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Her appointment kind of troubles me. and it shows that the trump administration apparently is most interested in the cia in terms of operations. this appointment and a few others that trump has made during his presidency has always favored the operational side. and so therefore, i take that as being that the trump administration is not really interested in the information that they can get from the cia analysts, but they want to use the agency as a weapon against their adversaries. >> i'm going to push back a little bit, just for a second. james clapper, the former director of the -- of nation...

We need accountabilityaccountab. without accountability, we're going to have more problems, because people will do whatever they do and they feel they can get away with it. >> hold that thought on accountability. i want you to stay right there. the cia's torture program was a product of the post-9/11 battle against al qaeda. now, fears of the rise of isis have eclipsed al qaeda in recent years, but there are signs that al qaeda and its threat are still very real in 2018. more than 16 years after the events of 9/11. now, to understand what happened on that day, 9/11, you actually have to go bac...

Cover cia officer for 30 years and as you pointed out there are no public pictures of her. there are many within the intelligence community that are applauding her appointment, saying she's an exceptional officer but also those including politicians on capitol hill raising concern about her past ties to the cia's former torture program, she served in thailand known as a black site when suspected terrorists were held there, in this case she was responsible for the facility but would not have participated directly in the interrogation and one official confirms she did send the order of destructi...

And that's why it surprises me a bit abut this. she hasn't explained why she thinks it is unlawful. at best i think the law is unclear. there is arguments on both sides. if anything, i think, the administration has the stronger argument based on past cases. also, she cites statements made before the executive order was signed. presumably, statements by mr., by president trump during the campaign, and by rudy giuliani. the justice department has routinely opposed those types of statements from being considered in litigation. i have been in litigation against the justice department where they in...

There may be parts that are modified here and there but it's not going to be overturned. so the second she said she wasn't going to enforce this, this did seem, did it not, to be a political decision on her part which certainly was within her right but a curious decision for a justice department official to make. >> i thought it was very odd. i don't know what her motivations were. on the constitutional side it favors him. on the statutory side there's an argument under 1965 law but compelling arts on the other side for the president. that is not the type of circumstance where the head of the ...