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Story we've been following all week. the cia director admitting his mick takes but defending his agency in an unusual news conference on thursday. >> yeah, john brennan never used the word torture when discussing the harsh interrogation tactics used on detainees, but his comments on the program's effect iness are now similar to the white house stance as michelle kaczynski tells us. >> reporter: the cia director defended his agency in an unprecedented press conference. >> the program produced useful intelligence that helped the united states thwart, attack plans, capture terrorists and save liv...

United states thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and saved lives. but let me be clear. we have not concluded that it was the use of eits within that program that allowed us to obtain useful information from detainees subjected to them. the cause and effect relationship between the use of eits, and useful information subsequently provided by the detainee is, in my view, unknowable. the cia was unprepared to conduct a detention and interrogation program and our officers inadequately developed and monitored its initial activities. the agency failed to establish quickly the operational guidel...

Activities. the agency failed to establish quickly the operational guidelines needed to govern the entire effort. in a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent, and rightly should be repudiated by all. >> brennan conceded he cannot say for sure the methods obtained useful information. >> our reviews indicate that the detention and interrogation program produced useful intelligence that helped the united states thwart attack plans, capture terrorists, and save lives. but let me be clear. we have not concluded that it was...

With the cia's first detainee, al qaeda operative abu zubaydah, who was waterboarded 83 times. the report says that in one session, zubaydah became completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open, full mouth. the cia pushback was quick. director john brennan saying the harsh interrogations helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives. as for the claims that osama bin laden was tracked down based on information gained from enhanced interrogations, the senate committee says that's false. in an interview with bret baier on fox news channel, former vice president dick...

Intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives. and brennan's statement also -- and former vice president dick cheney. >> it's deeply flawed. they didn't bother to interview key people involved in the program we asked the agency to go take steps an put in place programs that were designed to catch the bastards that killed 3,000 on 9/11. khalid sheikh mohammed the mastermind of 9/11, what are we supposed to do, kiss him on both cheeks and said, please, please, tell us what you know. of course not. we did what we had to do for those to catch who were guilty -- >>...