but we have done it now and we have as a country for the most part decided that it s immoral. you talked about senator john mccain having personal experience, tortured in a vietnamese war camp in vietnam. take a listen to a military comment tater, retired air force general mcinerney and talking about john mccain and how torture works. fact is, john mccain, it worked on john and call him song bird john. nobody calls him songbird john except for crazy people and jerks. i m using my language carefully here. the host of the show has apologized for not challenging the general. jeffrey toobin, your response. of course that s a sickening and disgusting comment. but, you know, we don t need democracy dick cheney to talk about torture. how about the president of the united states? donald trump said we ll do worse than waterboarding.
gina haspel proving she won t be intimidated by democrats who use her first congressional hearing to show her as an advocate of enhanced interrogation. i don t believe torture works. many people, directors who sat in the chair before me, obtained from senior al qaeda operatives to prevent another attack. todd: they failed to mention 30 years in service and major issues facing the country. former cia station chief daniel hoffman joins us with his reaction. this will be the lead story but events in north korea, i want to ask, you are in the room, how did she do? as proud as i was, well thought out and some hard questions. i was disappointed in the
refusing to back down confidently answering questions and democrats about her role in post 9/11 detention program. the pres. has asserted torture works. do you agree with that statement? i don t believe torture works, in the cia program, to enhance interrogation techniques. and many directors, valuable information, in senior al qaeda operatives, with another attack. is that he is? it is not a yes. we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees. i don t think it is knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in this. reporter: the hearing hitting snack when protesters got rowdy. [shouting]
and visit myrbetriq.com to learn more. i don t believe that torture works. i believe as many people, directors who have sat in this chair before me, that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack. brian: gina haspel fighting back against democrats who used her first confirmation hearing for cia director to smear her as advocate for enhanced interrogation. what many of them failed to mention was her more than 30 years of experience and service with the cia. former cia station chief daniel hough map was asked by the cia to be at the hearing yesterday. he joins us now with his reaction. we know it was all about enhanced interrogation and that s fine. daniel, you said they missed an opportunity, all those senators, republicans and democrats. what was that opportunity? this was an opportunity to address key issues of
i would absolutely not permit it. jillian: gina haspel in the hot seat. rob: the top 5 tackling her senate confirmation hearing head on. jillian: jackie ibanez have the highlights. reporter: haspel s testimony lasting three hours where she was grilled about her three decade undercover career with the cia refusing to back down, confidently answering questions from democrats about her role in the post-9/11 detention program. the pres. has asserted that torture works. do you agree with that statement? i don t believe torture works. i believe that in the cia programs, i m not attributing this to enhanced interrogation techniques, i believe as many people, directors who have sat