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You hear these critiques of haspel being too tough on terrorists? >> they murder americans, they flew planes into innocent people in 9/11 and we are being too tough on them? this is a joke. rob: the critics say the interrogation techniques, and the freedoms we hold so dear in america. >> i was at quintana bay, america tries to bring these terrorists who murdered without any due process. we created rules that made this not torture but enhanced interrogation. i saw colene she, hominid at guantánamo bay, he was not

>> senator will suspend, capitol police will remove. [person in back of room shouting] >> stop resisting. >> if there are any other further disruptions i will ask the capitol police to remove all individuals. >> if one of your operatives were captured and subjected to waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques which you supervised would you consider that tore moral since the other entity did not have legal restrictions and good trade craft, as you appeared to do when you were involved in it previously. >> senator, i don't believe the

Intelligence committee say she's a pro, she's wonderful. this is about us and our value. there was an article in the times as i told pete by a pregnant whom said she was at this site where she was abused and tortured. and i think to myself the united states, we should not put our brand on torturing a pregnant woman? should we torture -- >> so i didn't read the article i'll go back and find out if we indeed tortured a pregnant woman. >> the government does a lot of things we disagree with you don't think it's right they use enhanced interrogation techniques time for it. >> why would democrats b...

Program and i'm not attributing this to enhanced interrogation techniques. i believe as many people, directors who have sat in this chair before me that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack. >> is that a yes? >> no, it's not a yes. we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees, and i don't think it's knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that. >> i note that one prominent national security expert has said that if president obama had nominated you to be directo...

Of professional accountability and what we prioritize in terms of our moral authority. as americans and as a country. so one question i have 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 legal. 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 ...