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The c.i.a. after the 9/11 attacks. chuck hagel, defense secretary, has touched down in baghdad. a spokesman for the pentagon says he ll visit troops, thank them for their work in the fight against isis. our chief national security correspondent jim schutto is traveling with secretary hagel and joins us via skype. we understand you just finished a sit-down with the secretary of defense. a lot of issues on his plate what did you talk about? this is one of the places wither they re concerned about possible retaliation for the terror report. i asked secretary hagel about this. he said he has put all of his combatant commands on alert with the release of this report today. he said some of the retaxes of the report have helped a bit. they re still concerned. he also said they ve heard no specific threats, but they re taking every precaution. a lot of commanders we ve spoken to here in iraq as well as afghanistan over the weekend concerned about the repercussions of this and secretary hagel ....
From the pentagon. good morning, barbara. good morning, poppy. troops at the ready in case there are retaliation attacks. this report has been in the works for months. the question now, of course, is how will the world react when it is made public. this morning, thousands of u.s. military personnel on heightened alert, anticipating the release of a report by the senate intelligence committee on top-secret interrogation tactics and torture of cia detainees. our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and death. reporter: marines are positioned in key areas, ready to respond to potential violent reactions directed at u.s. embassies and military bases around the globe. believed to be included in the report, details of waterboarding and other interrogation tactics in the years after 9/11. the cia believes the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, including ....
The secretary. he just sat down for an interview. they talked about the release of this so-called torture report. listen. this is one of the places where they re concerned about possible retaliation for that terror report. i asked secretary hagel about this. he said he has put all his combat-and-commands on the alert with the release of this report today. he says some of the redactions of the report have helped a bit. they re taking every precaution. a lot of commanders we ve spoken to in iraq as well as afghanistan over the weekend concerned about the repercussions of this and secretary hagel told me he wants to be prepared to doing everything they can. jim sciutto traveling with the secretary of defense. thank you jim reporting from baghdad. let s talk more about how dangerous this may be to the united states. is it dangerous at all, this so-called torture report? thank you for joining us this ....
Waterboarding, provided by key information that prevented other terror attacks and led to the capture of osama bin laden. but the report questions the effectiveness of those procedures. critics of the $50 million report question the timing of its release. what would be a good time to release this report? it s difficult to imagine one. particularly because of the painful details that will be included. but, again, the president believes that it is important for us to be as transparent as we possibly can be about what exactly transpire sod we can just be clear to the american public and people around the world that something like this should not happen again. reporter: former vice president dick cheney dismissed the senate report saying the cia s interrogation methods were absolutely, totally justified. cheney, who habit resn t read t report, strongly defended cia ....
but what he goes on to say is the money they have lost and the implications, you ve got to bet other studios are looking at this and thinking and the idea of hacking for censorship. we re entering new territory here. we are. laurie segall, thanks for staying on top of it. the next hour of newsroom starts right now. good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow in today for carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. we begin this. thousands of u.s. troops are on alert right now as washington braces for the so-called torture report. it s due to be released in an hour and it will reveal controversial, possibly even brutal techniques used on terror suspects in the wake of 9/11. it s an official report. this is not a leak. and we ve been expecting it. but the potential for violent backlash has caused u.s. embassies and military bases to ratchet up their security. let s go straight to barbara starr who is following this fro ....