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>> senator, it was a new subject for me. we, as i said, we lacked interrogation expertise at the agency. we didn't have interrogators. i was told that interrogation expert his designed the program, that the highest legal authority in the united states had approved it, and that the president of the united states had approved it as well as a trusted leadership at the central intelligence agency. >> have your views of the program evolved in the years following the attacks on our country on 9/11? >> senator, they have. i think it's very important. i think for any leader, as you go through a career...

Board that suspect, what would you do? >> senator, i would advise -- i do not believe the president would ask me to do that, but -- we have today in the u.s. government other u.s. government entities that conduct interrogations. dod uses the army field manual, and they conduct battlefield interrogations and cia has incredible expertise it can bring to the table in support of those interrogations. the fbi has its authorities to conduct interrogations, and as you know, we have the high-value interrogation group. so, you know, i would advise anyone who asked me about it that cia is not the right ...

But we have today in the u.s. government other u.s. government entities that conduct interrogations. d.o.d. uses the army field manual and they conduct battlefield interrogations and c.i.a. has incredible expertise it can bring to the table in support of those interrogations. the f.b.i. has its authorities to conduct interrogations. and as you know, we have the high value interrogation group. so i would be advise -- advise anyone who ask me about it that c.i.a. is not the right place to conduct interrogations. we don't have interrogators and we don't have interrogation expertise. so i believe ...

Interrogation expertise at the agency. we didn't have interrogators. i was told that interrogation experts had designed the program. that the highest legal authority in the united states had approved it, and that the president of the united states had approved it as well as the trusted leadership at the central intelligence agency. >> have your views of the program evolved in the years following the attacks on our country on 9/11? >> senator, they have. i think it's very important. i think for any leader as you go through a career, you have to learn the leadership lessons. i'm not going to sit...