tonight the president disclosed he did call john mitchell on june 20th to cheer him up after they were caught. we discovered 18.5 minutes missing and tried to pin it on his secretary. it didn't work. she couldn't do it. in the end it was him at camp davis davis. that is not anywhere except when i put it all together. he goes into detail about why the tape ran out and he explains his system was a little sony they had. and he said he rubbed a flag in his lepal. and i remember garner saying we should all wear the flag pins and put the decals on our cars. but the democrats and liberals were not that smart. he said the equipment president johnson had was much better material. he added i am not criticizing, you see it would be hard to do that. but an editor asked him about his reactions of the discovery of the tapes not existing and he said this is a great disappoint disappointment because i wanted the evidence out. they were designed to stop leaks of information that were putting national security in danger. and senator irving and baker agreed they should not be closed. they were a critique

tonight the president disclosed he did call john mitchell on june 20th to cheer him up after they were caught. we discovered 18.5 minutes missing and tried to pin it on his secretary. it didn't work. she couldn't do it. in the end it was him at camp davis davis. that is not anywhere except when i put it all together. he goes into detail about why the tape ran out and he explains his system was a little sony they had. and he said he rubbed a flag in his lepal. and i remember garner saying we should all wear the flag pins and put the decals on our cars. but the democrats and liberals were not that smart. he said the equipment president johnson had was much better material. he added i am not criticizing, you see it would be hard to do that. but an editor asked him about his reactions of the discovery of the tapes not existing and he said this is a great disappoint disappointment because i wanted the evidence out. they were designed to stop leaks of information that were putting national security in danger. and senator irving and baker agreed they should not be closed. they were a critique

i reached john mitchell president nixon's former attorney general and campaign manager, by phone, about a story we were running. said he had controlled a secret fund for underexover operations such as watergate. mitchell was quite upset. responding jesus several times as i read the story. he threatened to reveal a certain part of katherine graham's anatomy which would get caught in a big fat ringer if we released the story. and he then said we're going to release a story on all of you. i called ben at home. woodward and i did not follow authority. did i have good notes? yes. did i properly identify myself? yes. ok, put in all of mitchell's comments in the paper but leave out mrs. graham's -- >> tell the desk it's ok, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he's been a cabinet member and so forth. he doesn't want to show up in the paper like that. mitchell then called brad lee at home to repeat the appeal. it just boils down to this question, mr. ploor, of whether mr. mitchell said

mitchell with the $64,000 question, will we do this again or have we closed the book on this and john brennan resolutely left the door open and he said, it depends who is running the future of the government, and we do what we are told. and in the multi part question, this is the particular exchange. >> what or which of these techniques could be used if if we were faced with a imminent threat, and could there be another covert findings, and rulings or advice from the attorney general that would lead you and your successors to say, we should do this because there could be some value to prevent an attack on america? >> as far as what happens in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations, and we, cia, we are not in the detention program. we are not contemplating at all getting back into the detention program and using any of the policies, but i do not contemplate a time in the future to ensure that this country stays safe, or if we face a similar crisis. >> and that is why those who have propose

the fox newss channels chief washington correspondent, and the author of the strong man, john mitchell and the secrets of watergate. a good book if you haven't read it. i would recommend it. in may 2013, as many of you may know, james rosen was targeted by the obama administration specifically, attorney general eric holder, and he was actually named as a criminal token spirit or, and they found and gave him a search warrant. that was signed off by attorney general eric holder. keene, who isavid the opinion editor of the washington times. he was formerly the president of the national rifle association, from 2011 to 2013. he was also the chairman of the american conservative union. during his time at the university of wisconsin in the 1960's, he was actually a leader for his young americans for freedom chapter. , cheers to we adhere today. one day you could be david keene. during his time there, he took a strong stance against communism and built a name for himself. is the cohostdt of fox and friends, one of their latest shows. while at fox news, she has reported on many high-profile new

the tv did not pick it up and so forth, but on monday it got attention, and the key thing was john mitchell, the attorney asked a request of "the new york times," that they cease publication of this criminal act -- stop this. number, they had lost their law firm already, lord and day, on the grounds that the lawyers told them this was treason and a criminal act, and they would not represent them. mitchell was confirming that and telling them they must stop. they went ahead. they did not obey the request, so the next day, tuesday, they joined the new york times for the first time in our history -- in joined the new york times for the first time in our history. the day before, mitchell wanted to put "the times" on notice, and president nixon says have you ever done this before, and mitchell said yes, many times. advice from the bond lawyer that it never been done in our history, which led to a constitutional battle that nixon lost. they did enjoin it, and the question was what to do next. i had not been identified yet, but i decided based on what another person suggested to me, that i would g

. >> on september 23, 1972, about 9:00 p.m., i reached john mitchell, president nixon's former attorney, about a story we were running. he said he had controlled a secret fund for undercover operations of such as watergate. mitchell was quite upset. responding "jesus" several times as i read in the story. he then proceeded to let me in on important, private parts of katharine graham's anatomy which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer is the "post" printed the story. he also said we are going to do a story on all of you and hung up the phone. i called been at home -- ben at home. we did not much observe the chain of command. ben interrogated me -- had he been drinking? i couldn't tell. did i properly identify myself? yes. did i have good notes? yes. ok, he said, give me all of mitchell's comments. but leave out mrs. graham's. tell the desk it is ok, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he has been a cabinet member and so forth, he doesn't want to show up in the paper li

to ignore john mitchell and some other people and say this is the worst ever and to talk about difficults being scandals, i mean, it's not like he approval and authored fast and furious. but he did, when he found out about it, have the u.s. attorney remove and reassign the head of atf and gave congress 64 million pages they couldn't -- 64,000 pages they couldn't make anything of. >> not going after some of the people. not stopping the program. not putting a halt to the program that he could have. let's talk about testimony the irs scandal, targeting -- what would you have him do? conservative groups, the irs is one of the most feared and revered groups in america, agencies in america and then they went ahead and did that. they pick and chose who they were going to target. >> let's talk about that i mean, the irs you get certain kind of treatment if you are a nonprofit. when you call yourselves a tea party, you have to ask certain questions. group when they scriewt nice them. >> dr. eastman. >> are you saying the attorney general did that? he didn't do that. >> no, he overseas it the atto

john mitchell had done as well. the d levy was quite opposite. he and president -- president delegated him substantial autonomy, but not complete independence. nor did the attorney general want independence. at that time, there were many of osed bills independent the president, for example, the way the fbi director is now to ave a ten-year term that will survive the president to appoint im to take away from the justice department the authority investigate high level officials and prosecutors. edward levy's view was the president, the attorney general the president to for policies, what are the department of he justice going to be? drug enforcement, civil rights, antitrust, for example? and also when the law was guidance from the president was appropriate. and interestingly, edward levy had been ent ford graduate students at yale law school at the same time. self-de dent in a self-deprecating would joke he team and e football levy the reputation for tremendous intellect. of the -- the department justice could never be an instrument for partisan pu

. >> september 23, 1972 about 9:00 p.m., i reached john mitchell by phone about a story we were running. it said he had controlled the secret fund for undercover operations such as watergate trade -- watergate. mitchell was quite upset responding "jesus" several times as i read him the story. he then proceeded to threaten an important private part of katharine graham's anatomy which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer if the "post" printed the story. he said we are going to do a story on all of you. he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. woodward and i did much -- did not much observe the chain of command. ben interrogated me. had mitchell been drinking? i could not tell. did i properly identify myself? yes. did i have good notes? yes. ok ben said, put all of mitchell's comments in the paper but leave out ms. graham's -- tell the desk it's ok he said. a top official of the knicks on -- nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he has been a cabinet member and so forth. he doesn't want to show up in

that's what john mitchell had done as well. edward leavy was quite the opposite. president -- president ford delegated him substantial autonomy, but not complete independence, nor did the attorney general want independence. at that time, there were many toposed bills in washington make the attorney general independent of the president. for example, the way the dei director is now. they have a 10-year term that would survive the president who , to take away from the justice department the authority to investigate high-level officials, special prosecutors. was theeavy's view attorney general is accountable to the president for policies, whether the priorities of the department of justice -- what are the priorities of the department of justice going to be, for example. example, where the law was uncertain, guidance from the president that was appropriate. interestingly, edward leavy and president ford had been graduate students at yale law school at the same time. the president, in a self-deprecating way, explained he spent most of his time coaching the yale football

on september 23, 1972, about 9:00 p.m., i reached john mitchell, president nixon's former attorney general were running. it said he had controlled the secret funds for undercover operations such as watergate. mitchell was quite upset responding, jesus! several times as i read him the story. he then proceeded to threaten an important private part of katharine graham's anatomy which he said would get caught in a big, fat ringer if the post printed the story. he also said we're going to do a story on all of you. and he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. woodward and i did not much observe the chain of command. ben interrogated me. had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. did i properly identify myself? yes. did i have good notes? yes. okay, ben said put in all of mitchell's comments in the paper, but leave out mrs. graham's... tell the desk it's okay, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign, moore, called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he's been a cabinet member, and so forth. he doesn't want to show up in the pap

visit ncicap.org]copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> >> on september 23, i reached john mitchell, president nixon's former campaign manager, by phone about a story we were running that said he controlled a secret fund for undercover operations such as water gate. mitchell was quite upset reasponding jeessuff, several times as i read him the story. he then proceeded to disclose a private part which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer if the post printed the story. he also said we're going to do a story on all of you. and he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. wood ward and i did not much observe the chain of commans. ben interrogated me. had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. did i properly identify myself? >> yes. did i have good notes? >> yes. >> ok, ben said. put in all of mitchell's comments in the paper but leave out mrs. graham's -- tell the desk it's ok he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he's been a cabinet member and so fords. he doesn't want

. >> on september 23, 1972, about 9:00 pm, i spoke to john mitchell about a story that we are writing. he said that he had controlled a secret funds for undercover operation such as watergate. mitchell was quite upset. he responded, "jesus" several times as i read the story. key then went on to threaten if the post were to publish a story. he also said, we will do a story on all of you, he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. woodward and i'd did not observe the changing commands. had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. to __ did i properly identify myself? yes. tell the desk it is okay, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he has been a cabinet member, and so forth __ he doesn't want to show up in the paper like that. an official called bravia home to repeat that appeal. bradley recalled that it boils down to this question of whether or not mr. mitchell said it or not, and whether the "washington post" reporter identified himself or not. mitchell's comments stayed i

. >> on september 23, 1972, about 9:00 p.m., i reached john mitchell, president nixon's former campaign manager by phone. about a story we were running. he said he and controlled a secret fund for over cover operations such as watergate. mitchell was quite upset. he responded jesus several times. he proceeded to threaten an important private part of captain grams anatomy, which he said would get caught in a big fat, wringer if the post printed the story. he also said we are going to do a story on all of you. and he hung up the phone. i called been at home. -- ben at home. would what i did not follow the chain of command. ben interrogated me, had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. did i properly identify myself? yes. did i have good notes? yes. ok, ben said, put in all of mitchell's comments in the paper , but leave out mrs. graham's -- [laughter] tell the desk it's ok, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he had been a cabinet member and so forth. he doesn't want to show

on september 23, 1972, about 9:00 p.m., i reached john mitchell, president nixon's former attorney generalign manager by phone about a story we were running. it said he had controlled the secret fund for undercover operations such as water gate. mitchell was quite upset. responding jesus -- several times as i read him the story. he then proceeded to threaten an important part of catherine's graham anatomy which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer if the "post" printed the story. he also said we're going to do a story on all of you and he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. woodward and i did not much observe the chain of command. ben interrogated me, had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. did i properly identify myself? yes. did i have good notes? yes. ok, ben said, put in all of mitchell's comments in the paper but leave out mrs. graham's -- it's ok, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he had been a cabinet member and so forth. he doesn't want to show up in t

12 of which were really good because they were used in the big trial of former attorney-general john mitchell white house chief of staff bob haldeman, former assistant john ehrlichman. charge for the watergate cover-up. we listened to the conversations and tweaked them and they were good. the rest of the watergate prosecutor's conversations were not so good. the content was good but then they would have the wrong person speaking so i called one of my friends who used to be it in the watergate prosecutor's office and said what happened? they said these were first drafts by fbi secretaries so if they didn't recognize the voice and often they didn't, it is not so good. i had to reduce those. stanley cutler, a historian who forced nixon to release the tapes much earlier than he wanted to release them all so did 320 watergate conversations. stanley did more than watergate. he did free watergate as well. at least the watergate conversations they are all basically partial transcript so i realized i would have to redo stanley's conversations. but that was 400 conversations 80 by the prosecutors, 320

edith mitchell, john harrington, and heather. allow me to introduce each panelist to you briefly. dr. edith mitchell is an oncologist, board certified in internal medicine and oncology and a clinical professor at the department of medicine. a medical oncology program leader. gastrointestinal oncology at jefferson medical college of thomas jefferson university and associate director for diversity programs and director of the center to eliminate cancer disparities for the sidney kimmel cancer center at jefferson. dr. mitchell has spent her medical career helping individuals in medically underserved areas. she has published more than 100 articles in this united states. she is known throughout this country as a retired brigadier general. the first brigadier general female african-american in the united states. her leadership in this country is well documented in the numerous awards she has received, from the military, from the association of cancer centers, so it is a privilege to have her also as a member of the scientific committee of the national patient advocate foundation to addre

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the name james mitchell doesn't appear there but everyone knows or seems to know they're talking about him. what does he say about all this? >> good morning, john. actually, james mitchell is his real name. he is referred to in the report by a pseudonym and when i talked to james mitchell, he couldn't confirm or deny that he's the psychologist named in that report because he has a non-disclosure agreement. but he had pretty strong feelings, calling the report a partisan bottle of bull. he used a much more colorful word than that which isn't suitable for tv. he said when the interrogation program was operating cia officials were in a running gun battle with al qaeda, a group they knew very little about and they did the best they could given the information they had, berman. >> so he and this other man, apparently the two of them devised this list of techniques, waterboarding, sleep deprivation among a bunch of other things that are equally as horrifying. did he when you talked with him, even though he would not confirm or deny reports that he was that man, did he defend these methods? >> yeah, michaela, he did seem to defend these interrogation

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rumsfeld, jim leonard, maury draper, richard fairbanks, dick murphy, dennis ross, tony zinni, john wolf, george mitchell, martin indyk, and now frank lowenstein. you would expect with this kind of a lineup if we're using our baseball analogy, that the scoreboard would look pretty good. but the scoreboard actually shows no hits, no runs, and lots of errors, which suggests that this is one of the case studies which needs to be undertaken to find out whether or not it's the idea of an envoy in this situation, or the individual selected as the envoy, the conflict itself, or the criteria that the report has suggested. was it an absence of empowerment by a president? was it an absence of authority? were there turf battles in washington? and i think you'd find if we did this case study and we haven't done it yet, but certainly this report should simulate it and i may grab the opportunity and do it myself, i think you'd find that there are a combination of factors at play here that suggest that even some of the smartest and most senior people selected for this job, were not necessarily the right choice, and not

that program was reverse engineered by james mitchell and john jensen. >> so this sere program which a lot of folks go through, is how you resist being tortured, did james mitchell actually do any of -- like, was he in the room? was he sending e-mails to folks? maybe try a, you know, rectally hydrating them? maybe try smashing them against a wall? maybe suggest you're going to kill someone's mother? how in depth was this, how hands-on from him? >> he could not speak about his specific role in this program due to a nondisclosure agreement that he signed with the cia. however, i can say that he had personally waterboarded khalid sheikh mohammed and abu zubaydah. and he was hands-on. he was right there in the room wearing the black hood. >> he calls it in the clip that i had seen and so few of the clips of enhanced interrogation techniques, does he actually use the word "torture"? >> he uses the word "torture" when he sees the word "torture." the real torture is what the islamic state did to the captives that it held. >> including waterboarding james foley, as we know, which doesn't isla

inch in chats worth, .8 in martin's creek said john hall and tim mitchell reporting .68 inches of rain in tuckerton. it has been a very wet christmas eve. that next batch will come will through at 2:00 a a.m. note that is continues until about five or 6:00 but by nine or 10:00 tomorrow morning, we will clear it out, we will get sunshine back. it will be a windy christmas day but much nicer wet tore look forward to. so here is sanity, we are tracking big guy live right now, tracking him via radar and satellite. i was doing it with my kids earlier today. it started in australia and moved across asia, african, last seen in norway. next stop is denmark. we will see santa arrive overnight here in philadelphia remember you have to be sleeping, santa cannot visit. periods of rain, foggy, breezy, 49 degrees the the overnight low. rodolph coming in handy tonight. christmas day clearing skies, gusty wind, 53 will be the day time high. winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. here's you're witness weather seven day forecast including christmas holiday and you can see we have sunshine throughout the res

lane he wants to operate in which is like executive action, what does that poor tend for mitchell mcconnell and johnehner? >> mitch mcconnell made the bed he is sleeping in now. he is going to be senate majority leader but his policy or strategy of break congress in order to get there has meant that now, the president has this much more power. and what's going to be a lot of fun to watch is that now obama and house and senate democrats can use the same play that boehner and the tea party were using. obama will say to mcconnell and boehner say i would love to roll back wall street reform. but there's no way i can get that through my democrats i have over in congress and i know you don't have a majority. they don't have a functional majority in the house because there are always going to be 17 or 25 or so who won't go with boehner because it is -- >> the act of governoring is a capitulation. >> it is. if obama can sign it, it must be wrong. >> the act of governing is a capitulation because it is governing in big government. i guess that's the logic. >> and the president has got his immigration agenda

president wakes up every morning pleased to know that john brennan and the men and women of cia are hard at work. >> and that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> the sony hackers are at it again, silencing stars on the big screen. it was an interview free premiere for the interview in hollywood. seth rogan and james franco were there, but tv and print reporters were not invited. at sony pictures, more damage control, specifically the racially tinged leaked e-mail as reported by buzzfeed. it was between co-chairman amy pascual and producer scott rudin. in it, speculation about president obama's taste in movies. both now apologizing. >>> a powerful storm called the pineapple express hit california with heavy rain and hurricane force winds. it is one of the strongest storms to hit california in years. in the san francisco area, alone, hundreds of thousands of people lost power. many were still without power late thursday. the flooding was so bad in santa rosa, that this resident took to kayaking down the road. that's one way to do it. south of that, in santa cruz, two kids were hurt when an 80 foot tree fell on to a playground. non

all-star list donald rumsfeld, general leonard , richard fairbanks, dennis ross, tony, john wolf, george mitchell you would expect if we were using our baseball and now the now achieved at the scoreboard with a would look pretty good but the scoreboard shows no hits or runs or errors which suggests that this is one of the case studies which needs to be undertaken to find out whether or not it is the idea of an envoy in the situation or the individual selected as the envoy, the conflict itself for the criteria that the report has suggested. was it an absence of empowerment by the president or absence of authority. i think you'll find if we did a case study and we have not done it yet but it's certainly certainly not report it should stimulate it and i am a granted the opportunity to do it myself, there are a combination of factors that suggest even some of the smartest and most senior people selected for this job were not necessarily the right choice and not necessarily the right choice for this conflict. if you look back at the last 35 years and conflict resolution process for there have been thr

cia director john brennan is expected to make public comments about the report in an appearance at agency headquarters. andrea mitchellney is joining the debate. >> reporter: john brennan is going public after spending days trying to repair the agency's shattered moral. after the scathing senate report, the cia has a strong defender in former vice president dick cheney. >> i think it's a terrible piece of work. it seems it's deeply flawed. >> reporter: he was asked about the waterboarding. >> what are we supposed to do, kiss him on both cheeks and tell him, tell us what you know? of course not. we did what needed to be done to catch those who were guilty on 9/11 and prevent a further attack. we were successful on both parts. >> reporter: now coming out of the shadowed, james mitchell, one of two psychologists who designed the interrogation techniques. >> it's not always pretty. it should be an honest debate. >> reporter: his firm made $80 million on the program despite having no experience in counterterrorism. >> do you sleep comfortably at night? >> i always sleep comfortably. >> reporter: the cia insists the harsh i

president wakes up every morning pleased to know that john brennan and the men and women of cia are hard at work. >> and that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> the sony hackers are at it again, silencing stars on the big screen. it was an interview free premiere for the interview in hollywood. seth rogan and james franco were there, but tv and print reporters were not invited. at sony pictures, more damage control, specifically the racially tinged leaked e-mail as reported by buzzfeed. it was between co-chairman amy pascual and scott rudin. in it, speculation about president obama's taste in movies. both now apologizing. >>> a powerful storm called the pineapple express hit california with heavy rain and hurricane force winds. it is one of the strongest storms to hit california in years. in the san francisco area, alone, hundreds of thousands of people lost power. many were still without power late thursday. the flooding was so bad in santa rosa, that this resident took to kayaking down the road. that's one way to do it. south of that, in santa cruz, two kids were hurt when an 80 foot tree fell on to a playground. none of the

john mclaughlin, who was on andrea mitchell earlier today. not happy about the report in general, saying this is basically cherry-picked for democrats to use. and that the cia has nothing to hide here. what do you have to say to that? >> you know, the cia pushes back even at the prospect of doing what the 9/11 commission proposed. that is to have the top line budget numbers in the 16 intelligent agencies we have be public information. that's the beginning of oversight for congress. so, congress really has been awol here on doing the oversight role. and what i believe is that the congressional question here going forward is what is the role of the cia? should they be doing military activities? the drone strikes, the signature strikes, going after targets that they identify -- >> congressman, have i to interrupt you. we have to go to nashville where president obama is speaking about immigration. let's go there now. >> thank you, everybody. thank you! thank you so much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. thank you very much. thank you. th

rumsfeld, jim leonard, maury draper, richard fairbanks, dick murphy, dennis ross, tony zinni, john wolf, george mitchell, martin endick, and now frank leon steen. you would expect with this kind of a lineup if we're using our baseball anal joy, that the scoreboard would look pretty good. but the scoreboard actually shows no hits, no runs, and lots of errors, which suggests that this is one of the case studies which needs to be undertaken to find out whether or not it's the idea of an envoy in this situation, or the individual selected as the envoy, the conflict itself, or the criteria that the report has suggested. was it an absence of empowerment by a president? was it an absence of authority? were there turf battles in washington? and i think you'd find if we did this case study and we haven't done it yet, but certainly this report should simulate it and i may grab the opportunity and do it myself, i think you'd find that there are a combination of factors at play here that suggest that even some of the smartest and most senior people selected for this job, were not necessarily the right choice, and n

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director john brennan told andrea mitchell of nbc that the c.i.a. had not spied on senate files and that -- quote -- nothing could be further from the truth. i think this incident, mr. president, and the difference between what was said to andrea mitchell and what the agency's own people said to "usa today" today reflects once again what i call an alarming culture of misinformation, instead of acknowledging the serious organizational problems that are laid out in this report, the agency leadership seems inclined to try to sweep them under the rug. this means that organizational problems aren't going to be fixed unless they are laid out publicly. there is also a danger that other countries or even future administrations might be tempted to use torture if they don't have all the facts about the c.i.a.'s experience. that's why the release today is so important. i want to thank in concluding all of the staff who have poured hours and hours, nights and weekends and time away from the family to get this investigation completed. i want to praise chair fein

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up next, "andrea mitchell reports" will talk live with senator john mccain on the cia torture report.e airports including the busiest in europe was reverely restricted except for emergency landings. we have all the details coming up. company man. he acknowledges mistakes and defends his. the torture report conclusions that enhanced techniques or eits didn't help find osama bin laden. >> it is our considered 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. >> coming up, we will talk to the only member of congress who was himself tortured. john mccain. home for the holidays. they try to cut a deal on the spending bill that many see as a lump of coal in there christmas stockings. >> here we are being black mailed to vote for an appropriations bill. this is a moral hazard. we are being asked to vote for a moral hazard. i'm enormously disappointed that the white house feel that is the onay