A senator madam president , . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. Mr. Chambliss i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection the senate is not in a quorum call. Mr. Chambliss thank you. Madam president , i rise today as the vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence to respond to the public release of the declassified version of the executive summary and findings and conclusions from the committees study of the c. I. A. s detention and Interrogation Program. This is not pleasant duty for me. During my four years as the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, i have enjoyed an excellent relationship with our chairman, senator diane feinstein. We have worked closely to conduct strong bipartisan oversight of the u. S. Intelligence community, including the passage and enactment of Significant National security legislation. However, this particular study has been one of the very, very few areas where we have never b
It was a sixmonth manhunt. That is what a lot of people are not aware of. I was able to get really indications on intelligence and other things and we were heavily involved because it was saddams hometown, and ultimately pursuing these hometown connections that saddam had, we were able to get on this trail and over a sixmonth time period , he was captured. Host did you ever meet him . Guest i did not meet him personally. When he was captured, we did not want to make a zoo out of him, so he was secured in a little bird helicopter and phone to flown to to print, then to baghdad under great sick secrecy. I did great i did get to meet nefarious characters around him and we were able to pursue a lot of folks on the deck of cards. You may recall a lot of those. It was an interesting time. I never imagined i would be part of anything historic. Host i am sure you have been following the backandforth with jeff bush this week jeb bush this week with regard to the war and whether or not it was wo
The Inspector Generals Office does not make recommendations as to whether or what personnel action should be taken, but leaves that to the secret service. Rain shower duties in this instance are purely investigative. The report makes conclusions based on the evidence that we found. For example, it is more likely than not that their judgment was impaired by alcohol. The two agents displayed poor judgment and a lack of Situational Awareness driving into the scene. While during their interviews, each denied drinking to excess, we must assess those denials in light of uniform position officers observations, the agents behavior, the fact they spent the five previous hours in a Restaurant Bar and that two highly experienced supervisors drove into a crime scene inches from where the rest of the secret service was treating a potential explosive device, which, under different circumstances, could have endangered their own lives and those of the uniform Division Officers who responded. Moreover,
202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. The boston bomber sentenced to death, was at the right decision . Massachusetts residents, you can make your thoughts known on 202 7488003. If you want to post your thoughts on social media pages on twitter, it is journal cspan. Org. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Once again, the front pages of the boston globe and the Boston Herald. Those are the headlines you can see. Not only headlines, editorials coming down as well. Boston globe has this editorial Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced delays the closure boston deserves. It says in part, its only right that condemned killer be allowed to exhaust every legal option, but the prospect of seeing his face in the news for decades is only likely to continue traumatizing survivors and the families of victims. Even worse, since most of the rest of the world considers the Death Penalty barbaric he wall street journal also weighing in death for tsar naev. Again, i Death Penalty coming down
We examine how that choice could affect the economic recovery. Brown egypts government ordered police to take all means necessary to disband protests in support of the ousted president. Margaret warner explores the potential for violence and the actions of the new military rule. Ifill and in india, child labor is outlawed, but a Staggering Number of children still toil away. Fred de sam lazaro reports on efforts to change that practice. The combination of official and middleclass indifference, and dire poverty, drives perhaps 50 million children into the workplace. Some as young as six or seven. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public br