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not enough to ease the drought. >> and gamer gate - women speaking out in the virtual world, and being threatened for it we begin with a revealing report on the use of start tur, and the use of an agency's enhanced terror technique, how it may not have been effective. u.s. embassies across the globe are on heightened alert after the senate intelligence committee released a report. patty culhane has the report. >> the report has the names of many many detained in prisons like this one in lithuania. >> the c.i.a. programme was more brutal than people were led to believe. >> reporter: detainees were

deprived of sleep for up to oo week. they were forced to have enemmas, not for medical reasons. and they were water boarded which the c.i.a. described as a series fz near drown ep, and there are reports of violent beatings. contradicting assurances from top bosses. the senate report says the c.i.a. lied to cop cigarettes, the white house and government. they lied about the programme's effective licence. >> i can't say that questioning the detainees has given us information that saved lives. the report says it's not true. interrogations did not stop plots or lead to the capture or killing of operatives. president obama has banned the use of torture, but ruled out prosecuting the people who carried it out. >> my goal is to make sure

having banned this practice as one of the first things i did in office, that we don't do it again. we have to recognise when we are under threat and afraid and the public is clamoring to do something. that's when we have to be on guard. there are times when you can slip into the activities that we don't want to see repeated. experts warn the next president could overturn the order. >> unfortunately it would be easy for president obama or the next president to ignore executive actions taken on tort tours, we have seen a huge expansion of authority under president's bush and obama. >> the c.i.a. is recruiting the report, denying the allegations, and the republicans seem to be backing them up. >> the executive summary and findings and conclusions released contain a disturbing

number of factual and analytical errors. >> it seems unlikely congress will push for details, hearse or hold people to account. it means the world may have a better idea of what happened to the me, but no one but them will pay a price for how they were treated i talked to joseph wilson, a former u.s. ambassador. he is married to former c.i.a. operative valerie whose identity was leaked bid a bush administration official and i asked what surprised him about the report? >> the depth and the depravity surprises me. the details. your reporter alluded to them when talking about ena maise and things like that. it's not a discretion, it's revoting. it violates every ideal i defended in 25 years. it violates everything we stand for and stood for since the

drafting of human rights 207-odd years ago. >> we heard from reports, and heard from former c.i.a. director michael haden, who called the report a one-sided prosecutorial brief against the men and women of c.i.a. it's a trial and verdict rendered in absentia: it strikes me with everywhere speaking out on this, and many have a different opinion that it's difficult for the american people to figure out what is true and what is not. >> i don't think it's difficult at all. what the germ had to say was self-serving. just as general bush said yesterday is self-serving. they are trying to put it off on c.i.a. officers. when, in fact, it was a failure of leadership. these guys acted on instructions from above. including chief vt, chief of

staff, the c.i.a. council, and c.i.a. directors up to and including mike. they are the ones that should bear the brunt of responsibility for a failure in upholding their oath to defend the constitution of united states. >> good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. good to see you. >> the c.i.a. and the nation's top law makesers are speaking about the report today as well. in a statement c.i.a. john brepan defended the interrogation tack takes saying:

security has been increased at embassies, and military bases are on high alert. republicans on capitol hill criticized the timing. >> i think what it does for the u.s. government is in danger. every one of our people overseas. every embassy flying an american flag. several of my colleagues pointed out. in danger of the working relationship we had with a variety of countries, trying to deal with intelligence gathering ensured it was a big step in the wrong direction. senator john mccain, a survivor of torture during the vietnam more split with members of his party and supported the report's release. >> i often said and will maintain that the question is not about our enemies. it's about us. it's about who we were. who we are. and who we aspire to be. it's about how we represent you

ourselves to the world. >> a prisoner in the u.s. and afghanistan and guantanamo bay talked to al jazeera. >> the bush administration tried to say unless it's a severe physical impairment, organ failure or death, it's not torture, and had the senior advisors to the government arguing the case. the fact that when obama came into power saying we'll no longer torture, and close the rep additions programme. he said there would be imlunty for those -- immunity for those that did the crimes. you can't imagine that a president could say this about any other crime. that he'd offer immunity for people carrying out torture. >> mike lyons is a senior fellow. welcome back. >> give me your searches to the report. >> it's partisan. it's hart for me to say it has

the legitimacy. there's so much saying the c.i.a. lied, and they said the opposite. i wish it came out with republicans and democrats, or hold it off. >> a number of republicans did. >> listen to john mccain. it may be a different standard. we agree that the tort stour is not what we have. it's on the advance. if they were in retreat releasing this, maybe it makes sensement not now. >> you mean the timing of revealing the report. i was concerned about the timing. the policy is right, again, to go back and pick this. >> it's not the report that is cause anger, it's the policy. >> for some. i'm surprised by the level of detail. what has be concerned is

everything in this country. again, in the past, this procedure took place other countries did it for us, maybe by surro kate. we out course it. $81 million, it's mind boggling. you are a level-headed person that served our country. you came in angry. go deeper on why you are not happy. >> i think our country is a little less safe today we are on alert now. we'll recover. >> who made it a little less safe. did president bush make us a little less safe. >> no, i think in classic that enhancement happened in the short term. if i had a relative that we

could use pressure on someone to save someone's life, we'd want the government to do it. >> when i worked during the war, there were a number of people. fbi, intelligence, and they came on problems and talked to me and talked about enhanced interrogation techniques, and the phrase they used was sanaa tied. they were doing things. they - didn't they mislead the american people. >> i think to the depth of where this is going. and the details that are in the report. if we argue and cavel over whether the information was actionable. the c.i.a. says it was. the senate committee didn't speak to anything. >> there's two sides to every

story. i want more of the other side. the c.i.a. in the report says that they did nothing for the last 10 years. >> the enhanced interrogation techniques were said to not produce information. >> the c.i.a. will tell you they did. they'll connect the link at some point. you look at numbers like it, and know what the numbers might be. >> is this a good debate to have in this country? >> i think it is. you won't see us have this had a policy. it's over now. >> if another 9/11 happened tomorrow, couldn't it happen again? >> i don't see it. i don't see the united states reverting to anything close to some of the techniques used. >> why? >> i think the country is somewhat outraged by what is in the report. not necessarily on actionable intelligence right away, i think over the long run the fact that

the debate - the other thing too is the allies and friends throughout the world do this as well. they may not publicise as much as we do. this tells them that the u.s. can't keep their mouths shut. >> in some ways it makes it different. we tell people, we are more transparent. that's what we are hearing from the president. >> before inch we took people and shipped them to a country in the middle east. it gets back to where are your fingerprints, where is it going to be. >> interesting discussion. >> coming up, the special report, torture and the c.i.a. talk about the legal ramifications of the report. tonight another night of protests in berkeley california. more than 150 arrested after a large group of people flooded a highway, through rocks at officers. california have been on the scene of some violent protests over a new york grand jury's

decision not to indict in the death of eric garner, and the shooting by a police officer. melissa chan has more on why the area has responded. >> night after night protests disrupted traffic, shutdown transit and turned destructive in berkeley and oakland. >> see where the hammer comes in. >> in the days following the grand jury decisions. the california protests turned into some of the fiercest in the country. there has been so disruptive, even eric garner's widow felt the need to speak up. >> i don't want what happened in california or new york to happen anywhere else. protesters shout "hand up don't shoot", and "i can't breath" much police brutality is not knew to oakland. they have had a tense relationship. together with the fact that one of the last remaining groups

occupying made the nightly protests possible. during the weekend demonstrations in berkeley police fired tear gas. in response, some say up to 1,000 protesters, many students, showed up for another round of protests. crowds swirled and people shut down the freeway. many mindful of activism, believe that u.c. berkeley should be a leader and inspiration for campus demonstrations across the country. they don't appear to be going away. berkeley, oakland, the bay area may be one of a few in the country. lively up to its reputation as a police fermenting political change and driving politics. these are mostly u.c. berkeley students because of the proximity to the campus much on any given night, okay lapped, san francisco, there's family. families with children. the protest starts out peaceful.

by and large, they are peaceful. the quieter nights can become a wilder night with splinter groups going off to commit acts of vandalism. it's hard to get a sense of destruction of the protest. >> tonight, northern california bracing for a storm. heavy rain, strong wind or blizzard could hamper the state. meteorologist rebecca stevens is here. they are calling this the storm of a decade, now this. >> california is hit with anywhere from 3 inches in the valleys, potentially more, 8 inches in the mountains. coming off the west coast, dealing with record-warm temperatures here for the latter three days. a second storm moving in after today's record rain fall in the west. as the second storm moves in, bringing wind and rain. it's the third one that...

>> the third storm. >> third storm on thursday, slamming into california. we have a potential for a major wind storm along the west coast as a whole, and that includes the inland valleys with gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour. >> that's the snow pack. >> it's building up. it will come down so fast it will be 80 miles per hour. several feet of snow coming down in a 24 hour period. they are going to get the snow pact. >> does it help the drought? >> it makes a department. the amount of rain we need for california to get over the drought ranges from 3-9 inches. the rain fall. the storm moves too fast to benefit from it. five inches, potentially, of the highest amounts, and more than that, that leaves that concern for larned slides. >> this is -- landslides. this is one to watch. despite the rain, it's not

enough for one town. al jazeera is the first to report about the wells. they ran out of water. we check in with the residents there. juaned reports. -- jennifer london reports. >> reporter: drive down a treest in east porterville california, it's like the biggest storm to hit have not happenedment front yards are dusty, the riverbed is dry. and yolanda's well has no water. >> what will we do without water. we have to bake, use the toilet, we have to watch dishes. >> you have to have water to drink. >> what happens if we turn the tap? >> close to 4,000 people, more than half of the town's population are living unimaginable. the taps are dry. >> we are missing a year of rain over the last three years. >> reporter: andrew with the country says one rain storm or a series will not do much to help.

>> we don't see being out of the woods this winter. >> here is? a. yes. >> we'll have to have 150% years for 2-3 years in a row before re-establishing the groundwater. >> yolanda rely on water from this tank. the county fills it up once a week. she can wash dishes. bottled water arrives on the doorstep every two weeks. they are forced to ration and bathe from a bucket to conserve. did you think you would be living like this? >> no. i used to live like this in mexico. i never thought we'd live again this right now. >> with winter approaching, country officials are worried about people taking cold bucket water showers. the solution 26 mobile showers. if you look inside you see a private shower stall, and they have a private changing area. if you come outside and come down the steps they have a sink

area for people to brush teeth, there's a mirror here, and hot running water here. that is important. don't think that because this is california, it doesn't get cold here in the winter. oh, my god. come here with me and live it. live it with me. you won't. people will not last a day with what we are living right now. >> with 75 inches of crane between now and next fall and the drought, the residents are settling in for a long dry winter even if more rain is on the way. >> next - gamer gate. a battle over the virtual world about sex and violence. >> plus, a possible reason why sochi picture was hacked.

the cyber attacks on sony may have been an extortion attempt. some top sony executives received an email demanding money days before the hack attack. speculation that north korea launched the attack to retaliate against the movie "the interview", which depict an assassination attempt against the north korean leader. north korea denies responsibility, the fbi is

investigating. another cyber attack against a video designer, critical about a negative portrayal of women. some are responding with rape and murder. >> we are having a war. >> reporter: brianna is a warrior. she created revolution 60, a game with all-female protagonist rare in gaming. once almost entirely the domain of boys and men, the appeal is shifting. half of gamers today are women. most games are designed by men, and critics like wu are calling out designers for the way women are portrayed. >> you have 30 years of a tradational male gamer told he is the center of the universe. women, when we exist are sex

symbols. now that women are gaming all of that is starting to change. wow is a lightening rob for gamers would see the criticisms as an attack on their identity. saying that she was forced to flee her home after receiving death threats from angry gamers. >> you were threatened with rape, murder, your husband was threatened to be killed. >> the goal was simply, to destroy the woman critiquing them. >> much vitriol appears on twitter hashtag. created by gamers with gaming review, he's grown into a loose movement associated with the worst of online harass the of women. so far three women say they have been forced to leave their homes, targeted by an onslaught of online threats. "america tonight" was given a climes into the mind of those considering themselves part of

gamer gate. they say no one here threatened anyone. any group of people large enough, there'll be people that take it too far. >> these gamers say gamer gate's real aim is to keep games free of political sworn 27 march, which they fear could lead to censorship. >> if you say "you can't have this in a game because it offends this group", and you can't have this, it's a slippery slope. where do we stop. >> if you support gamer gate, does it make you a bad guy? >> right now the outcome. of gamer gate is terrorism against women in the industry. the thing at stake is women being in game development or not being in development. >> there's no indication gamer women are logging off. >> i don't want to see them change. >> the battle for the future of

video games is far from game over. >> adam may, al jazeera, new york. >> still ahead on the broadcast - torture and the c.i.a. the damning report on the agency's interrogation technique. more brutal and widespread than believed before. plus - speaking from experience and speaking from the heart - john mccain on america's values in our special report - the senate report torture and the c.i.a. plus - speaking from expe

>> the cia program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> the c.i.a. programme was far more brutal than people were led to believe worse than we knew - the brutal tactics and lies by the c.i.a. after the attacks of

9/11. the near drownings, the broken limbs, and the broken trust. >> some of these practices amounted to torture. >> was anything gained? >> the c.i.a.s detention and interrogation programme was effective. the world reacts, america debates. our special coverage - the senate report, torture and the c.i.a. . >> i'm john seigenthaler. the finding disturbing. a new senate report on interrogation tactics used by the c.i.a. in the name of protecting america. and with the report there are fears that revealing the truth could but the u.s. in danger. we begin with jamie mcintyre in washington. >> reporter: john, the cia said that when it began questioning terror suspects in the wake of 9/11, it began with the least coercive methods, and escalating to the more coercive

methods, only as necessary. but the cia interrogators quickly were enamored of harsh techniques, and they were not that effective. targets. >> they were depraved of sleep for days, in one case, 180 hours, that's 7 and a half days, over a week with no sleep, usually standing or in stress positions. at times with their hands tied together over their heads, chained to the ceiling. >> kalid shaikh mohammed, the accused mastermind of the september 11th attacks. his water boarding sessions deinvolved into a series of near drowns, and he was also slapped in the face and body, forced to stand in sleep for

hours, and forced to rectal rehydration as a means to behavior control. and then the cia's first detainee after september 11t september 11th, he was water boarded more than 80 times. the report describes that water boarding as physically harmful, inducing convulsions and vomiting, and at times, he became completely unresponsive with bubbles rising in his open full mouth. a special agent has told aljazeera what the senate committee confirms, that al zub aida did not give up negative. >> to identify terrorists, i believe that we did it way before water boarding, and without the use of it.

>> the similar treatment for at least five detainees. subjected to rectal hydration or feeding, some forced to endure water baths, and told they would be killed. one was told he would sexually abuse the mother of another. >> so it comes down to two questions. and the u.s. resort to torture. and the report comes down to, yes, it did. and the second question, did it make the u.s. any safer? on that count, the report comes didern. >> jamie mcintyre reporting. there's tough criticism tonight of the tactics and the report. and our coverage continues with libby casey on capitol hill. >> reporter: john, senate democrats from the intelligence committee, led by chairman, dianne feinstein, wanted to release this explosive report

before they give up control to republicans in just a few short weeks. democratic staffers on the senate intelligence committee, the report seas that the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques were not effective, but they misled the policymakers about the program's effectiveness. the management was inadequate and deeply flawed. and they were far more brutal than the cia admitted. those techniques used in the bush administration and called torture by president obama and other critics. the cia defended it's history, saying our review indicates that the interrogations on whom the interrogation techniques were used did produce intelligence to 24 wart plans, and capture terrorists and save lives. president obama closed down the program when he came into office, and said that these techniques did significant damage to america and the world

and made it harder to pursue our interests with allies and partners. administration officials said that they have spent months preparing for the threats that might come into reaction with the report and putting military bases on alert. criticizing the timing. >> what it does for the u.s. government, it endangers every one of our people overseas, and every embassy flying an american flag. as several of my colleagues have just pointed out, endanger the working relationship we have had with a variety of different countries, and trying to deal with intelligence gathering. in short, it was a big step in the wrong direction. >> but senator john mccain, a survivor of torture in the vietnam war, split with the members of his party and supported the report's release. >> i've often said, and i will always maintain that this question is not about our enemies. it's about us.

it's about who we were, who we are, and who we aspire to be. it's about how we represent ourselves to the world. >> congress has no legislations planned in response to the report's findings, but it's authorize say detailing action, taken on behalf of the u.s. government, is a step forward. john, tonight the fbi is warning state and local police across the country about possible threats from homegrown extremist. now, they say there's no specific threat fox, but they john? >> libby, thank you very much. and i understand what led the u.s. government to torture, we need to consider how shaken this country was after the attacks. >> in the aftermath of september 11th, the country was under tremendous pressure to respond t. five days ago, as a matter of fact. and dick cheney said that the u.s. will have to work on the dark side.

and now the world knows how dark things quickly became. >> became. six days after the september 11th attacks, with the united states and the world still reeling, president bush gave the cia the authority to capture, detain and interrogate al qaeda operatives anywhere in the world. and the very next day, further stoking a feeling of fear in the united states, anthrax began arriving at major news organizes, and the offices of two democratic senators. five people were killed. 17 more infected. by early october, u.s. forces were in afghanistan, where al qaeda's to leaders, including osama bin laden, were believed to be hiding,

sheltered by the taliban. the sense of a nice under siege would further intensify in september, when al qaeda operative, richard reed, tried to blow up the plane with explosives packed into his shoes. in early 2002, president bush signed an executive order, saying that part of the geneva convention with torture did not apply to al qaeda or dane's, by then, the cia was holding or torturing suspected al qaeda operatives. they were hid anyone prisons around the world, known as black sites. after the invasion of iraq, the cia interrogated prisoners in abu grave. revealing a chamber of horrors, and shocking conduct by u.s. troops, contractors and intelligence agents. in september 2006, president obama revealed the existence of

the cia's enhanced interrogation program in a speech to the nation. he said that the program had disrupted further attacks, and had saved lives. he said that the program was legal, and it must continue. and he also said -- >> i want to be absolutely clear with our people and the world, the united states does not torture. it's against our laws and our values, and i have not authorized it. and i will not authorize it. >> during his campaign, then senator barack obama, insisted that nobody is above the law, and as president, his administration would investigate questions about torture, but in 2009, president obama took a major step toward granting immunity to all government officials who might have been involved in torture. in a statement, he said this is a time for reflection and not retribution. but with the world already believing -- >> we tortured some folks. >> one of the tactics in the

report, something that we have all heard a lot about, water boarding, and it's not known how many people were water boarded but it is known that in the past, the u.s. strongly condemned it. after world war ii, japanese soldiers convicted ever water boarder were charged with war crimes. >> a fellow at the truman national security, with the department of defense, and jim, what's torture? what's the definition of torture, and did the u.s. torture people? >> the united states certainly did torture people. it's exacting a physical toll on someone beyond what could be otherwise construed as the normal. >> we heard the president of the united states, george w. bush

saying that the u.s. does not torture, and there are plenty of people on the town where you are tonight saying the exact same thing. i pose this question to you, and how do the american people understand what the truth is here? >> the truth is clear, torture is unquivably wrong, and to say that they save lives have to listen to the counter argument. they don't acknowledge that regular interrogation techniques, those deposited in the army field manual are effective, and as a matter of fact, they're more effective than torture. torture incentivizes detainees not to necessarily tell the truth, but it incentivizes them to stop the pain. so they start talking. whereas traditional techniques build trust between the danor and the detention and interrogation

detainee. so had regular techniques been used, that would have elicited information that would have saved lives over time, but those techniques were not given the chance to be successful. >> there's been a lot of talk about putting americans at risk with this report. and does this in fact put americans at risk, or does the torture put american lives at risk? >> there's always the possibility that information that is critically harsh against the united states government does risk inciting some anger in certain quarters around the world. but as senator fienstein, and senator mccain and president obama have all said, the existence of this enhanced interrogation, torture interrogation program, also degrades the value of what we

are as a country, which diminishes our standing amongst our allies and makes it harder to achieve our aims around the world. the united states is supposed to stand for all of these wolf things. freedom of expression and equality. and like john mccain said, it's about us. when we torture detainees, which contributes our values, it makes our foreign policy aims quite frankly more difficult to achieve. >> president bush yesterday called the members of the cia patriots, and those talked about in the report patriots, so what do your colleagues say about this tonight? >> well, certainly, anybody who works in the intelligence community is a patriot. they love their country and they want to do right by it, and keep it safe. that's beyond reproach. i know what senator fienstein

said in the forward of this report, look, context senior important. in this situation, we had a heightened swarm situation, and a tragic terrorist attack that killed 3,000 americans, and those in intelligence wanted to prevent another. she offered that as not excuse, but in context, and yes, the people in the tremendous community wanted to do everything to prevent another attack. so the existence of this report is not to scold those working in the national security arena, but look, with the benefit of hind sight, here's something that we did that was wrong, and we deserve to reflect on that and make sure that we can correct it so it never happens again in the future. >> jim, thank you for joining us tonight. and still to come, security concerns, american troops on alert. how the international community is reacting to this senate report.

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noun noun an al jazeera special. >> it can be used to site attacks, other people overseas and international partners. republican senator criticising the release on torture. there is diplomatic reaction from around the world. james bays is at the united nations with more. >> the u.n. special rappa toir issued a damming statement saying those that perpetrated injustices should be brought to trial. he says the u.s. has a duty for signing the u.n. treaty on tort yu and disappearances. at the yaigss the country that signed up to the international court are meeting.

human rights activists say it should be possible for the court to look at the cases. the chief prosecutor started a preliminary investigation into interrogations in afghanistan. none of the countries in the report are listed, all the names are redacted. many believe afghanistan is one of the blazes referred to and it is a signatory to the international court. there are unlikely to be cases in the u.s. court. international action is a possibility. >> that's james bays at the u.n. karen greenberg it the director of fordham university's center on national security and the author of "the least worst place, guantanamo's first 100 days," welcome, good to see you. the u.n. is upset about the report and wants too do something. and the histories of the time

make it very clear that for the british, the iranians were viewed as third-class citizens, as if they were black. .s if they were black. >> how is the westerly direction held accountable. how do you old the u.s. accountable? >> it's hard. i'm not sure they can. probably the best they can do is to make it hard for american officials to travel abroad with the threat of an indictment or rest. >> who would do that? >> well, the international criminal court might do it, there's a variety of positions that could do it. a judge could decide to exercise universal jurisdiction as in the pace of pinochet. so we don't know you see it as unlikely. as much as they are responding to blow back.

it's an important report for americans and officials to under how they can hold people to follow the law. >> with so many involved, how do you place blame? >> you place blame on leadership, on the people that created the policy and kept it secret. >> the president. >> you can place it on the president, the vice president's office, and on the heads of the c.i.a. yeth - i think one thing - another way to ensure that there are safeguards, that there are over strikes. even though we know about tort sewer, many read the reports from international and domestic organizationsment the plethora of material, details over and over is striking when it is put together in this kind of very almost bland language.

this is not hysterical document, not a shrill document, but a factual document. we have only seen 500 pages of it, you know it is shy of 7,000 pages. and it's overwhelming what the gates did. >> did the phrase enchanced entertakes techniques hide what is going on. >> yes. >> what does it tell you about the leadership. c.i.a.? >> it's an centring question. the leadership -- it's an interesting question. i wonder if you ask people and said to them do you really thing you needed to do this in hindsight. i know that you understand that you were fearful in the first year, year and a half, but do you in retrospect, and if they weren't so defensive, what would

they answer? >> i think there was a period after 9/11 when a lot of things were done, that people regreat. >> it might be a long time before getting an answer to that. good to see you. one of the centre pieces of the report is the interaction of zabaydah. captured and held in a safe house in pakistan and transferred to guantanamo bay. al jazeera has a look at the diary kept before the capture, and you can see excerpts from that on aljazeera.com. still ahead in the special report... >> these rehabilitation center are pleases of hope. >> the survivors for thousands of victims of torture by other countries. the u.s. is a place of refuge. plus... >> we need not risk our national honour to prevail in this or any wore. >> unique perspective, a passionate response to the c.i.a. report from senator and

torture survivors, john mccain. the huge revenues generated by the canal, shared by france and britain. on july 26th 1956, president .n july 26th 1956, president >> suspicious suspicious nationalisation of the canal. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america

>> so we submit the study on behalf of the committee to the public, in the belief it will stand the test of time and with it the report will carry the message - never again. >> that was the chair of the senate intelligence committee dianne fienstein, who headed up the torture report. thousands of survivors tortured in other countries find asylum in the united states. that's a step in recovering.

morgan radford reports. . >> don't lose hope, stand firm and stop torture. this is the support group. it means hope. 14 men from democratic republic of congo and others celebrate a bond after 10 weeks of counselling after the center for victims of torture. >> these centers are places of home. >> kurt oversees the project in the united states, africa and the middle east. >> survivors and victims of torture are able to rebuild and recover. >> he and others say more than 100 countries torture people. >> there's no category that is spared. specially in the case of syria, increasingly children. almost half the torture

survivors that our staff in jordan see, survivors from syria are children now. so not even kids are spared. >> one survive yore at the center had been tortured for two years, and he spoke with us. he would not let us film him. he was afraid the smallest detail could tip off informers, who would go after his family back home. we desguised his voice. he has political asylum, but feels hopeless when thinking of his future. it's estimated there's 50,000 survivors of torture living in the u.s. but only about five to 6,000 received treatment in the centers each year. and of the ones that do, many

find it a daily struggle not to lose hope. >> there was a lot of talk about torture today from members of the u.s. senate. only one speaking from personal experience. senator john mccain was tortured for five years at a north vietnamese p.o.w. camp. he break with his party in support of releasing the c.i.a. report. >> i have said and will maintain that this sex is not about our enemies. it's about us. it's about who we were, who we are. and who we aspire to be. it's about how we represent ourselves to the world. when we fight to gent security we fight for an idea, not for a tribe or twisted interpretation of an ancient religion or a king, but an idea that all men

are endoured by their creator with inalienable rights. it's central to our success in this war that we ask those that fight it to remember at all times that they are defending a sacred ideal of how nations should be governed and conduct their relations with others, even our enemies. those of us who do are obliged by history, by the nation's highest ideals, and the many terrible sacrifices made to protect them. by our respect for human dignity, to make clear we need at risk our national honour to prevail in this or any war. >> that is the special report. thanks for watching. i'm john seigenthaler. "america tonight" is coming up next with much more on the senate report. and the c.i.a.

>> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime.

on"america tonight" - how american intelligence lost its way. the torture report. and the world of dark sites that allowed u.s. operatives to engage in cruel, brutal and even confessions. >> so it's kind of like a legal no man's land. >> a twilight zone if you will correspondent and former c.i.a. agent lindsay moran with insights into the torture report and whether it is needed to stop terrorists game on - anonymous threats, a full-scale digital assault. >> you were threatened with threatened. >> did you see the threats -