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Our adherence to the rule of law to what we prioritize in accountability as americans and as a country. one question i've not heard you answer is 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. do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? i'm not asking, do you believe they were illegal. i'm asking do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia did extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country given the legal tools. >> please...

Hearing. the real question for a lot of these members is what exactly will gina haspel be able to discuss about her three decade tenure at the cia particularly during the bush year and over seeing those harsh interrogation techniques did take place as well as her role in the destruction of those tapes showing harsh interrogation techniques actually taking place. she told senators privately that there was an order from her superior to carry out the destruction of the tapes but a lot of the details about her role have been classified, records about those efforts still have not been declassified ...

Not interrogation techniques like this are not a quality that the cia is going to move forward on but you also want to see how much responsibility and accountability she'll give herself in this. nothing in her opening statement says i regret being apart of this or i had qualms about this and i think she'll get pressed on that and i hope she's really honest and forthcoming. >> as we wait to hear from the chairman, senator dick durbin has voiced concern about the role the cia played in advocating for gina haspel through this process. that's rare for an intelligence agency to do. >> that's right....

Will get confirmed as the next cia director. >> we'll see if other democrats do the same thing. thank you very much. joining us now, illinois republican congressman adam kinsinger. congressman, thanks for joining us. let me get right to gina haspel, the cia director nominee, faced lots of questions on interrogation techniques during the confirmation hearing today. she led what was described as a cia black site in thailand that used some of those techniques like waterboarding. she says she was following the law at the time, and this is in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. but doesn't think the...

That's very troubling. she was involved in the enhanced interrogation, which they refer to as torture. but, at the time, was considered completely legal. what are the democrats doing with her? >> well, steve, first off, i just say that in those years, 2001 to 2003 gina was a mid career intelligence officer. this is the situation we had just been faced we were feyed with an attack of 3,000 americans on our soil. the attorney general legally approved them. and the democratic director of the cia, george tenet supported them. he entrusted gina to help and n. that effort and she did her job. she di...