.
>> I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT
THAT WE CAPTURED THE
PERPETRATOR OF 9/11, KHALID
SHEIKH MOHAMMED.
WE DID EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
TO ME THE TRAGEDY IS THAT THE
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE
INTERROGATION PROGRAM WHICH AS
I'VE INDICATED TO SENATOR
WARNER, I FULLY UNDERSTAND
THAT, BUT IT HAS CAST A SHADOW
OVER A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO
PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY.
DAVID: IT HAS CLOUDED A LOT OF
THING.
GINA HASPEL, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
PICK TO RUN THE CIA GRILLED BY
SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE OVER
INTERROGATION TACTICS FOLLOWING
AFTER 9/11.
HERE NOW IS REPUBLICAN SENATOR
JIM RISCH FROM IDAHO.
SO SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR
COMING IN.
DID SHE CHANGE ANY MINDS TODAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CHANGED
MINDS.
SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO.
BECAUSE OF THE ANIMOSITY
TOWARDS PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THIS
TOWN GOING OANYTHING HE DOES,
ANYBODY HE APPOINTS IS GOING TO
FACE GRILLING BY THE OTHER
SIDE.
SHE WAS READY FOR THAT, I
THINK, AND DISCHARGED HERSELF
VERY WELL, I THOUGHT.
DAVID: SHE WAS READY FOR
ANYTHING.
IN FACT SENATOR FEINSTEIN
GRILLED HER ABOUT A BOOK THAT
MISTAKENLY SAID SHE WAS IN
CHARGE OF THE INTERROGATION
WHEN SHE WASN'T.
NOT ONLY WAS THE BOOK WRONG BUT
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK WENT SO
FAR AS TO PUT OUT ADDENDUM TO
CORRECT HIS OWN MISTAKE,
SENATOR FEINSTEIN WASN'T AWARE
OF THAT?
>> APPARENTLY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT APPEARED AS I
WAS SITTING THERE.
DAVID: WELL, IT SHOWS NOT ONLY
WAS SHE SUPERPREPARED, BUT SHE
SEEMED TO HAVE A CONFIDENCE.
SHE EXUDES CONFIDENCE, SHE WAS
IN THE CIA, AND INTERVIEWED
OTHERNESS ANDS HOW TO BE
INTERVIEWED.
SHE WAS PLAYING ON THE
TECHNIQUES TAUGHT TO CIA
AGENTS.
>> PRESIDENT COULDN'T FIND
ANYONE MORE QUALIFIED TO BE
HEAD OF THE CIA THAN GINA
HASPEL.
THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT HER
BECAUSE SHE WAS APPOINTED BY
TRUMP AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
ANYTHING, THEY WANT TO
RELITIGATE A PROGRAM THAT'S
BEEN LONG GONE, IT WAS GONE
BEFORE I GOT HERE, TEN YEARS
AGO, AND ADMITTEDLY SHE WAS AT
THE CIA WHILE THAT PROGRAM WAS
ON THE INTERROGATION PROGRAM,
BUT SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT.
DAVID: YET, THERE CONTINUE TO
BE THESE MYTHS, ANYBODY WHO
WORKS FOR THE CIA WHO BECOMES A
PUBLIC FIGURE HAS TO DEAL WITH
THE MYTHS.
ONE OF THOSE WAS THAT SHE WAS
RESPONSIBLE IN SOME WAY FOR
DESTROYING THE TAPES OF THE
INTERROGATION OFICALIED SHEIKH
MOHAMMED.
MIKE MORELL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
THE CIA CAME OUT CATEGORYCALLY
AND SAID MISS HASPEL DID NOT
DESTROY THE TAPES AND DID NOT
ORDER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
TAPES, IS THAT ISSUE PUT TO BED
NOW?
>> ONE WOULD HOPE SO.
LOOK, I'VE SEEN THE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS ON THAT, AND WHAT YOU
JUST REITERATED IS ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE.
HER BOSS DID THAT.
SHE DIDN'T, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE
AN ISSUE HERE.
WE OUGHT TO BE TALKING ABOUT
HER ABILITY TO LEAD THE AGENCY
FORWARD.
DAVID: THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE
FROM ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS
WHO HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN
HER ABILITY TO RUN THE AGENCY,
INCLUDING BY THE WAY, JOHN
BRENNAN, PROBABLY THE HARSHEST
TRUMP CRITIC AROUND WHO NOT
ONLY ENDORSES MS. HASPEL, BUT
HE HIMSELF WAS MUCH INVOLVED IN
THE INTERROGATION PROGRAM AS
SHE WAS.
HER SUPERIOR, AND HE SAILED
THROUGH CONGRESS WITH HIS
CONFIRMATION, 63-34.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT.
I DEAL REGULARLY WITH MEMBERS
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE FIVE I'S PLUS OTHER
PARTNERS THAT WE DO
INTELLIGENCE WITH, AND THEY
KNOW HER, THEY'VE WORKED WITH
HER, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO
HAVE HER AS HEAD OF THE CIA.
DAVID: SENATOR, I'D BE REMISS
IF I DIDN'T BRING IT UP.
WE ONLY HAVE 15 SECONDS.
YOU'RE DINING WITH THE
PRESIDENT TONIGHT, WHAT'S ON
THE AGENDA?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THE COMING
THING IS NORTH KOREA, WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND SOME
OTHER, BECAUSE I'M ON FOREIGN
RELATIONS AND INTEL, WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT TOUCH
ON MANY, MANY MATTERS THAT ARE
IN THAT REALM.
DAVID: A LOT OF MATTERS IN THE