congress 30 times, that there wasn't a lot of pushback from congress, that