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Professor, that john yu wrote that memo. we take that legal advice from the olc. we implemented what you americans and what you the federal government told us to do. and now you're going to turn around and put it on us? well, james bivey is a federal judge and john yu sits at berkeley. >> whione of the things we lear is there are cia agency personnel who were in these detention sites conducting these tactics and were very upset what they were doing, really wanted guidance from above and said do we really need to carry this out? i want to resign. i don't want to do this. and it was supervisors ...

Pressed further. >> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred -- >> please answer yes or no. >> senator, what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to -- >> can you please answer the question? >> senator, i think i've answered the question. >> no, you've not. >> reporter: during the campaign, president trump supported waterboarding. >> mr. trump, you said, not only does it work, but that you'd bring it back. >> i would bring back waterb...

>> we'll see what those international companies are going to kind of pull back from engaging with iran so they don't become part of those sanctions. >> and the cia is not apologizing for her role for using enhance interrogation techniques after the september 11th attacks but is vowing not to reinstate those practices if confirmed as director. gina haspel faced tough questions over her confirmation hearing before the senate intelligence committee yesterday at one point being asked outright on her views of the use of torture. >> the president has asserted that torture works. do you agree with th...

Detainees and i don't think it's knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that. >> in november and december of 2002 did you oversee the enhanced interrogation which included the use of the water board has publicly reported? yes or no? >> senator, anything about my classified assignment history throughout my 33 years, we can talk about in this afternoon's classified session. exposing operational information can be damaging to sources and methods, as you know. >> and as it stands now republican senator susan collins says she'll vote to confirm haspel. meanwhile senators john mc...

If you were watching gina haspel's conif i recallation hearing yesterday and you thought, hey, this feels different -- you were right. instead of politics, lawmakers focused on morality. does the woman who president trump wants to run the cia think torture is immoral? haspel chose her answers and her words carefully. she vowed to never restart the cia's, quote, detention and intier gags program. she promi interrogation program and promised not to do anything, quote, immoral. but she would not say exactly what she did think was immoral. >> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniqu...