the c.i.a. had destroyed videotapes of some of the c.i.a.'s first interrogations using so-called enhanced techniques. we learned that this destruction was over the objections of president bush's white house counsel and the director of national intelligence. after we read -- excuse me, read about the tapes of destruction in the newspapers, director hayden briefed the senate intelligence committee. he assured us that this was not destruction of evidence as detailed records of the interrogations existed on paper. in the form of c.i.a. operational cables describing the detention conditions and the day-to-day c.i.a. interrogations. the c.i.a. director stated that these cables were -- quote -- "a more than adequate representation" -- end quote of what would have been on the destroyed tapes. director hayden offered at that time during senator jay rockefeller's chairmanship of the committee, to allow members or staff review these sensitive c.i.a. operational cables. that the videotapes -- given that the

so the c.i.a.'s office of general counsel referred the criminal charge to the justice department alleging that the c.i.a., the committee staff had possibly broken the law by getting access to this panetta review, and in an unauthorized manner. and what's interesting is that the lawyer that referred it, the acting general counsel is someone as senator feinstein pointed out yesterday someone that's mentioned 1600 times in their report. a lawyer named robert iting jury and involved in controversial decisions including the c.i.a. tapes in 2001. >> rose: i think it's self admitted by the officer's name rodriguez as remember. >> jose rodriguez was the person who gave the order but he had gotten clearance from a couple c.i.a. lawyers to do it. >> rose: including one who is now general counsel and has recommended. >> that's correct. >> rose: so the questions that loom it seems to me is who put the panetta review in the computer files of the senate committee? >> we still don't know how they got into the file

the c.i.a. search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuse act, as well as executive order 123 3 which 3reub9s the c.i.a. from conducting domestic surveillance. days after meeting with director brennan, the c.i.a. inspector general, david buckley, learned of the c.i.a. search and began an investigation into c.i.a.'s activities. i have been informed that mr. buckley has referred the matter to the department of justice, given the possibility of a criminal violation by c.i.a. personnel. let me note, because the c.i.a. has refused to answer the questions in my january 23 letter and the c.i.a. inspector general is ongoing, i have limited information about exactly what the c.i.a. did in conducting its search. weeks later, i was also told that after the inspector general reviewed the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice --, excuse me, referred the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice, the acting counsel general of the c.i.a. filed a crimes report

how can the c.i.a.'s official response to our study stand factually in conflict with its own internal review? now after noting the tkeus parity between the -- the

inspector general, david buckley, learned of the c.i.a. search and began an investigation into c.i.a.'s activities. i have been informed that mr. buckley has referred the matter to the department of justice, given the possibility of a criminal violation by c.i.a. personnel. let me note, because the c.i.a. has refused to answer the questions in my january 23 letter and the c.i.a. inspector general is ongoing, i have limited information about exactly what the c.i.a. did in conducting its search. weeks later, i was also told that after the inspector general reviewed the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice --, excuse me, referred the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice, the acting counsel general of

the c.i.a. misled congress about the use of torture in interrogations. and the army general accused of sexual assault breaks down in court. >> an al jazeera investigation found that c.i.a. misled congress in the use of torture in interrogations. dating back as far back as 2002. that report is at the center of a political fight between the intelligence community and those who have oversight over that community. investigative reporter jason giants us now. what do we learn for the first time in your reporting. you did the digging. what did you find? >> reporter: well, we find out that many of the techniques, the enhanced interrogation techniques used on prisoners and one in particular was the first high value detainee captured after 9/11 that many of these techniques were not authorized through the justice department through that legal memo that bass originally authored by john yu. there were many techniques that we had never heard about before. and this report will set the record straight on what t

exactly what the c.i.a. did in conducting its search. weeks later, i was also told that after the inspector general reviewed the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice --, excuse me, referred the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice, the acting counsel general of the c.i.a. filed a crimes report with the department of justice concerning the committee staff's actions. i have not been provided the specifics of these allegations or been told whether the department has initiated a criminal investigation based on the allegations of the c.i.a.'s acting general counsel. as i mentioned before, our

the c.i.a.'s response. >> violence forcing 700,000 people from the central african republic to plea. scalls created to make sure the refugees have some place to call school. >> we've heard about two sport athletes before but probably not like this. we'll tell you about a former nfl player, now with some of nascar's best. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead, the c.i.a. accused of spying on a senate committee investigating the agency itself. >> the struggle to educate hundreds of thousands of refugee children fleeing from the c.a.r. >> in our next hour, we focus on the massive g.m. recall. the feds want to know if the automakers on purpose delayed that recall for years, costing more people their lives. >> a look at hour top stories. ukraine's prime minister meets with the president at the white house to discuss the new government and its fragile economy. >> the search for the missing airliners flight. dozens of planes and ships are searching 27,000 naut

the c.i.a. gets called out for allegedly spying on the senate committee investigating its practices. >> the c.i.a. did not ask the committee or its staff if the committee had access to the internal review or how we obtained it. instead, the c.i.a. just went and searched the committee's computers. >> when the facts come out on this, i think a lot of people who are claiming that there has been this tremendous spying, monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. amy: we'll have the latest on the investigation. plus, why a special house election in florida may become a case study for republicans and democrats heading into the 2014 midterm elections. covering the week, indira lakshmanan of "bloomberg news," ed o'keefe of "the washington post" and susan davis of "usa oday". >> award-winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> it's one of the most ama

the interrogations and the conditions of confinement at the c.i.a. detention sites were far different and far more harsh than the way the c.i.a. had described them to us. as a result of the staff's initial report, i proposed and then vice chairman bond agreed and the committee overwhelmingly approved that the committee conduct an expansive and full review of the c.i.a.'s detention and interrogation program. on march 5, 2009, the committee voted 14-1 to initiate a comprehensive review of the c.i.a. detention and interrogation program. immediately we sent a request for documents to all relevant

the c.i.a. of criminal activity. mike viqueira is at the white house. these are disturbing accusations. what is behind them? >> you're absolutely right. this has burst into unexpected way in washington. it stems from the rendition and very controversial. the senate and intelligence committee started an investigation, and here is where the plot thickens. there was a lot of controversy and disagreement between the intelligence committee. the c.i.a. in particular, and the senate intelligence agencies, and the senate intelligence committee over what documents they would have access to. it got to the point in 2009 they decided to have an undisclosed outside location where committee members and staff could go and look at these documents. they've gone back and forth since then. there is a 6,000 page report in the offing. but allegations that c.i.a. have spied on, of all people, the senate intelligence committee. they have removed documents, according to dianne feinstein, from the committee. she is outra

c.i.a. director is in here. he was passed over for the post of c.i.a. or at the beginning of the obama administration because he was seen as too close to this interrogation torture program. now he is right in the middle of this having to figure out how to wade a path through between the agency personnel that he is trying to defend thrks white house, feinstein and history here very, very difficult for him to extract himself from this situation. >> i hear the president loves this guy. senator feinstein vowed to make sure her report goes public and characterized the program as unamerican. here she is yesterday. >> we are not going to stop. i intend to move to have the summary of the report sent to the president for declassification and release to the american people. the white house has indicated publicly and to me personally that it supports declassification and release. if the senate can declassify this report we will be able to ensure that an unamerican, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted. >> that is

a review that the c.i.a. has devoted considerable resources to supporting over the last several years. the c.i.a. has tried to work as collaboratively as possible with the committee on its report. . i have talked about the report and the way forward. c.i.a. agrees with many of the findings in the report and we disagree with others. we have acknowledged and learned from the program's shortcomings to prevent such mistakes from happening again. we owe it to the men and women who executed this program to make sure any historical record of it is a balanced and accurate one. we have worked closely with the committee to resolve outstanding sues and look forward to working with the committee. even as we have learned from the past, we must be able to put the past behind us to devote our selves to the challenges ahead of us. g.s.-9 rn in as a officer never believing that one day i would have the honor and privilege of leading the courageous, dedicated and exceptional talented men and women of c.i.a. i go to the main lob

a review that the c.i.a. has devoted considerable resources to supporting over the last several years. the c.i.a. has tried to work as collaboratively as possible with the committee on its report. . i have talked about the report and the way forward. c.i.a. agrees with many of the findings in the report and we disagree with others. we have acknowledged and learned from the program's shortcomings to prevent such mistakes from happening again. we owe it to the men and women who executed this program to make sure any historical record of it is a balanced and accurate one. we have worked closely with the committee to resolve outstanding issues and

great lengths that the ci goes -- c.i.a. goes to nobleibly detect and protect the enemy c.i.a. equals. what do we use cue cards? what is going on here? since when do we use -- [cheers and applause] i have never seen that before. >> jon, we always use cue cards, jon. >> jon: jordan, what are the hell are you doing? >> jordan, no, no, i'm ronnie cilantro, okay? i've been doing cue cards for the jon daily show for years. >> jon: i apologize i didn't realize. i didn't recognize you. this is ridiculous. it's part of same pattern. our spies say they are not doing something when they clearly are. you know what this is the one year anniversary of? national intelligence director clapper flatout lying to congress. role the tape. ♪ -- roll the tape. [laughter] what the hell, that is not tape. what happened to the video tape that we had about the -- jesus! lafer laugh. >> you are -- [laughter] >> you are looking for that video tape? we may never know. >> jon: you are really freaking me out. >> you know what, jon? >> jon: what? >> i was n

the c.i.a. did not ask the committee or its staff if the committee had access to the internal review or how we obtained it. instead, the c.i.a. just went and searched the committee's computers. the c.i.a. has still not asked the committee any questions about how the committee acquired the panetta review. in place of asking any questions, the c.i.a.'s unauthorized search of the committee computers was followed

the head of the c.i.a. denies the allegations and said it's time to move on. >> nothing could be further from the truth. senator fienstein said key portions of the report should be declassified. that's something that the white house is reluctant to do, if the c.i.a. is not on board. >> brandon used to work in the white house. he knows where the bodies are buried. barack obama's achilles heel is the drone program. i think partially the reason the was white house hasn't pushed the report is because of this. america's spies spied on those would whom they are ultimately accountable. it will be up to barack obama to side with the c.i.a. or those representing the people. >> staying in the u.s., a man who spent 26 years on death row has been freed. >> glen ford was accused of killing jeweller isabelle roseman. he walked free hours after a louisiana judge overturned the verdict, after evidence came to light that he wasn't there at the time of death. ford always denied the killing. >> i was locked up for 30 years for

by the c.i.a., unintentionally by the c.i.a. or intentionally by a whistle-blower. in fact we know that over the years on multiple occasions the staff have asked the c.i.a. about documents made available for our investigation. at times the c.i.a. has simply been unaware that these specific documents were provided to the committee. and while this is alarming, it is also important to note that more than 6.2 million pages of documents have been provided. this is simply a massive amount

also this morning the c.i.a. director, john brennan, denied the allegations from senator feinstein that the agency had secretly searched a senate computer system saying, quote, nothing could be further from the truth. he was before the counsel on foreign relations just a short while ago and here's some of what he had to say. >> as far as the allegations of c.i.a. hacking into senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. that's just beyond the scope of reason. >> she says there are potentially illegal and unconstitutional breaches by the c.i.a. >> well, appropriate authorities right now, both inside of c.i.a. as well as outside of c.i.a. -- >> justice department. >> are looking at what c.i.a. officers as well as staff members did. i defer to them to determine whether or not there was any violation of law or principle, and i referred the matter, myself, to the c.i.a. inspector general to make sure that he was able to look honestly and objectively at what c.i.a. did there. when the

review documents disappeared from the committee's computer system, this suggested once again that the c.i.a. had removed documents already provided to the committee in violation of c.i.a. agreements and white house assurances that the c.i.a. would cease such activities. as i have detailed, the c.i.a. has previously withheld and destroyed information about its

committee that would only be accessed by information technology personnel at the c.i.a. who would -- quote -- "not be permitted to share information from the system with other c.i.a. personnel except as otherwise authorized by the committee" -- end quote. it was this computer network that notwithstanding our agreement with director panetta was searched by the c.i.a. this

staff approached the c.i.a. personnel at the offsite location who initially denied the documents had been removed. c.i.a. personnel then blamed information technology personnel who were almost all contractors for removing the documents themselves without direction or authority. and then the c.i.a. stated that the removal of the documents was ordered by the white house. when the committee approached the white house, the white house denied giving the c.i.a. any such order.57ñ after a series of meetings, i learned that on two occasions,

on may 17, 2010, the c.i.a.'s then-director of congressional affairs apologized on behalf of the c.i.a. for removing the documents. and that, as far as i was concerned, put the incident aside. this event was separate from the documents provided that were part of the internal panetta

in place of asking any questions, the c.i.a.'s unauthorized search of the committee computers was followed by an allegation which we now have seen repeated anonymously in the press, that the committee staff had somehow obtained the document through unauthorized or criminal means, perhaps to include hacking into the c.i.a.'s computer network. as i have described, this is not true. the document was made available to the staff at the offsite facility and it was located using a c.i.a.-provided search tool, running a query of the information provided to the committee pursuant to its investigation. director brennan stated that the c.i.a.'s search had determined that the committee staff had

besides the constitutional implications, the c.i.a. search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer

the c.i.a. started making documents available electronically to the committee staff at the c.i.a. leased facility in mid 2009. the number of pages ran quickly to the thousands, tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands, and then into the millions. the documents that were provided came without any index, without any organizational structure. it was a true document dump that our committee staff had to go through and make sense of. in order to piece together the story of the c.i.a.'s detention and interrogation program, the committee staff did two things

inspector general to make sure he was able to look honestly and objectively what the c.i.a. did there. when the facts come out, i think a lot of people claiming that there has been this spying, monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. >> you said at your confirmation

. >>> and the c.i.a. accused of spying on computers. >> what is it like to be the last president? >> seriously p what is it like to ever talk to a president. >> reporter: and the president shows up on a comedy show to pitch his healthcare plan. >> new information in the mystery surrounding malaysia airlines flight 370. there is no sight of the plane and the 239 people on board, and we learned that the aircraft could be hundreds of miles from its last known location. air traffic controllers say the beijing-bound flight was last seen in the gulf of thailand but it has radar evidence that the plane changed course and made it to the strait of malaka 300 miles away. this has authorities expanding the search area for the missing aircraft. jonathan besjonathan betz joinst part of the story. >> reporter: we have huge new twist in the search of this missing plane. do you remember that jet took off from the kuala lumpur airport headed to beijing early saturday morning. it's last known location was in the gulf of th

fienstein said the c.i.a. turned over aninternal review, only to remove and look at some of those documents. >> what was interesting was not the declassification level, but the analysis and acknowledgment of significant c.i.a. wrongdoing. >> in 2002, the program, which included water boarding began in secret. four years later it was divulged publicly. after an inquiry an investigation in 2009 was started. in 2010 documents were removed from the files. two months ago the c.i.a. director informed her of the document search. appearing at a previously scheduled forum, the c.i.a. director issued a denial. >> nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. that's beyond the scope of region. >> brennan cautioned - the full story has not been told. >> when the facts come out, a lot who are claiming there has been tremendous spying and monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. >> at stake, the right of congress to investigate the executive branch. >> when the executive branch does something to intimidat

in early january, 2014, the c.i.a. informed the committee it would not provide the internal panetta review to the committee, citing the deliberative nature of the document. shortly thereafter, on january 15, 2014, c.i.a. director

house denied giving the c.i.a. any such order.57ñ after a series of meetings, i learned that on two occasions, c.i.a. personnel electronically removed committee access to c.i.a. documents after providing them to the committee. this included roughly 870 documents or pages of documents that were removed in february 2010. and secondly, roughly another 50 that were removed in mid-may 2010. this was done without the knowledge or approval of committee members or staff and in violation of our written agreements. further, this type of behavior would not have been possible had the c.i.a. allowed the committee to conduct the review of

the unit within which the c.i.a. managed and carried out this program. from mid 2004 until the official termination of the detention and interrogation program in january, 2009, he was the unit's chief lawyer. he is mentioned by name more than 1,600 times in our study. and now this individual is sending a crimes report to the department of justice on the actions of congressional staff, the same congressional staff who were searched and drafted a report -- researched and drafted a report which details how c.i.a. officers including the acting general counsel himself provided inaccurate information to the department of justice about the program. mr. president, let me say

besides the constitutional implications, the c.i.a. search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuse act, as well as executive order 123 3 which 3reub9s the c.i.a. from conducting domestic surveillance. days after meeting with director

. >> you said at your confirmation hearing you wanted to restore the trust of the c.i.a. and oversears in the senate. this is preet major goal. if it is proved that the c.i.a. did do this, would you feel that you would have to step down? >> i am confident that the authorities will review this appropriately. and i will deal with the facts as uncovered in the appropriate manner. i would just encourage some members of the senate to take their time to make sure that they don't overstate what they claim and what they probably believe to be the truth. these are some complicated matters. we have worked with the committee over the course of many years.

and practice to protect classified information, and were provided access to the panetta review by the c.i.a. itself. as a result, there is no legitimate reason to allege to the justice department that senate staff may have committed a crime. i view the acting counsel general's referral as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and i am not taking it lightly. i should note that for most, if not all of the c.i.a.'s detention and interrogation

inspector general, david buckley, learned of the c.i.a. search and began an investigation into c.i.a.'s activities. i have been informed that mr. buckley has referred the matter to the department of justice, given the possibility of a criminal violation by c.i.a. personnel. let me note because the c.i.a. has refused to answer the questions in my january 23 letter and the c.i.a. inspector general is ongoing, i have limited information about exactly what the c.i.a. did in conducting its search. weeks later i was also told that after the inspector general reviewed the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice -- excuse me, referred the c.i.a.'s activities to the department of justice, the acting council general of the c.i.a. filed a crimes report with the department of justice concerning the committee staff actions. i have not been provided the specifics of these allegations or been told whether the department has initiated a criminal investigation based on the allegations of the c.i.a.'s acting general counsel. as i mentioned before ou

>> i have grave concerns that the c.i.a.'ch may well have violated the separation of powers principled embodied in the united states constitution. w ... ... ... ... ... ... >>> top tract accusing the c.i.a. of spying on senators' computers. senator diane feinstein says the c.i.a. was trying to intimidate committee members and staff to block the release of a report on the c.i.a.'s secret prison. former c.i.a. director disputing her allegations. feinstein has been a vocal defender of the nsa surveillance program. joining us now, susan estridge, professor of law and political science at usc, a fox news contributor who writes about this controversy in her current column this week. it was a terrific column. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i must say, diane feinstein has always been and known for this, to be calm and cautious and even tempered voice in a profession that often is not. so it appears to be unusual for her to be as angry and as outspoken as she is this week. does that tell you she's got some pretty strong evide