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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The senate is about to release a controversial report on the harsh interrogation techniques used by the c. I. A. On al qaeda terror suspects after the 9 11 attacks. The u. S. Government is concerned about the potential for a violent reaction, so its put diplomatic and military posts all around the world on high alert tonight. Democrats on the Senate Intelligence committee are expected to make the report public tomorrow. Justice correspondent bob orr has advance word on whats in it. Reporter the report focuses nc the months and years following 9 11 when the Central Intelligence agency was holding and interrogating al qaeda detainees at secret overseas prisons, socalled black sites. And people familiar with the withrt say its a near idictment of the c. I. A. Led by chair ....
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A scathing report issued today details what the cia did to terrorism suspects in the name of 9 11 and in the war on terrorism. It describes the brutal treatment of prisoners in secret locations, using torture tactics while hiding the truth from the american people, members of congress, and at times the bush administration, all of it while this nation was at war, with hundreds of thousands of troops in the fight. And it goes a long way toward answering the question were we made any safer, are we any safer today because of what went on in prison cells in the dark when no one was watching. We begin our coverage here tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. Andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. It is a devastating report for the cia, which strongly objects to the conclusions, but now they are there f ....
Provided extensive inaccurate information about the program and the effectiveness to the department of justice, the cia Inspector General, the media and the American Public. This conclusion is somewhat personal for me. I remember clearly when director hayden briefed the Intelligence Committee for the first time on the socalled iets at that september 2006 committee meeting. He referred specifically to a tummy slap among other techniques. He presented the entire set of techniques as minimally harmful and implied in a highly clinical and professional manner. They were not. The report demonstrates that these techniques were physically very harmful and the constraints that existed on paper in washington did not match the way techniques were used at cia sites around the world. A particular note was the treatment ov ....
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. An unusual joint warning by the fbi and the department of Homeland Security. Theyre telling Law Enforcement agencies nationwide to be on alert right now for a possible terrorist response to the Senate Report on cia interrogation. That report released today. The blistering document five years in the making details interrogation techniques adopted after the 9 11 terror attacks that are described as cruel, inhumane and degrading. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and our guests, including two members of the Senate Intelligence committee, the democratic chair, Dianne Feinstein and republican ....
And for syrians until further notice. In foreign affairs, the president held hands with the british Prime Minister, but canceled next weeks meeting with the mexican president due to the border wall dispute and their joint statements reveal a crucial disagreement. Tomorrow hes calling Vladimir Putin, of whom today he suddenly remarked, quote, i dont say good, bad or indifferent, i dont know the gentleman. So how will that chat go . Hes also dialing back his plan to bring back torture saying hell defer to secretary maddog mattis, but he still thinks its effective. Ill talk tonight to man who implement t interrogation post 9 11. Id like you to see and comment in realtime on tweets that you send me. smerconish. You are an fing disgrace to independence whoa as youve had your head up trumps ass for weeks. Grfooh. Ill have to ask my kids about that. You know whats unique about your ....