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True. welcome back to "hardball." that was "the daily show's" john stewart mocking dick cheney over his resolve on torture. cheney doesn't have the best track record when it comes to the facts. nevertheless, the debate over whether the united states tortures its enemies for intelligence doesn't seem to be going away. today nbc released a poll that shows support for torture. 51% of americans say harsh interrogation practices following 9/11 were acceptable under the circumstances. 45% say that harsh interrogation tactics are acceptable enough to use again in the future. so generally useful. but ...

Domestic taliban and in fact, that offensive killed a very senior al qaeda leader several days ago, which is something that obama officials were pretty pleased about. i think they've either killed or captured some other al qaeda leaders from region recently as well. so it's a horrible byproduct of something that does fit with our basic u.s. policy goals, but it's clear that pakistan does not really have its arms around this problem. when you're talking about a country with nuclear weapons, i think it's a foreign policy problem that doesn't command the headlines except in cases of atrocities li...

Camps. listen to former senior obama advisor take some not so subtle shots at hillary clinton's potential candidacy. said exactly what her program will be, what she's running on. i think elizabeth has -- what happened in 2008 is that hillary's candidacy got out in front of any rationale for it. and the danger is that's happening again, it's like ready for hillary, ready for what? >> and one thing hillary seems ready to weigh in on is the enhanced interrogation. >> i am proud to have been a part of the obama administration that banned illegal renditions and brutal interrogation practices, inclu...

Interrogation practices following the 9/11 attacks were acceptable. and 49% say they're acceptable enough to use again in the future. richard, what do you make of this? i must tell you, in terms of the partisan breakdown, the democrats are against torture as a party. people in the party who identify as democrats. whereas republicans were 80% for torture, and more mixed among independents. does that surprise you? it's not eye for an eye and it doesn't compare to what we're talking about and what happened just less than a day ago in pakistan in terms of violence and cruelty? >> no, there's no co...

Interrogations. he admits that some cia actions were not authorized and abho abhoraant, and this came after the senate release today the report on cia interrogation tactics. >> he admitted the mistakes were made, but what he did not say was also of note. we learn from barbara star, she is at the pentagon. in a 45 minute long press conference, cia director john brennan never used the word torture to describe interrogation practices. >> as i said in some instances i considered them abhorant and i would leave to others how they may want to label those activities. >> in an extraordinary move, he s...