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Were selected. while the republicans control it in the senate, the minority party does have power. not on how it's scheduled but they can be vocal. that could be interesting. i was that person yelling the questions over the weekend and i was struck by the fact that when i asked the president-elect if rudy giuliani was under consideration for secretary of state it was the way he said it. yes and then a beat and some other things which were notable in that moment especially with rudy giuliani at his side. you could consider him for a position like the department of homeland security which deals ...

Interrogation tactics. as the executive summary notes, the cia engaged in rough interrogation in the past. the cia had support a letter to the intelligence committee in 1989 and here is the quote. inhumane physical or psychological techniques are counterproductive because they do not produce intelligence and will probably result in false answers. that was a letter from john held gerson, cia director of congressional affairs dated january 8th. >> you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." as senate intelligence chair, the outgoing chair, dianne feinstein continues to outline the conclusions of...

Hostilities, a cessation of the huge gaps that we have on humanitarian issues. >> and that is certainly a hope of some, that in the new world, where the u.s. won't be a presence militarily in afghanistan and that the taliban becomes more of a political force in afghanistan, the hope is that this would be perhaps some seed of diplomatic relations in the future. but you're right, there is a skepticism. one more question for you because you've worn so many hats. you were in the administration as secretary to two cabinets. you were at the u.n. but you were a member of congress so you know the poli...

Clearly somebody there missed something and clearly someone at general motors. that's a failure on both sides of the equation. the reason you have the regulators is to make sure there isn't a failure on both sides of the equation. this is one of those cases. they are going to have a lot of explaining let to do and facts to get through on these documents so we can come to the right conclusion. you don't want to swing blindly at who might be at fault, but someone at general motors is clearly responsible and someone in the regulator shop is responsible. and someone has to be held accountable. >> ...

Director threatened to quit if bill clinton would have put this on the table. this is to try to persuade the prime minister to release palestinian prisoners he was going ore lease as part of the ongoing negotiation. bottom line is this is an attempt to salvage the talks from completely collapsing. the palestinians are threatening to walk out. so both sides have refused to commit to things they have promised. what do you as a former fbi man and house intelligence chair think about releasing jonathan pollard. >> this is a serious mistake. it tells me that the administration is at wits end here a...