hey there, everyone, welcome to weekends with alex witt, a bit past 1:00 p.m. in the east, 10:00 a.m. in the west. we have new reaction today on the cia torture report. in an interview this morning on meet the press, dick cheney defended the bush administration s use of the enhanced interrogation techniques. and he claimed that the report was a partisan document. but democratic senator ron wyden hit back at cheney s claims. a notion we were not notified at the bhous about what was going on, is not true. i sat through a lengthy session in 04 as he reviewed the state of the program at that time. the suggestion, for example, of the president didn t approve it. wrong, that s a lie. that s not true. what we sought to do was very careful. and that is to take the statements, the cia made to the american people, made to the congress, made to the justice department, made to the president, and we compared it to their own internal
plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. new details emerging from the cia torture report. paint a picture of a program not only pushing the law but also plagued by ineptness. today, the new york times writes about the 26 prisoners who senate investigators found to be wrongfully detained. 26 people imprisoned and tortured for months, even years, based on flawed evidence and mistaken identities. after their innocence were discovered, some still not released, languishing on for months more. joining me now is robert mcfadden. he has investigated terror cells after the 9/11 attacks, also a co-case agent for the uss cole investigation.
the members on record. are they for these special interest provisions or, do they belong in the bill or not? that, i hope, she will get a vote on. i don t know if she will. but i d love to see those provisions stripped. at the end of the day, though, looks like the broader parameters of the bill which are good are likely to pass. it s just my hope it will pass without those special interest provisions. let s talk about the cia torture report. you and i have been talking terrorism and national security for a long time now. you ve also been privy to a lot of classified information that your colleagues are not able to see. what was your reaction when you read this report and do you think anyone should be prosecuted for their role? well, i thought this was very brave of senator feinstein. i give the democrats on the senate intelligence committee for pushing forward against a lot of opposition to do the investigation to begin with and then for releasing this report. i think it s enormou
them. the wounded hitchhiker chased the man who turned on him with a screwdriver, ultimately another man shot and wounded the suspect. and heathrow warns that friday s air traffic control incident may cause delays well into saturday afternoon. investigators are still trying to determine what caused the hour-long disruption. a spokesperson for the air traffic control system says the system was not hacked. a u.s. official says anyone in the cia involved with the u.s. spy agency s controversial interrogation techniques could be prosecuted. and also says the techniques could be considered war crimes. downing street officials have confirmed that britain requested sections be deleted from this week s report on the cia report before it is published. reporter: publication of the cia torture report has handed a
committee chair, dianne feinstein. she responded to brennan in a tweet that critical intelligence that led to bin laden was unrelated to eits, but former c.i.a. officials insist they were doing what was necessary to stop more attacks on the u.s. we didn t have the luxury of time. we had a ticking time bomb situation. on the lead, former c.i.a. director michael hayden defended the forced rectal feeding of detainees. they had limited options with which to go do this. it was intravenous, which would be dangerous. with a noncooperative detainee. hummus and pine nuts. this is one of the ways that the body is rehydrated. these were medical procedures. you re defending rectal rehydration? what i m defending is history, to give you a sense as to how this report was put together, this activity, which was done five times, in each time for the health of the