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State, people in the bureaucracy, particularly the intelligence agencies or law enforcement. what kind of drastic action? >> i'm going to be very, very clear with people. as far as i'm concerned, that staff has amnesty. we'll see how they do with me at the helm. if the leaks don't stop, i'm going to pare down the staff because it's just not right, chris. i think it's not fair to the president. it's actually not fair to america or the people in the government. i'm not going to be able to stop the leaks or in the intergovernmental agencies and all that other stuff. that's a whole different ball ...

9/11 with a cia that was spooked by past investigation and was reluctant to stick its neck out. i think the next president will be severely handicapped by going into the office with the cia, that is like the one we had back in the '90s. >> and what is interesting, with the bombings in africa and the uss cole, i mean, we were not even in a war footing. and so you know the cia was kind of gun shy at that point. but let's talk about this whole issue of water boarding for once and for all. was the cia given authority to do this? >> yes. >> okay, was it torture, and was it illegal? >> no, and no. t...

What we went through in the 90s with a cia that was spooked by past investigations and reluctant to stick its neck out. i think the next president will be severely handicapped by going into office with a ciaa0zrñ lik one we had in the 90s. >> with the bomb bmings in africa and the uss cole we were not even in war footing so the cia was gun shy. like talk about this issue of waterboarding was the cia given authority to do this? >> yes. >> okay. was it torture and was it illegal? >> no. and no. torture has been defined in, there was at the time one torture statue that defined it as acting under...

What we went through in the 90s with a cia that was spooked by past investigations and reluctant to stick its neck out. i think the next president will be severely handicapped by going into office with a ciaa0zrñ lik one we had in the 90s. >> with the bomb bmings in africa and the uss cole we were not even in war footing so the cia was gun shy. like talk about this issue of waterboarding was the cia given authority to do this? >> yes. >> okay. was it torture and was it illegal? >> no. and no. torture has been defined in, there was at the time one torture statue that defined it as acting under...

United states, they've heard it here from the foreign ministry as well, saying they had to do this. they had to crack down and it was for the sake of the economy. but at the same time, the crown prince here has been given authority by the king to negotiate with all sides. but the protesters are saying, how can we trust this? you're saying negotiate and talk and it's time for reflection, time for calm and for everyone to gather themselves when all this is going on. yet all of this continues to go on. they say the government is speaking with two voices. one a voice and the other guns. >> i want ...