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To talk, he'll take responsibility for what he did hi doesn't want to take responsibility for things he didn't do, kind of seaming to suggest that there's a lot he'd like to set the record straight on. >> whatever he did or didn't do, he got paid a lot for it. what's the justification for such a big contract, more than $80 million, to his firm? >> well, that's exactly what the senate wanted to know and didn't get answers on in the report. but the cia when they responded to that report they said, look, we would have been derelict not to take these two guys up. we thought they had very special i...

About these interrogation techniques and whether or not they are torture. >> first of all, i certainly agree that there were times when cia officers exceeded the policy guidance that was given and the authoritized techniques that were approved and determined to be lawful. they went outside the bounds in terms of their actions as part of that interrogation process. they are harsh. in some instances i would say they're abhorrent. and i'll leave it to you to label those active it itieactiv. >> john mccain said we engaged in torture. and once we've admitted we engaged in torture, we have a

Sometimes wrought. more often than not they are true, but my goodness, what happens if they are not? i don't want to go there. i think a we're doing a great job with our signal intelligence, with our paid informants. the drones have really evened the strategic battlefield in the sense that i totally embrace the drones. that has rendered al-qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan, for instance, absolutely impotent and in crennel as well because they can't keep their head out without fear that the sky will erupt -- >> you've got the president of the united states says what they did during the bush adm...

Whether or not the eits were the method that you had to use. and brennan is not actually answering that question. he says the answer is unknowable. but when you look at the records, you can see that plenty of information was gained prior to the use of the eits themselves from those detainees. >> let's listen to what he said about these interrogation techniques and whether or not they are torture. >> first of all, i certainly agree that there were times when cia officers exceeded the policy guidance that was given and the authoritized techniques that were approved and determined to be lawful. t...

Devised this list of techniques, waterboarding, sleep deprivation among a bunch of other things that are equally as horrifying. did he when you talked with him, even though he would not confirm or deny reports that he was that man, did he defend these methods? >> yeah, michaela, he did seem to defend these interrogation techniques. he said "nothing was done to those detainees that aren't done to our servicemen and women by our own training programs. i think it's a national discussion. the administration and the people of the united states really have to ask themselves if whether in a situation...