Headliner: Ex-CIA director Michael Hayden on torture and drones - UpFront

Where does the US draw the line on what some consider torture?
When the executive summary of a 6,700-page US Senate Intelligence report on CIA interrogation techniques was released last year, many in the US and around the world expressed outrage.
The 500-page summary highlighted how CIA interrogation practices under the George W. Bush administration were “brutal and far worse than the CIA represented to policymakers and others”. Now, as federal judges decide whether to declassify the full report, did the CIA break the law in terms of torture?
In this week’s Headliner, Mehdi Hasan speaks to General Michael Hayden, former CIA director and author of Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. Hayden discusses the CIA’s use of “aggressive” interrogation methods and defends the US drone programme.
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  • @deezeedrone
    @deezeedrone8 жыл бұрын

    US Government officials being confronted during an interview, that's outright torture

  • @mohanpanickerpanicker8767

    @mohanpanickerpanicker8767

    8 жыл бұрын

    Actually Michael Hayden is one of the most publicly accessibly former intelligence agents there is with the credentials he has. I think he's the only person to have ran as head of both the CIA and NSA

  • @131kimber
    @131kimber8 жыл бұрын

    This American Citizen who lives on American Soil Says : YES Inhumane Torture of Any Kind by Any Perpetrator is A Crime - Period and YES those Persons Who Commit Such Crimes Against Other Human Beings SHOULD be Held Accountable. *We, The American People, in General DO NOT Agree with our Military/Government or Security Forces definitions of what they consider "appropriate" - we would AND do - consider those atrocities - torture/crimes - way before they define them as such*.

  • @mariyabiswas3391

    @mariyabiswas3391

    3 жыл бұрын

    Those who commit crime are bad but those who tolerate the crime are worse.The American government and their military get their budget from the taxpayers of American citizens and the Government is elected by the American citizens and Military personnels are also citizens of America.Pax Americana is the biggest problem for peace and stability after Pax Mongolica in the history.

  • @modusartsgroup
    @modusartsgroup4 жыл бұрын

    "Some doctors said some things."

  • @josephraymond4138
    @josephraymond41388 жыл бұрын

    A Patsy indeed and an Evil one at that.

  • @whzzmann99
    @whzzmann998 жыл бұрын

    he knows......he is bound by american law and so are the lawyers and doctors that helped them

  • @scottewing2031
    @scottewing20318 жыл бұрын

    What makes the rest of the world think the US 'draws any line' on torture? 'Abu Ghraib', anybody ?

  • @whzzmann99
    @whzzmann998 жыл бұрын

    i love how he says everything but the truth

  • @Joebethere7
    @Joebethere74 жыл бұрын

    I don't believe a thing Hayden says.

  • @donmckinney928
    @donmckinney9286 жыл бұрын

    Where is Sylvester the cat when Tweedy bird needs eating ? War criminal here for 9/11 and it's cover up daily for 17 years . Crooks In Action , No Straight Answer ...cia , nsa most evil murderer in history should be tried and water boarded for the truth .

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose7 жыл бұрын

    God, I wish Trump and his surrogates had faced drilling like this. This is superb.

  • @glaucofernando9154
    @glaucofernando91548 жыл бұрын

    That's lovely! If we do, it's nice. If you do, it doesn't. So much hypocrisy for just one person. hehehehehe

  • @yootuubinatwerk
    @yootuubinatwerk8 жыл бұрын

    rectal feeding???

  • @terryhollands2794
    @terryhollands27948 жыл бұрын

    Some of his answers indicate Michael Hayden has no conscience, I guess it must be easier to sleep at night with out one.

  • @whzzmann99
    @whzzmann998 жыл бұрын

    a career lier

  • @cabdulqadirdahir6972
    @cabdulqadirdahir69728 жыл бұрын

    The American CIA it makes the brobaleme of the woird

  • @robzertjos6216
    @robzertjos62162 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Director

  • @quantumfineartsandfossils2152
    @quantumfineartsandfossils21522 жыл бұрын

    its like WHAAAAAAA

  • @whzzmann99
    @whzzmann998 жыл бұрын

    the lawyer general ..has no right to change the law

  • @jordanalexander4331
    @jordanalexander43313 жыл бұрын

    I love my country. “Our forbearance should not be misunderstood, when it comes times to preserve our national security, we will act”. - Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States 🇺🇸.

  • @yootuubinatwerk
    @yootuubinatwerk8 жыл бұрын

    WAR isnt fair or fun ONLY in america are we expected to be soft on intelligence

  • @sunnywakefield4659
    @sunnywakefield46596 жыл бұрын

    NOW THE C.I.A...IS WATER BOARDING ON THE COMPUTER

  • @mikelikes6980
    @mikelikes69806 жыл бұрын

    He also was wrong on our great President.