bill: in the impact segment tonight, new book called hard measures how aggressive cia actions after 9/11 saved american lives causing major controversy. it s written by jose rodriguez who was in charge of the cia s counter terrorism center and who did have authority to waushara captured terrorist suspects. on may 14th, 2009, then speaker of the house nancy pelosi denied the cia told her that waterboarding was being used. in the briefing that i received, we were told that they had legal opinions that this was legal. we were not told that it was that there were other legal opinions to the contrary in the administration. and we were told specifically that waterboarding was not being used. bill: here now is jose rodriguez. so you are in the meeting with her, right? you are looking at her like you are looking at me this close to her? that close.
bill: explain who john he is. convicted terrorist who sued this guy john he who worked in the legal council office in the justice department after 9/11. he wrote the memo that detractors called the so-called torture memo. that mr. rodriguez who we had on earlier used as a guideline to waushara. he waterboarding tell mr. rodriguez what they could do and could not do within the bounds of the law and stood when we were post massive attack that killed 3,000 americans. no lawyer would envy that job. he did it and tried to say this is what you can do and this is what you cannot do. jose padilla was arrested in 2002 thrown into a military bringing for three and a half years and claims that he was subjected to abuse that he calls torture at the time. he later went into federal civilian custody and convicted given a 17 year sentence that
bill: explain who john he is. convicted terrorist who sued this guy john he who worked in the legal council office in the justice department after 9/11. he wrote the memo that detractors called the so-called torture memo. that mr. rodriguez who we had on earlier used as a guideline to waushara. he waterboarding tell mr. rodriguez what they could do and could not do within the bounds of the law and stood when we were post massive attack that killed 3,000 americans. no lawyer would envy that job. he did it and tried to say this is what you can do and this is what you cannot do. jose padilla was arrested in 2002 thrown into a military bringing for three and a half years and claims that he was subjected to abuse that he calls torture at the time. he later went into federal civilian custody and convicted given a 17 year sentence that
bill: explain who john he is. convicted terrorist who sued this guy john he who worked in the legal council office in the justice department after 9/11. he wrote the memo that detractors called the so-called torture memo. that mr. rodriguez who we had on earlier used as a guideline to waushara. he waterboarding tell mr. rodriguez what they could do and could not do within the bounds of the law and stood when we were post massive attack that killed 3,000 americans. no lawyer would envy that job. he did it and tried to say this is what you can do and this is what you cannot do. jose padilla was arrested in 2002 thrown into a military bringing for three and a half years and claims that he was subjected to abuse that he calls torture at the time. he later went into federal civilian custody and convicted given a 17 year sentence that the court actually then struck
bill: in the impact segment tonight, new book called hard measures how aggressive cia actions after 9/11 saved american lives causing major controversy. it s written by jose rodriguez who was in charge of the cia s counter terrorism center and who did have authority to waushara captured terrorist suspects. on may 14th, 2009, then speaker of the house nancy pelosi denied the cia told her that waterboarding was being used. in the briefing that i received, we were told that they had legal opinions that this was legal. we were not told that it was that there were other legal opinions to the contrary in the administration. and we were told specifically that waterboarding was not being used. bill: here now is jose rodriguez. so you are in the meeting with her, right? you are looking at her like you are looking at me this close to her? that close.