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Bash, the managing director of beacon global strategies, a policy advising firm, but also chief of staff to leon panetta some years ago. you're the perfect person to talk to. thanks so much for joining me. and i know you've been in touch with folks at langley and the intel community. of what you've seen and heard and read today, what was your gut reaction to all of this? >> well, my first reaction is the context in which the program began is really one of the most important facts. look, right after 9/11, when we worried about additional attacks, the agency was handed the mission. it said get h...

He was captured off of a roof in pack tan in late march 2002. at that time between the twin towers were in a rebel heap at ground zero and members were saying this has been a colossal failure. we need more human intelligence. get everything you can to find out if more attacks are in the works. the agency admits today that it was unprepared for this mission. it had no information to form the basis of what became a vast body of knowledge. they are correct. the bottom line is we shouldn't need to use the techniques ever again. there is a difference between oversight and hindsight. how does the ci...

I'm not sure he's enjoying this much. you're a long way from london, in the middle of nowhere really. and to think, i've got to spend the next four years here is intense. >> william and kate attended art history lectures in this building. the first year it was a tough one for william, struggling with the pressures of his work and being far from friends and family. he almost quit. >> he went home for christmas after the first semester and said to his father, i don't know if this is for me. >> friends say it was kate who convinced william to stay, and as soon as he returned from christmas break,...

Know if it's for me. >> friends say it was kate who helped convince william to stay. and as soon as he returned from christmas break, everything changed. >> the turning point really came when william watched kate in that now infamous charity fashion show. >> it was march 2002, the annual st. andrews charity fashion show. and on the catwalk, kate. >> i remember that specific night very well. >> jules knight was watching the show that night with william. >> she wasn't what you call a kind of risque girl. she was a pretty safe bet. and here she was not wearing that much, looking amazing. i think ...

>> friends say it was kate who helped convince william to stay. and as soon as he returned from christmas break, everything changed. >> the turning point really came when william watched kate in that now infamous charity fashion show. >> it was march 2002, the annual st. andrews charity fashion show. and on the catwalk, kate. >> i remember that specific night very well. >> jules knight was watching the show that night with william. >> she wasn't what you call a kind of risque girl. she was a pretty safe bet. and here she was not wearing that much, looking amazing. i think everyone did think, w...