none of this worked.
and, oh by the way, you
committed torture.
we can only parse so much of
that in the time we have.
i'll ask you this -- did it
work?
>> yes, it did.
in fact, you shouldn't take my
word for it.
take the cia's word for it.
it said it disrupted attacks.
that it allowed them to
understand better the enemy that
we had.
that it saved lives and that it
presented another catastrophic
attack here in the united
states.
>> in your book, you take us
inside the room.
in fact, i'll reference abu
zubaydah.
you wrote this, bruce poured the
weather out of a one liter
plastic bottle and i controlled
the duration of the pours by
standing at the top of the abu's
head raising and lowering a
black cloth to cover his face.
when i lowered the clothe, bruce
was to pour.
i would watch the guard count
out the seconds.
when i raised the cloth, bruce
was to stop immediately.
the legal guidance said we could
pour water for 20 to 40 seconds,
allow the person to breathe
unimpeded for three to...