why don't we listen to people like general david petraeus who has had vast experience in iraq and afghanistan with detainees and the information we have gotten from them and our practices. and if general petraeus were here, he would tell you that the most effective method of gaining information is establishing a friendly relationship with the detainee. obviously we need intelligence to defeat our enemies, but we need reliable intelligence. torture produces more misleading information than actionable intelligence. and that -- and what the advocates of harsh and cruel interrogation methods have never established is that we couldn't have gathered as good or more reliable intelligence from using humane methods. most importantly, we got in the search for bin laden came from using conventional interrogation methods. i think it's an insult to the many intelligence officers who have acquired good intelligence without hurting or degrading prisoners to assert we can't win this war on terrorism without such methods. yes, we can, and we will. but in the end, torture's failure to serve its intended purpos

. >> have you interviewed former cia director david petraeus. >> yes. >> and that was in a closed setting? >> that's correct. >> as well as other cia people. >> that's cent. >> but you can not tell us what you learned? >> i can't. we have done our best to keep those conversations out of the public. >> why was there a public hearing for clinton and not petraeus? >> she demanded it. five minutes, rotating to the next one. interviews were the best way to get facts for the american people. on the e-mails, the hill and others report that the judge in this e-mail vgs ordered 550 clinton e-mails over president's day week. there are more to come on that. >> i have a question and a comment. these committees spend entirely too much time when they should be working on the important things. >> she said when she left the white house they were broke. and second of all, she had too much baggage. and bernie sanders is on the right track. there has to be a revolution in this country. >> whatn't a the money sent on this investigation? >> we still have younk men and women serving in dangerous places across

retired general david petraeus admitted to sharing the information with his mistress. that word comes ashton carter sent to senator john mccain. carter's options had included demoting petraeus from a four-star general to a three-star. a move that would have affected his retirement salary. this decision now clears petraeus to continue to receive his full retirement benefits. as a retired four-star general.. petraeus remains liable for any wrongdoing he committed while on active duty. 3 mona plasma today the iowa caucuses begin... and one of the issues that has been in the forefront for the presidential candidates is..the trade imbalance with china. for a first hand look at exactly what that means -- matt tivers takes us to sea... aboard one of the world's largest container ships. 3 end to end... its longer than the eiffel tower. its got an 80,000 horsepower engine and weighs up to 240000 tons...and yet thanks to the magic of buoyancy...the container ship benjamin franklin... floats. it's leaving china soon and will head to los angelesa& it's the largest ship that has ri

david petraeus got prosecuted for much less than this. as did sandy berger. and i hope and pray that the justice department will not publicize this. >> where do you stand in iowa? >> it depends what ben carson does, i think the first three will be some combination of trump, cruz and rubio. after that, we're going to see how everyone else does. a lot of governors have fallen by the wayside when people thought i didn't have a chance in this race. you and i are talking about what i'm going to do next, that's a good day for me. >> our thanks to governor christie for his time. marco rubio joins me here at the state capital building. makes me feel stopped up. that's called opioid-induced constipation, or oic. a different kind of constipation. finding relief has been a real struggle. paint a different picture. talk to your doctor about oic and prescription treatment options. we ship everything you atcan imagine.n, and everything we ship has something in common. whether it's expedited overnight... ...or shipped around the globe, ...it's handled by od employees who kn

. >> worth remembering, david petraeus was convicted of a misdemeanor.t was bargained down no doubt. but if you look at, i read various legal analyses of these and a good case can be made there is indictable felony here and very good case there is not. my guess is she won't be indicted. harris: agreed. >> think about this for a minute. if you come down to it, she is nominated by one of major parties, you have not a huge case, and you don't have any criminal intent, are you going to indict, is it wise to indict a nominee of a major party? is that the right way to do it? is that the right thing to do? harris: there is a crime. andrea: not only that, brit, the fact that her staff took the classified information and moved it to a public server? and then the conspiracy to try and hide it, that alone is a felony punishable up to 10 years. >> it is. who is likely to be indicted? i think -- andrea: i agree she won't get indicted. >> they might indict members of her staff. whether they will indict her i think is very much in doubt. >> speaking of clintons, new fa

key congressional leaders have closed the case on the investigation into retired 4-star general david petraeus. last year, petraeus admitted to giving his biographer and lover, paula broadwell, notebooks containing highly classified information. he intially lied about it to the fbi. pentagon leaders letter to the leaders of the senate armed services committee, saying the matter was closed after an army review. talks of demotion and a reduction of his pension were considered, but lawmakers on both sides came to the general's defense, saying he'd already paid for what he did. one person was killed and seven others were hurt at a motorcycle expo in denver on saturday. shots were fired around 1 p-m at the national western complex, where the colorado motorcycle expo was being held this weekend. others were hurt in injuries from a stabbing and a fistfight. six people were taken to the hospital. police couldn't say whether the incident was gang-related, but no arrests have been made. u-k based charity "ox-fam" says international donors failed to deliver the funds they promised to help with the ebola

prohibiting waterboarding and whatever other forms of torture i think all of us admire general david petraeuss quote. our nation has paid a high price in recent decades for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond those in, beyond those in the field manuel. what prohibits it. and in my view, that price far outweighed value of the information gained through the use of techniques beyond those in the manuel. what he is saying is, abu ghraib shocked the world. abu ghraib was a great propaganda tool for them. we tried japanese generals and hung them for war crimes. one of the crimes was waterboarding. and finally, i guarranty you, that when someone is subjected to torture and by the way, this is a near-death experience, then they will tell that person who is administering that anything they want to hear. and when someone says it led to osama bin laden, they're lying. and so, what we got was a whole lot of bad information from these people who just told whatever they thought the intear bate tore wanted to -- interrogator wanted to hear. are we going to subject people to torture? is th

. >> critics of the administration's handling this say david petraeus was indicted for behavior that amounted to a tiny fraction of what we know happened with secretary clinton. are they wrong? >> i think every case is different. we look at the facts in evidence based on the information available in every matter. >> it's important for people to know what's right. what violates the law. is it legal or illegal for federal employees, especially cabinet members to set up a private server to handle all government e-mail correspondents. >> i'm not going to give you a legal opinion on that. since it is a matter that may be under review. certainly the state department inspector general is looking at procedures and practices and policies of that department. i'm not going to comment on that, except to say that our investigation is going to continue as any other case. >> will it be wrapped up soon? >> we don't give you timing estimates either 37 again, we don't -- >> i guess there is a timetable that is hanging over this, you know. shouldn't american voters know hillary clinton's legal status a

look at general david petraeus.e defense department really vind iktively trying to strip him of one or two stars. shameful. >> i agree. >> by any measure what he did is a fraction of what it appears hillary did and the legal jeopardy is significant. there are a lot of reports about the fbi being unhappy about a potential political cover-up at the justice department. and then politically, listen. you know, for hillary to essentially tie in i with and it looks like the reports show that she's going to be walloped in new hampshire -- >> yep. >> that's got a lot of democrats concerned. i'm most interested to be honest, i don't care if it's hillary or bernie. they're both out of touch, have the same left-wing socialist policies and neither one says radical islam terrorism. both running to be the third term of obama. i do think the point about the iowa turnout is a reason for great encouragement. you know, historically, the democratic turnout in iowa in the caucuses is vastly exceeded the republican turnout. this year, fo

andrea: this comes as former cia chief david petraeus warns all hope of uniting syria may be lost afterearly five-year civil war. he tells "the hill," it is by no means clear it can be put together again. in fact i tend to think not but we shall see. petraeus's dire forecast as secretary of state john kerry touts progress in syria, with peace talks in munich. world powers agreeing on temporary cessation of hostilities, but kerry says more work needs to be done to reach a lasting cease-fire. want to go to you first on this, peter. this is not groundbreaking news in the military community, the revelation of chemical weapons. this was reported by socom two years ago. first time someone so publicly in the administration concede this is very, very real threat. >> when i see mr. brennan and mr. kerry walking down those stairs i kind of get the willies, i get the shakes. i bet nauseated. boy, we have a real problem here now. because they are usually wrong. i hope they're wrong on this. but the notion that there's, mustard weapons and other types of weapons to import and exportn syria and middl

they were very interested this david petraeus.his is not the ravings of a guy who is only on the right. ales is very conservative but pragmatic. he's turned the play book against conservative thought leaders who are opposed to him. if that means fox news is in his way, then he will go after some of fox's figures. he's very attuned to individuals. if they're coming after him in that moment, he's going to come after him hard. if they are praise worthy, giving him the time he needs, the air time he desires, he's going to be complimentary. this is real housewives territory, right? >> thank you very much. >> you bet. >> the fight is on. we have a pretty good idea about what's going to happen in south carolina. you never know and what happens on super tuesday and beyond is anyone's guess. bernie sanders campaign surrogate killer mike will be here to talk strategy, ahead. you need fast relief. alka-seltzer plus severe sinus congestion and cough liquid gels rush relief to your tough symptoms. to put you back in control. [doorbell] woman:

general david petraeus made a statement i would like to quote to you: he said your nation has paid a high price in the recent deck apeds for information gained by the techniques and in my view that price far outweighed the information gain through the use of techniques, irks ie water boarding -- do you agree with general petraeus' assessment? >> i do. i believe the army field manual is the standard and that is what we should abide by. it services the purposes of providing a framework for the elicitation of valuable intelligence information and it comports with american values. >> that is the point, i think. isn't it the fact american values are such that no matter what the enemy does we maintain the higher standard of behavior? and when we violate that the consequences are severe? >> yes, sir. >> and an erosion of our moral authority. >> i would agree with that. >> isn't it already proven that mr. baghdady is sending people with this flow of refuges that are terrorist that in order to inflict further attacks on europe and the united states? >> that is correct. that is one technique t

david petraeus said and i will say again, you don't make peace with your friends.we talked to lot of very bad actors to see if we could shift them and we did this in conjunction with the iraqis, and frankly to mess with their minds and we would tell them coming out of the colts. ahmed mohammed did down the way. you should be like him and that son of a bitch and if we were lucky he would go and kill muhammed and that is the trouble. -- save us the trouble. it is a rough game out there. at the end of the day there are certain number of people, the irreconcilables, but what you have to do is to know your landscape well enough that you are killing the absolute minimum number of people and not creating a whole new set of enemies and frankly you can only do that if you are deeply engaged on the ground where people like taking it seriously, your allies and adversaries, that is not the case in iraq. >> ambassador and jeffrey, given where we are we don't have a troop levels, back in 2007, the iraqi government does not have -- obviously does not have political capacity to re

general david petraeus made a statement i would like to quote to you: he said your nation has paid a high price in the recent deck apeds for information gained by the techniques and in my view that price far outweighed the information gain through the use of techniques, irks ie water boarding -- do you agree with general petraeus' assessment? >> i do. i believe the army field manual is the standard and that is what we should abide by. it services the purposes of providing a framework for the elicitation of valuable intelligence information and it comports with american values. >> that is the point, i think. isn't it the fact american values are such that no matter what the enemy does we maintain the higher standard of behavior? and when we violate that the consequences are severe? >> yes, sir. >> and an erosion of our moral authority. >> i would agree with that. >> isn't it already proven that mr. baghdady is sending people with this flow of refuges that are terrorist that in order to inflict further attacks on europe and the united states? >> that is correct. that is one technique t

but the tress his actor, the president dragged the pandering support of his disgraced general, david petraeusr that isis doesn't need guantanamo bay to expand its army of muslim fanatics. and it's also clear that mr. obama doesn't appreciate american values. he just wants it in his deep leftist soul aches to accommodate enemy. as with so many of his directives, the american don't agree. a poll reveals 56% of the country wants gitmo to stay open and vigorously opposes any transfer of muslim murderers to the home land. what of the prisoner, khalid sheikh mohammed, an architect of 9-11 who should have been executed long ago? instead he holds off justice with a bev-e of liberal lawyers. moreover, what of the roars in the middle east we can not close or win? while incrementally sending more troops to the fight, the president is signaling we'll simply take no more prisoners, a primary source for intelligence. he would rather drone them out of existence. next month mr. obama visits cuba for another of his epic media mash-ups. undoubtedly the future of the gitmo prison will figure in his conversation

general david petraeus made a statement that i'd like to quote to you. he says: our nation has paid a high price in recent decade for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond those in the field manual and in my view that price far outweighed the value of the information gained through the use of techniques, i.e., waterboarding. beyond those in the manual. the manual obviously prohibits water boarding and other forms of torture. do you agree with general petraeus' assessment? >> i do believe the army field manual is the standard, and that is what we should abide by. it serves the purposes of both providing a framework for the elicitation of valuable intelligence information and it comports withamerican values. >> that's the point, i think. isn't it the fact that this is -- american values are such that just no matter what the enemy does, that we maintain a higher standard of behavior and when we violate that, also we did with abu ghraib, that the consequences are severe. >> yes, sir. >> and erosion of our moral authority. >> i would agree wi

do you view david petraeus as insight into current operations in afghanistan? >> yes, i do.that is his deputy general for cooperations. >> are you aware of an article he wrote called time to unleer america's air power? >> i have seen that. the u.s. and nato air power in afghanistan is used openly when attack validated by the targets to counter specific individuals or groups who have attacked coalition forces and to respond to attacks on coalition forces. u.s. and nato forces are not allowed to attack tal can parg ets. there only 400 which is a fall of almost 2 clash clash she and more than 2,000 since 2010. do you agree that it is time to unleash american air power. >> president gani has asked for help and we have a long range plan and a shortfall on air power. they are the principal force combatting the taliban. we focus on protection and ct. i wanted to take a second to explain why we have a gap. eventually with the air force and army aviation, they will be able to fill the gap. i know i have not had the opportunity to talk to him about this specific issue, but i know he h

general david petraeus made a statement that i'd like to quote to you. he says, our nation has paid a high price in recent decades for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond those in the field manuel and in my view the price far outweighed the value of the information gained through the use of techniques, ie, waterboarding beyond those in the manual obviously prohibits waterboarding and other forms of torture. do you agree with general petraeus' assessment? >> i do. the army field manual is the standard and that's what we should abide by. it serves the purposes of both providing a framework for the illistatii value intelligence gathering and comports with american values. >> that's the point, i think. isn't it the fact that american values are such that just no matter what the enemy does that we maintain a higher standard of behavior? and when we violate that, as we did with abu ghraib, that the consequences are severe. >> yes, sir. >> an erosion of our moral authority. >> i would agree with that. >> isn't it already proven that mr. baghd

is the first line of defense, the biggest difference if you differentiate hillary to general david petraeus is saying. if you took a hard-line stand on him, we have to do that on hillary, as a criminal defense attorney, what he did was intentional. intentionally gave his things over to the writer of his book. they used war judgment, it wasn't classified at the time. it now is classified, she should have known better. stuart: i would say she intentionally started her private server. >> that is why you are the star of the show and i am just a neighborhood lawyer. stuart: all right, thank you very much for joining us. isis using chemical weapons according to the cia director himself. disturbing development year, more on it later. stuart: cia director john brennan confirms isis made and used chemical weapons including mustard gas, a weapon that has not been seen since world war i to my knowledge. former cia operations officer, this is a cia director saying they got it, they have used it. are they now trying to get that into europe? >> they are. isis is using refugees as cover to infiltrate euro

host: this is a tweet from a viewer saying, secretary gates of gitmo, closure general david petraeus- are there others? guest: many said that they and they do this kicked the can down the road to the obama administration. that is important to know, the top pentagon officials have said that keeping guantanamo open poses a national security risk because it is up own symbol, a terrorist propaganda and it would be better for them from the national security standpoint for its of the close. david from minnesota. good morning. independent line. .aller: excuse me i was wondering. i don't hear on the news at all -- how many years have you got left on the contract with cuba? i think he was a 99 year lease. we going to give up our lease by getting out of there? one more thing, they have already caught north korean ships going through the panama canal on their way to cuba with missiles or not missiles but weapons. what is that going to turn into and you will take over that face when we leave? will it be the north koreans or what? guest: one of the things president obama noted and other administr