him nashiri however when questioned by the senate before taking office has full insisted that intelligence gained from al qaeda suspects had proved. the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement. senator i i don't believe that torture works i believe as many people directors who have sat in this chair before me that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack or former cia officer ray mcgovern says war crimes were perpetrated at the black side in thailand. gina has strong was not was playing fast and loose with the truth at her hearing and she was allowed to do that if she was allowed to classify the gerakan tori information on herself before the hearing she supervised the torture to see the graphic and detail here on terry walling that's nothing short of banging someone's head into a wall in the water treatment that's waterboarding condemned by all manner of nations because was practiced by the japanese.