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we know what dianne feinstein did this.so think it's a moment where we can as a country take a look at what we're doing and our behavior and understand the fear that drove it and what we ought to be doing going forward. >> david? >> i just don't agree that this is an appropriate time. of course we need to be transparent over time. i think there are time and places where you can do that. when you can have a more rational, calmer conversation. but when you're in the middle of a conflict with people who are beheading their hostages and dressing them up as if they're detainees of americans and want to use this against us. i'm not sure i'd want to play into their hands. so many americans are questioning authority coming out of ferguson and all these race issues. i'm not sure this is a time to put another log on that fire. >> all right, guys. we're going to continue this discussion, full analysis. a lot more of the details. all of our reporters and producers, they're going thro h through. and i have it right here. these hundreds
we know what dianne feinstein did this.so think it's a moment where we can as a country take a look at what we're doing and our behavior and understand the fear that drove it and what we ought to be doing going forward. >> david? >> i just don't agree that this is an appropriate time. of course we need to be transparent over time. i think there are time and places where you can do that. when you can have a more rational, calmer conversation. but when you're in the middle of a...
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is that what dianne feinstein did here? >> looks like it. they want to investigate, they fought jerry sponge ability -- they do it in private. don't do it in public because the first rule of foreign policy should be first do no harm. what we doing by this? endangering americans at home and abroad, putting out intelligence community in danger and we are frankly a generation of intelligence communities. we did this in the late 1970s. when senator frank church ran for president, and air cia and dirty laundry, he did not run for president but as a result of what he did, for generation, we have for our ability to collect human intelligence. lou: he got it, clandestine forces as a result, interviews of money. is there a political coincidence here? if at this report was released by dianne feinstein today that there was a public release of a difference of view between the white house and the couple cabinet members and the cia director about its released just as jonathan gruber was be trained the left by showing the fact that it was the fraud. obamac
is that what dianne feinstein did here? >> looks like it. they want to investigate, they fought jerry sponge ability -- they do it in private. don't do it in public because the first rule of foreign policy should be first do no harm. what we doing by this? endangering americans at home and abroad, putting out intelligence community in danger and we are frankly a generation of intelligence communities. we did this in the late 1970s. when senator frank church ran for president, and air cia...
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also, dana bash who just spoke with senator dianne feinstein. senior white house correspondent jim acosta, pentagon correspondent barbara starr and with us from cairo where there are security concerns is ian lee. first, we want to go to evan perez with a look at what this report will say. good morning, evan. >> good morning, john. there's no doubt this is going to be a really ugly day for the cia. this report has been fought over for years now. for the last few months the cia has been working with the white house and with the senate to try to decide what to release in this report. the findings are going to be really ugly in the sense that we're going to learn a lot more about what went on in this program. we know for a fact that there's going to be more information about the detainees, what they were subjected to. we also know that the report will portray the cia as going beyond what the methods that were authorized by memos that were done by the justice department and that it misled, according to the democrats who did this report, that it misle
also, dana bash who just spoke with senator dianne feinstein. senior white house correspondent jim acosta, pentagon correspondent barbara starr and with us from cairo where there are security concerns is ian lee. first, we want to go to evan perez with a look at what this report will say. good morning, evan. >> good morning, john. there's no doubt this is going to be a really ugly day for the cia. this report has been fought over for years now. for the last few months the cia has been...
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and what do you make of dianne feinstein's silence on that issue in comparison? >> yeah, it's very interesting because, you know, this administration actually does not take any prisoners. they prefer to kill them from afar using drones. and somehow they feel that because they kill from a distance somehow it's more ethical. more ethical than the difficult and messy and unpleasant task and mission of actually interrogating a prisoners. i think it's a distortion of what our values are. you know what our values are -- >> i'll give you a choice, get waterboarded or get drilled with a drone strike. i think i'll take the waterboarding. >> i think i'll take the waterboarding, too. >> it's sad that you have to go through this, jose, because i view you and the work that you did to save america and keep america safe as an integral part of the fact that we've not been attacked in a major way since. so thank you for all you've done. we appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much. and thanks to all the people who are actually involved in the years that it took to destroy the a
and what do you make of dianne feinstein's silence on that issue in comparison? >> yeah, it's very interesting because, you know, this administration actually does not take any prisoners. they prefer to kill them from afar using drones. and somehow they feel that because they kill from a distance somehow it's more ethical. more ethical than the difficult and messy and unpleasant task and mission of actually interrogating a prisoners. i think it's a distortion of what our values are. you...
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is that what dianne feinstein did here? >> sure looks like it.re's no problem with investigating. they wanted to investigate, they thought they were regulars, do it in private. don't do it in public. first rule of foreign policy is first do no harm. what are we doing by this? endangering americans at home and abroad. putting our intelligence community in danger, and we are frankly we're going to go back gutting a generation of intelligence communities and networks. we did this in the late 1970s lou when senator frank church wanted to run for president. he didn't get to run for president. as a result of what he did, for a generation, we had hampered our ability to collect human intelligence. lou: he gutted the clandestine forces in the views of many. is there a political coincidence here that this report was released by feinstein today, that there was a public release of a difference of view between the white house and a couple of its cabinet members and the cia director about its release just as jonathan gruber was betraying the left by showing t
is that what dianne feinstein did here? >> sure looks like it.re's no problem with investigating. they wanted to investigate, they thought they were regulars, do it in private. don't do it in public. first rule of foreign policy is first do no harm. what are we doing by this? endangering americans at home and abroad. putting our intelligence community in danger, and we are frankly we're going to go back gutting a generation of intelligence communities and networks. we did this in the late...
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which i believe is a separation of powers violation. >> that was senate intel chair dianne feinstein ia report that the agency might have been trying to sabotage this project. but as we learn more about why senator feinstein says she released this thing, we're also hearing growing questions about whether she has an axe to grind with the cia. kirsten powers, rich lowry editor of -- fox news contributor. she's not a fan of the cia. the cia did snoop on her committee and take documents off of their computers that they hack sbood. so she's got a right to be ticked off. but do you think that's the motivation here? >> yeah. as you say, she may be right about everything the cia did wrong in this dispute over the computers, but you don't let that flow over into thissin k y inquiry. over the intelligence failure over iraq wmd, a very hot button issue -- >> she says that the republican senators voted in favor of kicking this thing off initially, this investigation. >> right. then they quickly got off the train. and in part because they believed it was going to be a prosecutor's brief. and, megy
which i believe is a separation of powers violation. >> that was senate intel chair dianne feinstein ia report that the agency might have been trying to sabotage this project. but as we learn more about why senator feinstein says she released this thing, we're also hearing growing questions about whether she has an axe to grind with the cia. kirsten powers, rich lowry editor of -- fox news contributor. she's not a fan of the cia. the cia did snoop on her committee and take documents off...
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senator dianne feinstein outlined the reports for major conclusions.irst, the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques, which includes waterboarding, were not effective in collecting intelligence. second, the cia misled policy makers and the public on the cia intelligent program. third, cia managers failed to supervise the program appropriately. and fourth, the program was far more brutal than the cia presented. >> question, what does senator dianne feinstein hope to accomplish by making this report public? >> she hoped to damage the bush administration. but i'll tell you what she did. what she's got here is a pretty vicious attack. it's a vindictive prosecutor's document. she didn't talk to cia people. she didn't talk to the alleged people that did these grizzly things. she talked about things we've known about ten years. she said it was a decade ago. she's dredged this all up. she's damaged our relations with foreign intelligence agencies exposed. she's damaged the reputation of the united states. and for what? we've heard these things! we've heard ab
senator dianne feinstein outlined the reports for major conclusions.irst, the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques, which includes waterboarding, were not effective in collecting intelligence. second, the cia misled policy makers and the public on the cia intelligent program. third, cia managers failed to supervise the program appropriately. and fourth, the program was far more brutal than the cia presented. >> question, what does senator dianne feinstein hope to accomplish by making...
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this is unlike her, the dianne feinstein we've known. the only thing i can say about it is she's mad at the cia over alleged spying on her staff while they were compiling this report, but she's been mad at the cia for a while. i don't say she did this in quite a fit of personal pique because she's been on this for years. this does feed into party orthodoxy about the evils of the cia and all the rest of it, but it's very hard to explain dianne feinstein's behavior here. i find it striking. look, the thing about this fight, this will renew the debate over enhanced interrogation techniques, but that debate ended years ago. one side won and it was her side. in my view, this is reopening an old wound and a debate long ago settled in favor of discontinuing the practices that she now says the american people have to be told about. well, they've known about it for years. >> now, it's just been expanded upon and brought to the national forefront. >> reopened. >> and to the danger of those men and women who are serving this country right now and c
this is unlike her, the dianne feinstein we've known. the only thing i can say about it is she's mad at the cia over alleged spying on her staff while they were compiling this report, but she's been mad at the cia for a while. i don't say she did this in quite a fit of personal pique because she's been on this for years. this does feed into party orthodoxy about the evils of the cia and all the rest of it, but it's very hard to explain dianne feinstein's behavior here. i find it striking. look,...
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jon: senator dianne feinstein of california speaking now in the u.s.ate about the release of this report on the cia and its enhanced interrogation techniques. let's listen. >> the report, released today, examines the cia's secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques, in some cases amounting to torture. over the past couple of weeks, i've gone through a great deal of introspection about whether to delay the release of this report to a later time. this colorly is a period -- clearly is a period of turmoil and instability in many parts of the world. unfortunately, that's going to continue for the foreseeable future whether this report is released or not. there are those who will seize upon the report and say see what the americans did? and they will try to use it to justify evil actions or incite more violence. we can't prevent that. but history will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. there may never be the ri
jon: senator dianne feinstein of california speaking now in the u.s.ate about the release of this report on the cia and its enhanced interrogation techniques. let's listen. >> the report, released today, examines the cia's secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques, in some cases amounting to torture. over the past couple of weeks, i've gone through a great deal of introspection about whether to delay the release of this report...
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i spoke a little while ago with senator dianne feinstein. the senate intelligence committee. i asked her about the timing of the report and the possible back lash. but if americans are killed as a result of this report and they tell you that, i assume you would feel guilty about that. >> i would feel very badly. of course. what do you think, wolf blitzer? but we lose control at the end of this year, the republicans take control and there's some evidence that this report would never see the light of day. we believe it should see the light of day. >> let's go to the capitol hill. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is getting more reaction. the reaction has been explosive, i must say. >> reporter: people are used to seeing political warfare on capitol hill but the senate intelligence committee is usually a rare oasis of bipartisanship. not on this. >> my words give me no pleasure. >> reporter: an empassioned 58-minute floor speech, graphic descriptions of torture. >> detainees were subjected to the most aggressive technique immedia
i spoke a little while ago with senator dianne feinstein. the senate intelligence committee. i asked her about the timing of the report and the possible back lash. but if americans are killed as a result of this report and they tell you that, i assume you would feel guilty about that. >> i would feel very badly. of course. what do you think, wolf blitzer? but we lose control at the end of this year, the republicans take control and there's some evidence that this report would never see...
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. >> so dianne feinstein wants to get this off her desk. she's not going to be the committee chairman much longer, she wants to punch this and -- when democrats were screaming about this issue, that's how they took back congress. they defeated tom delay's map. and one thing obama did when he came into office was go after cia agents. they're going after an old playbook because they don't have any other ideas. if there was an attack on times square, impending, and we knew someone who had information, it would be immoral not to ask. whether you're for torture or not, we used to torture, we don't anymore. we do not. so why are we bringing this up now. to those who are so outraged about this, i ask this question. it's okay to drone terrorists overseas, without a trial, just wipe them out. but sleep depravation, that's where you're going to get fired up? it seems a little bit disturbed and perverse. they were fighting a new war, there were new rules and all they were trueing to do -- their heart's in the right place, isn't that what liberalism is
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dianne feinstein. the next person to speak after senator feinstein was a republican senator john mccain of arizona. the former presidential candidate is known to be a tough defender of homeland security, one of the toughest in this nation. he is a tough defender of our military and an extreme defender of our intelligence community, but today, senator john mccain welcomed the release of this report and thanked the democrats on the intelligence committee for their work. senator mccain obviously has first hand knowledge of the effects of torture because his study of practices that i believe not only failed their purpose to secure actionable intelligence to prevent further attacks on the u.s. and our allies, but actually damaged our security interests as well as our reputation as a force of good in the world. >> i believe the american people have a right, indeed responsibility, to know what was done in their name. >> senator john mccain. president obama stopped the torture of detainees after he was elected
dianne feinstein. the next person to speak after senator feinstein was a republican senator john mccain of arizona. the former presidential candidate is known to be a tough defender of homeland security, one of the toughest in this nation. he is a tough defender of our military and an extreme defender of our intelligence community, but today, senator john mccain welcomed the release of this report and thanked the democrats on the intelligence committee for their work. senator mccain obviously...
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you can see it on our website and the start, here is how the chairwoman senator dianne feinstein put it to sit -- start things off. >> the representations, detainees were subjected to the most aggressive techniques immediately. strip naked, diapered and put in long stressed positions and they were deprived of sleep for days. in one case, up to 180 hours. that is seven and a half days over a week with no sleep read usually standing or in stress positions. at times with their hands tied together over their heads, ch ained to the ceiling. >> many supporters are against the release of this report. here's a counterpart -- counterpoint from mitch mcconnell. >> the serves no purpose whatsoever other than to endanger americans around the world at a time of growing concern about the rise of terrorism. and the president seem to declare the war on terror over a while back. the terrorists did not get the message. >> we heard a lot of graphic things described today as this report came out. we are jaded and cynical about this in various ways. what was the most surprising and unsettling thing you l
you can see it on our website and the start, here is how the chairwoman senator dianne feinstein put it to sit -- start things off. >> the representations, detainees were subjected to the most aggressive techniques immediately. strip naked, diapered and put in long stressed positions and they were deprived of sleep for days. in one case, up to 180 hours. that is seven and a half days over a week with no sleep read usually standing or in stress positions. at times with their hands tied...
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senator dianne feinstein, a vocal critic of enhanced interrogation, claims she didn't learn about theon techniques until years later. and this week former cia director michael hayden backed that up on "america's newsroom." listen. >> senator feinstein did not. the congress, gang of four and the gang of eight, knew this from the very beginning. >> so as michael hayden acknowledges, some did not know. plenty of others did. megyn. >> which begs the question, of course. because dianne feinstein had no right to know earlier than when she ascended to her position on the intel committee. those who were in those top positions were told. and now she's pretending like that didn't happen. that's at least how it seems based on the evidence. trace, thank you. well, the democrats went with this report despite repeated requests from secretary john kerry and others to at least delay its release out of concerns for the safety of our american military personnel. so now we're hearing questions about whether the woman in charge, senator feinstein, has an ax to grind here with the cia. we'll take a look a
senator dianne feinstein, a vocal critic of enhanced interrogation, claims she didn't learn about theon techniques until years later. and this week former cia director michael hayden backed that up on "america's newsroom." listen. >> senator feinstein did not. the congress, gang of four and the gang of eight, knew this from the very beginning. >> so as michael hayden acknowledges, some did not know. plenty of others did. megyn. >> which begs the question, of course....
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an introduction to the findings of the committee written by senator dianne feinstein, the head of the committee. of. >> host: now, have you published books like this before? >> guest: no, we haven't within allowed to publish books -- been allowed to publish books like this before. previously, the government has taken these reports such as the 9/11 committee report or the investigation that the senate did into the financial crisis, and it has awarded those books as if they were contracts to larger publishers. and gave them the report early so that they could lay it out for the government and publish those books simultaneously with the government's release of the document. i've never quite understood why that was allowed. those are public documents, they should not be, you know, given preferentially to one publisher or another. they belong to the people of the united states. the government did not do that this time. senator feinstein seems to have been opposed to that. i mean, in the past the government's given production money to some publishers to do this. senator feinstein seemed opp
an introduction to the findings of the committee written by senator dianne feinstein, the head of the committee. of. >> host: now, have you published books like this before? >> guest: no, we haven't within allowed to publish books -- been allowed to publish books like this before. previously, the government has taken these reports such as the 9/11 committee report or the investigation that the senate did into the financial crisis, and it has awarded those books as if they were...
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. >> thank you, bret, on the senate floor today, democratic chair woman dianne feinstein says that the enhanced interrogation techniques is a stain on america. >> governed by law and the willingness to face and ugly truth. and say never again. >> reporter: the 67-page report was -- the report reaches four key findings that the enhanced interrogation program was not an effective way to gather intelligence. the program was grossly mismanaged and it was more brutal than previously known. one example, the waterboarding of al qaeda operative abu zabada. but the report says the interrogation was so extreme, he lost consciousness and was nearly blinded and it concludes extreme tacticses do not elicit credible information. >> i know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoner also produce more bad than good intelligence. >> reporter: but the cia insists detainees the nephew of khalid sheikh mohammed -- >> enhanced interrogation contributed to the wealth of knowledge that we needed to have in order to find al kuwaiti. >> reporter: the report alleges that the crime kept the president in
. >> thank you, bret, on the senate floor today, democratic chair woman dianne feinstein says that the enhanced interrogation techniques is a stain on america. >> governed by law and the willingness to face and ugly truth. and say never again. >> reporter: the 67-page report was -- the report reaches four key findings that the enhanced interrogation program was not an effective way to gather intelligence. the program was grossly mismanaged and it was more brutal than...
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brennan defended enhanced interrogation techniques, or eit's to reporters, dianne feinstein was busy live tweeting rebuttals to his claims. >> the cause and effect relationships between the use of eit's and useful information provided by the detainee is, in my view, unknowable. >> dianne feinstein responded that there is no evidence attacks were stopped or lives saved. >> it is our view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. >> dianne feinstein said no. the study proved interrogation did not lead to his chapter referencing the page number. >> john brennan stopped short of using the word "torture." saying the u.s. keeps. the world strong president obama condemned techniques like waterboarding and sleep deprivation which according to him, any reasonable person would consider torture. >> to nigeria. the country held primary elections on thursday. in a run up to the presidential poll. that will pit the former military ruler against goodluck jonathan. he
brennan defended enhanced interrogation techniques, or eit's to reporters, dianne feinstein was busy live tweeting rebuttals to his claims. >> the cause and effect relationships between the use of eit's and useful information provided by the detainee is, in my view, unknowable. >> dianne feinstein responded that there is no evidence attacks were stopped or lives saved. >> it is our view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided...
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politically this is so dangerous what dianne feinstein did.think she's put people's lives in jeopardy. >> well, you know, the president got osama bin laden. you got to give him credit for that. >> because of the waterboarding of khalid sheikh mohammed. >> i'm not sure. >> jose rodriguez was there. he told me. >> well, but what is clear is there's no conclusive evidence that waterboarding has helped. i mean, there really isn't. >> tell you what he said to me. jose rodriguez was there at the waterboarding at ksm. and i asked him three times if, would we have gotten the intelligence to find the courier without waterboarding ksm? and he said absolutely not. it led us to the courier which led us to bin laden. >> you know, sean, one of the shameful things here and bad, dianne feinstein is a great national security senator. >> was. >> she's pro -- i know her well. now, what happened here is politics is about personal relationship -- about personalities. the relationship between the senate committee and the senate democrats and the cia deteriorated af
politically this is so dangerous what dianne feinstein did.think she's put people's lives in jeopardy. >> well, you know, the president got osama bin laden. you got to give him credit for that. >> because of the waterboarding of khalid sheikh mohammed. >> i'm not sure. >> jose rodriguez was there. he told me. >> well, but what is clear is there's no conclusive evidence that waterboarding has helped. i mean, there really isn't. >> tell you what he said to me....
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>> 13 years later and you're back at a situation where someone like dianne feinstein, who said that she was there and she was edemanding that we do more. clearly the "new york times" had this leaked to them over time by senate democrat staff, because half of the new york times today is built around this report. and they keep calling it the senate report, which i think is an injustice, this is a senate majority report, means it's a senate majority report, who didn't even bother talking to anybody involved. there's a cia save lives.com website. there's also thoughtful reporting by michael hayden. and yet -- the media, it is interesting, i think that what andrea said is a good point. if president obama says that's not who we are, if the torture -- i'm not going to call it torture, enhanced interrogation, tough talk to some terrorists, that's not who we are. but we are okay with blowing to smithereens people we think may or may not be involved in terror and not trying to capture them and get the intel from them? i agree with you, who the helr are we then? >> brit hume mentioned this yesterd
>> 13 years later and you're back at a situation where someone like dianne feinstein, who said that she was there and she was edemanding that we do more. clearly the "new york times" had this leaked to them over time by senate democrat staff, because half of the new york times today is built around this report. and they keep calling it the senate report, which i think is an injustice, this is a senate majority report, means it's a senate majority report, who didn't even bother...
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led by dianne feinstein, the senate release aid detailed 500-page excerpt of this report finding that the cia's torture after 9/11 was ineffective. that the cia misled congress and used inaccurate information to defend this program. the report also finds it was poorly managed and that the techniques were more brutal than the cia had said. senator feinstein also addressed the critics who were against releasing all this new information. >> history will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. >> what can you tell us? >> well, ari, this report as you were saying was broken up into a few different categories. among the issues it addressed and looked into was the attempted, if you will, notification of the president at the time, president bush, to see whether or not the cia attempted to brief the president about the enhanced interrogation techniques and whether or not the president knew about it. there's an attempt by senate intelligence committee about the who and when, but in those important themes the enh
led by dianne feinstein, the senate release aid detailed 500-page excerpt of this report finding that the cia's torture after 9/11 was ineffective. that the cia misled congress and used inaccurate information to defend this program. the report also finds it was poorly managed and that the techniques were more brutal than the cia had said. senator feinstein also addressed the critics who were against releasing all this new information. >> history will judge us by our commitment to a just...
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dianne feinstein, in her senate remarks, refer to the u.n.ention against torture, which says that torture can never be justified under any circumstance. well, that convention says something else. it says torture must be prosecuted. that when someone is alleged to of committed torture, the case must be referred to the competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution. thatassurance do we have this is not going to happen again? it is not enough to say, well, we tortured some folks, this was a bad policy choice, i'm going to put a stop to the torture. it is not a policy choice. it is a crime. there needs to be -- if this is really going -- if there really going to be any deterrence for this not happening again, there needs to be prosecution. and it is wonderful -- you have talked about human rights watch's work around the world. human rights organizations regularly come up when countries commit torture, when individuals commit torture, we call on those countries to hold the abusers to account. and that has to be the same thing for the united
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we know the secretary of state john kerry has appealed to senator dianne feinstein, don't release this report right now because of the potential that americans around the world could be endangered and now we're learning from barbara starr that u.s. marines have been alerted to go on a higher state of alert amongst the report which some call torture techniques. a lot more coming up. obviously a serious alert. whether to release or not to release is the question right now. >>> no let up in the protesters over the choke hold death of eric garner at the hands of a staten island police officer. some of the protests have turned violent. in berkeley, the demonstrations turned deadly. the decision not to indict the police officer in garner's death have set off demonstrations across the united states. police in berkeley say some protesters threw rocks, bottles, explosives at them and they responded with fire and tear gas. at least eight protesters were arrested. two police officers, by the way, were injured. protesters also clashed with police in oakland, california, not far away from berkeley.
we know the secretary of state john kerry has appealed to senator dianne feinstein, don't release this report right now because of the potential that americans around the world could be endangered and now we're learning from barbara starr that u.s. marines have been alerted to go on a higher state of alert amongst the report which some call torture techniques. a lot more coming up. obviously a serious alert. whether to release or not to release is the question right now. >>> no let up...
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program won't be launching a new investigation based on the report from the democratic chair dianne feinstein. trial or no trial, the cia has some big names coming to its defense, from former vice president dick cheney who blasted the report on fox news. >> i think it's a terrible piece of work. we did exactly what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9/11 and to prevent a further attack and we were successful on both parts. and i think -- >> this report says it was not successful. >> their report is full of crap. >> reporter: to the agency's former director michael hayden. >> what stunned me about the report most is the fact it was written in the way it was written. it is an unrelenting prosecutorial document. >> reporter: both men say the cia is right inserting harsh interrogation techniques like shows shop in the film "zero dark thirty" methods prevented attacks and saved life. but on that crucial question, the white house takes no position. >> it is impossible to know the counter-factual. it's impossible to know whether or not this information could have been obtai
program won't be launching a new investigation based on the report from the democratic chair dianne feinstein. trial or no trial, the cia has some big names coming to its defense, from former vice president dick cheney who blasted the report on fox news. >> i think it's a terrible piece of work. we did exactly what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9/11 and to prevent a further attack and we were successful on both parts. and i think -- >> this report says...
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here's how dianne feinstein put it to start things off. >> in contrast, detainees were subjected to theost aggressive techniques immediately. stripped naked diapered physically struck, and put in stress positions for long periods of time. they were deprived of sleep for days. in one case, up to 180 hours. that is 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. >> of course, many supporters of the bush administration are against the release of this report. so you're the counterpoint mitch mcconnell. >> this particular release in my judgment, serves no purpose whatsoever, other than to endanger americans around the world at a time of growing concern about the rise of terrorism. the president seemed to declare the war on terror over a while back. the terrorists obviously did not get the message. >> we heard a lot of graphic things described today as this report came out. we are all jaded and cynical in various ways, but i'm curious to know what was the most unsettling thing you learned to
here's how dianne feinstein put it to start things off. >> in contrast, detainees were subjected to theost aggressive techniques immediately. stripped naked diapered physically struck, and put in stress positions for long periods of time. they were deprived of sleep for days. in one case, up to 180 hours. that is 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. >> of course, many...
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. >> but senator dianne feinstein ahead of the intelligence committee told the l.a. times that i undermine societal and constitutional values we are proud of up anybody who reads this is going to never let it happen again. changes to racial profiling could come as early as today. they are continues to stop people based on race and nationality if there is information of a threat. but they are extending the ban on racial profiling to include religion, national orbegin, gender and gender identity. he promised that the new standards would help end racial profiliing once and for all. it comes during the nationwide protests involving the racially-charged problems with police. last night it got violent after explosives were thrown. in new york city, a more peaceful protest inside of grand central terminal. supporters chanteder ingarner's final words, i can't breathe. and at games, reggie bush wore a t-shirt back with the detroit lions yesterday. and derrick rose wore one during saturday's warmup. tweeting a picture showing the phrase on his cleats, and actor jaime foxx gave
. >> but senator dianne feinstein ahead of the intelligence committee told the l.a. times that i undermine societal and constitutional values we are proud of up anybody who reads this is going to never let it happen again. changes to racial profiling could come as early as today. they are continues to stop people based on race and nationality if there is information of a threat. but they are extending the ban on racial profiling to include religion, national orbegin, gender and gender...
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he goes on the senate floor right after dianne feinstein and applauds what she has just done?makes the point and ere os make the point that if you torture someone, they're going to say whatever the hell they want you to think. they're just going to want to stop being tortured and they're going to say, sure, sure, yes, yes, and the information is not reliable. what do you say to that argument? >> i would come down with mccain. i've been in and around torture. i've watched foreign governments do it from south america to the middle east. i was involved in the investigation of the first embassy bombing in 1983 when the lebanese tortured to death a suspect. and the production from these tortured interviews is abysmal. the egyptians are terrible at it. in general, it does not work. there will be exceptions when it does. but right now, we're talking about a lot of inside baseball. and i happen to agree with peter that the senate and mccain didn't come out and say this without good reason. they didn't stake their reputations on this unless they believe the information was obtained out
he goes on the senate floor right after dianne feinstein and applauds what she has just done?makes the point and ere os make the point that if you torture someone, they're going to say whatever the hell they want you to think. they're just going to want to stop being tortured and they're going to say, sure, sure, yes, yes, and the information is not reliable. what do you say to that argument? >> i would come down with mccain. i've been in and around torture. i've watched foreign...
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(laughter) let's let dianne feinstein try to make a meal out of a morsel. >> c.i.a.nees kept in darkness, constantly shackled in isolated cells with loud noise or music and only a bucket to use for human waste. stripped naked, diapered, physically struck and put in various physical stress positions for long periods of time. deprived of sleep for days. in one case, up to 180 hours. hands tied together over their heads, chained to the ceiling. rough take-downs in which a detainee was grabbed from a cell, clothes cut off, hooded, and dragged up and down a dirt hallway. >> the case in which a prisoner's lunch tray consistle of hummus, pasta and nuts were pure rayepured and rectally inf. (laughter) >> jon: could i get a reaction shot of how i'm feeling right now? (laughter) you know, it's funny. i just made a movie about a guy who triumphed over inhuman conditions in imprisonment, and i don't think they did half of that to him. i don't think it worked because he was innocent. >> of the 119 individuals found to have been detained in the program, the committee found 26 were
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dianne feinstein, this is dianne feinstein's passion, she's going to be leaving the chairmanship becauseof control of the senate. this was her last hurrah to get this out, there but i talked to a cia agent earlier today, he said she's been briefed on this ever since day one and blessed it all the way along. all of a sudden, she's surprised? charles: blame bush, you know, somehow appease our enemies, when i hear the president talk about low standing around the world because of things like this, i don't care if this is our low standing around the world, let it get lower. >> the biggest torture they brought the guys in and forced them to eat a subway sandwich that had bologna on it. you can tell the balance of power is messed up right now. >> it was obviously political theater, we had gruber political theater, but i just -- i don't know where we're going with this, and again, i pray to hollywood, i'm tired, between the climate films, everything is climate, subplot between that and the torture thing, i haven't seen a good movie. >> why do we need to know this? charles: why did it come out to
dianne feinstein, this is dianne feinstein's passion, she's going to be leaving the chairmanship becauseof control of the senate. this was her last hurrah to get this out, there but i talked to a cia agent earlier today, he said she's been briefed on this ever since day one and blessed it all the way along. all of a sudden, she's surprised? charles: blame bush, you know, somehow appease our enemies, when i hear the president talk about low standing around the world because of things like this,...
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the biggest is senator dianne feinstein. she pushed for this report, it is her report, it was commissioned by her committee and we'd like to start with showing you a reenactment of a waterboarding. the senate report describes waterboarding as a series of near drownings, saying it was employed more often than the cia has previously admitted. the report also detailed sleep deprivation for up to a week, so-called rectal feedings, beatings and death threats. dianne feinstein pushed for it to be released. >> history will judge us by our willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. >> reporter: it was just months after the september 11th attacks that u.c. berkeley professor yu penned a series of writings. >> my opinion is they went over the line a lot of times. simply waterboarding one detainee 183 times, it's gone way beyond the intention of this program. >> and that is not really the crux of the issue, says baer. >> more important than that, was it effective? i have seen nothing so far of solid evidence that torture sa
the biggest is senator dianne feinstein. she pushed for this report, it is her report, it was commissioned by her committee and we'd like to start with showing you a reenactment of a waterboarding. the senate report describes waterboarding as a series of near drownings, saying it was employed more often than the cia has previously admitted. the report also detailed sleep deprivation for up to a week, so-called rectal feedings, beatings and death threats. dianne feinstein pushed for it to be...
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brennan is drawing a sharp rebuttal from the committee chair, dianne feinstein.k with a former cia spokesperson bill harlow. she was tweeting -- i don't know if it was her or her staff -- >> i think it was her staff. >> they were tweeting during the course of the press conference, which went on for 45 minutes, tweeted this "cia says unknowable if we could have gotten the intel other ways. studies show it is knowable. cia had info before torture." in other words, she's saying that there's no positive benefits from the enhanced interrogation, that that information could have gotten in other ways -- what the director of the cia said today, it's possible that they could have gotten it in other ways but that's not knowable. >> she's wrong again. in fact, if you go to the minority study, cia study which is on ciasaveslives.com, you'll find that there was valuable information which was gotten from them. maybe if we had the luxury of time, we might have developed another way of getting this information. we didn't have the luxury of time. whe we had a ticking time bomb si
brennan is drawing a sharp rebuttal from the committee chair, dianne feinstein.k with a former cia spokesperson bill harlow. she was tweeting -- i don't know if it was her or her staff -- >> i think it was her staff. >> they were tweeting during the course of the press conference, which went on for 45 minutes, tweeted this "cia says unknowable if we could have gotten the intel other ways. studies show it is knowable. cia had info before torture." in other words, she's...
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dianne feinstein says the cia's actions after the 9/11 attacks left a stain on american values and history. the newly released report prompted the fbi to issue a warning now to u.s. law enforcement to be wary of any extremist reaction to the report. a united nations official accused those of being involved as part of a criminal conspiracy and is demanding they be brought to justice. among the tactics revealed in the report, the cia conducted mock executions on at least two detainees. kept some awake for up to 180 hours straight. and stripped others naked, subjecting them to cold temperatures and very cold showers as well. now, many republicans blasted this report as a partisan move by democrats before they lose control of the senate next year. dana bash looks at the politics surrounding this report. >> my words give me no pleasure. >> graphic descriptions of grizzly torture. >> detainees were subjected to the most aggressive techniques. immediately stripped naked, diapered, physically struck and put in various painful stress positions for long periods of ti time. >> dianne feinstein says t
dianne feinstein says the cia's actions after the 9/11 attacks left a stain on american values and history. the newly released report prompted the fbi to issue a warning now to u.s. law enforcement to be wary of any extremist reaction to the report. a united nations official accused those of being involved as part of a criminal conspiracy and is demanding they be brought to justice. among the tactics revealed in the report, the cia conducted mock executions on at least two detainees. kept some...
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this just isn't that. >> so your bottom line message to dianne feinstein is?iewers, before you rush to judgment, don't read just this report, but read the cia rebuttal and the republican minority report, as well. so that you have perhaps a broader range of information before you decide. >> general michael hayden, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> former cia director, former head of the national security agency. appreciate it very much. >>> just ahead, a protester against police brutality throws a punch at a police officer. we'll have reaction. the video has now gone viral. turn the trips you have to take, into one you'll never forget. earn triple points when you book with the expedia app. expedia plus rewards. we asked people a question how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to like, pull it a little further got me to 70 years old i'm going to have to rethink this thing it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that
this just isn't that. >> so your bottom line message to dianne feinstein is?iewers, before you rush to judgment, don't read just this report, but read the cia rebuttal and the republican minority report, as well. so that you have perhaps a broader range of information before you decide. >> general michael hayden, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> former cia director, former head of the national security agency. appreciate it very much. >>>...
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but same politicians including dianne feinstein were saying, look, we got to do something. and maybe we have to stop the next attack. we had the anthrax letters at the time after 9/11. so the cia took them at their word and did it. >> yes, exactly. as the press reported there's really nothing all that new in this report. this thing with the cia interrogations has been public for a listening time. so you do have to wonder what is going to be, i think, a big question, the political effect of this report. >> your answer. >> my answer is it's going to hurt the democrats. i really do believe that. i mean, if they want to be the party that is on the side of criticizing the people who interrogated the perpetrators of 9/11, the bombing of the u.s.s. co coal, the bombing of two american embassies and going forward to the islamic state and beheadings, if they want to say they're then÷0/ party that does want to be too tough -- >> they want to say that's dem goejic -- >> that's not my point. my point is what do the american people sitting out there watching all this think of the democr
but same politicians including dianne feinstein were saying, look, we got to do something. and maybe we have to stop the next attack. we had the anthrax letters at the time after 9/11. so the cia took them at their word and did it. >> yes, exactly. as the press reported there's really nothing all that new in this report. this thing with the cia interrogations has been public for a listening time. so you do have to wonder what is going to be, i think, a big question, the political effect...
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. >>> california's dine feinstein released a senate report blasting the cia -- dianne feinstein released a senate report blasting the cia for interrogation tactics setting off a firestorm in washington, ken bastida with way look at what was uncovered in the five year -- with a look at what was uncovered in the five year investigation. >> it says an interrogation of a pair of suspects after 9/11 was more brutal than acknowledged and tonight u.s. embassies are on high alert for fear of retaliatory attacks. suspects after 9-11 helve. repl >> releasing this report is an important step to restore our values and show the world that we are, in fact, a just and lawful society. ation. - and the agency systematically lied t effectiveness of the progra order to keep it going. add at no time did >> senator dianne feinstein says a review of a secret cia detention and interrogation program of terror suspects after 9/11 is way too important to shelve. republicans on feinstein's committee did no ing the report...a >> detainees were subjected to the most aggressive techniques immediately, stripped naked,
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committee chairwoman dianne feinstein to express concern for american intelligence and diplomatic workers abroad. >> this is a terrible idea. our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths. >> telling the los angeles times sunday, feinstein said, anybody who reads this is never going to let this happen again. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> coming up a little later, we will get into the security and political reports that are making this so controversy. >>> nato is ending its afghanistan occupation. 13,000 troops will be detained to train troops. the men receiving medical treatment and will be integrated into uruguayan society if they choose to stay. daniel schwindler reports on the road to resettlement. >> uruguay is so far from the six men's' homes which for now they can't return to. but it is also a long way from guantanamo and that for them is what counts. they're being treated at two hospitals before their resettlement program begins. >> he's hopeful now that he's outs and he's free with proper medical care here in uruguay he can get better and rebuild
committee chairwoman dianne feinstein to express concern for american intelligence and diplomatic workers abroad. >> this is a terrible idea. our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths. >> telling the los angeles times sunday, feinstein said, anybody who reads this is never going to let this happen again. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> coming up a little later, we will get into the security and political reports that are making this so...
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dianne feinstein supports the use of drones. what happens if there is another investigation that said these guys violated international law as well. i can't interrogate him, but i can drop a drone on him. there is something incompatible with the positions. >> important points. senator angus king, an independent from maine who caucuses with the democrats and member of the intelligence committee. >> pay i want to compliment you for showing such large segments. that doesn't often happen. our viewers often get little capsules and comments from people like me. that was a service to the public to put the bulk of the two speeches on the air. i want to go back to mr. mclaughlin who you had on earlier. there was an important slight of hand. he talked about the program and detainee program producing intelligen intelligence. nobody is disputing that. what this report is about was did the torture produce the actionable intelligence and it goes through an incredible detail of each of the cases. he asserts and the prior cia folks years ago as
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. >> dianne feinstein said that after this comes out, anyone who reads it some not let it happen again. will this keep torture and the likes of what we have read, ever happen again, and keep the united states from condoning those acts? >> i certainly hope today, we never condone these acts when they occur in foreign nations, and we should not when they occur under our own leadership. i still think that there's a legitimate reason to call into account for those who made these decisions for those who authorize these programs in the first place. but that's not going to happen, at least not in our system of justice. i thought that senator fienstein's comments today about right on the mark, and i thought that senator mccain's comments, he gave the best speech of his career on the senate floor today. >> ambassador, good to see you, and thank you very much. >> thank you very much, good to see you, john. >> more now on the response. the agency said that it made mistakes and changed its policies. today, john brennon said that the interrogation tactics worked. he said that the detainees on who e
. >> dianne feinstein said that after this comes out, anyone who reads it some not let it happen again. will this keep torture and the likes of what we have read, ever happen again, and keep the united states from condoning those acts? >> i certainly hope today, we never condone these acts when they occur in foreign nations, and we should not when they occur under our own leadership. i still think that there's a legitimate reason to call into account for those who made these...