attention. at least five cia detainees subjected to rectal feeding without documented medical necessity. take a listen to how it is defended. let s differentiate, if we can, for the sake of the conversation, between the abuses such as the rectal re-hydration. stop. that was a medical procedure. that was done because of detainee health that the people responsible there for the health of the detainees saw they were becoming dehydrated and had limited options. it was invuvenus with needles. it was through nasal passages. humus and pine nuts? this is one of the kays that the body is rehydrated. these were medical procedures. are you really defending
congress about the tactics. is she saying that you misled congress. your response? yeah, my response is you ve got to be kidding, all right? i m the one who argued within the administration, frankly, with the strong support of the president in 2006 during that first summer when i was director, that we had to go full monte to the committees. this could not be just the president s program. it had to be america s program, jake. and to do that, we needed political support from the other political branch. so, i went down there in september of 06 and then later. the first time that all the members of the intelligence committee had been briefed on all the details of the program. and the only thing i told them that i had to withhold from them was the location of the sites. but to differentiate, if we can for the sake of this conversation, between the abuses, the things that were not safe the unauthorized the unauthorized, such as the rectal rehydration no, stop. okay.
rehydrati rehydration. no, stop. that was a medical procedure. that was done because of detainee health. the people who are responsible there for the health of these detainees saw that they were becoming dehydrated. they had limited options in which to go do this. it was intravenous with needles, which would be dangerous with a noncooperative detainee. pu reing hum mus and pine nut dshs. jake, i m not a doctor and neither are you. what i m told is this is one of the ways the body is rehydrated. these were medical procedures. you re defending rectal rehydration? what i m defending is history. to give you a sense of how this report was put together, this activity, which was done five times and each time for the health of the detainee,s not part of the interrogation program, not designed to soften him up for any question, the committee, the democrats on the committee have used one
such as the rectal rehydration. stop. that was a medical procedure, that was done because of detainee health, the people responsible there for the health of these detainees saw they had become dehydrated. it was intravenous with needles which would be dangerous with a combative person. hummus and pine nuts those are medical procedures. you re defending i m defending history. to give you a sense of how this report was put together. this activity which was done five times and each time for the health of the detainee, not part of the interrogation program, not designed to soften him up for any questioning. the committee, democrats on the committee have used one