ability to execute good order and discipline inside their ranks. also, you brought it up just briefly in what you said, jim, there s a message here to allies and partners, if we exonerate this kind of behavior, if we re able to whistle past that graveyard, how can they trust when they have american boots on their ground conducting operations in their countries that we have the ability and the forthrightness to hold our troops accountable for what is essentially war crimes. yeah. listen, i remember the deep concern after the abu grab scandal how u.s. forces operate on the battlefield, the soft power is u.s. forces follow the law where others may not. follow the law and stand for values that are greater than just ourselves. absolutely. well said. rear admiral john kirby, thanks very much. you bet. congress is on break for thanksgiving as democrats press forward with their impeachment plans and time frame. i ll speak to one lawmaker about his party s next steps. we re moments aw
details about interrogation practices in the first year after september 11th, 2001. before the cia s program was formally established with the misplaced approval of president george w. bush s justice department. these details recounting filthy conditions and vicious interrogation techniques will shock the conscience in the same way the abu grab and waterboard egg revelations did. by shock the conscience, i think it s safe to say he also includes eliciting an emotional reaction like disgust. that s emotion, right? feinstein s reaction to these revelations can be called a lot of things belated, about damn time, surprising given heifer past support for the cia. emotional? really isn t one of they know them. let s hear harry reid sum it up. this woman has been an outstanding leader of that intelligence committee. she has been fearless. she s been thorough and fair. for this man to say that because
syrupy minutes with the democrats this is what they do. with mitt romney in the last election cycle, they were hounding him about why no five sons when in the military. this is not a question they have asked president obama why he didn t go in the military. so, this is the same show that broke abu grab or tried to destroy bush with fake national guard records and put these two people on and this morning an abc they said love fest. they were obvious right from the beginning with the reporter saying, mr. president this is your idea, so, obviously, he called cbs and says i want this interview, make it soft, and he says yes, sir. the mainstream media is like the media wing of white house. president obama over the weekend told a magazine that everything