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There were at least seven occasions between 1995 and 2011 when it should have been possible to apprehend Osama bin Laden much earlier, but he was allowed, rather mysteriously, to get away
They were heatedly debated. it was strongly felt by many in the agency the information obtained under duress from enhanced interrogation from torture was spurious, couldn't be relied on and in fact, all those were formerly recalled. that's a big deal in the intelligence community. you want to expunge it from the record as unreliable. that's what the record is the case. >> gary, it's interesting. all along, there was testimony from cia officials, public testimonies saying, look. the folks doing these techniques whether you call them torture or enhanced interrogation techniques, they're carefull...
And colleagues knew about in the agency at the time that were touted as triumphs on the war in terror which resulted from enhanced interrogation. all 20 were known and i've been shown by the documents, hundreds of millions of words worth of reality reporting and debate by colleagues of gary and mine at the time to be basically made and not having either been true plots or dependent on the information. >> glen -- when gary says, looking, this is a political hit piece and partisan, they didn't interview directors of the cia. you're saying what they did do is comb through thousands, tens of thous...
Chemical weapons, nuclear weapon. in these cases possibly. >> that's the example, glen, that's often used. an imminent attack. it seems to indicate there's no examples of this thwarting an imminent attack and dozens, i think 26 people, were actually innocent. mistaken identities. these techniques were used on those people who were clearly deemed later on to be not guilty of anything, so i want to be able to respond to gary. >> i think gary and i agree on one thing. the saying, where does a fish rot? from the headfir first. we're the executive actor in the executive branch following the guidanc...
Equipment shortages, specifically american vehicles. and five, a strain between american forces and their afghan counterparts. our next guest spent a lot of time in afghanistan since 9/11. he's currently part of a company that's working over there. he's also running as a republican for senate in the state of new york. thanks very much for being with us once again. a pentagon spokesman said these are combat reports and have a very narrow view of the war. the latest one is dated a year ago, and it doesn't reflect the current status of the war. gary, you were in afghanistan, you and i have talked...