How CIA Director Brennan defends the agency after the torture report
The report on torture released by the Senate Intelligence Committee has shaken the CIA. It moved Director John Brennan to speak today. He laid out a very carefully-worded and sometimes contradictory version of the truth as he sees it. Barbara Starr takes an up close look at Brennan’s defense.
Glenn Carle and Gary Berntsen are former CIA officers and they have very different opinions on the issue of torture.
Heated debate over torture techniques
Gary Berntsen and Glenn Carle are both former CIA officers, but they have very different opinions on the use of torture. Mr. Berntsen read the Senate’s report and calls every sentence "an attack on the Agency." Mr. Carle argues that torture is not just illegal, but it doesn’t work.
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Sen. Paul: Happy with answer from Holder
Sen. Rand Paul ended his quest Thursday to block a vote on the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director after he received an answer from the Obama administration about his question on drones.
Paul's decision to back down cleared the way for a final Senate vote this afternoon, and the chamber confirmed Brennan in a 63-34 vote that crossed party lines.
In a letter to Paul Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the president does not have the authority to use a drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil.
Hoover: Paul's filibuster is substantive
Margaret Hoover, Peter Beinart and Gloria Borger discuss Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster to stall a confirmation vote for President Obama's nominee for CIA Director, John Brennan. He began speaking at 11:47 a.m. on Wednesday and continued until 12:38 a.m. Thursday morning.
Paul used his time on the Senate floor to question the Obama Administration's use of drones against American citizens abroad, and the ability for the president to authorize a drone strike within the United States.
"This filibuster ... is all about getting attention," says Borger. "Because he knows he's not going to stop the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA."
Townsend: Talking points poorly handled
Fran Townsend and Reuel Marc Gerecht discuss the mistaken statements from the CIA on the Benghazi attack talking points.
KTH: The players in the Petraeus sex scandal
Anderson Cooper breaks down who's who in the growing scandal surrounding David Petraeus' affair with his biographer. Another four-star general is now connected to the controversy, and new information about what the FBI was doing at Paula Broadwell's house Monday night.
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What's known about Jill Kelley
Former CIA officer Bob Baer evaluates the information known about Jill Kelley and her role in David Petraeus resigning.
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What the FBI took from Broadwell's home
Fran Townsend, Suzanne Kelly, Bob Baer and Jonathan Turley discuss the FBI's investigation of David Petraeus.
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King: FBI should have informed Obama
Rep. Peter King says the FBI should have gone immediately to President Obama when it began investigating CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus.
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