Tonight from the release of the socalled cia torture report that all the world has now been allowed to see. Tonight, six different u. S. Embassies overseas have issued security advisories in case of a violent response t whats detailed in that report. Last night on this broadcast we heard the cia director under esident bush strongly defend the program. Tonight, one of the psychologists whos been called the architect of the cia interrogation program, and a man who profited financially from it, is speaking out and defending the brutal interrogation techniques used on prisoners. And detailed in the report. We begin here tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs our d. C. Newsroom. Ea mitchell in andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Cia leaders try to restore morale at the agency. And one of the architects came out of the shadows. James mitchell, one of two psychologists who came up with the torture techniques today in florida. Its not always pretty. And i think it still should
Deportations under president obama have ramped up their call for conference of Immigration Reform recently with a series of direct actions from washington dc to arizona. Week,interview this president obama bout to push for reform the day after the fiscal crisis was resolved. Once thats done, the day after, im going to be pushing to say, call a vote on Immigration Reform. If i have to join with other advocates and continue to speak out on that and keep pushing, im going to do so because i think it is really important for the country and now is the time to do it. The Washington Post has revealed how the National Security agency works extensively with the cia to gather information on potential drone victims as part of the obama administrations assassination program. The article describes the case of hassan ghul, a pakistani man who provided Key Information that helped the ca find osama bin laden. Documents show a secret nsa unit known as the Counterterrorism Mission aligned cell tract has
Debate can agree to. The moral authority of the United States of america is one of the most powerful tools in our arsenal to protect u. S. Interests around the globe. Its the view of the president the use of these techniques, regardless of whether or not they elise it National Intelligence information undermine our ability to use this very powerful tool. Back on the floor of the United States senate where the report was released just a day earlier, the colorado senator, mark udall, also a member of the Senate Intelligence committee, a democrat, said the white house obstructed the reports release for six years. So while the study clearly shows that the cias Detention Interrogation Program itself was deeply flawed, the deeper more endemic problem lies in the cia assisted by a white house that continues to try to cover up the truth. Very strong words from senator udall who lost his bid for reelection last month. He called actually for the resignation of the cia director john brennan. Its
For interrogation tactics the president himself has described as torture. Do those details warrant going back and reexamining whether people should be prosecuted . Decisions about prosecution are made by career federal prosecutors at the department of justice. The Justice Department says the federal prosecutors who looked into the program wont be launching a new investigation. Based on the report from the Senate Intelligence committees democratic chair, dianne feinstein, trial or no trial, the c. I. A. Has big names coming to its defense, from former Vice President dick cheney who blasted the report on fox news. I think its a terrible piece of work, we did exactly what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9 11 and to prevent a further attack and we were successful on both parties. This report says its not successful. The report is full of crap. What stunned me about the report most was the fact that it was written in the way it was written. Its an unrelenting pr
Good evening. And the fallout continues tonight from the release of the socalled cia torture report that all the world has now been allowed to see. Tonight, six different u. S. Embassies overseas have issued security advisories in case of a violent response to whats detailed in that report. Last night on this broadcast we heard the cia director under president bush strongly defend the program. Tonight, one of the psychologists whos been called the architect of the cia Interrogation Program, and a man who profited financially from it, is speaking out and defending the brutal interrogation techniques used on prisoners. And detailed in the report. We begin here tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell in our d. C. Newsroom. Andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Indeed tonight more fallout from that Senate Torture report as cia leaders try to restore morale at the agency. And one of the architects came out of the shadows. The American People ought