a lot of outside voices coming to their support. what s the official response? they haven t responded to the specific allegations and charges that came out of this senate report. they have addressed the issue of allegations in the past of committing torture. they stood by the techniques, particularly saying that their intelligence, we heard from other officials has been proven to be very successful and important in their counter terrorism efforts. the closest we have gotten comes from former cia officials and official who wrote into the wall street journal, defending the program. also criticizing very sharply the report saying it was a missed opportunity, calling it one-sided, a-sided study marred by fact and interpretation. calling it poorly done and a partisan attack. it gives you a sense of how the official who is oversaw the program are responding to this
president. and maybe that s bar maybe tt of the reason why. there is an easier way to do this. if you equalize the tax treatment of getting your insurance through the employer and getting on your own. you can make it easier for people to get coverage in an affordable way. and that s what you want to do. this law is just a disaster. we sight not working well it many only going to get worse over time. great conversation. thanks, see you later. gregg: boston terror attack part of a critical discussion at two hearings on capitol hill. lawmakers breaking down terror plots in america and ways to improve counter terrorism efforts. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. wham at the heart of today s testimony? a key issue is whether political correctness allowed
working hard to it strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those securities that make us who we are that meefns reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can accept new kinds of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that even after boston we do not deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence ofide. that means putting careful constraints on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state s secrets doctrine. that means having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counter terrorism efforts and our values may come in attention. the justice department investigation of national
in the years to come, we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. that means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can intercept new types of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that even after boston, we do not deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence of evidence. that means putting careful could not straktd on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state secrets doctrine. and that means finally having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counter terrorism efforts and our values may come into tension.
he has come back around to shutting it down. obama is at it again saying gitmo has to go. the president promised to revisit the issue amid a widespread hunger strike at the de teption camp. does he dash cash detention camp. is it critical to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe? that it is expensive? that it is inefficient? it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. does he also think it hurts us in terms of our international standing and lessons cooperation with our allies on counter terrorism efforts that it is a recruitment tool for extremists and needs to be closed? it hurts us in terms of our international standing. it lessens cooperation with our allies on the counter terrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for