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when they fall in love with the cia, it is the clandestine aspect of the cia. it is clandestine operations and covert actions that they fall in love with. harry truman was the exception to this and i will discuss that. when the president's get in trouble with the cia, it is over intelligence analysis. the remarks of a couple of whatdents will demonstrate i mean. one of my favorites is richard nixon. richard nixon sent celeste and head ofbecome the cia and made it clear that he was going to clean up the place. i was on the other end. thatrd nixon said to him the cia is nothing but a sanctuary of ivy league intellectuals who do not like me very much. a typical nixon observation. he referred to them as a bunch of clowns and he wanted to know what the clowns do out there. to solve theb problem and one the first thing she did was bring together all s and said,et analyst i want this agency to stop screwing richard nixon. we knew this was going to be difficult. we did not have an impact. beennk there have fascinating remarks about everything. to explainson liked to peo
when they fall in love with the cia, it is the clandestine aspect of the cia. it is clandestine operations and covert actions that they fall in love with. harry truman was the exception to this and i will discuss that. when the president's get in trouble with the cia, it is over intelligence analysis. the remarks of a couple of whatdents will demonstrate i mean. one of my favorites is richard nixon. richard nixon sent celeste and head ofbecome the cia and made it clear that he was going to...
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how has that impacted the cia? >> it has weakened the cia and the intention was to weaken the cia. you talk about the policy direction and now, to a certain extent, you could argue that the director of the cia, who was the director of central intelligence, war the hats -- wore the two hats, had too much responsibility for one individual. they did not give the cia director any authority, in terms of personnel or budget or testing. when they created the director of national intelligence, he did not get the authority because the pentagon would not allow it. before it could be sworn in, rumsfeld, who was a detroit in -- who was very adroit in terms of understanding -- adroit in terms of understanding and your accuracy -- a bureaucracy. the national intelligence czar got a desk at the new building and rumsfeld had created the undersecretary of defense or intelligence to make sure that all of the responsibilities that dealt with military intelligence stayed with the pentagon. you look at the intelligence community and budget and personnel along to the military. -- belong to the military.
how has that impacted the cia? >> it has weakened the cia and the intention was to weaken the cia. you talk about the policy direction and now, to a certain extent, you could argue that the director of the cia, who was the director of central intelligence, war the hats -- wore the two hats, had too much responsibility for one individual. they did not give the cia director any authority, in terms of personnel or budget or testing. when they created the director of national intelligence, he...
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the obvious outstanding question was the role of the cia. i first approached the agency in 2009 after i returned to d.c. from moscow. i pulled together what had been written about the agency's involvement and the names of those who were suspected of working on printing and prepared a memo about the potential book that i wanted to write. .. i could potentially look at the documents and unredacted form, but then that would require me to live the agency to review those relating to the operation. that was not an option i was willing to consider although other writers have done so and i can see some situations where i might. we've said chose to get them in redacted form and i was able to piece out many of the names we needed for the story from other public records in all of this is described in our footnote. i'm very grateful that historical records division than the other part of the agency will not produce the list of documents or the possibility of cooperation between the agency and scholars in the journalist unhistorical work. the documents fo
the obvious outstanding question was the role of the cia. i first approached the agency in 2009 after i returned to d.c. from moscow. i pulled together what had been written about the agency's involvement and the names of those who were suspected of working on printing and prepared a memo about the potential book that i wanted to write. .. i could potentially look at the documents and unredacted form, but then that would require me to live the agency to review those relating to the operation....
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the cia has admitted to spying on a computer network used by a senate committee investigating the agency's post-9/11 torture and rendition program. an internal cia probe found cia -- found staff improperly accessed a protected database and read the emails of investigators working on the torture report. the probe validated claims of cia spying made by senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein and forced cia director john brennan to issue an apology after he adamantly denied those claims. a number of senators have called for brennan to resign. we'll have more on the story after headlines. the senate report on cia torture and rendition remains classified but new revelations emerged from it this week when the white house accidentally emailed talking points to the associated press. the leaked document reveals the report's conclusion that cia officials instructed u.s. ambassadors in countries hosting secret prisons not to tell their superiors at the state department. a summary of the report is expected for release in the coming weeks. in related news, the european court of human right
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what do you think the cia was so afraid of that they breached the trust of congress. well for starters the cia was afraid of this report it seems like they've done more than foot dragging since the investigation began and they've actually tried authority this report from getting out it's six thousand pages and i think it cost forty million dollars of taxpayers' money to actually investigate they didn't want the american public to know what they had done in terms of the black sites and the authorizing waterboarding etc that's obvious because they destroyed the tapes from before i mean there's been all kinds of cover ups on this but it might be worse than that there may actually be things that we don't stay there may be orders from that involved john brennan himself there may be other things in this report i mean this is what everyone's waiting for and will see have to wait and see what's in there but obviously the only accountability thus far for having ordered and conducted torture were these very low level people like lynndie england there's only been a couple of tho
what do you think the cia was so afraid of that they breached the trust of congress. well for starters the cia was afraid of this report it seems like they've done more than foot dragging since the investigation began and they've actually tried authority this report from getting out it's six thousand pages and i think it cost forty million dollars of taxpayers' money to actually investigate they didn't want the american public to know what they had done in terms of the black sites and the...
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, so if the cia were, in fact, spying on senate committee that was charged with keeping the cia in check, well, that would be a huge deal. that would be a very bad thing. in march, the head of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein of california, gave a 40-minute speech on the floor of the senate in which he flat-out accused the cia of spying illegally on congress saying she sent a letter to the head of the cia informing them as much. >> i have grave concerns that the cia's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the united states constitution. including the speech and debate clause. it may have undermined the constitutional framework essential to effective congressional oversight of intelligence activities or any other government function. >> that was senator dianne feinstein in march accusing the cia of breaching the separation of powers by illegally spying on congress. among the most serious accusations that can be leveled and that very same day, cia director john brennan, speaking with nbc's andrea mitchell directly den
, so if the cia were, in fact, spying on senate committee that was charged with keeping the cia in check, well, that would be a huge deal. that would be a very bad thing. in march, the head of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein of california, gave a 40-minute speech on the floor of the senate in which he flat-out accused the cia of spying illegally on congress saying she sent a letter to the head of the cia informing them as much. >> i have grave concerns that the...
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constitutional implication the cia's search may also have violated before commending the computer fraud and abuse act as well as an executive order to triple three. i was joined by former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower coleen rowley i first asked her how important it is for this admission to be public that the cia had spied on the senate intelligence committee well it's pretty important if you had heard john brennan deny that any of his staffers had access to senate information and even then i've cuse the senate of having spied on and here are the cia so i mean this is quite. quite a revelation and unfortunately it remains to be seen what congress is going to do about it. let's look at the reasons why the cia was so interested in what the senate intel committee was investigating what do you think the cia was so afraid of that they breached the trust of congress. well for starters the cia was afraid of this report it seems like they've done more than foot dragging since the investigation began and they've actually tried authority this report from gett
constitutional implication the cia's search may also have violated before commending the computer fraud and abuse act as well as an executive order to triple three. i was joined by former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower coleen rowley i first asked her how important it is for this admission to be public that the cia had spied on the senate intelligence committee well it's pretty important if you had heard john brennan deny that any of his staffers had access to senate information and even then...
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. >>> plus the cia fesses up. it spied on a senate committee. >> never believe that an agency of government, particularly with the capabilities of the cia, would carry out such actions. >> two lawmakers on committees that oversee the cia, house chairman mike rogers and senator angus king, on whether heads should roll. >>> the then -- >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> carl bernstein and dan rather on the story 40 years ago. this is "state of the union." good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. israel says the soldier they feared was abducted is dead and palestinians say at least ten civilians taking shelter at a u.n. school were killed by an iz rilie rocket. cnn's wolf blitzer is in jerusalem. john vause is in gaza. first to you, wolf, how close to israeli officials believe they are to finishing their military mission, which i am assuming is destroying all those tunnels. >> they think they're close to destroying the tunnels that they're aware of. they obviously acknowledge there
. >>> plus the cia fesses up. it spied on a senate committee. >> never believe that an agency of government, particularly with the capabilities of the cia, would carry out such actions. >> two lawmakers on committees that oversee the cia, house chairman mike rogers and senator angus king, on whether heads should roll. >>> the then -- >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> carl bernstein and dan rather on the story 40 years ago....
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the fact that brennan's cia was spying on members of congress. that together and conclude john brennan doesn't have many friends on capitol hill these days. that puts president obama, the guy who appointed him in the first place, that puts him in a tricky spot. democratic senator dianne feinstein railing against the cia on the senate floor. you've got democratic senator mark udall now calling for john brennan's resignation. also got senator martin hinrich, also a democrat in the senate intelligence committee. you've got another democrat, oregon senator ron wyden calling for potential criminal charges filed against whoever it was in the cia who spied on the senate. >> if a 19-year-old hacker searched senate files this way, that hacker would be sitting in jail right now. i want a public accounting at this point. i want to know who authorized this act. i want to know why they thought it was legal, and i want to know who is going to be legally held responsible. >> and now tonight, the first republican senator to all for brennan's resignation has emer
the fact that brennan's cia was spying on members of congress. that together and conclude john brennan doesn't have many friends on capitol hill these days. that puts president obama, the guy who appointed him in the first place, that puts him in a tricky spot. democratic senator dianne feinstein railing against the cia on the senate floor. you've got democratic senator mark udall now calling for john brennan's resignation. also got senator martin hinrich, also a democrat in the senate...
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. >>> plus the cia fesses up. it spied on a senate committee. >> never believe that an agency of government, particularly with the capabilities of the cia, would carry out such actions. >> two lawmakers on committees that oversee the cia, house chairman mike rogers and senator angus king, on whether heads should roll. >>> the then -- >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> carl bernstein and dan rather on the story 40 years ago. this is "state of the union." good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. at least 71 people killed in gaza on sunday. including at least tenancivillians taking shelter at a school. cnn's wolf blitzer is in jerusalem and john vause is in gaza. what does that mean and look like for the palestinians? >> well, right now, candy, this new face looks like the old phase. but what we have seen that is different, the israeli troops pulling back. some leaving the gaza strip altogether. that is because the israelis have wrapped up or are about to wrap up that ground operat
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to andrews, was the cia briefer. in 2004, we have the intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act. that piece of legislation was the first sweeping change to the intelligence community. as a result of that, the position of director of national intelligence is created, and the moved up to the dni level to cia contributes to almost 90% of the briefings, but now other members of the intelligence community also contribute to the briefing. today, president obama receives his briefing on a tablet. can imagine, our current operations are so highly classified. those objects we might collect would be highly classified, as well. tangible objects are not considered to be official u.s. government records. part ofe, they are not that 25-year or 50-year automatic declassification effort. if we want to try to tell the story of a classified program through classified tangibles, then we have to make sure that there are no agency equities that could be compromised by our telling that story. there is an internal review process. fir
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he had worked under the previous cia director. a man named george tenant. he certainly knew the intelligence world very well. but when his name was floated back in 2008, after the election, when that happened, the outcry was swift and it was punishing. it was also effective. also it didn't come from republicans. it came from democrats. it came from the left. president obama's base, these are the people who just helped him to win the election. they were horrified that obama was thinking of picking someone connected to the bush cia. someone connected to the bush cia's enhanced interrogation program. liberals revolted and obama heard them when they revolted. because of that, john brennan didn't become the cia director back in 2008. in late november of that year, he wrote a let r defending himself against the charges he was responsible for the torture policy of the bush cia. he said he had no decision-making authority at the cia at that time. and at the same time, he withdrew his nomination from consideration. his potential nomination. so that was the backdrop
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from what i have learned so far, to have the cia director for admitting the cia officials actually tapped into senate legislative computers -- that is a violation if you think about what the executive branch, their relationship with the exact -- legislative branch. this is a huge issue. it could be an issue of constitutional proportions. that have to be implications. >> you want to know more of the facts. does this potentially call into question john brennan's service? >> it could. we have to understand all the facts. it if we understand that the cia -- he has apologized for the cia tapping into the slit of computers. -- legislative computers. where does it end? >> you have been a sometime critic of the administration's foreign policy. there have been two secretaries of state. hillary clinton and john kerry. do you see a difference between the two? >> both of them. the administration as a whole -- but to use russia as an example secretary clinton was secretary of state reset policy was put in place. secretary kerry has had to follow through on the policies. it is hard to compare the two o
from what i have learned so far, to have the cia director for admitting the cia officials actually tapped into senate legislative computers -- that is a violation if you think about what the executive branch, their relationship with the exact -- legislative branch. this is a huge issue. it could be an issue of constitutional proportions. that have to be implications. >> you want to know more of the facts. does this potentially call into question john brennan's service? >> it could....
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and margaret carlson debates the cia. we begin the program with we begin the program with senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. you have called for more lethal weapons for ukraine. the administration has been too slow. they say it might get into the hands of bad guys like it did n afghanistan. >> what we have heard from the administration -- we have to put what has happened since the downing of flight 17 by the russian backed separatists -- russia and putin have put more armament into eastern ukraine. the notion that we will not provide military support for ukraine -- they are not asking us to put troops in. >> do you think the administration is softening? >> no indication. we are not providing them with eal-time intelligence. it is critical we do that. the russians have given more anti-aircraft capability back to the separatists. that is the capability that took down the flight. we have seen military cargo planes and jets taken down with this. if they have more real-time intelligence from us about what is happening in th
and margaret carlson debates the cia. we begin the program with we begin the program with senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. you have called for more lethal weapons for ukraine. the administration has been too slow. they say it might get into the hands of bad guys like it did n afghanistan. >> what we have heard from the administration -- we have to put what has happened since the downing of flight 17 by the russian backed separatists -- russia and putin have put more armament into...
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the cia did not trend. interviewing a lot of cia officers who were involved, osama bin london was not on their radar screen until the end of the war which is an intelligence failure. that was not the priority. the priority was killing russians, not focusing on the arabs. that was a mistake. but there was no question that the board itself created the intellectual environment in which the global geoid emerges. one of the figures are profile and the boat is a palestinian. in 1983 he wrote a book called the defense of muslim lands. the common sense with the american revolution, the inspirational book created a global she hide. his closest partner was osama bin on. >> yes, sir. >> i have two questions. one, if i recall correctly, in afghanistan. masada. a suicide bomber. if the stinger had not been introduced how much longer greedy thank this war would have drawn upon? my second question, where was china during this time? why did they feel that way? >> the chinese were critical . not only provided a lot of the a
the cia did not trend. interviewing a lot of cia officers who were involved, osama bin london was not on their radar screen until the end of the war which is an intelligence failure. that was not the priority. the priority was killing russians, not focusing on the arabs. that was a mistake. but there was no question that the board itself created the intellectual environment in which the global geoid emerges. one of the figures are profile and the boat is a palestinian. in 1983 he wrote a book...
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, came to suspect that the senate may have inappropriately obtained an internal document and the cia took it upon itself to try to figure out by monitoring senate networks whether or not they had been -- you know, whether or not there was network vulnerability or whether the document had been stolen from the cia, and from the cia director john brennan brought this issue to the heads of the senate intelligence committee in january, it created a huge kind of an internal firestorm within the committee and then it still got into the public in the spring and the other day, the inspector general of the cia finally weighed in with his sort of verdict on it, and he found that indeed the cia had inappropriate limon ford senate networks to include doing key word searches of staff e-mails and in some cases reviewing e-mails. >> all right, siobhan gorman, intelligence correspondence for wall street journal, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> >> sreenivasan: and now to our signature segment, our original in-depth reports from around the nation and around the world. tonight, we look at changing de
, came to suspect that the senate may have inappropriately obtained an internal document and the cia took it upon itself to try to figure out by monitoring senate networks whether or not they had been -- you know, whether or not there was network vulnerability or whether the document had been stolen from the cia, and from the cia director john brennan brought this issue to the heads of the senate intelligence committee in january, it created a huge kind of an internal firestorm within the...
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when the cia made the request about where the document had come from, that the senate investigators were inquiring about, a real standoff between committee chairman diane feinstein and cia director john brennan began. >> we continue this evening with mark lyall grant, the united kingdom's ambassador to the united nations. >> it's clear that the intense negotiations that have been going on behind the scenes may be coming to fruition. and we do hope that there will be agreement by both sides, both by hamas and by israel do the over 72 humanitarian hour pause. but the trick is to use that humanitarian pause if it sticks which previous pauses have not done, to try and sustain a more sustainable cease-fire. by sustainable i mean we have to address some of the underlying causes. this is the third time there has been conflict between israel and gaza in the last six years. it will happen again if we just go back to the status quo. and so what we're trying to do is develop a little bit of space to relieve the humanitarian suffering, which is terrible, but use that space then to develop a more sus
when the cia made the request about where the document had come from, that the senate investigators were inquiring about, a real standoff between committee chairman diane feinstein and cia director john brennan began. >> we continue this evening with mark lyall grant, the united kingdom's ambassador to the united nations. >> it's clear that the intense negotiations that have been going on behind the scenes may be coming to fruition. and we do hope that there will be agreement by...
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enjoy the relief. >>> welcome 0 back. new fallout for cia director john brennan after he apologized to senators briefed on the report that found cia officers snooped on computers used by senate staffers. something brennan denied months ago. listen. >> as far as the allegations of cia hacking into senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. i mean, that's just beyond the scope of reason. >> well, times have changed. leland vitter is live from washington with details on this one. >> tough to walk those words back, kelly. a whole lot of moving parts to this story, put aside for a moment the debate and controversy over the report on alleged torture by the agency. the charge that everyone is talking about now is that members of the cia accessed computers belonging to the senate oversight committee that was preparing that original report. on top of it, as you just heard the cia director john brennan, said it wasn't going on. then he found out that it was going on, had a separate report drawn up on the issue, whi
enjoy the relief. >>> welcome 0 back. new fallout for cia director john brennan after he apologized to senators briefed on the report that found cia officers snooped on computers used by senate staffers. something brennan denied months ago. listen. >> as far as the allegations of cia hacking into senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. i mean, that's just beyond the scope of reason. >> well, times have changed. leland vitter is live...
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and margaret carlson debates the cia. gin the program with senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. you have called for more lethal weapons for ukraine. the administration has been too slow. they say it might get into the hands of bad guys like it did in afghanistan.
and margaret carlson debates the cia. gin the program with senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. you have called for more lethal weapons for ukraine. the administration has been too slow. they say it might get into the hands of bad guys like it did in afghanistan.
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that's not a vote of confidence from the cia director. the details to the public that something, an accusation against her agency is beyond the pale and some independent groups as well, by the way can you actually did what you are charged with and you don't know. that makes me wonder else doesn't he know. i have long since believe we need -- we need a new cia director. this is just the last in a string of events. this cia has brought the proposition forwarded to you could kill the five top al-qaeda leaders, that would be the end of al-qaeda. so i just don't really have a lot of confidence in the cia director. about this particular event about torture, there may be a minority report suggesting that we did gain actual intelligence
that's not a vote of confidence from the cia director. the details to the public that something, an accusation against her agency is beyond the pale and some independent groups as well, by the way can you actually did what you are charged with and you don't know. that makes me wonder else doesn't he know. i have long since believe we need -- we need a new cia director. this is just the last in a string of events. this cia has brought the proposition forwarded to you could kill the five top...
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the cia director was emphatic in march. >> the cia went into their computers and took documents out and were attempting to block their own investigation. >> the facts will come out, but let me assure you that the cia in no way was spying on the senate. >> reporter: at issue a suspect cia cover-up of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques during the bush years. the senate chair had demands. >> i have grave concerns that the cia search may well have violates the powers and principles embodied in the united states constitution. >> reporter: today, the cia's own watchdog, the inspector general said she was right. five agency employees including two attorneys improperly accessed the computers launching a keyword search and a review of some of the e-mail of democratic staff members. >> who authorized the search? we need to know why they thought it was legal, and we need to know how that person is going to be held accountable. >> reporter: other senators are demanding that the cia director, john brennan, one of the president's closest advisors, be fired. this as that five-year-
the cia director was emphatic in march. >> the cia went into their computers and took documents out and were attempting to block their own investigation. >> the facts will come out, but let me assure you that the cia in no way was spying on the senate. >> reporter: at issue a suspect cia cover-up of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques during the bush years. the senate chair had demands. >> i have grave concerns that the cia search may well have...
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the cia had tortured people in american custody. and so, pretty much from the moment president obama signed that executive order banning torture, there's been a fight in this country about how to reckon with the fact that we did torture people. and that fight hasn't been just another democrat versus republican battle, the kind we see on just about every issue in washington. it has also been, it has maybe even more prominently been between democrats and democrats. about a month after president obama signed that executive order in 2009, the senate intelligence committee, that's the committee in the senate responsible for overseeing the cia, that committee announced that they were going to investigate those torture allegations. they were going to launch a full and thorough review of the cia interrogation and detention program. and beyond just figuring out what had happened in the past and why it had happened, the senate intelligence committee was going to try to answer some more important and fundamental questions, like, did torture wor
the cia had tortured people in american custody. and so, pretty much from the moment president obama signed that executive order banning torture, there's been a fight in this country about how to reckon with the fact that we did torture people. and that fight hasn't been just another democrat versus republican battle, the kind we see on just about every issue in washington. it has also been, it has maybe even more prominently been between democrats and democrats. about a month after president...
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democratic senator carl levin called the cia's redactions totally unacceptable. quote, the classification process should be used to protect sources and methods where the disclosure of information that could compromise national security, not to avoid disclosure or improper acts or embarrassing
democratic senator carl levin called the cia's redactions totally unacceptable. quote, the classification process should be used to protect sources and methods where the disclosure of information that could compromise national security, not to avoid disclosure or improper acts or embarrassing
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president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques used. for charity to national coming to you live from moscow with mimi josh welcome to the program some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed cease fire a video has emerged in a line showing the ferocity of these attacks. it was posted by the al-arabiya t.v. channel and shows one gaza destroyed being turned into rubble as you can see the area was leveled to the ground within the space of just. the i.d.f. is pushing deeper into gaza in search of one of their soldiers who they claim was captured by hamas the violence has outraged palestinians living in the west bank but when they gathered in protest israeli soldiers threw smoke grenades and opened fire killing two and injuring some others harry fear is in the west bank. given the very heavy toll felt by palestinian civilians in gaza hamas movement across the palestinian territories had called for
president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques used. for charity to national coming to you live from moscow with mimi josh welcome to the program some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed cease fire a video has emerged in a line showing the ferocity of these attacks. it was posted by the al-arabiya...
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we found out the cia was, in fact, spying on the senate. d an internal probe found cia officers secretly monitored the congressional activity charged with supervising its activities. in case it's not clear, this is a very big deal. the senate has oversight responsibility to make sure the cia doesn't get out of control. when the senate tried to exercise said oversight, the cia spied on them and tried to interfere with their investigation. members of the senate are livid about this. yesterday, two senate democrats, mark udall and another called on brennan to resign. these are members of the president's own party saying this. president obama's press conference today, chuck todd asked the president if he still stands by brennan. the president backed his cia chief, but he also in a remarkable turn of phrase acknowledged exactly what the cia did under his predecessor. >> i have full confidence in john brennan. even before i came into office, i was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. we did a whol
we found out the cia was, in fact, spying on the senate. d an internal probe found cia officers secretly monitored the congressional activity charged with supervising its activities. in case it's not clear, this is a very big deal. the senate has oversight responsibility to make sure the cia doesn't get out of control. when the senate tried to exercise said oversight, the cia spied on them and tried to interfere with their investigation. members of the senate are livid about this. yesterday,...
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you've heard, there have been democrats and republicans calling for the resignation of john brennan at the cia. >> right. >> fairly or not, he's at the top, and the question here is, does the -- there's the nsa and all the things that it's been accused of doing, and sort of overstepping its bounds into the privacy of americans. now we have the cia, and that they overstep their bounds, looking at the very committee that's supposed to be watching over the cia and it gives you this impression that after 9/11 we just went way too far and that we have given up too much in exchange for the safety. >> and that's why it's so
you've heard, there have been democrats and republicans calling for the resignation of john brennan at the cia. >> right. >> fairly or not, he's at the top, and the question here is, does the -- there's the nsa and all the things that it's been accused of doing, and sort of overstepping its bounds into the privacy of americans. now we have the cia, and that they overstep their bounds, looking at the very committee that's supposed to be watching over the cia and it gives you this...
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devine is a 32-year career officer with the cia. he began in the 1960s. he has a brand new book out called "good hunting: an american spymaster's story," which is on sale today, and he'll be glad to sign questions after today's session. he'll also take q&a. jack devine was already an established field operations officer when i joined cia, and if you can keep a secret, i'll share a little bit of history with this small, intimate room. [laughter] jack devibe was the kind of -- devine was the kind of clandestine service officer that i wanted to be when i grew up. please join me in welcoming jack devine. [applause] >> what jim really meant to say at the end of that is he wanted to be like me because of that picture. [laughter] and those of you that have gone to see "american hustle," they are plaid pants. i had long hair and a moustache. and i could have easily at that point in time played in the role of "american hustle." by design i didn't put the color picture, but jim thought they were pretty fashionable at the time. and i believe peter sort of tormented
devine is a 32-year career officer with the cia. he began in the 1960s. he has a brand new book out called "good hunting: an american spymaster's story," which is on sale today, and he'll be glad to sign questions after today's session. he'll also take q&a. jack devine was already an established field operations officer when i joined cia, and if you can keep a secret, i'll share a little bit of history with this small, intimate room. [laughter] jack devibe was the kind of --...
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we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line with interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disk of techniques. good evening i'm kevin though in this is not international it's eleven pm here in moscow. fusing to negotiate a fresh ceasefire with a mass senior officials there say they see no point in holding talks around one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's truce failed a videos emerged online showing the ferocity of these attacks is take a look about for a moment. it was posted by the al out of beer t.v. charmin shows one gaza distributing literally turn to rubble the area leveled to the ground as you can see in the timeline there of time lapse photography to barely an hour to do that and among the structures under israeli fire was the islamic university the i.d.f. said it was targeting a weapon development facility inside the building no casualties were reported there . and the i.d.f. pushing deeper into garza in se
we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line with interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disk of techniques. good evening i'm kevin though in this is not international it's eleven pm here in moscow. fusing to negotiate a fresh ceasefire with a mass senior officials there say they see no point in holding talks around one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes...
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, oregon senator ron wyden calling for potential criminal charges filed against whoever it was in the cia who spied on the senate. >> if a 19-year-old hacker searched senate files this way, that hacker would be sitting in jail right now. i want a public accounting at this point. i want to know who authorized this act. i want to know why they thought it was legal, and i want to know who is going to be legally held responsible. >> and now tonight, the first republican senator to all for brennan's resignation has emerged, not surprisingly, it is senator rand paul. president today said he has, quote, full confidence in john brennan as director of the cia, even as he went on to talk about the poor judgment the cia showed when it decided it was a good idea to spy on congress. joining us, siobhan gorman, the intelligence correspondent at "the wall street journal." thanks for joining us tonight.
, oregon senator ron wyden calling for potential criminal charges filed against whoever it was in the cia who spied on the senate. >> if a 19-year-old hacker searched senate files this way, that hacker would be sitting in jail right now. i want a public accounting at this point. i want to know who authorized this act. i want to know why they thought it was legal, and i want to know who is going to be legally held responsible. >> and now tonight, the first republican senator to all...
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we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as alice looked forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing needs use. is four pm in moscow watching our theater national was marina joshie now some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed cease fire a video has emerged online showing how one gaza district was turned to rubble within the space of an hour. still it is resumed almost as soon as the three day cease fire was declared the israel to fans forces say they're pushing deeper into gaza in search of one of their soldiers who they claim was captured by hamas the violence in the gaza strip has outraged palestinians living in the west bank but when they took to the streets in protest israeli soldiers threw smoke grenades and opened fire killing two and injuring some ninety others harry fear in the west bank for r.t. given the very heavy toll felt by palestinian civilians in gaza hamas movement across the palestinian te
we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as alice looked forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing needs use. is four pm in moscow watching our theater national was marina joshie now some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed cease fire a video has emerged online showing how one gaza district was turned to rubble...
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shocking because if you go back to the clips in the spring, candy, you'll see john brennan, the chief of the cia, the director of the cia, saying this was absurd and nobody should make these kind of irresponsible charges, and all of those kinds of things and now the cia's own inspector-general has confirmed that they did just that, that they went into the computer system that was supposedly separated and within the control of the senate committee and essentially phished around. they even created false identities to pretend to be senate staff members going into the computers. it was, it's not good. i mean, the more important thing is the report itself, but this certainly undermines the kind of trust that you got to have, and here's the deal, candy. when we do oversight of these
shocking because if you go back to the clips in the spring, candy, you'll see john brennan, the chief of the cia, the director of the cia, saying this was absurd and nobody should make these kind of irresponsible charges, and all of those kinds of things and now the cia's own inspector-general has confirmed that they did just that, that they went into the computer system that was supposedly separated and within the control of the senate committee and essentially phished around. they even...
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we did some things that were contrary to our values the president of bomber admits the cia crossed the line but interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the root release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques that we use. even if you just joined us my name is kevin zero in this is art international live here in moscow at nine pm this israel our top story refusing to negotiate a fresh cease fire with a mass senior officials there saying that they see no point in holding talks now around one hundred forty palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed troops and the the videos have merged online showing the ferocity of these attacks to take a look. all . that was posted by the arab ear t.v. channel it shows one gaza distributor being turned to rubble as you can see the areas being leveled there to do that took just one hour. and among the structures under israeli fire was the islamic university apparently the i.d.f. . said it was targeting the weapon development facility inside the building no casualties were reported the
we did some things that were contrary to our values the president of bomber admits the cia crossed the line but interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the root release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques that we use. even if you just joined us my name is kevin zero in this is art international live here in moscow at nine pm this israel our top story refusing to negotiate a fresh cease fire with a mass senior officials there saying that they see no point in holding...
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who did some things that were contrary to our values president the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the techniques used. in a very good morning to you just join this morning's kevin i in this is r.t. international it's midnight here now. israel's prime minister is vowing to push on with a military operation in gaza or against quote no matter how much time or force it might take the country refusing to negotiate a fresh cease fire with a palestinian group senior officials say they see no point in holding talks around one hundred forty palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes not since friday's failed truce and a video online showing the ferocity of these attacks is take a look for a moment. it was posted on the lot of be a t.v. channel it shows one garza district being turned to rubble that area was leveled to the ground as you can see by the time they're within just barely an hour. among the structures on the israeli fire was islamic university the i.d.f. said it was targeting the weapon development
who did some things that were contrary to our values president the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the techniques used. in a very good morning to you just join this morning's kevin i in this is r.t. international it's midnight here now. israel's prime minister is vowing to push on with a military operation in gaza or against quote no matter how much time or force it might take the country refusing to negotiate a...
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on brennen and the cia, the report has been transmitted. the declassified version that will be released at the pleasure of the senate committee. i have full confidence in john brennan. i think he has acknowledged and directly apologized to senator feinstein that cia personnel did not properly handle an investigation as to how certain documents that were not authorized to be released to the senate staff got somehow into the hands of the senate staff. and it's clear from the ig report that some very poor judgment was shown in terms of how that was handled. keep in mind, though, john brennan was the person who called for the ig report. and he has already stood up a task force to make sure that lessons are learned and mistakes are resolved. with respect to the larger point of the rdi report itself, even before i came into office, i was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. we did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. we did some things that were contrary to our value
on brennen and the cia, the report has been transmitted. the declassified version that will be released at the pleasure of the senate committee. i have full confidence in john brennan. i think he has acknowledged and directly apologized to senator feinstein that cia personnel did not properly handle an investigation as to how certain documents that were not authorized to be released to the senate staff got somehow into the hands of the senate staff. and it's clear from the ig report that some...
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who did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques used. from moscow israel's prime minister to push on with the military operation in gaza against hamas he says. how much time or force it might take the country is also refusing to negotiate a fresh cease fire with the palestinian group senior officials say they see no point in holding talks around one hundred forty palestinians now have been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed truce a video. showing the ferocity of these attacks. posted by the al arab e a t.v. channel and shows one garza district being turned into rubble the area was level to the ground which as you can see by the time shown on the video took barely one hour . instructors on the israeli fire was the islamic university. targeting weapons development facility inside no casualties have been reported. the i.d.f. is pushing deeper into gaza in search of one of their soldiers who they
who did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques used. from moscow israel's prime minister to push on with the military operation in gaza against hamas he says. how much time or force it might take the country is also refusing to negotiate a fresh cease fire with the palestinian group senior officials say they see no point in holding talks...
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we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques you. could even if you just joined us i'm kevin know in first some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed ceasefire and videos emerged online showing the ferocity of these attacks. it. was posted by the l r a beer t.v. channel it shows one gaza distributing turned to rubble as you can see the air is been leveled it took just one hour to do that. among the structures under israeli fire was the university indeed the i.d.f. said it was targeting very weapon developments facility inside the building no casualties reported from there though. so the i.d.f. is pushing deeper into guards or in search of one of the soldiers at the same time with a claim was captured by how mass violence has outraged palestinians living in the west bank but when they gathered in protest israeli soldiers to smoke grenades and
we did some things that were contrary to our values president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects as analysts look forward to the release of declassified data on the disturbing techniques you. could even if you just joined us i'm kevin know in first some one hundred forty palestinians have now been killed by israeli airstrikes and artillery fire since friday's failed ceasefire and videos emerged online showing the ferocity of these attacks. it. was posted by the l...