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Seven years of this program there was so-called ticking time bomb scenario described and uncovered. that's just not the way this program worked or what threats were. there were specific terrorist plans, intentions, that were uncovered through a maze of intelligence but including intelligence derived by this program. >> so no ticking time bomb came out of the enhanced interrogation techniques, torture. >> that seems to be the consensus all around. unless you consider a ticking time bomb the fact there could be an attack at any time, which is what initially inspired so much of this behavior. the...

Solid example of a terror plot that was foiled as a result of these techniques? >> well first of all, i will say that i can't say that these, during the seven years as program there was the so-called ticking time bomb scenario described and uncovered. that's just not the way this program worked or what the threats were. there were specific terrorist plans, intentions, that were uncovered. through a maze of intelligence, but including intelligence derived by this program. now senator feinstein and the democrats on the committee are certainly free to make whatever conclusion they choose to make....

Government-sanctioned torture. >> by giving us information about terrorist plans we could not get anywhere else. this program saved innocent lives. >> we don't torture people. let me say that again. we don't torture people. i know this program saved lives. i know we've disrupted plots. >> enhanced interrogation techniques were absolutely essential in saving thousands of american lives in preventing further attacks against the united states and giving intelligence that we needed to find al qaeda, to find their camps. >> joining me is the director for the aclu's. this is as devastating as anythi...

Administration listen to the board? >> i think they should. i don't think this is a close question. i differ are mr. toobin on this. a federal judge found it's likely unconstitutional. the president's own white house internal review panel found that it was ineffective and, also, broke the law. and had caught no terrorists or thwarted any terrorist plans. also, now today, the privacy and civil liberties oversight board, again, reached the same conclusion. that this program was illegal and had not stopped any terrorists plots. we have one judge who differs, but the balance is clearly on the side...

saturday morning." it is saturday, 11:00 a.m. right here on the east coast. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. we now have a face and a name to go with the u.s. soldier accuse of killing 16 afghans in afghanistan. also a dramatic change of where he's being held. >> he's lying on the ground. oh, my god. >> a hysterical woman reporting the shooting death of a teen in florida. police finally released the 911 calls in the trayvon martin case. and new video of the tornado that barreled through henryville, indiana, earlier this month. all that coming up this hour. this morning we ...