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Do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred -- >> it's a yes or no answer. >> senator, what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to. >> please answer the question. >> senator, i think i've answered the question. >> no, you've not. >> much of the senate hearing today for president trump's nominee to lead the cia, gina haspel was taken up with haspel's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, i put that in quotes, otherwise known as tortu...

Yes, i'm in favor of water boarding. okay. would i approve water boarding? you bet your ass i'd approve it. you bet your ass. in a heartbeat. >> i think water boarding is excellent but you have to go further than water boarding. as far as i'm concerned you can go a lot stronger than water boarding. than you like. don't tell me it doesn't work. torture works. only a stupid person would say it doesn't work. it works. here's the president's nominee to be the next director of the cia, gina haspel at her hearing today. >> the president has asserted that torture works. do you agree with that state...

Hearing yesterday. struggling to say whether she thought torture was immoral. during the hearing, haspel answered questions using her role with enhanced interrogation techniques after the 9/11 attacks. last night, senator mccain proved once again he's willing to buck his party and the president. he said while he believes haspel's a patriot, her role in overseeing the use of torture by americans is disturbing, her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying. i believe the senate should exercise its duty of advise and consent and reject this nomination. according to "the hill" n...

Chair before me that valuable information was obtained from senior al queda operatives that alloweds to defend this country and present another attack. >> is that a yes? >> no, it's not a yes. we got valuable information from debriefing of al queda detainees. i don't think it's knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that. >> and then the question that ended up deciding senator john mccain's position on gina haspel. >> do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred -- >> it's a yes or no answer....

>> yeah, joe, you'll get no argument from me. on what you just laid out. there's one other factor, i think and we saw it in its own venue, just yesterday. there is no plan b for donald trump in this administration now that he scrapped the iran accord. there was no plan b on the night of the election. when he assumed the presidency. they were shocked, stunned that they won. they had no plan. they didn't know what to do, because they never expected to be there. and that's where we are today. with iran, with north korea perhaps, they have no idea. because it's spur-of-the-moment governing. >> let...