. >> senator dianne fienstein's response: was the c.i.a. honest when it discussed the programme with its civilian overseers. >> the record simply does not support the study's interest. that the agency systematically and intentionally misled others programme. >> senator dianne fienstein, former c.i.a. council, preston said: was the committee report a partisan attack? >> unfortunately the committee could not agree on a bipartisan way forward. senator dianne fienstein: for more, i'm joined by al jazeera senior washington correspondent mike viqueira. mike, good to see you. these two unprecedented event, a news conference by the director of the c.i.a. defending the agency, and at the same time the chair of that senate committee that issued the report cailenting him on twitter. and all your time in washington - have you ever seen anything like this? >> i guess it's a bold new world in a way, and technology facilitates that, things have changed. i was struckly dianne fienstein doing that. she's not the aggressive in our face-type. she's old school

dianne fienstein is exemplary of that. to have her taking issue point by point during the speech was unusual. almost as if they were trolling to use the term, trolling john brennan. she put out a written statement largely conciliatory really, but is taking issue with the phrase that brennan adopted from the white house talking point. he didn't use it in the statement on tuesday when the report was released. an unknowable phrase - whether or not the same information could have been gleaned from people who were intention interrogated, prisoners interrogated, detainees without harsh techniques. the white house said it's unknowable, may as well not discuss it. president obama certainly has not been eager to talk about it over the course of the last days. and jacob brennan is using the phrase as well. dianne fienstein certainly taking issue with that. >> so that point, let's listen to brennan defending the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. >> there was useful intelligence, very useful, valuable, that was obtained from i

within 24 hours or so of the invitation to view the report, it was rescinded by senator dianne fienstein, she did not want me to see or be prepared for that report. >> what do you say to john mccain, and the fact that he said it could have come out. you wrote in hoept that you -- "huffington overwrote. >> absolutely. reasons to protect information, providing that you take appropriate steps to redact and otherwise protect the information that needs to be protected - absolutely. the information should come out. my problem is that it should be accurate. report. >> how do you respond to robert, and to a lot of other critics who stay that this report has gone too far in saying that the c.i.a. lied and misled not only government? >> this report is 6700 pages long. and although we only have the 500 page executive summary, it is very heavily footnoted and very well documented what happened. i mean, i don't know what the inaccuracies are. i don't think the report is making up the fact that enemas were used as a form of torture, and that torture was understated to the public, and that the c.i.a. m

dianne fienstein's representatives had no comment. >> the family of an american hostage luke summers released a second video pleading to al qaeda for his release. his mother sends a personal message. >> we desperately want you to be released and home with us again. it's been too long, and we need you here. we love you more than words can express. >> to put it simply, luke is a humanitarian, helping others who felt persecuted or those that felt he didn't have a voice. >> the family released new pictures of summers, some showing him in jamaica. david shuster has more on efforts to bring him home. >> luke summers was working as a photo journalists in sanaa when kidnapped by the al qaeda philliate al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the group released a message with a threat he would be killed within days. his plea: it's unclear when the message was recorded. a rescue mission was agreed weeks ago. members of a team raided a hideout. >> as soon as the u.s. government had reliable intelligence and an operational plan, the department of defense was authorised to conduct an operation to rescu

any case, within 24 hours of the invitation to view the report, it was rescinded by senator dianne fienstein. she did not want me to see the report or be prepared for what is happening today. >> what do you say to john mccain. and the fact that the report should have come out. i know you wrote in the most about how you think the report overstates its criticism of the c.i.a. . >> no question about that. with regard to whether the american people have the right to be informed with what has been done in their name, absolutely. reasons to protect the information, provided you take appropriate steps to adapt and protect the information which needs to be protected, absolutely. i think the information should come out. my only problem is it should be accurate information, and that is not what you find in this report. >> how do you respond to robert and others who say that the report has gone too far, in saying that the c.i.a. lied, and misled not only the american people, but the government. >> this report is 6700 pages long, and although we have the 500 page executive summary, it is heavily footnot

have taken precautions and done what is prudent to ensure personnel are safe >>> on friday, dianne fienstein was called to express concern over american personnel and intelligence officers abroad. some republicans say they are worried too. >> this is a terrible idea. foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and death. >> human rights activists disagree. >> some bad activists decide to use the engines. -- information. it's because we engage in torture in the first place, not because the americans or the world has an understanding. >> president obama signed an order in 2009 outlining torture, and admitted that the u.s. tortured people during the bush administration. over the weekend former president george bush was asked about the report. >> these are patriots. whatever the report says, if we diminish, it's out of pace. >> sources tell al jazeera that the review went beyond the law in the interrogation methods, lied to congress, the department of justice and president bush, and exaggerated the value of information gained through torture. >> say that we relentlessly over an ex-p

. >> 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 de

. >> throughout, dianne fienstein, unveiled her report on tuesday, and was tweeting back like a live block, taking issue with some of the things he was saying, agreeing with others. after the speech she put out a statement, largely conciliatory, but drawing a distinction, whether or not the information could have been obtained by other means, less harsh means is not unknowable, it's a fact that the harsh methods were not necessary. >> thank you. the online hacking group anonymous carried out cyber attacks in organises from corporate giants to governments and our own, and played a role in the arab spring. are they social crusaders, criminals or both. the mask is lifted as we talk to a high-profile member, a top hacker, and became an fbi informant. paul beban joins us with more on the group. >> anonymous supporters call the group digital crusadersor justice, but critics say they are pranksters or a cyber lynch mob. whatever it is, anonymous is a force to be reckoned with and it's here to stay. it is a group with no formal members and no official philosophy. when members appear in publi

i have to say i was a little saddened by some aspects when dianne fienstein was giving the executive summary. she refers to a number of c.i.a. officers who voiced questions about the programme. >> concerns. >> concerns, questions, evocation, and indicated that all of those concerns were kind of swept under the carpet. they were silent. it brought me back to a time, to what it's like to work for that organization. i left the agency in 2003. >> so right in the midst of all that. >> right in the midst. >> i was not privy to details of what was going on at guantanamo, beyond what was talked about in hushed tones in the hallways, and, you know, i remember a friend telling me so and so is back from guantanamo, and bragging about what we are doing to the guys down there. i remember thinking i'm glad i'm on my way out of here. >> let's talk about this. former senior integrator in both iraq wars and you've been an terrorism officer, you understand and have been concerned and critical about the programs. i guess that the pursuant of this is after everything we have learnt about the programmes,

dianne fienstein zeroed in on the high price of nukes in an opinion piece in "the washington post", arguing the level of spending is unnecessary and unsustainable and unilaterally reducing the arsenal could save hundreds of millions. what is bugging the pentagon is it can't take some of the money for things it doesn't want and spend it on things it wants. that's because the sequestration rules bars what the pentagon things are commonsense tradeoff. >> sequestration would render it impossible to execute the defense strategy that president obama signed out in 2012. >> reporter: if you are looking at whether congress is forcing congress to waste billions, look no further than the fact that one in five unneeded military bases, according to a decade-old study. the pentagon is barred from closing bases because they are in someone's congressional district >>> jamie mcintyre, thank you >>> it's been a tough week for uber, the popular car service, banned in several countries, and more big american cities are fighting the service. jonathan betz is here with more. >> an uphill climbs, first concerns i

the "new york times" reports that five officers that carried out searches that angered senator dianne fienstein will not be punished >>> the fight against i.s.i.l. has been an intense battle for kurdish peshmerga in iraq. they say they are making gapes in the sin jar mountains where the yazidi were trapped when i.s.i.l. took control. we have more. >> reporter: the fight for mt sinjar and the surrounding area has been intense. for almost a week kurdish fighters paced steep resistance from i.s.i.l. fighters stealing control of sinjar town, at the foot of the mountains. it's where they have been committing atrocities. the president of the kurdistan region of government visited troops on the sinjar front line and addressed the displaced families. >> translation: thanks to god we have opened and controlled all the roads and broken the siege imposed on sinjar mountain. we have liberated the whole area. liberation of sinjar town was not part of our perhaps, but we have managed to take control of a large area of it. we will not leave any member of the terrorist on any area where we can reach. brave pes

senator dianne fienstein said the c.i.a. was tampering with senate intelligence work by going through the computers. the panel is finalising that issue >>> new revelations in the michael brown case much the prosecutor admitting that some witnesses lied under oath, yet he let them test any. ross shimabuku joins us with the latest. how do lies slip through the cracks on the stand? >> that's what everyone wants to know. the prosecutor says all he wanted was witnesses to testify, each those that did not seem credible. this is his first time speaking out to a grand jury, speaking about about not to indict darren wilson. including one saying michael brown was in the football position. then she said brown began to charge at the office. she told the radio that the story had holes. >> this was a lady who clearly was not present when this occurred, and she recounted a statement out of the newspaper. she was nowhere near the pleas. >> the prosecutor let her testify, saying it's up to the grand jury to decide if the witnesses were telli