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We have to determine now how do we best interrogate, detain suspects to protect the national security interests. and the government has done about $40 million of research about how to do that. we have to use science, we blend the art with science and do it more effectively in the future. >> they spent $40 million trying to figure it out. they spent hundreds of millions doing it the wrong way, mr. fallon, thank you so much for giving us some straight talk on this. there's so much to dig into here. we're going to look at this from all sides of the report this morning, the c.i.a.'s former top l...

But even today, some supporters insist that torture was necessary. joining me now is mark fallon, a former interrogator at guantanamo bay. he's written a piece this week called "dick cheney was lying about torture." and counterterrorism expert leif corey. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. >> mark, you were privy to information from some detainees who were tortured. was there ever any sign at all that valuable information came from enhanced interrogation techniques? >> i'm unaware of any vol id information that was a derivative product of torture or any of the abusive t...

Likely to elect transfer away from the detention site if the decision is made to continue with the enhanced interrogation techniques. mark, how could these observations from people who were there be ignored? >> well, it's part of what was basically a cover-up here. i mean, what you had here is, you had personnel within the cia who have contested what happened. i know people who were there, i know how disgusted some of these people are. so right now is a time to illuminate the darkness on what we did, and let's start honoring the real patriots who stood up to this stuff, the people who actually...

>> outsourcing to contractors to do this kind of dirty job. so the question is, what kind of oversight was done over these contracted individuals? and what kind of action was taken to either eliminate, you know, the use of bad interrogation techniques, or even just make the interrogation itself much more easier, less costly, much more effective? we don't know. >> mark and laith, thank you both for your time this evening pch. still ahead, republicans are back to their old tricks, playing hide and seek with the facts on health care. also president obama takes over late night and makes a big ...

Interrogator and has done this for 30 years. he says torture does not produce good intelligence. people will tell you whatever you want to hear. that's what mccain says. >> you don't hear that from people involved in the program or former cia officials. >> what do you expect? of course they are going say it worked. that's what they have been telling us. >> i expect there are good americans who did what democrats and republicans asked them to do and if it wasn't going to work, i don't think they want to do what's against america's best interest. what they did was try to protect the country the ...