john yoo will moderate the panel which includes michael mukasey. before that, we want to show you a speech john mccain made last week condemning the use of torture. he spent five and a half years in captivity as a prisoner of war in north vietnam and was subjected to torture in that time. these remarks are just over 20 minutes. osama bin laden to justice has appropriately heightened the nation's appreciation for the diligence, patriotism and courage of our armed forces and our intelligence community. they are a great credit, an inspiration to the country that has asked so much of them, and like all americans, i'm in their their success has reignited debate over whether the so- called enhanced in delegation techniques of enemy prisoners, including water boarding, were instrumental in locating bin laden and whether they are necessary and justifiable means for securing valuable information that might help prevent future terrorist attacks against us and our allies and lead to the capture or killing of those who would perpetrate them. are they and shoul

michael mukasey, the attorney general.eon panetta all have said one way or the other the enhanced interrogation program played a role. that is to say some of the early leads came out of that program. my guess is that is probably the case that it contributed. just as did a number of other factors. >> chris: which raises the question, if we were to now capture another new high value target, which is certainly more likely given this apparent trove of information, that they recovered in bin laden's compound, should the president reinstate enhanced interrogation including waterboarding? >> well, i certainly would advocate it. i'd be a strong supporter of it. we went to a lot of trouble to find out what we could do, how far we could go, what was legal and so forth. out of that emerged what we called enhanced interrogation. it worked. it provided some absolutely vital pieces of intelligence. there is a study that was done by the c.i.a. in the national archives, some of it has been declassified now, that shows that enhanced interr

taking part is former attorney general michael mukasey live tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week on "q&a," author and investigative journalist, richard miniter. his latest book is called "mastermind: the many faces of the 9/11 architect, khalid sheikh mohammed." >> richard miniter, author of "mastermind." what is it? >> "mastermind" is the first book to look at the life of khalid sheikh mohammed, the man who planned the 9/11 attacks and all of the other major al qaeda attacks that you've heard about, he's the deadly brains behind al qaeda. he's what made al qaeda much more lethal. before he was captured, when he first joined al qaeda, they were killing dozens at a time. as soon as he got into senior leadership, they began killing hundreds and then thousands at a time. after he was captured in march 2003, the lethality of al qaeda fell. this is a guy that really mattered and understanding him is about understanding the future of the war on terror. now that bin laden is dead, this is what we have to fear, the terrorist entrepreneurs like khalid sheik

that's what former attorney general michael mukasey, along with other former justice department and cia'm newt gingrich, and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states because i believe we can return america to hope and opportunity. >> with a field of republican presidential hopefuls beginning to take shape, follow the candidates' announcements and speeches on their road to the white house and look back at their careers online with the c-span video library. search, watch, clip and share with everything we've covered since 1987. it's what you want and when you want. >> from today's "washington journal," a look at the future of u.s./pakistan relations following the osama bin laden mission. this portion is about 20 minutes. to welcome shuja nawaz, the south asian director for the atlantic council. i want to share with you the headlines from the "new york times." as the rift deepens, senator kerry has a warning for pakistan. let me begin with that headline and ask you the state of u.s.-pakistan relations. guest: i don't think it's been as bad as it is now for many years

i'd like to insert into the record a letter from former attorney general of the united states michael b. mukasey, just one short thing, he says your new legislation would not confer new powers but would add order and rational toy -- rationality to what has been an improvizational exercise by judges who did not the facts. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered urn general leave. mr. mckeon: i yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, mr. west. the chair: the gentleman is recognized of. mr. west: i rise in opposition to this amendment. there are few members in this chamber who served on a 21st century battlefield a battlefield comprised of nonstate, nonuniformed belligerents. all this amendment in 1034 section says is that we affirm we are engaged in an armed conflict. it is a very narrow definition and looks at the global conflagration which we're in. it also addresses western be seeking to remove the belligerents off the battlefield. i had the experience in 2003 in iraq, hade the -- i had the experience in two and a half years in afghanistan and if we allow an amendment such as this

mukasey the opportunity to respond. >> do i have the opportunity to withdraw my statement? as another character named michael said, this is not personal, this is business. my business has to do with facts and law. the fact is, khalid sheikh mohammed and who was subjected to enhance terror -- interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, did disclose the name, the nickname that the courier use. and of course, the questioning that took place after. no one questioned why they are undergoing any of those techniques. the questioning takes place when they become compliant. was there a memo containing the name beforehand? it was not regarded as significant. until -- and not only did that come out, but he said that person was no longer affiliated or had anything to do with al qaeda and it was married with later facts that were learned, it became obvious he was covering and that is a significant fact. it was a mosaic effect. that was one of them. so much for facts. as to the law, the techniques to which he was subjected including waterboarding were not in violation of the law as it existed at the time, and clear