Transcript & Video of State of the Union with John King - April 26, 2009

John King intervews Valerie Jarrett, Lindsey Graham, Dianne Feinstein and Joe Lieberman

Transcript of State of the Union with John King:

JOHN KING, HOST: I'm John King, and this is our STATE OF THE UNION report for this Sunday, April 26th. Today, a special look at President Obama's first 100 days in the White House, including unique behind- the-scenes accounts and images.

One of the president's closest aides and friends, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, joins us for an exclusive look at both the policy and the personal challenges.

The release of top secret memos on CIA interrogations is fueling one of the most sensitive debates of Barack Obama's presidency. Three key senators, Lindsey Graham, Dianne Feinstein, and Joe Lieberman, on whether making the documents public undermines national security and what happens next.

Plus, strides and missteps. Two of the best political strategists assess the first 100 days, appearing together only on STATE OF THE UNION, James Carville and Mary Matalin on the first chapter of a historic presidency.

That's all ahead in this hour of STATE OF THE UNION.

A live picture there of the White House on day 97, day 97 of the Obama presidency. I asked the president about our first guest, and he'll tell you he doesn't like to make any major decisions without consulting her. A woman who has earned several nicknames like "first friend" and "the other side of Obama's brain." So who better to talk about it as we approach that important benchmark, the 100 days of the Obama presidency, than Valerie Jarrett. Valerie Jarrett, thanks for joining us on STATE OF THE UNION.

JARRETT: Thank you, John. And good morning and congratulations on your 100th day as well.

KING: Thank you. Yours is a bit more important than ours, but thank you very much. I want to start -- I want to get to some of your personal reflections on history. But I want to start with the news dominating the headlines this morning. This is The San Diego Union- Tribune. "Swine flu outbreak gets more worrisome."

The San Antonio Express-News, "In Texas flu fears shut down a high school." The administration has been aware of this since late last week, had a number of meetings and will have a briefing later today. What do we expect from the White House? Will it include, say, travel restrictions on going to Mexico? JARRETT: Well, I don't want to prejudge what the officials are going to say later today. But let's just put it this way, the president is taking this very seriously. He has assembled his teams from the Centers for Disease Control and Homeland Security. He has been briefed regularly. And he has asked them to speak to the American people and give the appropriate counsel later today.

So I'll let the experts speak to that.

KING: An interesting circumstance in that he and a number of senior officials had just been to Mexico. I understand he has been tested and he's in the clear?

JARRETT: He's fine. He is just fine. Thank you for asking, though.

KING: Let's move on to this momentous decision he has made in the past week, which was to release the CIA documents, the internal legal documents about the CIA interrogations. And I want to get your sense. You have watched him make hard decisions.

And I'm told by senior officials that this one weighs right up there with the decision to send more troops into Afghanistan as the toughest he has had to make in his first 100 days in office, in part, because only 44 men have been president of the United States, and in making this decision, he did something no president before him has done, put out former top secret memos on the previous administration so soon after taking office. Why?

JARRETT: Well, look, first of all, we are a nation of laws and the law requires us to release the documents unless there's some national security interest that would make it more important to keep them secret.

But the fact of the matter is there is nothing in the documents that the American people hadn't already seen all over the news. The techniques that were being used by the prior administration were well- known. When the president came in office, he said, we're not going to use those techniques anymore. That's not who we are as a country. In fact, Denny Blair, his intelligence adviser, has said in fact using those techniques makes us less safe. So the president said, let's release them and then let's move forward.

KING: In the context of let's move forward, there is a question about should there be a truth commission, should there be investigations, should there be prosecutions? And there is a big policy debate, but there's also a political debate that some say has been intensified by what they see as mixed messages from the White House.

If you turn over your right shoulder, I want to you take through some of the timeline. When the president released the memos on April 16th, he said, this is a time for reflection, not retribution. Three days later, his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, echoed the president, saying, the president believes those who devised the policy should not be prosecuted. But then on April 23rd, just a few days after the chief of staff was out, the president seemed to give a different message. Let's listen.

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: With respect to those who formulated those legal decisions, I would say that that is going to be more of a decision for the attorney general within the parameters of various laws, and I don't want to prejudge that.

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KING: Why did the president change his mind? He seems open now to possible prosecution.

JARRETT: No. Let me be clear where the president stands on this. What he has said is that anyone who followed the advice of the Justice Department and did any kind of acts that were within the confines of that advice, he doesn't think we should prosecute.

The rest of it, he leaves up to the U.S. Attorney General. That is who is supposed to make decisions about prosecution. So I think the president has been very clear and what he said is, we need to be a nation of laws, we need to be consistent, and he leaves it to the attorney general to figure out who should be prosecuted for what.

KING: Who should be prosecuted for what. If it's not those who acted on the advice they were given, who were told it was legal, what are we talking about here? Are we talking about the attorney general in the previous administration, the CIA director, Secretary Rumsfeld?

JARRETT: You and I aren't talking about anything. We are going to leave that all up to the attorney general. As you know, the Senate Intelligence Committee is having hearings as well. That is the appropriate place I think for any further investigation. And then the rest we leave to the attorney general. KING: You have a fascinating job because you have the trust of the president and you have become his conduit to many of the CEOs around America right now. He is dealing with the auto bailout. He is dealing with the financial institutions and the banks. He is in negotiations now over credit card reforms.

And you are the person who is often in touch with these CEOs, getting their advice and telling the administration things, seeking their input. One of the questions on the table is these stress test for all of the banks.

JARRETT: Yes.

KING: And without naming names, are there banks out there that are in deep trouble, and, if so, will the president and the White House, as in the case of General Motors, say, you know what, you're in trouble, you're not doing this as fast or as aggressively we thought you should do, if you want more money from us, the CEO has to go? JARRETT: Let's not leap forward. Let's look at where we are. The stress test results are just now being shared with the banks. We're going to have an announcement, I believe it's May 4th, coming from the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve.

They've been going through an in-depth analysis of those top largest 19 banks over the course of the last several months. Let's see where we are and let's not prejudge the outcome. I think what the president's direction has been very clearly is we want to help the economy.

In order to have a healthy economy, we need to have strong banks. They need to be well-capitalized. They need to be able to lend dollars and help support our economy. And so at the end of the stress test, we want to make sure that those are -- that the banks are in a position to do that.

And so whether management changes occur, whether banks are asked to raise more capital, all of that is going to come forth in the coming week.

KING: You helped the president in the campaign. You were one of his a big fundraisers, one of his top advisers. One of the messages he gave to the American people in the campaign is, elect me and I will change the way that crazy town of Washington works, I'm not afraid to deal with Republicans, I will be bipartisan, will change the partisan, nasty tone in Washington.

I want you to listen something he said just after the election.

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OBAMA: I know we will succeed, once again, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together. That's exactly what I intend to do as president of the United States.

(END VIDEO CLIP) KING: And, yet, in the first 100 days, only three Republican votes on the stimulus plan, no Republican votes on the Obama budget, and now the White House has pressured Democrats in Congress to use their power in the rules so, that if necessary, you can pass health care reform with 51 votes, a majority, not 60 votes.

Has the president decided that because of the mood in this town and because of the unwillingness of this town and both sides to perhaps change, that it is more important to get things done, like health care reform, like climate change, like education policy, than to make friends with the Republicans right off the bat?

JARRETT: Look, what the president has said throughout, he said in the campaign, he said it in his address the night of his election, and the way he has behaved since he took office is one of reaching out to both sides.

He includes everybody in the dialogue. He has reached out more aggressively, I think, to the Republican Party than I've ever imagined a president could possibly do. So I think the burden is on him to reach out his hand and that is what he has done. And that is what he is going to continue to do throughout this administration.

He has not changed tactics whatsoever. That is who he is as a person.

KING: Let's close -- sorry, go ahead.

JARRETT: But let me -- on the issue of health care, health care is extraordinarily important. I think there is bipartisan support for pushing health care forward. It's good for our country. It's good for our economy. And the president is determined to get it done this year.

KING: Let's close with a bit of history. I want to ask you to get up and walk over here with me as we walk over to the wall. This is a diagram of the West Wing of the White House. And you see the Oval Office here, the president's study, some of the cabinet rooms and the Roosevelt rooms, some of these offices, this is the second floor here, I believe this is Valerie Jarrett's office up here, they are highlighted for a reason.

I was a reporter at the White House for almost nine years. I walked those halls every day and never did you see this, an African- American first lady, an African-American senior adviser, an African- American deputy chief of staff, an African-American woman as the domestic policy adviser, as the deputy legal counsel, as the White House social secretary.

Barack Obama has made history. What is it like to work in a White House like this, African-American women in such positions of power?

JARRETT: Well, it's terrific. You are seeing very strong, I hope smart, intelligent African-American women. But I think have to round it out and look at the whole diversity of team. And I think what has been so extraordinary about President Obama is he appreciates diversity and he thinks it will make him think harder.

We push him to make sure that he has had a wide range of ideas as he makes decisions. And so as you fill out the rest of the team, it's extraordinary as well. But these are some pretty terrific women.

KING: And I want you to look over here at this picture. This has never been released before. We're going to have Pete Souza in here at the end of the program today to talk about looking at history through the lens of his camera.

This is a picture of the president and the first lady dancing. I believe that is the East Room of the White House right there. Take us inside and what is it like from a personal standpoint to see your two close friends in this position now? Can you believe it yet?

JARRETT: I still pinch myself every day. It's a terrific picture. It was the night of the Governors Ball, our first state dinner. And I think the president left right before they broke out into a conga line. And I think all of the folks who were there said they never had a conga line in the White House before. So it makes me happy. I'm so just extraordinarily proud of both of them. And I know that they wake up every day and they think about the American people.

And there so many people out there who are suffering and they need our help here in government. And it's his job to make sure that he delivers on the promises he made to the American people.

KING: Valerie Jarrett, here to mark the 100 days. A lot of challenges will be dealt in the second 100 days. We'll have you right back here to assess them at the end of that.

JARRETT: Look forward to it. I look forward to it.

KING: Thank you so much.

JARRETT: Thank you for having me.

KING: Thank you so much.

KING: Now we just heard Team Obama's position on the release of the so-called torture memos. What happens next? We ask three key senators about calls for investigations and prosecutions just ahead.

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OBAMA: If can you think about what Washington, D.C. was like 50 years ago or 60 years ago. And the notion that I now will be standing there and sworn in as the 44th president, I think, is something that hopefully our children take for granted, but our grandparents, I think, are still stunned by it and it's a remarkable moment.

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KING: Do you believe the president of the United States has made Americans less safe?

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: I do. And now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack.

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KING: Vice President Dick Cheney there on this program just about a month ago. President Obama's election mandate was to fix a struggling U.S. economy but as he starts his 97th day in office today national security challenges are front and center. A debate whether releasing Bush administration terror policies was a blunder and over whether some of the Bush officials should be prosecuted and fresh violence in both Iraq and Pakistan will test the new administration's military and diplomatic strategies. Joining us to talk about this and assess the president's first 100 days, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the chairwoman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the independent, former Democrat and from South Carolina, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

Chairwoman, I want to start with you. On the vice president's point, you heard the vice president say there he thinks the new administration is making the American people less safe. He also says that there are other memos not released into the public that prove his point that these controversial interrogation tactics used in limited circumstances actually produced intelligence that saved U.S. lives, including preventing an attack in your home State of California, the City of Los Angeles. Is he right?

FEINSTEIN: Well, I've received those memos. I asked him for them and he sent them to me. They are classified memos so I won't go into them. That's the reason why I believe the Intelligence Committee is the oversight agency for 16 intelligence agencies, including the CIA. It is our responsibility to do oversight. We have access to the classified information. And we have set upon a course, a bipartisan course with a program scope, approved by the committee, to review the conditions of detention and the techniques of interrogation of each of the high value detainees. We estimate that will take six to eight months. My hope is that the public debate quells, that we have an opportunity to do our work. The committee will consider it and then we will release, most likely, findings and recommendations.

KING: Findings and recommendations. I want to get to the other senators but to the vice president's point he believes the documents would show that the tactics worked, saved lives.

FEINSTEIN: It's very hard to tell on the face, because you have to go into who learned what at the time. Now I can go into one, at least one specific case, and it's very uncertain. So we need to find these things out and we need to do it in a way that's calm and deliberative and professional, because I think all of this, on the front burner, before the public, does harm our intelligence gathering, it does harm America's position in the world. And President Obama has worked so hard now to open a new page, to go to so many countries, to say that America is now on a different course. Let us do our work and let us do it the way it should be done.

KING: Senator Graham, you and Senator Lieberman opposed relieving these documents even though you were critics of the interrogation tactics, you thought it would undermine the mission of the united states and the CIA and now that some are out does the former vice president have a point? If some are out, should all be out?

GRAHAM: Well, here is my concern, is that, one, I think it was a mistake to release the techniques that we're talking about and inform our enemy as to what may come their way. I like what Senator Feinstein said, to go through it. And there's no doubt in my mind you may have gotten some useful information out of these techniques but the other side of the story is very real. The more than America embraces these techniques like waterboarding that comes from the Inquisition, the harder to get allies to go with us into the Mid East to fight the insurgents. You inflame the opposition. Our energy uses these images against us.

To say these techniques have brought about no good or no information is wrong, but also to say that it's been a net positive is wrong. There's a way to get good information in an aggressive manner to protect this nation without having to go into the Inquisition era. I believe you can do both. KING: And what about going forward, Senator Lieberman? The president, in relieving these memos, you didn't like that he did, but the president's message let's look forward, not look back but then the president said I'll leave this up to my attorney general who should be prosecuted. Let's listen to Mr. Holder.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: I will not permit the criminalization of policy differences. However, it is my responsibility, as the attorney general, to enforce the law. It is my duty to enforce the law. If I see evidence of wrongdoing, I will pursue it to the full extent of the law.

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KING: Are you comfortable with that? Do you think this should be pursued and if you rule out the interrogators saying they were told, they were following orders and acting on legal advice what they were doing was right, what are we talking about here? Are we talking about the CIA director, are we talking about the attorney general in the previous administration, Secretary Rumsfeld, somebody in the White House?

LIEBERMAN: Yeah, no, it is not clear who we are talking about. And I think it is a mistake. I go back to what the president said at the beginning, it is time to look forward. These are top secret documents. These were lawyers, you could disagree with them but in my opinion they were trying to do what they thought would protect our country.

And here is the most important point. This whole debate is moot. President Obama has prohibited these tactics from being used in interrogation, so what do we gain -- well, what do we gain, first, by releasing the memos, but, secondly, what do we gain from indicting lawyers for their opinions, if that is a possibility here, or holding a so-called Truth Commission that the reality is, it will poison the water here in Washington. It will achieve nothing.

LIEBERMAN: It will make it harder for the president to do some of the big things he wants to do for the country -- not just get the economy going, but get some Republican support for health care reform, energy independence and education reform.

So let the Intelligence Committee do its work. That should be the end of it. KING: And one of the questions in the political debate, as you well know, there are people out there saying, wait a minute. You have all these politicians -- and largely Democrats, now -- saying, you know, investigate; truth commission; investigate; we had no idea.

A timeline released by your committee, Senator Feinstein, says -- and this is backed up the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee -- and then-CIA Director Porter Goss -- Pete Hoekstra -- you know, select members of Congress were briefed -- were briefed, way back at the beginning, including now-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

And the timeline by your committee says that they were briefed on the use of waterboarding on three detainees, Abu Zubaydah, Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri, and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

The now-Speaker Pelosi says, no way; she was told there were legal -- there were -- legal opinions were written but not that the tactics had been used. Is she telling the truth?

FEINSTEIN: Well, I can't comment on that. I wasn't there. Just four people were briefed. The full committee, including myself, were briefed in September of '06. Now, that's four years later or so. So there is a big gap.

I am really strongly opposed to just certain members being briefed on something this seriously. It seems to me the whole committee should be briefed at a given time. We've been very good at retaining security, and I think it's a real disadvantage to the system just to have a few people briefed.

Because it really is a notification; there is no real discussion. When you deal with the whole committee, everybody fires back questions; there's a discussion; there's a dialogue. And I think a point of view emerges.

KING: Well, if -- to Senator Feinstein's point, Senator Graham, if the committee, the Intelligence Committee is going to look into this, and you all think that's the more responsible, measured way to do it, should the committee also look into whether Porter Goss or Nancy Pelosi is telling the truth about what came up at those briefings?

GRAHAM: Well, I'll leave that up to the committee. But the point is, if a member of Congress was read into this program, does it matter?

Yes, I think it matters. It's clear to me that the people who were devising these interrogation techniques were not trying to commit a crime against an individual person. They were trying to create tools for our intelligence community to get information to prevent what we all thought was going to be an imminent attack.

The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror. So I can't conceive of a statute that you could prosecute anyone under because their endeavor was not to commit a crime but to look at the law and come up with aggressive interrogation techniques to get information from an enemy that we all thought was coming after us again.

So, however, if you think what they did was a crime, and you read someone into it, they're part of the crime.

So I think it's ridiculous to say the lawyers were trying to break the law. They were trying to interpret the law to protect the nation. And any member of Congress that was read into the program, I don't think they have any culpability either, because what we were trying to do is defend the nation, not conspire to hurt somebody individually, but techniques to protect us all.

KING: I want to move on to other big challenges facing the country right now.

But, before we do that and before we take a quick break, early in the Bush administration, the criticism in Congress was they never pick up the phone; they never consult us; you know, we've got some pretty smart people up here; we can help you.

I'm told that this decision was anguished; the president came in inclined to release them, changed his mind a couple times during the debate and then came back in the end and decided to release them.

At any point in that process -- I'll start with you, Senator Lieberman -- anybody from the White House pick up the phone and say, "What do you think?"

LIEBERMAN: They did not. And I can tell you, listening to what Lindsey said about looking at these decisions that were made early in the Bush administration, remembering that it was immediately after 9/11/01 there was worry about another attack imminently -- I'm proud to be the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Our enemies are out there planning and plotting to attack us every day.

So, as we think about what we want to release, how much information we want to make public, what kind of mud fight we want to get into about something that happened seven years ago, we better remember that and focus on our security today, not back-biting and vendettas from a time passed.

KING: Quickly to you, you're the chairwoman of the committee. You're investigating these matters, anyway. Do they pick up the phone and call you?

FEINSTEIN: No. They did not.

KING: Is that a mistake?

FEINSTEIN: Well, if they had, I probably would have said, as I said, let us do our work first. Since the first two cases have already been done, let us do the rest of it before anything is released, so that at least the Intelligence Committee can see everything in context and make some decisions.

KING: All right. Much more with our Senate guests in just a moment. We ask them to lay out the stakes in the tough choices facing the United States in three major hot spots, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. "State of the Union" will be right back.

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KING: On a scale of 1 to 10, sir, how confident are you, 10 being fully confident, that you will meet that deadline, that all U.S. troops will be gone at the end of 2011?

GENERAL RAY ODIERNO (USA), COMMANDER, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ: As you ask me today, I believe it's a 10 that we will be gone by 2011.

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KING: We're back with our three senators, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, Independent Joe Lieberman and Republican Lindsey Graham.

That was General Odierno on this program, Easter Sunday morning. Since then, as you're all aware, there has been an uptick, as the military would call it, in violence across Iraq, Mosul, Baqubah, including in Baghdad.

And on the front page of the New York Times today, "Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Hussein's Party."

Essentially, Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, has not, at least if you believe U.S. officials, reached out to former Baath Party members and said, it's time to move on; it's time to reconcile.

Senator Lieberman, to you first, are you worried at all about the combination of those things, more violence and the slower pace of political reconciliation will knock the U.S. timetable off track?

LIEBERMAN: Sure, I am. I'm concerned about it. And incidentally, it's part of why I'm so grateful that President Obama did not yield to the calls for a precipitous rapid withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. He's got us on a timeline. It's based on conditions on the ground. And what's happening now shows that all that we've sacrificed so much and worked so hard to gain is not quite set. So we need to be careful here.

LIEBERMAN: But I think Prime Minister Maliki has really done a pretty good job at reconciling a lot of the divisions in Iraqi politics. The Sunnis are much more involved than they used to be. I know that there's some problems with former leaders what was basically Saddam Hussein's party. We ought to encourage Prime Minister Maliki to try to bring them in as well so they all could be united at what seems to be remnants of al Qaeda in Iraq that are carrying out these brutal bombings against Shia, this an attempt by al Qaeda to try to stimulate sectarian conflict again in Iraq and neither Prime Minister Maliki or the American forces or the Iraqi forces can let that happen.

KING: And if that challenge were not great enough for the military to deal with and the president to deal with, Senator Graham, you also have this expansion of the Taliban influence inside Pakistan. And ... GRAHAM: Right.

KING: ... Admiral Mullen was just there, the is due back for a White House meeting on Monday, administration officials say they have some big decisions to make based on what Admiral Mullen tells them. There are now more U.S. troops heading into Afghanistan and the question to you is if Pakistan is in such trouble and you have the Taliban on the move inside Pakistan, is it time for the president to slow down the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan? Will they be at risk on the other side of the border or will we need perhaps more troops because of the uncertainty in Pakistan?

GRAHAM: I would counsel the president to do what General Petraeus and others in the region tell him about troops. There is a provision in the supplemental that is coming up in about a month that provides economic aid to Pakistan and $400 million to help them create a counterinsurgency program. I've been talking with administration officials, Republican Party leaders, to see if we can break some of that money out and pass it as a standalone provision soon to show the Pakistani people and government that we're with you, to give them some money to accelerate their counterinsurgency program and give them some money to provide economic aid to their people, the people do not want the Taliban to run Pakistan, but the economy in Pakistan is on its knees and we've got to get the Pakistani Army focused on the insurgency, as well as the government.

The threat the Pakistan is not an invasion by India. It's insurgents, the Taliban and others destabilizing the country and I think we need to be all in in helping Pakistan As to Iraq in 2011, I hope we will have a strong contingent of Americans there training their Air Force, their Navy. It is in our long-term best interest to have an enduring relationship with the people of Iraq, militarily and otherwise.

KING: Admiral Mullen says Pakistan could be at a tipping point. You see the intelligence. Is the Taliban, Senator Feinstein, a threat to the government, the central government of Pakistan?

FEINSTEIN: Oh, in my opinion, yes. I also think that these bombings, the size of the bombings in Iraq are a real danger signal. And I think that Mr. Maliki has to step up to the plate on this. And it's going to be very interesting in the next few weeks to see how he handles this. If these bombings continue and there is an escalation of violence, I think it jeopardizes everything the united states is trying to do.

With respect to the Taliban and particularly in both Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan, I think the takeover of the Swat Valley, the movement up north is a very serious thing. The fact that, despite the fact that we provide money for the Pakistani military, they have done nothing to stop this Taliban advance, I think, causes me great concern that Pakistan may be in very deep trouble. And I would think that -- and most of us, I think, do agree that Pakistan is sort of Ground Zero for terror today and that this thing has to get sorted out and sorted out quickly or you could lose the government of Pakistan and Pakistan is a in nuclear power and that concerns me deeply. KING: A grave issue there. I want to close on a lighter note.

And that is, as we approach the 100 day note we are in a political environment where people are making assessments.

I want to take you, Senator Lieberman back to something you said when you were campaigning for John McCain at the Republican National Convention. Let's listen.

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LIEBERMAN: Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country in the years ahead, but, my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record. Not in these tough times for America.

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KING: We've been discussing a number of tough issues and there are many more, senator, has he proven you wrong, Barack Obama, in his first 100 days.

LIEBERMAN: First, John, let me thank you for running that tape.

KING: Tape is a dangerous thing.

LIEBERMAN: I have no regrets about supporting John McCain and really what I said then, I meant. Barack Obama is extremely gifted. Coming in at a very difficult time. I was thinking particularly about Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terror. And McCain, of course, great experience, bipartisan record. Once the election was over, I said I would do everything to support Barack Obama as president. He is our president. I have, but I'll say this. I've been impressed by what he has done. He is a young man but he is extremely gifted. He has acted with strength, I think, and purpose in Iraq and Afghanistan, rebuilt some of our relations around the world and acted very boldly here at home on the economy where we needed him to particularly with the stimulus package.

But it's early but I would say he is off to a very good start. Maybe the most important thing he's done overall is that he has restored the confidence of the American people in the American presidency and he has raised their hopes about the future of our country. That is critically important.

KING: We're out of time. I want to give Senators Graham and Feinstein one sentence each. Senator Graham, to you the question is what does the Republican Party need to do in the second 100 days?

GRAHAM: To stand up for fiscal responsibility, work with the president and to make sure that we end Iraq right, win in Afghanistan and stabilize Pakistan, be a partner where we can and loyal opposition where we need to.

KING: There is a question as to whether you want to be the next governor of California. FEINSTEIN: Well, let me answer the prior question. No. You said in a sentence so give me an opportunity.

KING: All right.

FEINSTEIN: I think the Republican Party should stop being the party of no. This is a president well elected by a large number of people. He has had a very strong first 100 days. He has traveled to countries abroad, he has turned the page, he has opened a new day, he has taken strong executive actions, he has put together programs. He has delved into the economy. And I would hope that the second 100 days would find more Republican cooperation.

KING: When do we get the answer to that other question?

FEINSTEIN: Oh, you'll see.

KING: We'll see. Great. We're out of time. Senators Feinstein and Lieberman and Graham, thanks so much for coming.


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Up next, Mary Matalin and James Carville have both counseled presidents in crisis. Their take on the challenges and the 100 day mark, something you will see only right here on STATE OF THE UNION. Stay with us.

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KING: We've added a sharp and occasionally spicy political team to our "State of the Union" report. The only place you'll see these tested strategists together on TV is right here.

And joining us now from New Orleans, our newest CNN political contributor, Republican Mary Matalin, alongside our longtime contributor Democrat James Carville.

I want to get, from both of you -- good morning from Jackson Square. It looks beautiful there, this morning -- a little breezy.

I want to get, from both of you, your 100-day headline, your assessment. But first, I want to share with you the assessment of somebody we got to know in the last campaign; that is the Alaska governor, Sarah Palin.

She says this of the first 100 days, the former vice presidential nominee, "For now, Obama's back-peddle on the bipartisanship promise just makes him look insincere. At some point, Obama will need Republicans on his side. He'd be smart to spend his second 100 days making up for the serious snubs of his first."

James Carville, does Sarah Palin have a point?

CARVILLE: Well, you know, I'd rather go with Senator Lieberman's point, who supported Senator McCain, and I completely agree with him -- without going through a recital of all the accomplishments, the signature accomplishment of this president is we have a restoration of confidence in this country. People are feeling better about the country. And that's a magnificent achievement.

And I thought that Senator Lieberman did a very good job of bringing that out. And I would prefer to go with his definition of the first 100 days than Governor Palin's.

KING: And what does Mary Matalin think, at this point?

If you look at the numbers, Mary, this president does have -- about two-thirds of the American people approve of his job. Even a higher number like him as a person and like the imagery of this presidency.

What do you think? MATALIN: Yes, he's maintained his personal popularity, but -- which is on par with his predecessors, but what he's lost, after starting out with record-setting approval ratings which included a goodly amount of Republicans, a lot of independents, he has lost that support, because what he is not is what he was perceived to be in the campaign, a centrist.

He's spent more than all of his predecessors since the beginning of this country. He's expanded government, the greatest in two generations. So he's not a centrist. He's also not post-partisan.

It's not just that he demonizes his opponents, which is old politics. He'd knee-cap his own guys. He's got Valerie Jarrett, who's the liaison -- your former guest is the liaison to MoveOn.org, who is running ads against moderate Democrats. He's not a centrist. He's not post-partisan. But he is -- elections have consequences. We lost, fair and square, and let's -- that's what this debate is about. I hope Republicans can rise to the challenge and oppose him and stop some of this expansion.

KING: Well, I want to talk about some terror policy in a minute. But since you raised that point, Mary, that you lost and you hope Republicans rise to the challenge, I want you to listen to something that your friend and your former colleague in the Bush White House, Steve Schmidt, said the other day about the decline of the Republican Party. Let's listen.

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STEVE SCHMIDT, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: It is near-extinct, in many ways, in the Northeast. It is extinct, in many ways, on the West Coast. And it is endangered in the Mountain West, increasingly endangered in the Southwest, particularly with Hispanic demographics. And if you look at the state of the party, it is a shrinking entity.

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KING: Mary, Steve Schmidt says the leadership vacuum has him thinking you're in the "Lord of the Flies" phase of the Republican Party.

What's the road back?

MATALIN: You know, one of the advantages of age -- I didn't think I'd ever brag about this, but I'm much older than Steve and I've been through this before. And we will come back.

The Republican Party brand is irrefutably ruined, but that's because they lost their connection to conviction conservatism, common- sense conservatism. We've been here before and we've come back, not only strong but to ascend to the majority.

And there are many -- and there's a good nucleus of smart fiscal conservatives, strong defense, back to basics, personal liberty Republicans who will restore the brand and reassociate it with conservatism as we know it: Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan. You know who they are.

So the advantage of being aged is that you've been through it a couple, two or three times.

(LAUGHTER)

KING: James, I want to ask you, on this...

MATALIN: You went down, honey. You've been down.

CARVILLE: Yes, if age confers any wisdom, then you're looking at -- our combined age would make us very wise.

(LAUGHTER)

But, look, I think Steve is a very bright guy. He came down to my class at Tulane, and of course, as you know, Speaker Gingrich did, too.

But I think there's a lot of people who are trying to get under the hood of the Republican Party because, as Ross Perot said, it really needs some fixing. And there's a lot of different voices, here, and we're going to have to see what emerges.

But while all of that is going on, it's indisputable this president's enjoying a 69 percent approval rating. He's getting things done, left and right. He's got any number of things to deal with. And I think he's off to one heck of a start here. And it's understandable because the Republicans are all -- have a cacophony (ph) because they're not doing very well right now.

It's not...

KING: Mary...

MATALIN: It's not a -- it's not a cacophony (ph).

You know, John, can I just add to that?

We keep looking -- and all the pundits like to look at his top number, which is high, but as I said earlier, comparable to his predecessors. The danger spots for this president -- I'm just looking at all the polls, and they're 100 percent consistent on this. It's an 80 percent issue that people of all stripes, across the aisle, are concerned about the rapid and expansive growth of government that this president has ushered in.

That's not an old idea; it's not a stale idea; it's not Republican obstructionism. People just do not like how fast and how far this president has gone. That's an 80 percent issue.

So he's at -- he may be at 60 percent, but concerns over the things that he's done so far -- and that doesn't even include his foreign policy problems, you know -- he's got some undercurrents of issues, here, in this first 100 days. KING: Let me -- let me close on a lighter note, and that is, to James, you are a friend of now-Secretary of State Clinton. You were trying to help her retire her campaign debt when she was Senator Clinton...

(LAUGHTER)

... running against now-President Obama. And the Clinton campaign organization, trying to reduce its debt, has put out a letter offering people who contribute three potential prizes.

One is a day with former President Clinton in New York City. One is tickets to the "American Idol" season finale. And the third is, spend a weekend in Washington, D.C. with James Carville and Paul Begala.

(LAUGHTER)

Mary, you've got the checkbook there?

(LAUGHTER)

MATALIN: Oh, well, as you can see, I'd rather be here at Jazz Fest and the Zurich Classic and the Bubba Gump Run. And good luck in Washington with your crazy, loony lefties.

(LAUGHTER)

CARVILLE: I don't know.

MATALIN: That's a prize. What's the second prize, James?

CARVILLE: I always insist, the last two words, with Secretary of State Clinton and any conversation we have -- and they have always been, "Yes, ma'am."

(LAUGHTER)

So, whatever she wants, I'm delighted to do.

KING: James Carville and Mary Matalin, we are -- we are thrilled to have you back with us, together. We will see you again on "State of the Union" in the near future. Enjoy what looks like a beautiful morning, there in New Orleans.

(CROSSTALK)

KING: Take care, guys.





KING: During President Obama's time in office, we've traveled to 17 different states to hear your concerns and opinions. A unique perspective on the first 100 days from people we've been lucky to meet all across the country, next.

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KING: We launched STATE OF THE UNION the weekend of the Obama inauguration, promising to chronicle the big issues here in Washington and also to come see how the debates affect you. Our first of 17 states in these 100 days was Ohio, where on a factory floor, we asked the man about to make history to assess the many challenges and the moment.

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KING: You took your family to the Lincoln Memorial.

OBAMA: Now, this is a good story. I love the Lincoln Memorial at night. We go and look at the Lincoln Second Inaugural, Sasha looks up and she says that's a long speech. Do you have to give one of those? I said, actually, that one's pretty short. Mine may even be longer. At which point, the Malia turns to me and says, first African American president. Better be good.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time, but know this, America, they will be met.

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KING: A hundred days, of course, is far too soon to judge whether this new president will get his way and whether his way will work. But in our travels to 17 states in those 100 days, from Vermont and New York in the Northeast to Nevada and Arizona out in the Southwest, a fascinating look through your eyes of the many challenges, the uncertainty, and right here early on in Peoria, Illinois, of the pain.

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(UNKNOWN): I don't want to be on unemployment. I have never been on unemployment before.

KING (voice-over): For John and Mary Beth Fagan (ph), a double whammy. Both worked at Caterpillar, both out of work effective Friday. Three children, two cars and a mortgage.

(UNKNOWN): If things really got that bad, I would probably volunteer to go back overseas, and that's pretty bad to say.

KING: You would volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan?

(UNKNOWN): For my family, I would, yes.

(END VIDEO CLIP) KING: One swift achievement in the first 100 days was passage of a $787 billion economic stimulus. The president signed it into law less than one month into his administration.

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OBAMA: We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive.

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KING: Just a few weeks later, a $75 billion administration plan to help millions of homeowners make their mortgage payments.

Another bold and controversial White House move, forcing the CEO of General Motors to step down as a condition for more government bailout money.

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OBAMA: This restructuring, as painful as it will be in the short-term, will mark not an end, but a new beginning for a great American industry, an auto industry that is once more out-competing the world.

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KING: Speaking of the auto industry, we have visited a handful of states with auto plants over the past hundred days, including Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and down here in Springhill, Tennessee, many union autoworkers told us they believe the president is overreaching.

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(UNKNOWN): Yeah, we need help, but to say that the president tells a company's CEO that he has to leave, I just don't believe that should happen.

KING: Make no mistake, Brenda Carter says she loves President Obama, but her concerns, a proof of the risks Mr. Obama faces as he takes an aggressive role in the restructuring of GM and Chrysler. The Lansing Grand River assembly line. Modern, clean and efficient. These Cadillacs among GM's best-selling models. And yet, this plant is down from two shifts to one. New cars just aren't selling.

(UNKNOWN): It's scary times right now for a lot of people.

KING: To listen, to look around is to hear and see a way of life fading. Generous Motors was the nickname when Brad Fredline was growing up. Both grandfathers retired from GM. His father, too. (UNKNOWN): You graduated on a Friday and by Monday you were working at the factory, you knew you had a rock solid job for 30 years, you buy a little place up north and you retire. Those days are gone, I'm afraid.

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KING: I'm John King and this is what's coming up this next hour of our STATE OF THE UNION report for this Sunday, April 26th, 2009.

Did the United States use torture to get information from suspected terrorists? The story is being covered by virtually every media outlet, but is it being done right? Howie Kurtz will grill a panel of top Washington journalists.

A pair of new movies with journalists as the stars. No problem. Just play ourselves, right? Wrong. Ahead, the real life newspaper man who helped turn Russell Crowe and Robert Downey Jr. into convincing reporters.

And as we continue CNN's special coverage of Barack Obama's first 100 days, we'll get real-world perspective from three former White House staffers who know just how tough things can get inside the Oval Office. That's all ahead this hour on STATE OF THE UNION.

Transcript of Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Interrogation of Detainees in U.S. Custody

The Senate Armed Services Committee looks at who approved the use of interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib prisons at Afghanistan.

Witnesses testified about interrogation techniques and methods used to question suspected terrorists at U.S. detention facilities in Cuba and Afghanistan. In the final panel, William Haynes answered questions about the use of torture and testified about the role senior Pentagon officials played in developing policies for detainee interrogations and the degree to which the Justice Department and Central Intelligence Agency participated in the decision-making process. In his testimony he did not recall several memos indicating the use and scope of several techniques. However, he acknowledged that several officials had objected to the use of enhanced interrogation techniques despite the desire by Bush administration officials to produce intelligence and results in their efforts to combat terrorism and avoid future terrorist attacks.

Transcript:

00:00:12 Levin, Carl -- THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WE WELCOME YOU MR. HAINES. AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPENING STATEMENT, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT FROM YOU NOW. YOU PUT YOUR MIC ON.
00:00:24 Haynes, William THANK YOU, MR. CHEARM. CHAIRMAN. I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL OPENING STATEMENT EXCEPT TO OBSERVE THAT THIS HEARING TODAY IS PART OF A PROCESS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SOMETIME NOW AND WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, I'M SURE. HOW OUR COUNTRY DEALS WITH THIS UNPRECEDENTED THREAT IS THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AMONG MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, EXECUTIVE AND THE JUDICIARY, THE MEDIA AND MANY POLITICALLY ACTIVE CITIZENS. THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE. ULTIMATELY HOWEVER THE END OF THESE DISCUSSIONS CAN ONLY COME WITH HISTORY'S LARGER JUDGMENT OF HOW WELL OUR LEADERS AND VARIOUS BRANCHS OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMED IN WORK, AND THE WORK OF PROTECTING AMERICANS AFTER AN ATTACK AND, OF COURSE, HOW WELL THE COUNTRY REMAINS EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THIS THREAT IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HEARING TODAY COULD SERVE A LARGER PURPOSE AND A MOST USEFUL PURPOSE. WE ALL RIGHTLY FEAR ANOTHER ASSAULT ON OUR COUNTRY, ONE PERHAPS EVEN MORE HORRIFIC THAN THE LAST. WE KNOW THAT AMERICA'S ENEMIES ARE UNRELENTING. INDEED, SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM GUANTANIMO HAVE SHOWN THEIR RECIDIVISM THAT HAVE LEFT INNOCENT PEOPLE MAIMED OR KILLED. ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND MANY OTHER AMERICANS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING OUR NATION'S LEADERS ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF AMERICA'S SECURITY AND FREEDOM. AND FINALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY APPRECIATION OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO PANELS FOR THEIR SERVICE, GOOD FAITH, THEIR HARD WORK, AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE. I'M READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
00:02:05 Levin, Carl THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HAYNES. IN JULY OF 2002, YOUR COUNSEL CONTACTED THE RECOVERY AGENCY AS WE HEARD EARLIER AND ASKED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SERE TECHNIQUES. DID YOU ASK THEM TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON SERE TECHNIQUES?
00:02:28 Haynes, William MR. CHAIRMAN, 2002 -- THE SUMMER OF 2002 WAS SIX YEARS AGO. AND MY MEMORY IS NOT PERFECT. MY MEMORY'S NOT PERFECT EVEN IN MORE RECENT TIMES, BUT SIX YEARS AGO IS SURELY THE CASE. WHAT I REMEMBER IN THE SUMMER OF 2002, A GOVERNMENT-WIDE CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 APPROACHED. I ALSO REMEMBER A WIDESPREAD BELIEF THAT THE PEOPLE THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD CAPTURED IN THE WAR ON TERROR WERE NOT PRODUCING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE BELIEVED THEY HAD. SIMILARLY, THERE WAS WIDESPREAD FRUSTRATION THAT THE EXISTING DOCTRINE WAS INADEQUATE, AND THAT THE COUNTRY'S CAPABILITIES WERE INADEQUATE TO THE TASK. SO AS THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT AND CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I REMEMBER INQUIRING GENERALLY ABOUT WHERE THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE AND THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE AS A SENIOR LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND A POTENTIAL ADVISOR ON DIFFERENT MATTERS. AND RICHARD WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PERSON I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
00:03:51 Levin, Carl OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER ASKING HIM TO OBTAIN INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ON SERE TECHNIQUES?
00:03:59 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER THAT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT I DO REMEMBER IS WHAT I SAID ASKING GENERALLY ABOUT THAT. AND I DO ALSO REMEMBER SOMETIME IN THE LATE SUMMER AND THIS IS RECOLLECTION SOMEWHAT REFRESHED FROM RECENT REVIEW OF SOME DOCUMENTS THAT I DID GET SOME INFORMATION. FROM THE JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY.
00:04:25 Levin, Carl YOU DON'T REMEMBER REQUESTING
00:04:29 Haynes, William WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER REQUESTING, BUT I DO REMEMBER BEING INTERESTED IN IT AND I WOULD HAVE REQUESTED IT THROUGH RICHARD.
00:04:35 Levin, Carl IF YOU REQUESTED IT.
00:04:38 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
00:04:41 Levin, Carl BUT AGAIN, JUST TO BE VERY PRECISE, YOU DON'T REMEMBER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON SERE TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES.
00:04:47 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER THAT
00:04:48 Levin, Carl ALL RIGHT. YOU MET REGULARLY WITH A SMALL GROUP OF SENIOR ADMINISTRATION LAWYERS INCLUDING MR. GONZALEZ, THE PRESIDENT'S COUNSEL, THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COUNSEL, THE ACTING CIA GENERAL COUNSEL, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE, ILLEGAL COUNSEL ATTORNEYS, YOU AND PATRICK PHILBIN DISCUSSING LEGAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE WAR. THIS REQUEST TO FOR THE INFORMATION YOU DESCRIBED YOU DID REQUEST, DID THAT COME FROM THAT GROUP? WAS IT A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT GROUP?
00:05:24 Haynes, William AGAIN, SIX YEARS AGO IS A LONG TIME. I HAD PROBABLY TEN MEETINGS A DAY. DURING THE COURSE OF MY TIME AS GENERAL COUNSEL. I MET WITH MANY PEOPLE, MANY GROUPS, I MET WITH SUBSETS OF THAT GROUP, MET WITH LARGER SETS OF LAWYERS. THEY WERE INNER AGENCY MEETINGS OF ALL TYPES THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS GENERAL COUNSEL. SO TO KEY INTO ONE PARTICULAR MEETING WITH A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH A SPECIFIC REQUEST IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO.
00:06:02 Levin, Carl I WASN'T ASKING YOU FOR THAT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHETHER YOUR REQUEST WAS AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT GROUP?
00:06:09 Haynes, William NO, SIR, I DON'T.
00:06:11 Levin, Carl NOW TAB TWO, IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT IS THE JULY 26th, 2002, MEMO FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO YOUR OFFICE. AND IT RELATES TO JPRA MEMORANDUM DATED JULY 25th AND ABOUT SERE TRAINING PROGRAMS. DO YOU REMEMBER --
00:06:36 Haynes, William I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. THIS SAYS DECEMBER -- OR JULY 26th.
00:06:39 Levin, Carl ALL RIGHT. DID I SAY JULY 25th?
00:06:44 Haynes, William I THOUGHT YOU DID.
00:06:46 Levin, Carl THE REFERENCE WAS TO JULY 25th JCRA MEMORANDUM. DO YOU SEE WHERE THAT SAYS REFERENCE?
00:06:52 Haynes, William I DO.
00:06:53 Levin, Carl DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING THIS MEMO AT THE TIME?
00:07:04 Haynes, William NO, SIR, I DON'T REMEMBER IT AT THE TIME, BUT I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, AND I'VE SEEN IT A LONG TIME AGO, NOT JUST RECENTLY.
00:07:11 Levin, Carl YOU DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS SENT?
00:07:16 Haynes, William NO, SIR, I DON'T.
00:07:19 Levin, Carl IS IT POSSIBLE YOU DID SEE IT THEN?
00:07:22 Haynes, William IT'S POSSIBLE I DID SEE IT. AND THE ADDRESSEE IS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GENERAL COUNSEL, WHICH IS NOT PRECISE TITLE OR WAS NOT MY PRECISE TITLE. BUT IF IT WAS SO ADDRESSED, I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT, PROBABLY.
00:07:40 Levin, Carl NOW, TAB THREE IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE JULY 26th MEMO IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT'S A LIST OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURES USED IN SERE TRAINING, INCLUDING STRESS POSITIONS, WALLING, DEG, EXPOSURE TO BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHTS, SLEEP DEPRIVATION, AND WATERBOARDING. DID YOU SEE THIS DOCUMENT AT THE TIME?
00:08:08 Haynes, William WAS THIS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE OTHER ONE?
00:08:10 Levin, Carl YES.
00:08:11 Haynes, William WELL, IF I'D SEEN THE OTHER ONE AND IF I WAS ATTACHED, I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT.
00:08:16 Levin, Carl DO YOU REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHETHER YOU SAW THIS ATTACHMENT AT THE TIME?
00:08:22 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY
00:08:23 Levin, Carl ALL RIGHT. NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER ATTACHMENT. TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL'S JULY 26th MEMO.
00:08:39 Haynes, William IS THAT NUMBER FOUR?
00:08:42 Levin, Carl NUMBER FOUR, AND THE LONG-TERM TRAINING ON STUDENTS. WRITTEN BY THE WITNESS ON OUR FIRST PANEL, AS YOU HEARD AND INCLUDES A PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNIQUES USED AT THE AIR FORCE, SERE SCHOOL, AND ONE TECHNIQUE USED AT THE NAVY SERE SCHOOL OF WATERBOARDING. DID YOU ASK HIM TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SERE RESISTANCE TRAINING.
00:09:09 Haynes, William I MAY HAVE.
00:09:10 Levin, Carl DID YOU SEE HIS MEMO AT THE TIME?
00:09:20 Haynes, William WE'RE NOW -- THIS IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE OTHER ONE YOU SAID?
00:09:23 Levin, Carl YES.
00:09:25 Haynes, William IF I HAD SEEN THE FIRST ONE AND IT WAS ATTACHED.
00:09:28 Levin, Carl DO YOU REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHETHER YOU SAW THIS MEMO AT THE TIME, THIS ATTACHMENT?
00:09:39 Haynes, William I DON'T SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER WHEN I SAW THIS.
00:09:46 Levin, Carl NOW, DID -- WHEN YOU GOT -- DO YOU REMEMBER RECEIVING THIS? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE WITH THIS INFORMATION WHEN YOU GOT IT? DO YOU REMEMBER DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS INFORMATION?
00:10:03 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS INFORMATION. WHAT I REMEMBER, SENATOR, AND I'M SORRY ABOUT --
00:10:09 Levin, Carl IT'S ALL RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, THAT'S OKAY.
00:10:11 Haynes, William MY RECOLLECTION. WHAT I RECALL WAS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER.
00:10:21 Levin, Carl I UNDERSTAND.
00:10:24 Haynes, William AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT PROMPTED MY INTEREST OTHER THAN THE GENERAL CONCERNS, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER CATALYST -- BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE MORE SPECIFIC.
00:10:50 Levin, Carl DID YOU EVER DISCUSS YOUR TECHNIQUES WITH ANY OTHER SENIOR LAWYERS WITH WHOM YOU MET REGULARLY?
00:11:06 Haynes, William I BELIEVE I DID. DISCUSS SERE TECHNIQUES WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:11:11 Levin, Carl PRIOR TO THE DECEMBER 2 MEMO SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE?
00:11:16 Haynes, William YES.
00:11:18 Levin, Carl AND WOULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION?
00:11:20 Haynes, William I CAN'T REMEMBER.
00:11:21 Levin, Carl WHAT WAS THE GIST OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS?
00:11:28 Haynes, William WELL, I THINK THAT FIRST OFF MY MEMORY IS NOT GREAT. BUT IF I -- IF I WERE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
00:11:49 Levin, Carl WOULD YOU REMEMBER IT BETTER IF THIS WERE A CLASSIFIED SET?
00:11:52 Haynes, William I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT.
00:11:59 Levin, Carl BUT YOU SAY YOUR MEMORY'S NOT --
00:12:01 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRANSCRIPT MIGHT SAY, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION IS DID I EVER DISCUSS SERE TECHNIQUES WITH OTHERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE ANSWER IS YES. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
00:12:19 Levin, Carl NO, YOU ANSWERED THAT CLEARLY. THE OTHER ONE WAS WHAT WAS THE GIST OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS?
00:12:27 Haynes, William I COULD NOT -- I COULD NOT TELL YOU THE GIST OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT GOING INTO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
00:12:36 Levin, Carl BUT YOU DO REMEMBER THEM?
00:12:37 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER THEM ANYMORE CLEARLY THAN WHAT I'VE ALREADY SAID. I HAVE SEEN INFORMATION OF THIS NATURE BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW PRECISELY WHEN. AND I CANNOT DISCUSS IT FURTHER WITHOUT GETTING INTO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
00:12:58 Levin, Carl YOU SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT ANYMORE CLEARLY THAN WHAT YOU'VE SAID. GOING INTO CLASSIFIED SESSION ISN'T GOING TO GIVE US ANYMORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT YOU'VE SAID, YOUR MEMORY'S BAD. THAT'S ALL YOU'VE SAID.
00:13:11 Haynes, William CORRECT.
00:13:12 Levin, Carl THAT'S ALL YOU REMEMBER?
00:13:14 Haynes, William CORRECT.
00:13:17 Levin, Carl I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOING INTO CLASSIFIED SESSION WOULD GO ADD TO IT THEN?
00:13:21 Haynes, William OKAY.
00:13:23 Graham, Lindsey THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE SIX YEARS AGO IS A VERY LONG TIME. TRY TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT OF THIS PUZZLE, SO TO SPEAK, AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. THE GOAL WAS TO GET BETTER INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE AT GUANTANIMO BAY, THAT WAS THE DESIRE OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT. WE'RE AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTACKED AGAIN, WE WEREN'T GETTING THE INFORMATION WE WERE HOPED TO OBTAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A NEW PROGRAM TO GET BETTER INFORMATION. THAT WAS SORT OF THE TASK AT HAND. I THINK THE GOAL WAS BROADER THAN -- WELL, THE GOAL WAS NOT GUANTANIMO BAY. THE GOAL WAS TO GET BETTER INFORMATION.
00:14:13 Haynes, William THE GOAL WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAPABILITIES THE COUNTRY HAD TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM TERRORISTS WHO HAD ATTACKED AND MIGHT HAVE ATTACKED THE COUNTRY.
00:14:24 Graham, Lindsey I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT A BAD GOAL. I JUST WANT TO KNOW -- THERE'S A REASON FOR EVERYTHING. THE REASON THIS PROJECT AND ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WAS A RESULT OF TRYING TO GET BETTER INFORMATION FROM HIGH VALUE TARGETS.
00:14:43 Haynes, William WELL, THAT WOULD BE AN OBJECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE INTERROGATION, YES, SIR.
00:14:50 Graham, Lindsey OKAY. SO YOU AND OTHERS WERE TASKED WITH THE JOB OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH NEW PROGRAMS THAT WERE NOT ON THE BOOKS AT THAT TIME. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET BETTER INFORMATION. IS THAT NOT WHAT STARTED ALL OF THIS?
00:15:06 Haynes, William NO, SIR, I WASN'T TASKED WITH SUCH A PROJECT. I WAS A SENIOR LAWYER, THE SENIOR LAWYER IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. AND ONE OF THE MISSIONS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAD WAS THE DETENTION AND QUESTIONING OF TERRORISTS CAPTURED IN THE WAR ON TERROR. AS THE SENIOR LAWYER, I HAD TO BE -- FELT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT MY CLIENT WAS UP TO. I WAS ALSO SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATION INVOLVED IN INNER AGENCY.
00:15:39 Graham, Lindsey RIGHT, I MEAN --
00:15:41 Haynes, William ACTIVITIES.
00:15:42 Graham, Lindsey THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING THIS. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANYBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WE'RE BEGINNING TO TRY. IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION, LOOK FOR A WAY TO GET BETTER INFORMATION. AND THE -- ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE MEMO? THE LEGAL ANALYSIS ABOUT THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER STATUTES AND TREATIES?
00:16:05 Haynes, William I BELIEVE I AM, YES, SIR. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF LABELS AND NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH A MEMO THAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE IN AUGUST.
00:16:14 Graham, Lindsey WERE YOU AWARE IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL THAT UNLESS THERE WAS MAJOR ORGAN FAILURE INVOLVED IT WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE?
00:16:25 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
00:16:27 Graham, Lindsey SO THERE A LINE OF LEGAL REASONING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT CAME TO THE EXISTING FLAWS IN TERMS OF, WELL, I WOULD THAT SOMETHING SHORT OF MAJOR ORGAN FAILURE, NOT BEING TORTURED IS A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE POINT OF VIEW. WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT BEFORE SECRETARY RUMSFELD APPROVED THE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES?
00:16:51 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF THAT, SENATOR.
00:16:56 Graham, Lindsey FAIR ENOUGH. NOW, THESE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES.
00:16:58 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
00:16:59 Graham, Lindsey I UNDERSTAND. THESE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES THAT SECRETARY RUMSFELD INITIALLY SIGNED OFF ON, THE THREE GROWERS, I THINK THEY WERE 35, IS THAT CORRECT?
00:17:08 Haynes, William NO, SIR, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
00:17:10 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
00:17:11 Haynes, William OUT THERE, AND PERHAPS IN THIS ROOM. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 35 TECHNIQUES, WHAT I THINK ABOUT IS A PRODUCT OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH OPERATED FROM JANUARY OF 2003 UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE END OF MARCH, 2003. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT SECRETARY RUMSFELD APPROVED FOR THE INTERROGATION OF THE 20th HI-JACKER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DECISION IN 2002. THERE WERE NOT 35 TECHNIQUES THAT I KNOW OF ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ANALYSIS.
00:17:47 Graham, Lindsey RIGHT. NO, I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THE INTERROGATION OF THE 20th HI-JACKER, AL ZATANI -- IF I GOT HIS NAME RIGHT. THAT INVOLVED THE USE OF DOGS AND HAVING HIM STRIPPED NAKED IN FRONT OF FEMALE PERSONNEL. WAS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT THIS REPORT FOUND?
00:18:14 Haynes, William WHICH REPORT ARE YOU REFERRING?
00:18:19 Graham, Lindsey THE SCHMITT-FURLOW REPORT.
00:18:22 Haynes, William LET ME UNTANGLE THAT. I SAT THROUGH THE EARLIER TESTIMONY OF THE EARLIER PANELS, AND FRANKLY, WAS ENLIGHTENED FROM SOME THINGS I DON'T THINK I EVER KNEW AND SOME THINGS I'D FORGOTTEN. BUT THE PREVIOUS PANEL WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN DECEMBER OF 2002 FOR USE OF THE 20th HI-JACKER. AND TWO OF THE ITEMS IN CATEGORY TWO, IF I RECALL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE IN HERE IF I CAN LOOK AT OR NOT. IF IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU CAN POINT THEM TO ME. INVOLVED CLOTHING AND USE OF PHOBIA.
00:19:04 Graham, Lindsey RIGHT.
00:19:07 Haynes, William AND CAPTAIN DALTON AND COLONEL -- EXCUSE ME ADMIRAL DALTON AND COLONEL BEAVER, TESTIFIED AT GREAT LENGTH FOR THIS PANEL ABOUT WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND WHAT WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. AND I THINK THEY WERE VERY CLEAR THAT THE VERY WIDELY HELD UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT WAS APPROVED IN EACH OF THOSE TWO CATEGORIES IS NOT AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT. THE USE OF DOGS WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE OR AUTHORIZED TO BE DOGS IN AN INTERROGATION ROOM WITH A DETAINEE. IT WAS TO BE MUZZLED DOGS
00:19:47 Graham, Lindsey OKAY. THE REPORT, THE REPORT FOUND THAT IT WAS A MUZZLED DOG IN A ROOM.
00:19:54 Haynes, William LET ME GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS AUTHORIZED AND WIDELY UNDERSTOOD BY PEOPLE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE DECISION WAS THAT REMOVAL OF CLOTHING, CLOTHING WAS NOT NEWTY. NUDITY.
00:20:11 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
00:20:12 Haynes, William I HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO YOUR QUESTION. YOU THEN JUMPED TO SAY THAT IT INVOLVED USE OF DOGS IN A ROOM AND NAKED PEOPLE.
00:20:20 Graham, Lindsey RIGHT.
00:20:22 Haynes, William AND WHAT I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND I'VE LOOKED AT IT SINCE THIS EXCHANGE THAT YOU HAD WAS A -- AN INVESTIGATION BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCHMITT IN CONJUNCTION WITH FURLOW YEARS AFTER THE FACT LOOKING INTO SOME DISCLOSED E-MAILS THAT CAME TO LIGHT AT THE HEADQUARTERS LEVEL TWO YEARS AFTER THE FACT. AND GENERAL SCHMITT INVESTIGATED SOME 24,000 INTERROGATIONS CONDUCTED BETWEEN EARLY 2002 AND EARLY 2005 WHEN HE ISSUED HIS REPORT AND IDENTIFIED LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF PROBLEMATIC INTERROGATIONS. TWO OF WHICH YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. ONE WAS WHEN SOMEBODY WALKED INTO A ROOM WITH A DOG AND I'VE GOT THE PAGES HERE.
00:21:22 Graham, Lindsey YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT THEY WERE NEVER AUTHORIZED. IF IT HAPPENED, IT WAS UNAUTHORIZED.
00:21:27 Haynes, William THAT IS, BUT I REFER YOU TO PAGES 15 AND PAGE 19.
00:21:34 Graham, Lindsey RIGHT, BUT THAT'S MY POINT. YOU AGREE IF IT DID HAPPEN IT WAS NEVER AUTHORIZED BY YOU OR SECRETARY RUMSFELD?
00:21:40 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
00:21:41 Graham, Lindsey FAIR ENOUGH. NOW, THESE TECHNIQUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE APPROVED IN DECEMBER AND LATER MODIFIED, THE SERE PROGRAM IN AN UNCANNY WAY WAS MIRRORED.
00:21:55 Haynes, William WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, SENATOR.
00:21:57 Graham, Lindsey WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE HAD TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE A LIST OF THESE ARE THE THREE CATEGORIES, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS. SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE HAD TO WRITE THIS STUFF DOWN. WHO WAS THAT SOMEBODY? AND WHERE DID THEY GET THIS INFORMATION FROM?
00:22:14 Haynes, William WELL, I THINK THE LAST PANEL TALKED TO THAT. AND I WOULD JUST REFER YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED CLOSER TO GUANTANIMO THAN I WAS. I'D ALSO SAY -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN POINT ME TO SOMETHING ELSE. I'VE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER CATEGORIZATION, LIKE CAME FROM GUANTANIMO, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WITH THOSE PARTICULAR GROUPINGS. THERE WERE A COUPLE, AS I RECALL, A COUPLE OF ITEMIZATIONS THAT FALL IN SOME CATEGORIES.
00:22:56 Graham, Lindsey WHO MADE UP THE LIST?
00:22:57 Haynes, William I DON'T HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHO MADE UP THE LIST. COLONEL BEAVER TESTIFIED TO HOW
00:23:03 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
00:23:06 Haynes, William I THINK THERE'S ALSO, IF I MAY, SENATOR, SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT I CAN REFER YOU TO THE DATE STAMP. THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR LIST. AND THE STAMP NUMBERS ARE 008771 AND 00879.
00:23:42 Graham, Lindsey I KNOW MY TIMES, BUT THIS LIST THAT YOUR CLIENT CAME UP WITH, SOMEBODY APPROVED. SECRETARY RUMSFELD?
00:23:52 Haynes, William SECRETARY RUMSFELD APPROVED A SUBSET PROPOSED BY GENERAL HILL.
00:23:54 Graham, Lindsey AND YOU HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THAT LIST?
00:23:56 Haynes, William OH, YES, SIR.
00:24:01 Graham, Lindsey OKAY, THANK YOU.
00:24:06 Levin, Carl THANK YOU.
00:24:08 McCaskill, Claire YOU'VE JUST SAID MR. HAYNES, YOU WERE THE SENIOR LAWYER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE? CORRECT?
00:24:17 Haynes, William YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT.
00:24:18 McCaskill, Claire AND SO YOU HAD THAT LOT OF LAWYERS UNDER YOU?
00:24:23 Haynes, William I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY, THERE ARE OVER 10,000 LAWYERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
00:24:28 McCaskill, Claire YOU KNOW A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THAT WOULD HAVE SHOCKED ME. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME TODAY. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD THING. YOU HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS REQUEST FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, YOU'VE RECEIVED LEGAL INPUT ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO YOU PRESENTING THIS DOCUMENT FOR APPROVAL BY SECRETARY RUMSFELD, CORRECT? YOU HAD RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE VARIOUS LAWYERS IN THE SERVICES AND OTHER LAWYERS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE? YOU HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A NUMBER OF LAWYERS THAT WERE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TECHNIQUES, LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TECHNIQUES.
00:25:11 Haynes, William WELL, LET ME TRY TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. THIS IS AGAIN, SIX YEARS AGO, SO MY MEMORY'S NOT PERFECT. BUT I DO NOT RECALL SEEING THE MEMORANDA THAT I THINK WERE REFERENCED IN THE EARLIER PANEL'S TESTIMONY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT HOW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WOULD QUESTION TERRORISTS. THAT CONCERN WAS PRESENT FROM THE MOMENT THE WAR BEGAN. AND IT REMAINS A VERY INTERESTING AND DIFFICULT ISSUE. AND IT TENDS TO BE FUELLED BY TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES. IT TENDS TO BE FUELLED ON THE ONE HAND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT-MINDED PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH, INTELLIGENT, WITH GREAT INTENTIONS WHO COME AT A PROBLEM WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT MIND. AND FROM THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE, PEOPLE INTEREST IN THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE DURING THE CONDUCT OF WARFARE WHO ARE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT PRESERVING A RECORD FOR ULTIMATE CRIMINAL TRIAL.
00:26:31 McCaskill, Claire I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND I HAVE TO GO PRESIDE. I APOLOGIZE IF I APPEAR TO BE RUDE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU HAVE RELIED ON THE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL BEAVER, IS THAT CORRECT?
00:26:48 Haynes, William I READ HER OPINION AND I MADE MY OWN DECISION BASED ON MY OWN ANALYSIS, WHICH WOULD HAVE INCLUDED CONSIDERING HER MEMORANDUM.
00:26:59 McCaskill, Claire DO YOU HAVE ANY THAT YOU PREPARED THAT WOULD HAVE AUGMENTED HER OPINION?
00:27:04 Haynes, William MINE OPINION IS REFLECTED IN THE MEMO YOU HAVE.
00:27:08 McCaskill, Claire THE ONE-PAGE MEMORANDUM THAT DOES NOT CITE ANY LEGAL PRECEDENT WHATSOEVER. IN FACT, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ANY LEGAL PRECEDENT OR GENEVA OR OUR CONSTITUTION OR OUR LAWS?
00:27:19 Haynes, William THAT'S CORRECT.
00:27:20 McCaskill, Claire IS THERE ANY LEGAL DOCUMENT YOU CAN REFER TO TODAY OTHER THAN THE MEMO WRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL BEAVER?
00:27:27 Haynes, William WELL, THERE WAS THE PACKAGE THAT CAME UP WITH IT.
00:27:30 McCaskill, Claire WAIT, WAIT, THERE WAS NO LEGAL OPINION IN THAT PACKAGE OTHER THAN HER LEGAL OPINION. WAS THERE ANY OTHER LEGAL OPINION YOU RELIED ON OF THOSE 10,000 LAWYERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE? WAS THERE ANY LEGAL OPINION WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION, WRITTEN ANALYSIS THAT LAWYERS DO BASED ON LAW AND PRECEDENT THAT YOU RELIED ON OTHER THAN LIEUTENANT COLONEL BEAVER'S OPINION?
00:27:54 Haynes, William I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, SENATOR. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WORKS. D.O.D. HAS 2 1/2 MILLION EMPLOYEES, WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS, AND I WAS THE CHIEF OF LEGAL OFFICER OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. WHEN I WOULD PUT MY INITIALS ON A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PASSING ON ITS WAY TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THAT WAS AN INDICATION THAT I HAD REVIEWED IT AND I FOUND IT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME, IT WASN'T MY PRACTICE. IN FACT, THAT MEMORANDUM THAT YOU HAVE IS ONE OF THE LONGER REFLECTIONS OF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE PERSONALLY. I TYPED THAT MEMO MYSELF.
00:28:36 McCaskill, Claire OKAY.
00:28:37 Haynes, William IF I MAY, SENATOR, THE PACKAGE IS IMPORTANT. BECAUSE IT REFLECTS NOT ONLY WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHO'S EMPOWERED, BUT ALSO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATTERN AND PRACTICE AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND JUDGMENT EMPLOYED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT. THE SECRETARY HAS LESS TIME THAN THE GENERAL COUNSEL DOES. SAME THING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, HE DOESN'T WRITE LONG MEMORANDUMS, HE INITIALS THINGS. THE FACT THERE'S NOT A DETAILED MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL.
00:29:19 McCaskill, Claire I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS. I AM JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHETHER OR NOT THE LEGAL ANALYSIS THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PERFORMING AS YOUR JOB, WHETHER YOU RELIED. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAWYERS THAT WERE EXPERTS IN MILITARY LAW THAT HAVE BEEN SAYING RED LIGHT, RED LIGHT, PROBLEM, THE ONLY ANALYSIS I CAN FIND IN ALL OF THE MATERIAL I'VE REVIEWED AND I'VE REVIEWED A LOT THAT LEGALLY TRY TO LAY DOWN A PREMISE SUPPORTING THIS WAS LIEUTENANT COLONEL BEAVER'S ANALYSIS. AND I AM TRYING TO GET YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WAS, IN FACT, WHAT YOU USED.
00:29:57 Haynes, William THERE WAS THAT, THE COMMANDER OF JOINT TASK FORCES, 170 AT THE TIME WHO EXPRESSED HIS OPINION. HE DIDN'T WRITE HIS OPINION AS --
00:30:08 McCaskill, Claire I THINK HE REFERRED TO HER OPINION, DIDN'T HE?
00:30:11 Haynes, William YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
00:30:13 McCaskill, Claire I THINK WHAT HE SAID IN HIS WAS I'M RELYING ON LIEUTENANT COLONEL BEAVER'S OPINION.
00:30:17 Haynes, William MAY I FINISH?
00:30:18 McCaskill, Claire YES, YOU MAY.
00:30:19 Haynes, William I BELIEVE HE ALSO SAID I THINK THESE ARE LEGAL. GENERAL HILL MADE A SIMILAR ASSERTION. HE MADE THE ASSERTION, AS I RECALL THAT HE BELIEVED ALL OF CATEGORY ONE AND CATEGORY TWO WERE LEGAL AND HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CATEGORY THREE. SO THOSE THREE LAYERS COMING UP TOGETHER WITH MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PACKAGE, MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MY STAFF AND CAPTAIN DALTON AND HER STAFF TO THE EXTENT THIS WAS ONE. LED ME TO MAKE THE CONCLUSION
00:30:55 McCaskill, Claire OKAY. . AND I DON'T BELIEVE GENERAL HILL IS A LAWYER, IS HE?
00:31:02 Haynes, William NO.
00:31:03 McCaskill, Claire AND I DON'T BELIEVE MAJOR DUNLEAVY IS A LAWYER, IS HE?
00:31:08 Haynes, William HE'S A JUDGE. AND GENERAL HILL HAS A LAWYER. HAD A LAWYER. HE WAS THE COMMANDER. HE HAD A LEGAL STAFF, A STAFF -- AND HE WROTE THE MEMORANDUM AS IS REFLECTED IN YOUR FILES. AND YOU CAN READ IT. BUT I HEARD THE EKE CHANGE ON THE EARLIER PANEL ABOUT --
00:31:33 McCaskill, Claire I IMMUNITY.
00:31:35 Haynes, William NO, THE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE STAFF, WHICH WAS NEWS TO ME.
00:31:38 McCaskill, Claire OKAY. A MINUTE AGO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TWO APPROACHES. AND YOU SAID THERE'S THE PEOPLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN THERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A TIME OF WAR AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET INTELLIGENCE. YOU KNOW THE IDEA OF GETTING INTELLIGENCE IS GETTING RELIABLE INFORMATION. AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE MOST EXPERIENCED PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY AT GETTING RELIABLE INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO HARM OTHER PEOPLE ARE, IN FACT, LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
00:32:12 Haynes, William SENATOR --
00:32:16 McCaskill, Claire THEY UNDERSTAND INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, MUCH BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR PROFESSION EMBRACES IS INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES. AND I CAN ENSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF TOUGH, TOUGH INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CRIMINAL INTERROGATION WITHIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAME BWORK OF OUR COUNTRY, BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAVE TO GET REALLY SOLID GOOD INFORMATION IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DYING, IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM BEING HURT ON A CONSTANT ONGOING BASIS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THERE SHOULD BE TWO SETS OF LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. IF THE GOAL IS TO GET GOOD INFORMATION, WHY THERE WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES.
00:32:58 Haynes, William IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSITION WITH A LOT OF PIECES. LET ME TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. FIRST, LET ME TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ONLY THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THEY'RE SKILLED, PROFESSIONAL, WELL-INTENTIONED PEOPLE WHO DO GREAT WORK IN A PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT. AND OH, BY THE WAY, THERE WERE LOTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE AT GUANTANIMO WHO WERE EQUALLY FRUSTRATED, INCLUDING THE FBI. SO I DON'T MEAN FOR A MINUTE IN TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THE COUNTRY FACED AT THE TIME AND STILL FACES FRANKLY. AS FAVORING ONE OVER ANOTHER. I'M JUST DESCRIBING THE EXISTENCE OF A SET OF CONFLICTING PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES THAT ARE FUELLED BY VERY DIFFERENT PURPOSES. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY TO BE SURE, AS YOU SAY, IS THERE TO PROTECT US. THERE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS AND TO PROTECT US AND ULTIMATELY TO DEVELOP A RECORD TO PROSECUTE AND PUNISH WRONG-DOERS. BECAUSE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM AND OUR FANTASTIC SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN OUR COUNTRY, WE HAVE A VERY GENEROUS SET OF PROCEDURAL UNDERPINNINGS THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY HAS TO BE MINDFUL OF IN THE WAY IT INTERROGATES PEOPLE.
00:34:21 McCaskill, Claire I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, SIR, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT WORKS. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S EFFECTIVE. I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU GET GOOD INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SENATE, IN THIS ROOM, IN OTHER ROOMS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THIS CAPITAL IS NOT -- IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF LEGAL ANALYSIS.
00:34:42 Haynes, William I AGREE --
00:34:44 McCaskill, Claire PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, IF YOU'RE TORTURING THEM. IT'S NOT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET INFORMATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO PRESIDE, BUT MY TIME IS UP.
00:35:00 McCaskill, Claire BUT SENATOR, I NEED TO RESPOND THAT. NOBODY HAS ADVOCATED TORTURE, PERIOD. I DON'T ADVOCATE TORTURE. I DON'T QUESTION YOUR APPRECIATION THAT EFFECTIVE INTERROGATION IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER. I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M NOT AN INTERROGATOR. I'M NOT AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, I'M NOT AN FBI PERSON, I'M A LAWYER. AND MY JOB IN THIS EXERCISE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET INTO AT THIS POINT IS WHAT DOES THE LAW PERMIT AND PROHIBIT? AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE TWO CON TLIKTING APPROACHES FROM THE EXPERTS OF WHICH I AM NOT. IN APPRECIATING HOW I CAN RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, DID I KNOW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE APPROACHES? ABSOLUTELY. AND I BELIEVE AND BELIEVED AT THE TIME THAT IT SPRANG FROM THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I SAW IT REPEATEDLY AND I SEE IT NOW. AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERROGATION APPROACHES IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT. BUT MANY -- IN MY EXPERIENCE AS AN OBSERVER, A RELUCTANT OBSERVER OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS OF GENERAL COUNSEL DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS I HAD NO IDEA I WAS GOING TO GET INTO WHEN I TOOK THE JOB IS THAT IT IS CASE BY CASE, PERSON BY PERSON, SITUATION BY SITUATION, AND TYPE OF INFORMATION BY TYPE OF INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IS THE BEST AND WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE APPROACH.
00:36:36 Levin, Carl THANK YOU, SENATOR.
00:36:42 Inhofe, James THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
00:36:44 Inhofe, James THERE WE GO, GOT IT WORK. MR. HAYNES, HOW ARE YOU? HI, APPRECIATE YOU'RE BEING HERE TODAY. IF WE COULD ALL REMEMBER RIGHT AFTER 9/11, EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING ELSE TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION NOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PLANS OUT THERE THAT WERE SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO STOP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE FT. DIX PLOT, THE JFK AIRPORT PLOT, AND THE MEDIA HAD QUITE A FEW THINGS FROM THE WASHINGTON POST, DIRTY BOMB TERRORIST PLOT. A YEAR AFTER, THIS WAS IN THE L.A. TIMES BY JOSH MYER, SIGNALS HIGH RISK ON NEW ATTACKS, TERRORISM ALERTS AND ALL OF THAT. I WOULD ASSUME THAT A NUMBER OF THINGS LED TO AND PROMPTED THE USE OF NEW TECHNIQUES. I ASSUME THAT'S A PART OF WHAT LED TO THE NEW TECHNIQUES. WILL YOU KIND OF TELL US, HOW DOES D.O.D. CHANGE TECHNIQUES? AND WHERE DO THE NEW TECHNIQUES COME FROM?
00:37:50 Haynes, William I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT, SENATOR, BUT LET ME RESPOND TO YOUR OPENING. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THE CONTEXT IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU'VE LISTED A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT, FRANKLY, BUT THE TIME THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY CAME UP, THE FALL OF 2002, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAD DISCOVERED MONTH AFTER HE HAD ARRIVED THAT A PERSONAL PERSON WAS LIKELY THE 20th HI-JACKER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PILOT ON THE PLANE THAT WENT DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOW IN THE FALL OF 2002, WE HAD JUST PAST THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11. AND OUR INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE TELL US THAT ANNIVERSARY DATES ARE IMPORTANT TO AL QAEDA. THE BOMBINGS, WHICH KILLED HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 12th, 2002, THE D.C. SNIPERS, WHICH TERRORIZED THIS CITY HAD JUST BEEN CAPTURED, AND PEOPLE WEREN'T CERTAIN WHERE THEY WERE FROM, WHETHER THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTERNAL THREAT OR WHETHER THEY WERE WHAT THEY TURNED OUT TO BE. THE ANTHRAX CASES OF A YEAR EARLIER HAD STILL NOT BEEN SOLVED. ISSUED A VIDEO THREAT ON OCTOBER 8th, 2002 SAYING, QUOTE, GOD WILLING, WE WILL CONTINUE TARGETING THE KEYS TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. IN EARLY IN THE SUMMER OF 2002, THERE WERE DEADLY ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN AND TY NEARBY YA, THERE WAS A CAPTURE EARLIER THAT YEAR OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A DIRTY BOMB PLOT AND PLENTY OF OTHER CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THAT THE PERSON WHO CAME INTO ORLANDO AIRPORT IN AUGUST OF 2001, A MONTH BEFORE 9/11 TO BE MET BY MUHAMMAD -- THE PILOT -- THE RING LEADER OF 9/11 ATTACKS AND HAD BEEN TURNED AWAY, WHETHER HE HAD A COMPANION ON THAT PLANE, BECAUSE OTHERS HAD COME INTO THE COUNTRY IN PAIRS. AND THERE WERE PEOPLE ROAMING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WHETHER HE HAD INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PLOTS. SO THERE WAS A HIGH DEGREE OF URGENCY TO DEAL WITH THIS. NOW YOUR QUESTION, HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH OTHER INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES? AGAIN, I WOULD REFER IN THIS CASE TO THE PREVIOUS PANEL THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT AND TO THE DATE STAMP DOCUMENTS I TOLD YOU ABOUT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE, SENATOR, IS THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS, NOR DID THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. FOR ALQATANI HIMSELF --
00:40:51 Inhofe, James WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING HERE THAT NO ONE HAD DEALT WITH BEFORE. THIS WAS NEW TO US. NOW ON THE RESISTANCE PORTION OF THE SERE PROGRAM, DO OTHER COUNTRIES TRAIN THEIR PEOPLE? WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL, GREAT BRITAIN, AND SOME OF THE OTHERS? DO THEY HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE OF PROGRAM?
00:41:13 Haynes, William SENATOR, I SUSPECT THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY'RE SOPHISTICATED -- THEY HAVE SOPHISTICATED MILITARIES. BUT I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT.
00:41:21 Inhofe, James ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE MANCHESTER DOCUMENT FOUND IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND?
00:41:25 Haynes, William I AM. I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S WIDELY REPORTED AND AVAILABLE. AND IT TALKS ABOUT AMONG OTHER THINGS TRAINING FOR AL QAEDA'S MEMBERS WHO MAY BE CAPTURED, HOW TO RESIST INTERROGATION, AND WHAT THINGS THEY SHOULD CLAIM, SUCH AS TORTURE, WHENEVER THEY'RE CAPTURED CLAIM THEY'RE TORTURED.
00:41:49 Inhofe, James HOW DOES AN INTERROGATOR -- I WONDER HOW AN INTERROGATOR DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT RESISTANCE TECHNIQUES ARE BEING USED BY A DETAINEE.
00:42:01 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW.
00:42:02 Inhofe, James OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
00:42:03 Haynes, William I ASSUME THEY DON'T TALK FOR ONE THING.
00:42:08 Inhofe, James OKAY.
00:42:10 Inhofe, James IN A FRONT LINE INTERVIEW WITH MARK JACOBSON, YOU ANSWERED SEVERAL PROBING QUESTIONS THAT -- ABOUT THE FIELD MANUAL 3452 AND THE NEW TECHNIQUES THAT SECRETARY RUMSFELD APPROVED. DID YOU AGREE WITH ALL OF THE NEW TECHNIQUES APPROVED BY SECRETARY RUMSFELD, I THINK IN DECEMBER OF '02?
00:42:31 Haynes, William OH, YES, SIR. THE ONES THAT HE APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF '02, I DID AGREE WITH.
00:42:40 Inhofe, James YOU TALK ABOUT TIERS AND PERCENTAGES RELATED TO THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND DETAINEES THEY WERE USED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH OF THESE TIERS AND WHAT PERCENTAGES OF DETAINEES THEY WERE USED AGAINST THAT RESULTED FROM THE 2002 MEMO?
00:42:59 Haynes, William SENATOR, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING --
00:43:02 Inhofe, James OKAY, TALKING ABOUT THE TIERS AND THE PERCENTAGES OF DETAINEES THAT HAD USED THE -- LET ME REPHRASE THAT, WHAT RULES AND REGULATIONS OF GUIDANCE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO THE USE OF THESE TECHNIQUES AT THAT TIME?
00:43:21 Haynes, William WELL, THE -- I BELIEVE BEFORE THE SECRETARY APPROVED THE TECHNIQUES LISTED IN THAT PROPOSAL FROM SOUTHERN COMMAND, I BELIEVE WHAT THE COMMAND WAS USING WAS EXISTING DOCTRINE, WHICH WAS THE OLD ARMY FIELD MANUAL AND THEN WHATEVER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT USED.
00:43:42 Inhofe, James WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES. ARE YOU -- WERE THESE EVER USED TO GET -- AT GITMO OR DO YOU KNOW?
00:43:54 Haynes, William IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PROPOSAL FROM GUANTANIMO IN THE FALL OF 2002, THERE WERE I BELIEVE FOUR CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY. AND I'M TOLD THAT WAS NOT USED AT ALL. SO IF THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO DO, NONE OF THE CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.
00:44:17 Inhofe, James MR. HAYNES, LET ME TELL YOU, ONE OF CONCERNS I HAVE AND SEVERAL OF US HAVE ABOUT THE HEARINGS WE'VE HAD ARE HOW THEY CAN BE USED POLITICALLY. I SAW A ONE-HOUR SUPPOSEDLY DOCUMENTARY. I UNDERSTAND THIS DOCUMENTARY'S GOING TO BE SHOWN SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. IT WAS CALLED "TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE." YOU WATCH THIS FOR AN HOUR, GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY WAS ENCOURAGING TORTURE, THAT OUR TROOPS -- IT'S A REAL SLAM AT THEM, ARE USING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS. I REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY THE LAST SCENE OF THIS MOVIE WAS SOMEONE BEING HUNG UP BY HIS ARMS, THE SHIRT OFF, BEING STABBED WITH ELECTRIC PROBES AND SCREAMING AND ALL OF THAT. THAT WAS JUST A HOLLYWOOD -- JUST LIKE A RAMBO MOVIE. A LOT OF US ARE VERY MUCH CONCERNED THERE IS A LOT OF POLITICAL USE OF THIS THAT I DON'T THINK IS VERY APPROPRIATE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU COMMENT ON THE ABUSES AT ABU GHRAIB. WAS THIS SORT OF THING HAPPENING EVERYWHERE SO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? AND IF-IN YOUR FORMER CAPACITY, WERE THE TECHNIQUES THAT WERE USED ABU GHRAIB IN ANY WAY ENCOURAGED, APPROVED, ENDORSED BY SECRETARY RUMSFELD OR ANYONE ELSE IN D.O.D.? TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE?
00:45:46 Haynes, William WELL, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THAT. FIRST OFF, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, THEY WERE NOT ENDORSED OR APPROVED OR EVEN REVIEWED BY ANYONE ABOVE THE CENTRAL COMMAND LEVEL. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT ABU GHRAIB IS THE ABUSES THAT OCCURRED THAT WERE NOT INTERROGATION AT ALL. AND I SHOULD ADD THAT THESE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED TO A DEGREE PROBABLY GREATER THAN ANY OTHER INCIDENT IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HISTORY. SO THERE A LOT OF DATA ABOUT WHAT DID HAPPEN AND WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT'S CONSISTENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SO WIDELY BROADCAST IN 2003 AND EVEN TO THIS DAY REFLECT NOTHING THAT WAS APPROVED INTERROGATION. IT WAS JUST FLAT OUT ABUSE BY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT BEING SUPERVISED.
00:46:47 Inhofe, James THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S MY FEELINGS EXACTLY. BUT I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT PRIOR TO THE TIME WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST HEARING ON ABU GHRAIB, THE ARMY HAD STARTED CONDUCTING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION, TAKEN SOME STEPS TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, THAT WAS MY MEMORY.
00:47:06 Haynes, William THANK YOU, SENATOR.
00:47:10 Levin, Carl THANK YOU, SENATOR.
00:47:12 Reed, Jack THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. HAYNES, YOU WERE AWARE OF THE MEMORANDUM PREPARED BY THE SERVICE BRANCHS, WHICH EXPRESSED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE TECHNIQUES?
00:47:29 Haynes, William WELL, SENATOR, YOU'RE REFERRING TO --
00:47:32 Reed, Jack MEMORANDUMS THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
00:47:36 Haynes, William WELL, LET ME IF I MAY TRY TO GET SOME CLARITY. YOU'RE REFERRING TO A GROUP OF MEMORANDA THAT I DO NOT RECALL SEEING AT THE TIME. I BELIEVE I WAS SHOWN A COUPLE OF THEM WHEN I APPEARED BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE IN A CLOSE SESSION ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I RECALL SEEING THOSE MEMORANDA. BUT AS I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE TO YOU, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO WALK AWAY FROM MY STATEMENT ABOUT THAT TO SUGGEST THAT I DON'T OR DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SHOULD INTERROGATE PRISONERS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS YOU PROBABLY MISSED IT, BUT WE HAD A LONG EXCHANGE ABOUT THIS CHRONIC DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO INTERROGATE.
00:48:29 Reed, Jack WELL, I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CHRONIC DEBATE. BUT THE SENIOR COUNSEL FOR THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SERVICES TO COMMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC REM RAN DUMB THAT COLONEL BEAVER PREPARED, THAT WAS THE SUBSTANCE, THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR RECORD THAT THEY PREPARED WRITTEN STATEMENTS EXPRESSING SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT ALL THESE TECHNIQUES. AND THIS IS THE OPINION OF AT LEAST FOUR UNIFORMED OFFICERS AND SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO SPENT THEIR CAREERS IN THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES, BOTH AS LAWYERS AND AS MILITARY PERSONNEL. AND YOU WERE AWARE OF THOSE, BUT YOU WEREN'T CURIOUS ENOUGH TO ASK FOR THEM TO READ?
00:49:19 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW THAT I WAS WORRIED ENOUGH.
00:49:21 Reed, Jack YOU WERE EITHER WORRIED OR YOU WERE NOT.
00:49:24 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL BEING AWARE OF ANY PARTICULAR MEMORANDA. NOW, LET ME --
00:49:31 Reed, Jack SO YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A JUDGMENT ABOUT A VERY SOPHISTICATED JUDGMENT ABOUT THE GENEVA CONVENTION, LAW OF TORTURE, UCMJ, AND YOU'RE AWARE OF A DEBATE GOING ON WITHIN THE SERVICES, WHICH EXPRESSED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. BUT YOU HAVE NO -- FORGET LEGAL OBLIGATION, NO INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY TO ASK WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
00:49:54 Haynes, William I'VE GOT LOTS OF CURIOSITY, AND I TAKE MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TOOK MY RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. ABSOLUTELY, THERE WERE A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED. VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, INCOLLUDING THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY AND THE URGENCY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO WE KNEW --
00:50:21 Reed, Jack NO, NO.
00:50:24 Haynes, William WHO WE KNEW WAS A HI-JACKER ON THE 20th PLANE. WHO CONTINUED TO CLAIM HE WAS A FALCONTER.
00:50:35 Reed, Jack HIS RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED MANY OF THE THINGS YOU REFER TO. THE OVERALL DANGER OF THE COUNTRY, IN FACT, YOU COULD VERY CERTAINLY HAD GIVEN HIM AN OPINION IN YOUR VIEW THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN MATTERS WHICH WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT. HE COULD HAVE OVERRULED YOU. LET'S JUST STICK TO THAT. AND THE OTHER FACTOR HERE IS WHERE IN YOUR MEMORANDUM IS THERE A REFERENCE TO THIS IS RESTRICTED TO THE THIS CASE ONLY?
00:51:03 Haynes, William WELL, YOU CAN READ MY MEMORANDUM?
00:51:05 Reed, Jack I DID, ASK THERE WAS NO SUCH REFERENCE. CATEGORY ONE AND CATEGORY TWO ARE GIVEN A BLANKET APPROVAL. THE ONLY RESERVATION IN CATEGORY THREE IS NOT THAT IT'S ILLEGAL, YOU CLAIM THEY'RE ALL LEGAL, IT'S A MATTER OF POLICY WE WON'T DO A BLANKET. THERE'S NOTHING HERE REFERENCING. AND YOU'RE CONTINUALLY REFERENCING THAT THE ONLY THING YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS QUATANI. BY THE WAY, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I THINK YOUR MEMORANDUM WOULD SAY IN THE CASE OF -- THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
00:51:42 Haynes, William THAT WAS THE CATALYST AND THE PURPOSE.
00:51:44 Reed, Jack BUT THAT'S NOT THE OPINION --
00:51:47 Haynes, William WELL, SENATOR, WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS IN A VACUUM. AND YOU MISSED MY EXCHANGE.
00:51:53 Reed, Jack EXCUSE ME, MR. HAYNES, I THINK YOU DID IT IN A VACUUM. EWE KNEW THERE WAS A DEBATE GOING ON IN THE MILITARY LEGAL OFFICE, YET YOU DID NOT ASK FOR THEIR WRITTEN MEMORANDUM? IN FACT, UNDER DALTON'S TESTIMONY, YOU COMMUNICATED THROUGH GENERAL MYERS THAT SHE SHOULD CEASE HER FORMAL ANALYSIS IN RESPONSE TO THESE CONCERNS. IS THAT ACCURATE?
00:52:18 Haynes, William WELL, I HAVE THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR ADMIRAL DALTON AND I'M SURE WHATEVER SHE SAID IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF HER RECOLLECTION. I DON'T HAVE PERFECT RECOLLECTION OF THAT TIME, BUT I ACCEPT HER WORD.
00:52:31 Haynes, William LET ME FINISH, SENATOR, YOU SAID I ACTED IN A VACUUM, THAT IS NOT TRUE. I LOOKED AT THIS HARD, THERE WAS A -- YOU KNOW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE A WEST POINT GRADUATE, AND I HAVE THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR YOU, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THAT PLACE WORKS. THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DECISIONS MADE EVERY DAY. THIS WAS ONE. WAS ONENE THAT CAME IHE COCONTEXT I DESCRED A A MOMEN AGO THTH AN EXTRAORDINARY DEGREE OF URGENCY. MY BOS OF THEECECRETARY OF DEFEEE NEEDED A RECOMMENDATION. ITADAD BEEN SITTING IN THE HEADQUARRSRS FOR A MONTH. WHEN HEHE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SAID I NEED A RECOMMENDATION TO HIS SENIOR, TO HIS SENIOR ADVISORS. ME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF POLICIES AND OTHERS WHO MET WITH HIM EVERY DAY. I NEED A RECOMMENDATION. I TOOK IT, I LOOKED AT IT, I LOOKED AT THE PACKAGE, LOOK ADD THE THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I MADE A LEGAL JUDGMENT. I RENDERED MY --
00:53:49 Reed, Jack IT DOESN'T REMIND YOU OF WHETHER OR NOT IF YOU TOLD FORMAL ANALYSIS?
00:53:53 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT SENATOR, LET ME SAY, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME EVEN IN THIS REMOTE TIME. THERE ARE 10,000 LAWYERS IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. THERE HAS BEEN A PORTRAYAL OF THIS EVENT IN THE PRESS AND IN TODAY'S HEARINGS BY SOME PEOPLE AS IF THE MILITARY LAWYERS ALL OBJECTED AND THE CIVILIANS OR SOMEBODY JUST IGNORED THEM. THERE WERE MILITARY LAWYERS WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO ADVISE THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND, THE COMMANDER OF GITMO, SOUTHERN COMMAND, THE CHAIRMANS LAWYER AND ME FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. THE TESTIMONY EARLIER MENTIONED THE CENTRAL OR THE SOUTHERN COMMAND LAWYER WAS PERHAPS NOT AS INVOLVED AS ME MIGHT HAVE BEEN. BUT THE OTHER THREE PEOPLE IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO ADVISE THOSE LEADERS LOOKED AT IT CAREFULLY, LOOKED AT IT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS A LAW THAT WAS APPLICABLE AT THE TIME. MY JOB IS NOT JUST TO SAY NO, BUT TO SAY WHERE IS THE AREA OF DISCRETION AVAILABLE TO THE CLIENT? AND IN THIS CASE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. AND THAT WAS MY DETERMINATION AND I STANDBY IT.
00:55:13 Reed, Jack WHAT DID YOU RELY UPON? WHAT LEGAL ANALYSIS SPECIFICALLY? NOT JUST THINKING --
00:55:19 Haynes, William WELL, I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, WE BELIEVED UNDER THE CASE DID NOT APPLY AT GUANTANIMO. THE PRESIDENT HAD ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE GEE NEVA CONVENTIONS DID NOT APPLY TO THE AL QAEDA DETAINEES, THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE WOULD APPLY, BUT IT'S NOT A NONSELF-EXECUTING TREATY. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT WAS THE STATUTE PASSED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SIGNED BE THE PRESIDENT. SO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST TORTURE IN THAT STATUTE APPLIED. AND THE ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE PROHIBITING OR IMPOSING ON THE UNITED STATES AND UNDERTAKING TO PROHIBIT CRUEL AND INTEGRATING TREATMENT WAS APPLICABLE. THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO TREAT DETAINEES HUMANELY WAS A RESTRICTION. AND IN THE APPLICATION OF -- AND THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO SOME DEGREE WOULD APPLY, AS WELL. AND THE APPLICATION OF THOSE STRICTURES UNDER THE OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT ALL OF THE DECISION MAKERS AND ADVISORS UNDERSTOOD TO BE APPLICABLE LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE SECRETARY HAD THE DISCRETION TO AUTHORIZE THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE RECOMMENDED.
00:56:40 Reed, Jack IF THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE APPLIES, DO YOU AGREE WITH COLONEL BEAVER'S ANALYSIS THAT IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 128 TO ENGAGE IN THE POKING AND LIGHT PUSHING?
00:56:54 Haynes, William I DID NOT THINK SO.
00:56:57 Reed, Jack DID YOU MAKE THAT -- ANY CLARIFICATION WHY SHE DIDN'T AGREE?
00:57:01 Haynes, William WELL, I DIDN'T WRITE A MEMORANDUM TO THAT EFFECT?
00:57:05 Reed, Jack DID YOU WRITE ANY?
00:57:06 Haynes, William THAT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY MORE EXPANSIVE THAN THE GENERAL COUNSEL THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USUALLY DOES IN DECISIONMAKING.
00:57:21 Reed, Jack HOW DID YOU COMMUNICATE THIS DECISION TO GUANTANIMO? DID YOU SEND THEM A COPY?
00:57:26 Haynes, William I DID NOT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO NOTE, SENATOR, I'M SURE YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS. AS THE LAWYER, I WAS NOT THE DECISION-MAKER, I WAS AN ADVISOR. BASED IN PART OF MY ADD VIGS AS WELL AS THE JOINT CHIEF'S ADVICE. AND THE NORMAL TRANSMITTAL OF A DECISION OF THAT NATURE WOULD BE THROUGH THE JOINT STAFF. AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S HOW IT WAS --
00:57:51 Reed, Jack SO ONCE THIS SECRETARY SIGNED OFF AND YOU HAD NO FOLLOW-UP ON THIS AT ALL? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS COMMUNICATED?
00:57:59 Haynes, William WELL, I WOULD THINK IT WAS COMMUNICATED IN THE NORMAL FASHION.
00:58:03 Reed, Jack WAS THIS MEMORANDUM SENT DOWN?
00:58:08 Haynes, William SENATOR, I DON'T KNOW --
00:58:12 Reed, Jack ADMIRAL DALTON WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS SO SAY THAT HER RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS. CAN YOU POINT TO THE CONDITIONS -- HOW WILL THESE COMMUNICATIONS?
00:58:27 Haynes, William THEY'RE NOT IN MY MEM MOE. BUT AS I TOLD YOU, MOST DECISION DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD GO TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE I WOULDN'T WRITE NOR WOULD MOST OF THE OTHER STAFF PEOPLE WHO WOULD SIGN ON A BLOCK. WOULD NOT WRITE EXTENSIVE.
00:58:45 Reed, Jack IF THOSE CONDITIONS WERE CENTRAL TO THE LEGALITY OF YOUR ADVICE, WOULDN'T YOU HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE SECRETARY AWARE OF THEM? DID YOU TELL THE SECRETARY HOW DIFFICULT AND CLOSE A CALL THIS WAS? AND HOW THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE CONCLUSIONS BY SUE BOARD SUBORDINATES AND IF YOU FOLLOW ADMIRAL DALTON'S LOGIC, THAT HIS CONCURRENCE WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS HE MUST ALSO APPROVE OR AT LEAST BE AWARE OF?
00:59:18 Haynes, William WELL, SENATOR, YOU'RE ASSUMING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SO. YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT THERE WERE NO UNDERSTOOD CONDITIONS.
00:59:27 Reed, Jack BY WHOM?
00:59:29 Haynes, William BY EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE BY THE PROPOSAL AND HOW IT WOULD BE APPLIED, ALL UNDERSTOOD, WHAT WAS MEANT BY THE PROPOSAL. CAPTAIN DALTON TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THAT IN THE PANEL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE TO LISTEN TO IT.
00:59:47 Reed, Jack CAN YOU LIST THE CONDITIONS? COULD YOU LIST THE CONDITIONS THAT AN INTERROGATOR HAD TO FOLLOW?
00:59:53 Haynes, William COULD I LIST THEM?
00:59:54 Reed, Jack YES. THEY WERE CLEAR TO THE INTERROGATORS, CLEAR TO EVERYONE ELSE.
00:59:59 Haynes, William SENATOR, YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT MORE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS THAN I. IF YOU'D LET ME FINISH, I'D SAY YOU'VE GOT MORE DOCUMENTS THAN I'VE EVER HAD, AND YOU WILL IN THE DOCUMENTS YOU'VE GOT, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO MONITOR -- YOU'VE HAD TESTIMONY EARLIER THERE WERE INTERROGATION PLANS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DETAINEE WHO WAS TO BE INTERROGATED THAT WOULD INVOLVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW, HAD TO BE A LEGAL REVIEW, HAD TO BE SUBSTANTIAL COMMAND MONITORING. THERE WAS A STEP PROCESS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO STOP IF ANYTHING CAME UP. THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF
01:00:51 Reed, Jack WHERE IN THIS --
01:00:55 Haynes, William NOT TO MENTION, AS YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING AND THE QUALITY OF THE SOLDIERS THAT I THINK THESE QUESTIONS MALIGN.
01:01:03 Reed, Jack I OBJECT STRENUOUSLY TO THAT. YOU DID US A SERVICE TO THE SOLDIERS OF THIS NATION. YOU EMPOWERED THEM TO VIOLATE CONDITIONS THAT EVER SOLDIER RESPECTS. HERE'S WHAT SOLDIERS DO. YOU SAID THE GENEVA CONVENTION DOESN'T APPLY, AND WHAT DOES APPLY? AND THE ONLY THING YOU SENT THEM WAS THESE TECHNIQUES APPLY. NO CONDITIONS, NOTHING. SO DON'T GO AROUND WITH THIS ATTITUDE OF YOU'RE PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE MILITARY. YOU DEGRADED THE INTEGRITY OF THE MILITARY.
01:01:37 Haynes, William I OBJECT TO THAT AND DISAGREE WITH THAT, AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH ADVICE TO THE ENTIRE CABINET MADE THE DETERMINATION ABOUT THE APPLICABILITY OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS.
01:01:55 Sessions, Jeff THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU'VE SERVED YOUR COUNTRY IN THE UNIFORM. I KNOW YOUR SON IS ROTC NOW AND SEEKING TO BE A MILITARY OFFICER. I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT GETTING THIS MATTER RIGHT. BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU THIS QUESTION BECAUSE DESPITE WHAT THE ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE TODAY AND CRITICISMS AND SECOND GUESSINGS, I THINK THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT IT WAS INTENTIONALLY LEGALLY STUDIED ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND I BELIEVE MR. GOLDSMITH WHO THOUGHT THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WAS TOO AGGRESSIVE IN SOME OF THESE MATTERS AND AFTER HE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LEFT A BOOK AND I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU AGREE WITH HIM. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAD BEEN INDIFFERENT TO THESE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO LAW. DO YOU THINK YOU PAID SCRUPULOUS ATTENTION TO LAW AND TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT?
01:03:06 Haynes, William EVERY TIME I ACTED I UNDERSTOOD THE ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITIES OF MY JOB AND TRIED TO DO THAT.
01:03:12 Sessions, Jeff AND HE ALSO WROTE QUOTE MANY PEOPLE THINK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN INDIFFERENT THROUGH WARTIMES, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, BUT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN STRANGLED BY LAW AND SINCE SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, THIS LAW HAS BEEN LAWYERED TO DEATH, CLOSE QUOTE. IS THERE SOME TRUTH IN THAT?
01:03:35 Haynes, William I THINK SO.
01:03:37 Sessions, Jeff AND WITH REGARD TO THESE TECHNIQUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED. DID YOU SAY THAT MAJOR GENERAL TWO-STAR GENERAL DONNELLY THAT HEADED THE GUANTANIMO TASK FORCE WAS A JUDGE?
01:03:56 Haynes, William HE'S A JUDGE IN CIVILIAN LIFE.
01:03:59 Sessions, Jeff THIS IS A LAWYER AND A JUDGE. AND HE HAS THE ADVICE OF A JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL ATTORNEY ON HIS STAFF. AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THEY HAD A HIGH VALUED INDIVIDUAL THERE WHO CLAIMED TO BE A FALCONER WHO HAD MET WITH MOHAMMED -- WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN AFGHANISTAN. AND THEY -- THE NORMAL INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES HAD NOT WORKED AND THEY SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO DO ENHANCED TECHNIQUES, IS THAT RIGHT?
01:04:33 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
01:04:35 Sessions, Jeff AND THAT CAME UP THROUGH GENERAL HILL, AND HE'S THE SOUTH COM COMMANDER, A FOUR-STAR GENERAL.
01:04:42 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
01:04:44 Sessions, Jeff AND YOU EVALUATED THE CATEGORIES AND THE REQUESTED TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES. AND YOU HAD TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
01:04:53 Sessions, Jeff YOU WERE HIS LAWYER. YOU HAD TO RECOMMEND THAT.
01:04:55 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
01:04:57 Sessions, Jeff NOW, YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON YOUR PLATE AT THIS TIME TOO, DID YOU NOT?
01:05:01 Haynes, William I DID.
01:05:04 Sessions, Jeff BUT YOU EVALUATED, DID YOU? RUBBER STAMP, ASK YOU, OR DID YOU PAIR BACK IN ANY WAY? THE REQUESTS THEY HAD MADE?
01:05:13 Haynes, William I DID NOT RUBBER STAMP, INDEED I RECOMMENDED THAT ONLY A SUBSET OF THE REQUESTED TECHNIQUES BE APPLIED.
01:05:22 Sessions, Jeff YOU SAY A SUBSET, BUT YOU REJECTED THE CATEGORY FOR TECHNIQUES AND THE CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES. SO IT ALL -- I THINK ALL OF THEM. IS THAT CORRECT?
01:05:31 Haynes, William THERE WERE THREE CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES THAT I DIDN'T RECOMMEND BE USED.
01:05:39 Sessions, Jeff AND THAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? AND HE APPROVED THAT?
01:05:43 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
01:05:48 Sessions, Jeff NOW, AFTER THAT, IS IT NOT SO THAT OTHER JAG OFFICERS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? AND THE WISDOM OF SOME OF THESE TECHNIQUES IN A WORKING GROUP CAME TOGETHER?
01:05:59 Haynes, William WELL, SIR, THAT REQUIRES SOME EXPLANATION. AS I'VE SAID IN RESPONSE TO SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, THE DIFFICULTY OF THESE ISSUES NEVER ABATED. AND AFTER THE SECRETARY -- IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION LEADING UP TO THE ONE THAT THE SECRETARY MADE, AND THEN AFTER -- AFTER THAT DECISION, THAT CONTINUED. INCLUDING IN MY OWN -- THESE ARE NOT EASY QUESTIONS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I DID AS YOU SAY AS A RUBBER STAMP OR DID LIGHTLY. I CONTINUE TO STEW ON THAT, FRANKLY. AND I TALK WITH PEOPLE AND I HEARD FROM MR. MORA. MADE SURE THAT I ALERTED THE SECRETARY, HAD DAILY MEETINGS WITH THE SECRETARY AND THE CHAIRMAN AND SO FORTH AND MADE SURE THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS CONTINUING CONCERN. OVER TIME, I WENT BACK FROM TIME TO TIME TO THE SECRETARY AND ULTIMATELY CONVINCED HIM WE NEEDED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT HE HAD RECOMMENDED OR WHAT HE HAD APPROVED, PARDON ME. AND CONVINCED HIM THAT HE SHOULD RESEND HIS APPROVAL, WHICH HE DID ON THE 12th OF JANUARY, I RECALL. I BELIEVE IT WAS A SUNDAY BECAUSE I GOT A CALL FROM GENERAL HILL. THAT DECISION WAS MEMORIALIZED ON THE 15th OF JANUARY. IN PREPARING THAT RECESSION RESCISSION DOCUMENT, I RECOMMEND HE INSTRUCT ME TO SET UP A WORKING GROUP TO LOOK AT THIS MORE THOROUGHLY, WHICH I DID. AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL OF YOUR TIME, BUT THE POINT IS THAT THERE WAS A VERY, VERY THOROUGH BROAD-GAUGED MULTI-DISCIPLINED LOOK AT HOW, WE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM GOING FORWARD.
01:08:04 Sessions, Jeff YOU THINK YOU WERE WARE OF THE TENSIONS BETWEEN TOO MUCH AGGRESSIVENESS AND THE NEED TO GET INFORMATION AND THE LET GALTY AND THE TREATIES AND THE LAW AND THE POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES? YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE WRESTLING WITH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AS YOU MADE THESE DECISIONS IN A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE WAY?
01:08:26 Haynes, William WELL, SIR, LET ME POINT OUT AGAIN. THE DECISION TO EMPLOY PARTICULAR TECHNIQUES WAS NOT MINE TO MAKE. BUT IN THE COURSE OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SECRETARY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED WERE IN THE MIX SO TO SPEAK.
01:08:40 Sessions, Jeff YOU CONCLUDED THEY WERE LAWFUL.
01:08:48 Haynes, William WELL, YES, SIR, BUT THE THEY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS A DIFFERENT SET OF INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2003.
01:08:57 Sessions, Jeff OKAY, WELL, LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT. SO AFTER THE FIRST APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF A NUMBER OF THE REQUESTED TECHNIQUES AND YOU APPROVED A CERTAIN NUMBER, YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND YOU RECOMMENDED TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THAT SOME OF THOSE NOT BE APPROVED IN THE FUTURE. YOU RESTRICTED FURTHER THE REQUEST OF THE GUANTANIMO TASK FORCE FOR APPROVAL OF TECHNIQUES.
01:09:30 Haynes, William YES, SIR, THAT'S GENERALLY CORRECT. THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT WAS MY VIEW. NOW, THE PERSON -- TAKE A MOMENT AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN SENATOR REID AND YOU DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF MEDICAL REVIEW BEING -- THE PEOPLE BEING INTERROGATED, BEING MONITORED FOR MEDICAL REVIEW OR PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW, OR THERE BE A COMMAND REVIEW. AND OF THESE CONDITIONS. AND WHAT ROLE OF APPROVAL DID GENERAL HILL, THE FOUR-STAR COMMANDER OF SOUTH COM, WHAT ROLE DID HE PLAY IN HAVING TO APPROVE THE UTILIZATION OF EXTRAORDINARY TECHNIQUES?
01:10:20 Haynes, William WELL, THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT LAYS THAT OUT. THAT WAS EMBODYIES THE DECISION IN 2003, THAT LAYS OUT THE APPROVAL LEVELS. SOME THINGS COULD BE DELEGATED, SOME DECISIONS ABOUT INTERROGATION APPROACHES COULD BE DELEGATED BELOW GENERAL HILL, BUT SOME DECISIONS NEEDED TO BE APPROVED BY GENERAL HILL IN THAT CASE.
01:10:51 Sessions, Jeff DID THE INTERROGATORS, WHAT DID THEY REQUIRE -- DID THEY HAVE ON THEM WITH REGARD TO OBSERVING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL BEING INTERROGATED OR -- DO THEY HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THEIR HEALTH? WHAT REQUIREMENTS WERE PLACED ON THAT?
01:11:08 Haynes, William WELL, THAT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT. THERE WAS AN OBLIGATION TO SAFEGUARD THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY AND SAFE AND SECURE. AND SO THERE WAS THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMANE TREATMENT REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD DEMANDED OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. BUT EVEN DURING THE INTERROGATIONS, OF COURSE, THERE WAS PARTICULAR ATTENTION REQUIRED OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE INTERROGATIONS INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE AS WELL AS THE INTERROGATOR AND LEGAL, LEGAL EVERSIGHT.
01:11:46 Sessions, Jeff AND FAILURE TO DO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION OF MILITARY STANDARDS AND OF THE DIRECT ORDER. NOW, JUST TO SORT OF WRAP THAT UP, THERE WAS A MEMO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THAT MEMO HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS WITHDRAWN, IS THAT NOT CORRECT? AS GOING TOO FAR?
01:12:14 Haynes, William I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO A MEMORANDUM INTERPRETING THE UNITED STATES CODE PROVISION ON TORTURE, PROHIBITING TORTURE. AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THAT MEMORANDUM, THAT LEGAL OPINION WAS RESCINDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE PART OF 2004 AND REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT OPINION AT THE END OF 2004.
01:12:45 Sessions, Jeff LET ME JUST POINT, CATEGORY TWO TECHNIQUES THAT YOU APPROVED, POSITION, MAXIMUM FOUR HOURS STANDING. FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS, PRESUMING YOU COULD PRESENT FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION OR ISOLATION OR UP TO 30 DAYS ONLY. FEDERAL PRISONERS ARE OFTEN KEPT IN ISOLATION LONGER THAN THAT. NON-STANDARD INTERROGATION, 20-HOUR INTERROGATION PERIOD, PERIODS AND SO FORTH. BUT THE TORTURE STATUTE THAT CONGRESS PASSED IN 1994, '92 TO '98. I JUST DON'T THINK THE THINGS MENTIONED IN THERE ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DEFINITION OF TORTURE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ASH KROFT SAID AT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, I DIDN'T DEFINE TORTURE, SENATORS YOU DEFINED IT. SO CONGRESS DEFINED TORTURE, DID IT NOT?
01:13:48 Haynes, William YES, SIR, AND THEY USED THE WORDS YOU DESCRIBED.
01:13:53 Sessions, Jeff VERY PHYSICAL PAIN OR SUFFERING.
01:13:56 Sessions, Jeff THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD CONCLUDE AND SAY I'M NOT SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT. I KNOW PRESIDENT BUSH WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA, I KNOW HE WAS DETERMINED TO GET BETTER INTELLIGENCE AS WE ALL WERE. I'M NOT SURE WE'VE YET FIGURED IT OUT PRECISELY. BUT I OBJECT STRENUOUSLY TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WENT OUT WITH A POLICY OF RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR LAW AND SYSTEMATICALLY ABUSING PRISONERS, AND THOSE IN ABU GHRAIB WHO WERE NOT PART OF AN INTERROGATION, BUT REALLY ABUSED PRISONERS, MANY OF THEM WENT TO JAIL, TRIED AND CONVICTED IN THE MILITARY COURT-MARTIAL. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT'S NEVER BEEN OUR POLICY TO TORTURE OUR PEOPLE. THE DEFINITION OF WHAT'S PERMISSIBLE, WE CAN ALL AGREE OR DISAGREE. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
01:14:56 Graham, Lindsey AS WE CONCLUDE HERE, AT LEAST MY PART OF IT WILL BE CONCLUDED, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS HERE AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TESTIMONY IS. ACCORDING TO THE FBI IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TIME FRAME 2002, BEFORE THE RUMSFELD MEMO WAS APPROVED, FBI AGENTS INDICATED THEY WITNESSED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AGAINST THE 20th HI-JACKER, THAT INCLUDED MAKING HIM PRAY TO AN IDOL SHRINE, ABUSIVE CONDUCT. INCLUDING HAVING A DOG USED IN INTERROGATION. THAT'S WHAT THE SCHMITT-FURLOW REPORT REVEALED THAT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT SECRETARY RUMSFELD NEITHER SECRETARY RUMSFELD OR YOURSELF NEVER APPROVED ANY SUCH TECHNIQUES FOR THE 20th HI-JACKER.
01:16:00 Haynes, William THAT, I TELL YOU TODAY THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.
01:16:05 Graham, Lindsey THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
01:16:06 Haynes, William NOR DID I.
01:16:08 Graham, Lindsey THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
01:16:10 Haynes, William AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GENERAL SCHMITT CONCLUDED IN HIS REPORT.
01:16:19 Graham, Lindsey NOW, THE -- THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE NAVY CAME WITH YOU WITH CONCERNS BEFORE THE MEMO WAS SIGNED IN DEFENSE DECEMBER OR AFTER?
01:16:30 Haynes, William AFTER.
01:16:31 Graham, Lindsey DID HE THREATEN I WILL DRAFT UP A MEMO AND I WILL GO PUBLIC ABOUT THIS?
01:16:37 Haynes, William WELL, I'VE HEARD -- I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY THAT TODAY. AND I'VE SEEN ACCOUNTS OF THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT EXCHANGE. I REMEMBER HIM COMING IN AT LEAST TWICE. VERY PASSIONATELY AND UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN HEARING THINGS. AND IN EACH CASE, MY RECOLLECTION IN EACH CASE -- I LISTENED TO HIM, I REPORTED UP THE WHICH CHAIN, AND I ASKED CAPTAIN DALTON TO LOOK INTO IT TO SEE WHETHER THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON.
01:17:13 Graham, Lindsey IT'S YOUR TESTIMONY THAT HIS -- HE'S SAYING TODAY AND OTHER DAYS THAT HE HAD TO THREATEN THE RELEASE OF A OPINION, HIS OPINION ABOUT THESE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND IT WOULD LOOK BAD FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THAT HE FELT COMPELLED TO GO ON THE RECORD SO TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU REVISITING THE DECEMBER MEMO?
01:17:43 Haynes, William THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT I'M NOT REJECTING OR ACCEPTING. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT PARTICULAR EDGE TO THE DISCUSSIONS.
01:17:49 Graham, Lindsey FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY, I BELIEVE IT IS, WHEN WAS THE MEMO
01:17:56 Haynes, William THERE ARE TWO SIGNIFICANT DATES. THE 12th OF JANUARY WHEN THERE
01:18:03 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
01:18:05 Haynes, William AND THE 15th OF JANUARY WHEN THERE WAS A WRITING.
01:18:08 Graham, Lindsey I GOT YOU FROM DECEMBER THE 2nd I THINK WHEN HE APPROVED THE MEMO UNTIL JANUARY THE 12th. WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT INTERVENING PERIOD TO MAKE YOU RECOMMEND TO HIM WE NEED TO TAKE THIS THING OFF THE TAKE TABLE?
01:18:28 Haynes, William ALL THROUGH THIS PERIOD I HAD MY OWN MISGAVINGS. SO IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE THING.
01:18:39 Graham, Lindsey BUT YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT CERTAINLY YOU DON'T RECALL THAT IT WAS THE THREAT THAT MR. MORA MADE ABOUT GOING PUBLIC IF
01:18:48 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL HIM DOING THAT, I DO RECALL HIM BEING VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS OBJECTION TO WHAT WAS APPROVED. BUT SIR, I WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE. I ALSO HEARD --
01:19:04 Graham, Lindsey THAT'S A PRETTY QUICK TURN AROUND FROM DECEMBER THE 2nd TO JANUARY 12th. SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE HAPPENED THAT WAS FAIRLY EARTH SHATTERING TO CREATE A POLICY AND HAVE IT RESCINDED, YOU KNOW, SIX WEEKS LATER.
01:19:17 Haynes, William NO, SIR. I'VE TRIED TO -- I'VE TRIED TO IMPART THE CHRONIC AND VERY INTENSE PASSION ABOUT HOW ONE GOES ABOUT DOING THIS. AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I FETE VERY FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THE SECRETARY OUGHT TO GET THIS WORKING GROUP WITH ALL OF THE PLAYERS INVOLVED. THERE WERE SO MANY COMPETING CONCERNS.
01:19:42 Graham, Lindsey THAT'S RIGHT. NOW DID THE WORKING GROUP THAT WAS FORMED EVER REVIEW THE FINAL PRODUCT THAT WAS LATER APPROVED?
01:19:51 Haynes, William WELL, WE'VE HAD -- YOU AND I HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN ANOTHER CONTEXT WHERE I THINK WE WERE TALKING PAST EACH OTHER. I CAN TELL YOU GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THAT. BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY RECOLLECTION WAS BRIEFLY. AND THE ANSWER WAS --
01:20:08 Graham, Lindsey WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT THAT WAY. I'M TIRED OF DOING IT THAT WAY. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
01:20:15 Haynes, William OKAY.
01:20:16 Graham, Lindsey THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TESTIFIED THAT THEY WERE ASSEMBLED, GIVEN INPUT, A MEMO WAS ISSUED THEY NEVER SAW AND THEY DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL A YEAR LATER. ARE THEY CORRECT WHEN THEY SAY THAT.
01:20:36 Haynes, William I DON'T HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING THEN --
01:20:39 Graham, Lindsey IF THERE'S SO MUCH PASSION ABOUT THIS AND EVERYBODY'S SO UPSET, YOU CAN'T VERIFY THE FACT THAT THE WORKING GROUP GOT TO LOOK AT THE FINAL PRODUCT?
01:20:50 Haynes, William WELL, I THOUGHT THEY DID. I THOUGHT THEY DID.
01:20:53 Graham, Lindsey WELL, THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T.
01:20:55 Haynes, William WELL, AND I WROTE A LETTER --
01:20:56 Graham, Lindsey WHERE DID ALL OF THE PASSION GO?
01:20:59 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.
01:21:01 Graham, Lindsey WHERE DID YOUR PASSION GO?
01:21:04 Haynes, William WELL, MY PASSION WAS TO TRY TO GET THE SECRETARY SOME GOOD COUNSEL. AND WHAT THIS WORKING GROUP DID, WHICH I THINK WAS A GREAT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENT, FRANKLY.
01:21:17 Graham, Lindsey FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW WAS THEY WERE ASSEMBLED TO GIVE INPUT AND THEY READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER ABOUT WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE TESTIFIED UNDER OATH. THAT THESE GUYS HAD NO CLUE AND GALS HAD NO CLUE OF WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS. THEY WERE BROUGHT IN TO BE PART OF A WORKING GROUP. AND THEY READ IN THE PAPER A YEAR LATER -- AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND STILL HAD CONCERNS.
01:21:42 Haynes, William I WASN'T B RUNNING THE WORKING GROUP, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FELT LIKE THE WORK OF THE WORKING GROUP LED TO A VERY GOOD RESULT. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT -- I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SECRETARY OR THE CHAIRMAN, BUT THE CHIEFS AND THE SERVICE SECRETARIES WHO ADVISED --
01:22:02 Graham, Lindsey ALL DUE RESPECT, I KNOW YOU HAD A DIFFICULT JOB. A LOT OF THIS IS UNCERTAIN. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS IS CLEAR THAT THE WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED BECAUSE YOU GOT CRITICISM AND YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT CRITICISM AND YOU DID RESCIND THE MEMO, TO YOUR CREDIT YOU DID THAT. BUT THE WORKING GROUP NEVER REALLY GOT TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT. AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT'S MUCH OF A WORKING GROUP. LET'S GO BACK TO THE DECEMBER 2nd MEMO. ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES THE CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES THAT WERE NEVER USED WAS WATERBOARDING, IS THAT CORRECT? WATERBOARDING WAS A CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUE?
01:22:45 Haynes, William I THINK IT WAS DESCRIBED AS CLOTH WITH WATER DRIPPED ON IT. I'VE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT TECHNIQUE WAS. BUT IT WAS NOT APPROVED.
01:22:55 Graham, Lindsey DO YOU THINK THAT'S LEGAL? WOULD THAT VIOLATE THE UCMJ? FOR ONE OF OUR -- COUPLE OF OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL, GRAB SOMEBODY, HOLD THEM DOWN, PUT A CLOTHE OVER THEIR FACE AND SIMULATE DROWNING?
01:23:09 Haynes, William AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, ABSOLUTELY YES, IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
01:23:15 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
01:23:17 Haynes, William AT THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW.
01:23:18 Graham, Lindsey OKAY.
01:23:19 Haynes, William BUT THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR NOW.
01:23:22 Graham, Lindsey YOU DON'T THINK IT WAS CLEAR THEN THAT WATERBOARDING A PRISON WAS A VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 128 IN MALTREATMENT OF PRISONER ARTICLE?
01:23:33 Haynes, William I DIDN'T REACH THAT QUESTION.
01:23:34 Graham, Lindsey THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW YOU WERE DEALT A DIFFICULT HAND. AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE THIS HEARING. AND I GUESS THE THING THAT I'M LEFT WITH IS THAT THERE CERTAINLY WAS AN ATTITUDE THAT WE MAY BE ATTACKED AGAIN AND PEOPLE WERE RIGHTLY CONCERNED AND THE LAW TOOK ON THE VIEW OF BEING AN IMPEDIMENT TO OUR SAFETY NOT OUR STRENGTH. AND I THINK WHAT GOT US TO THIS PROBLEM GOT US IN THIS MESS WAS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THE LAWS THAT REGULATED CONDUCT WERE A -- MADE US MORE AT RISK, NOT SAFE. AND I GUESS WE'VE LEARNED. AND WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THIS THAT WHEN THE LAW IN THIS OR THE RULE OF LAW IN THIS WAR IS A STRENGTH, NOT A WEAKNESS. AND NOW I THINK WE'VE GOT IT RIGHT AND I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THIS EARLY ON AFTER 9/11. IT IS CLEAR TO ME, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE MEMO WAS NEVER LIMITED TO ONE PERSON. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THESE TECHNIQUES DO ENCOMPASS TECHNIQUES THAT WE WERE DEFENDING AGAINST AND BECAME AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THEY MIGRATED ALL OVER THE MILITARY, AND IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT WE CREATED CONFUSION FOR THOSE RECEIVER SERVING THIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF AFTER 9/11 THAT WE ALLOWED OUR ENEMY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THEY SURELY HAVE. IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE US SAFE AND TO CONQUER OUR ENEMY, I THINK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE MORE TO HELP THEM BY CREATING THIS CONFUSION AND THIS MESS. IN THAT REGARD, THESE HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.
01:25:28 Levin, Carl THANK YOU, SENATOR GRAHAM. MR. HAYNES, I WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO OCTOBER 2002. THIS IS WHEN THE GUANTANIMO REQUEST WAS FORWARDED BY GENERAL HILL OF THE JOINT CHIEFS. ON OCTOBER 30th, GENERAL MYERS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS CIRCULATED THAT QUESTION FROM GITMO TO THE MILITARY SERVICES FOR A COMMENT. I WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE MILITARY SERVICES. TAB 12, THAT'S NOVEMBER 7th, 2002 MEMORANDUM FROM THE ARMY. PARAGRAPH TWO, THE MEMORANDUM SAYS THE ARMY INNER POSES SIGNIFICANT LEGAL POLICY AND PRACTICAL CONCERNS REGARDING MOST OF CATEGORY TWO AND ALL OF CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES. WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE ARMY HAD CONCERNS WITH THOSE TECHNIQUES?
01:26:31 Haynes, William SENATOR, I THINK I TESTIFIED TO THIS. I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS MEMORANDUM BEFORE, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE THIS IS ONE I'VE SEEN BEFORE. BUT YOU --
01:26:42 Levin, Carl WERE YOU AWARE AT THE TIME?
01:26:44 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL SEEING THE MEMORANDUM AND DON'T RECALL SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS OF THIS NATURE.
01:26:49 Levin, Carl THE NEXT PAGE ON THAT TAB 12 IS A MEMO FROM THE CHIEF ARMY OPERATION. IT SAYS STRESS POSITIONS, DEPRIVATION OF LIGHT AND AUDITORY STIMULI, THE USE OF PHOBIAS TO INDUCE STRESS CROSSES THE LINE OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND WOULD LIKELY BE CONSIDERED MALTREATMENT AND MAY VIOLATE THE TORTURE STATUTE. WERE YOU AWARE OF THE ARMY'S OPERATION, THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THESE TECHNIQUES?
01:27:17 Haynes, William I'M SORRY, I LOST YOU, IS THIS THE THIRD?
01:27:20 Levin, Carl MEMO FROM THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY'S INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONAL DIVISION.
01:27:28 Haynes, William IS THAT THE ONE WITH I.O. AT THE TOP?
01:27:31 Levin, Carl YES, TAB 12.
01:27:33 Haynes, William THE THIRD ONE AT TAB 12. I'M SORRY AND YOUR QUESTION IS WAS I AWARE --
01:27:38 Levin, Carl WERE YOU AWARE?
01:27:39 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS MEMORANDUM.
01:27:45 Levin, Carl TAB 11 IS A MEMO FROM THE CHIEF LEGAL AID VISOR. CERTAIN CATEGORY TWO TECHNIQUES QUOTE MAY SUBJECT SERVICE MEMBERS TO PUNITIVE ARTICLES OF THE UCMJ, CLOSE QUOTE, CALLED THE QUOTE UTILITY QUESTIONABLE. THAT'S TAB 11. WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE HAD CONCERNS WITH THOSE TECHNIQUES?
01:28:11 Haynes, William THIS IS AN ASSIGNED THING WITH TAB 11. IS IT A THREE-PAGE DOCUMENT?
01:28:18 Levin, Carl TAB 11.
01:28:20 Haynes, William I'M AT TAB 11, BUT YOU READ A BUNCH OF THINGS I CAN'T FIND, SO. AM I LOOKING AT THE RIGHT DOUM DOCUMENT?
01:28:31 Haynes, William WELL, I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS DOCUMENT.
01:28:35 Levin, Carl ALL RIGHT, TAB 10, SAYS THE AIR FORCE HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE LEGALITY OF THE PROPOSED TECH TECHNIQUES, THAT'S IN QUOTE STATING THE TECHNIQUE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHALLENGES OUTLINED IN THE MILITARY ORDERED TREAT DETAINEES HUMANELY. ARE YOU AWARE THE AIR FORCE HAD THOSE CONCERNS WITH THOSE TECHNIQUES?
01:28:57 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS MEMORANDUM EITHER.
01:29:01 Levin, Carl WERE YOU AWARE OF THEIR CONCERNS?
01:29:03 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL SPECIFIC CONCERNS. I TOLD THE PANEL, SIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I KNEW THERE WERE CONCERNS. I DON'T RECALL THESE AND I DON'T RECALL SEEING THESE MEMORANDUMS.
01:29:14 Levin, Carl TAB 14 IS THE MARINE CORPS RESPONSE. MIND YOU, THEY'RE RESPONDING NOW TO A REQUEST. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TO COMMENT ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR TREATMENT RELATIVE TO TREATMENT OF DETAINEES. EACH ONE OF THE SERVICES NOW RESPONDING. TAB 14'S THE MARINE CORPS. SAYS IN THE THIRD FULL PARAGRAPH, QUOTE SEVERAL OF THE CATEGORY TWO AND THREE TECHNIQUES VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW, WOULD EXPOSE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS TO POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION. WERE YOU AWARE OF THE MARINE CORPS'S CONCERNS?
01:29:48 Haynes, William I BELIEVE I'VE ANSWERED THAT BEFORE. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT.
01:29:59 Levin, Carl OKAY. DO YOU RECALL ELIANA DAVIDSON WHO WORKED IN YOUR OFFICE SAYING SHE BELIEVED IT REQUIRED FURTHER
01:30:06 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL.
01:30:07 Levin, Carl DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS?
01:30:09 Haynes, William ABSOLUTELY.
01:30:10 Levin, Carl YOU DON'T RECALL HER TELLING YOU THERE WAS FURTHER ASSESSMENT
01:30:14 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WE DID FURTHER ASSESSING. SO MAYBE SHE SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING AND MAYBE WE DID IT.
01:30:35 Levin, Carl NOW -- BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SIGNED AN ORDER APPROVING THESE ALL THE CATEGORY TWO AND SOME OF CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES, THE SERVICE'S LAWYERS LET YOUR OFFICE KNOW THAT THEY HAD SERIES SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THAT REQUEST. YOU VAGUELY REMEMBER THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING BUT APPARENTLY YOU NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO ASK FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS? AND YET WHEN YOU WERE ASKED DID YOU PAY SCRUPULOUS ATTENTION TO THE LAW, YOU STUDIOUSLY IGNORED THE MEMOS FROM THE LAWYERS OF THE SERVICES THAT CAME TO YOUR OFFICE. YOU STUDIOUSLY IGNORED THEM.
01:31:22 Haynes, William I DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION.
01:31:25 Levin, Carl AND THEN YOU CUT OFF THE REVIEW, WHICH YOU'D BEEN REQUESTED AND THAT ADMIRAL DALTON WAS CARRYING OUT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY CAN TESTIFY THAT YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE LAW WHEN YOU IGNORED THE LAWYERS IN THE SERVICES WHO BROUGHT TO YOUR OFFICE THESE CONCERNS. AND THEN WHEN THERE WAS A REVIEW GOING ON BY AN ATTORNEY FOR THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, YOU SENT THE WORD, WHICH YOU DON'T DOUBT THAT YOU WANTED THAT REVIEW STOPPED. THAT IS NOT STUDIOUS ATTENTION. IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE. IT IS CONSIDERATION OF ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LEGAL DECISIONS WHICH THIS COUNTRY HAS MADE. AND THAT IS HOW TO TREAT DETAINEES. AND THE ERRORS THAT RESULT IN THOSE OPINIONS HAVE CAUSED THIS COUNTRY TREMENDOUS SECURITY DAMAGE. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
01:32:28 Haynes, William MAY I RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENT?
01:32:31 Levin, Carl I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION AND THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN FREE TO DO IT. DO YOU AGREE YOU CUT OFF THE DALTON REVIEW IN THE MIDDLE?
01:32:41 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT.
01:32:44 Levin, Carl HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU EVER CUT OFF REVIEW? HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED?
01:32:49 Haynes, William WELL, SENATOR, SENATOR WHAT SHE -- WHAT I HEARD HER SAY WAS THAT WE RESTRICTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
01:32:57 Levin, Carl NO --
01:32:59 Haynes, William THAT'S WHAT I HEARD HER SAY.
01:33:00 Levin, Carl SHE SAID SHE STOPPED THE BROAD REVIEW. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. AND IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER AS FAR AS SHE KNOWS. THIS IS THE ONE TIME THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED AS FAR AS SHE KNOWS AND THIS IS THE ONE TIME WHERE YOU INTERVENED AND YOU DON'T DOUBT THIS, APPARENTLY. TO STOP THAT REVIEW.
01:33:19 Haynes, William WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER.
01:33:21 Levin, Carl THAT IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LAW.
01:33:23 Haynes, William WELL, SENATOR --
01:33:32 Levin, Carl THAT IS MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING COMPORTS WITH THE LAW.
01:33:37 Haynes, William I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION. THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF RESTRICTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED TO KNOW --
01:33:42 Levin, Carl OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE WAS TESTIFYING. SHE WAS TESTIFYING TO A REVIEW THAT SHE WAS TAKING PLACE -- A BROAD REVIEW TAKING PLACE FOR THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AT THEIR REQUEST, SHE SAID SHE HAD NEVER HAD THAT KIND OF A REQUEST STOP IN THE MIDDLE. BEFORE SHE NEVER KNOWS OF IT HAPPENING AFTERWARDS. AND THEN YOU SAY, THEN YOU HAVE TO ME THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT ALL OF THIS IS CAUSED BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO GROUPS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT. TWO GROUPS IN CONFLICT, ONE ARE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE AND THE OTHER ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT INFORMATION FROM INTERROGATION, IGNORING THE THIRD GROUP, WHICH YOU IGNORED IN NOVEMBER. IT'S THE THIRD GROUP YOU IGNORED. AND THAT THIRD GROUP WERE THE LAWYERS FOR THE MILITARY. THE MILITARY SERVICES TO YOUR OFFICE WHILE THIS WAS UNDER REVIEW SENT THOSE MEMOS RAISING ALL KINDS OF RED FLAGS, AND YOU IGNORED THEM? YOU DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THEM? AND THEN, WHEN THAT BROAD REVIEW WAS BEING TAKEN -- TAKING PLACE BY ADMIRAL DALTON, NOW HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO GROUPS HERE THAT ARE INVOLVED? AND THIS IS TENSION BETWEEN TWO GROUPS. ON THE ONE HAND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE INTERROGATION WHO WANT INFORMATION. WHEN THERE'S THAT THIRD GROUP THAT SENT TO YOUR OFFICE AND WE HAVE TESTIMONY TODAY THAT YOUR OFFICE WAS DEFINITELY SENT THOSE MEMOS AND YOUR STAFF HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THOSE MEMOS BUT THE PEOPLE WHO SENT YOU THOSE MEMOS. HOW DO YOU IGNORE THAT THIRD GROUP OF THOSE SERVICES AND THEIR LAWYERS WHO RAISED THOSE RED FLAGS. WHY AREN'T THEY IN YOUR EQUATION?
01:35:44 Haynes, William LET ME MAKE AT THE OUTSET MY VIGOROUS DISAGREEMENT WITH YOUR CHARACTERIZATION.
01:35:47 Levin, Carl HOW DO YOU IGNORE THE PRESENCE OF THOSE LAWYERS?
01:35:49 Haynes, William JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND,
01:35:50 Levin, Carl I'M SURE.
01:35:53 Haynes, William I DISAGREE.
01:35:54 Levin, Carl NOW MY QUESTION. NOW MY QUESTION.
01:36:00 Haynes, William I DID NOT IGNORE CONCERNS. I ADDRESSED CONCERNS THAT -- OF THE LEGALITY. THERE HAS TO BE A DECISION-MAKER. THAT WAS THE JOB OF THE GENERAL COUNSELOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS. WHEN YOU HAVE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN YOU HAVE A NOVEL SITUATION. I MADE A DECISION, I DID NOT IGNORE ANYTHING, IT WAS MY PRACTICE TO BE AS OPEN AS I POSSIBLY COULD. NOW, THERE ARE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS TO THAT. THERE IS OTHER, THERE IS TIME, THERE IS CLASSIFICATION, THERE'S VOLUME, THERE'S CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REDUNDANCY WHEN ONE SEES DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES REPLAYED FROM TIME TO TIME. I'VE NEVER DENIED THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS, INCLUDING LEGAL DISAGREEMENTS.
01:37:02 Levin, Carl WHAT YOU HAVE DENIED IS SEEING THEM. ASKING, REMEMBERING THEM --
01:37:07 Haynes, William SENATOR, IF I MAY FINISH.
01:37:08 Levin, Carl YOU MAY FINISH, BUT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
01:37:11 Haynes, William I TOLD YOU I DON'T REQUIRE SEEING THESE THINGS.
01:37:15 Levin, Carl YOU DID IGNORE THEM.
01:37:18 Haynes, William IF I DIDN'T SEE THEM, I DIDN'T IGNORE THEM.
01:37:21 Levin, Carl YOU KNEW THERE WERE CONCERNS. WHY NOT ASK TO SEE THE MEMOS?
01:37:25 Haynes, William I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED.
01:37:27 Levin, Carl YOU DIDN'T KNOW THOSE MEMOS EXISTED?
01:37:30 Haynes, William SENATOR, I DON'T RECALL SEEING THEM AND I DON'T RECALL KNOWING ABOUT THE MEMORANDA. THIS WAS SIX YEARS AGO. I PROBABLY SAW MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PAGES OF INFORMATION OVER THE SEVEN YEARS I SERVED IN THAT JOB. AND SO FOR YOU TO SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER THAT A LAWYER MIGHT HAVE EXPRESSED A VIEW ON AN ISSUE IS IGNORING IT, I THINK IS AN UNFAIR CHARACTERIZATION.
01:38:02 Levin, Carl I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR, I THINK IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET. YOU INDICATED A FEW MOMENTS AGO YOU HAD MISGIVINGS YOURSELF.
01:38:12 Haynes, William SURE, I STILL DO.
01:38:14 Levin, Carl HAVE YOU EVER EXPRESSED THAT BEFORE TODAY? PUBLICLY?
01:38:17 Haynes, William OH, SURE.
01:38:19 Levin, Carl THAT YOU HAD MISGIVINGS ABOUT THAT OPINION?
01:38:21 Haynes, William WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
01:38:23 Levin, Carl I DON'T EITHER.
01:38:25 Haynes, William BUT I TELL YOU, THIS IS A VERY HARD QUESTION.
01:38:27 Levin, Carl IT IS VERY HARD. IT'S A VERY HARD QUESTION.
01:38:30 Haynes, William BUT IT'S MORE --
01:38:32 Levin, Carl IT HAS A VERY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ANSWER. AND I JUST WANT TO -- I WANT TO REPEAT, YOU SAID THERE'S TWO GROUPS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER. YOU SAID THERE'S TWO GROUPS OUT THERE THAT CAUSED THIS TENSION. YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT THIRD GROUP. THE MILITARY SERVICES WHO TOLD YOUR OFFICE AND MEMO AFTER MEMO AFTER MEMO, ALL FOUR SERVICES THEY WANTED MUCH MORE ANALYSIS, THEY HAD GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, IT MAY OPEN UP THEIR TROOPS AND THEIR MEN AND WOMEN TO LEGAL ACTION INCLUDING CRIMINAL ACTION, THAT CAME TO YOUR OFFICE. CONCERNS OF THE MILITARY SERVICES THAT THEIR PEOPLE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL ACTION AND YOU SAY THAT, GEE, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I SAW THOSE, I DON'T REMEMBER. AND GOSH, THAT'S THE THIRD GROUP. AND YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. IF YOU'RE NOT THAT THIRD GROUP, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED AND CONSIDERED.
01:39:30 Haynes, William WELL, CHAIRMAN, I THINK THAT'S ALSO A MISPERCEPTION OF THE REALITY THAT I EXPERIENCED. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT THE TWO EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED WOMEN LAWYERS THAT WERE UP HERE BEFORE, ADMIRAL DALTON AND COLONEL BEAVER ARE NOT MILITARY LAWYERS WHO EXPRESSED VIEWS.
01:39:50 Levin, Carl I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR VIEWS HERE NOW, TODAY. I'M SAYING THAT ADMIRAL DALTON WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A REVIEW THAT YOU SQUELCHED. YOU STOPPED THAT REVIEW IN THE MIDDLE AND SHE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE. AND IT WAS THE ONLY TIME SHE'S EVER HEARD OF THAT.
01:40:12 Haynes, William WELL, AGAIN, I TOLD YOU WHAT MY VIEWS ARE ON THAT. I THINK THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN ME AND HER. AND EVIDENTLY WITH OUR STAFFS, AS WELL. AND THERE WAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND A HIGH DEGREE OF URGENCY AND AN UNCERTAIN SET OF RULES BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT THAT WE'RE IN. ALIEN AND ENEMY COMBATANTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES NOT COVERED BY THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS WITH POTENTIALLY NATION THREATENING INFORMATION.
01:40:55 Levin, Carl THANK YOU.
01:40:56 Sessions, Jeff MR. HAYNES, I KNOW THESE HEARINGS ARE DIFFICULT AND SENATORS ARE CARING DEEPLY ABOUT THESE ISSUES. AND I THINK IT'S HEALTHY IN OUR COUNTRY THAT THEY DO. BUT I DO THINK YOU DESERVE A FAIRNESS. I'M LOOKING AT EXHIBIT 11, WHICH WAS THE MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THESE MATTERS. THE CHAIRMAN QUOTED WHERE IT SAID THAT THE PROBLEM AND LIABILITIES MIGHT OCCUR IF ALL OF THESE TECHNIQUES ARE USED. BUT IF YOU GO BACK UP TO THE TOP, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ASK YOU, WAS THAT DIRECTED TO YOU?
01:41:43 Haynes, William THIS IS EXHIBIT 11, WHICH IS THE THREE-PAGE, UNSIGNED DOCUMENT --
01:41:47 Sessions, Jeff FROM THE AIR FORCE? THE AIR FORCE DOCUMENT?
01:41:54 Haynes, William CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE.
01:41:57 Sessions, Jeff WELL, MAYBE IT'S TEN. EXCUSE ME, TEN. I'M INCORRECT. SO IT RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TECHNIQUES, BUT ALL RIGHT, WAS IT DIRECTED TO YOU?
01:42:12 Haynes, William NO, SIR, THIS IS DIRECTED TO THE U.N. IN MULTI-LATERAL AFFAIRS DIVISION J-5 OF THE JOINT STAFF.
01:42:21 Sessions, Jeff THAT'S NOT YOU? ONE DIRECTED TO YOU, IS THAT
01:42:23 Haynes, William YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
01:42:24 Sessions, Jeff AND LOOK AT THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. GENERAL COMMENT, THE AIR FORCE HAS SIMILAR CONCERNS INVOLVING THE LEGALITY OF MANY OF THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUES, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE ON THE CATEGORY THREE, SOME OF THESE TECHNIQUES COULD BE CONSTRUED AS TORTURE AS THAT CRIME IS DEFINED BY 18 USC 2040. ONE OF THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUES IS THE USE OF SCENARIO DESIGNED TO CONVINCE A DETAINEE THAT DEATH MAY OR SEVERELY PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES ARE IMMINENT FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. DID YOU APPROVE THAT TECHNIQUE WHEN YOU RECOMMENDED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT WITHIN THE REQUEST SHOULD BE APPROVED? OR DID YOU DISAPPROVE THAT?
01:43:14 Haynes, William I DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT. I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT, SENATOR. HAVING NOT SEEN THESE BEFORE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO READ IT WHILE I WAS BEING ASKED QUESTIONS, I DIDN'T SEE THAT THE CONCERN HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THAT WHICH WAS NOT RECOMMENDED NOR APPROVED.
01:43:33 Sessions, Jeff AND, IN FACT, THIS MEMORANDUM WAS DIRECTED TO THE REQUEST FROM GENERAL HILL'S OFFICE ORIGINATE ORIGINATING FROM GUANTANIMO, NOT YOUR MEMORANDUM, ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
01:43:48 Haynes, William YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.
01:43:50 Sessions, Jeff IT WASN'T YOUR DECISION THAT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT HERE, BUT THE REQUEST FROM GUANTANIMO, WHICH YOU DIDN'T APPROVE. NOW, LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT. ON EXHIBIT 13. IT ORIGINALLY STARTS OUT LEGAL COUNSEL CHAIRMAN TO JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. THAT'S NOT YOU EITHER, IS IT?
01:44:19 Haynes, William AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
01:44:21 Sessions, Jeff WELL, MAYBE IT'S 12. 12.
01:44:25 Haynes, William OKAY.
01:44:27 Sessions, Jeff YOU SEE THAT? SO THIS MEMORANDUM THAT THE CHAIRMAN ASKED YOU ABOUT THAT HE SAID YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT, IT WASN'T DIRECTED TO YOU EITHER, WAS IT?
01:44:39 Haynes, William NO, SIR, IT'S ADDRESSED TO THE J-5 UMMA COMMANDER.
01:44:47 Sessions, Jeff IS IT NOT IN PARAGRAPH ONE STATES THAT QUOTE THE ARMY HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTHERN COMMAND, GENERAL HILL, FOUR-STAR GENERAL, FOR FURTHER LEGAL REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE PROPOSAL TO DEPLOY COUNTERRESISTANT TECHNIQUES. SO THAT, AGAIN, WAS A REFERENCE TO THE REQUEST THAT WAS SENT TO YOU AND EXPRESSION OF CONCERN. IT WAS NOT DIRECTED TO YOU. SO YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE -- WE SHOULDN'T PRESUME THAT YOU SAW IT. AND NUMBER TWO, IT DIDN'T REFER TO YOUR DECISION, WHICH REJECTED MANY OF THE REQUESTS THAT CAME FROM GUANTANIMO. IS THAT RIGHT?
01:45:38 Haynes, William THAT'S RIGHT, SENATOR.
01:45:42 Sessions, Jeff AND LOOKING AT, I GUESS NUMBER 12, OR WITHIN THAT TWO PAGES FURTHER ON IS THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICE OF THE ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL. YOU'RE NOT THE ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL ARE YOU?
01:46:01 Haynes, William I WAS NOT AT THE TIME.
01:46:02 Sessions, Jeff ARE YOU A COUNSEL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE? AND IT SAYS THIS MEMORANDUM SAYS FROM JOHN LEI, WHOEVER THAT IS I HAVE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED REQUEST, THAT'S GENERAL HILL'S REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF COUNTER-RESISTANT STRATEGIES, I CONCUR AND PROPOSE CATEGORY ONE TECHNIQUES BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS LEGAL POLICY AND PRACTICAL REGARDING MOST OF CATEGORY TWO AND ALL OF CATEGORY THREE TECHNIQUES. IS THAT CORRECT?
01:46:48 Sessions, Jeff THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT WAS NOT SENT TO YOU.
01:46:51 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
01:47:01 Sessions, Jeff WITH REGARD TO EXHIBIT 14 -- THIS WOULD BE A MEMORANDUM -- I THINK YOU ASKED ABOUT THIS ONE -- IT WAS A MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF J-5, THE JOINT STAFF. WOULD THAT BE A MEMORANDUM DIRECTED TO YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE?
01:47:25 Haynes, William IT WOULD BE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
01:47:27 Sessions, Jeff SO IF THE ROUTING HAD BEEN APPROPRIATE, IT WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO YOU, IS THAT RIGHT?
01:47:33 Haynes, William IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN TO MY OFFICE EVENTUALLY, I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT.
01:47:37 Sessions, Jeff IT WASN'T DIRECTED TO YOU?
01:47:40 Haynes, William CORRECT.
01:47:48 Sessions, Jeff AND IT WHO IS THAT FROM? IS THAT AN ARMY?
01:47:51 Haynes, William THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT IS CAPTAIN --
01:47:55 Haynes, William CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
01:47:56 Sessions, Jeff NO, WE'RE STILL ON THE WRONG PAGE. CAN'T GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND NEITHER CAN YOU AND I.
01:48:02 Haynes, William 13.
01:48:03 Sessions, Jeff I'M LOOKING AT, I GUESS, 14.
01:48:12 Haynes, William THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S VERY BLURRY.
01:48:14 Sessions, Jeff IT'S BLURRY.
01:48:16 Haynes, William IT SAYS U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE AT THE BOTTOM.
01:48:19 Sessions, Jeff YEAH. AND IT SAYS MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR, J-5, THE JOINT STAFF,
01:48:26 Haynes, William YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT.
01:48:34 Sessions, Jeff AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH SAYS WE CONCUR WITH THE GENERAL PROPOSITION OF ROBUST INTERROGATION PLANS AND GOES ON TO SAY WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE MEASURES OF THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT, ESPECIALLY CATEGORY THREE, WHICH YOU REJECTED ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE TECHNIQUES. SO THEY WERE, AGAIN, REFERRING TO THE PROPOSAL FROM GUANTANAMO, NOT FROM YOU -- FROM YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY THAT HE PUT IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT?
01:49:04 Sessions, Jeff YES, SIR, THAT'S RIGHT. ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'LL ASK YOU DIRECTLY. WHEN YOU VIZ SIED GUANTANAMO, DID YOU OR ANY OF THE LAWYERS SUGGEST TO MAJOR GENERAL DUNLEAVY HE REQUEST HARSH TECHNIQUES BASED ON THE SEER PROGRAM WHEN YOU TALKED TO HIM?
01:49:34 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I CAN'T IMAGINE I WOULD HAVE. THE PURPOSE OF THAT VISIT, AS I RECALL, WAS TO VISIT THREE DIFFERENT DETENTION FACILITIES IN A SINGLE DAY.
01:49:51 Sessions, Jeff I WOULD SAY, A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT THING. YOU WERE UNDER GREAT PRESSURE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- WE HAD GREAT CRITICISM, GOOD INTELLIGENCE. PEOPLE WERE AFRAID THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE ATTACKED AGAIN. THEY FELT THIS 20th HIJACKER HAD INFORMATION THAT COULD PERHAPS PREVENT ANOTHER ATTACK. I HOPE THAT AND BELIEVE THAT YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE. SOME CAN QUESTION THAT. IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE'LL SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE YOU DID YOUR BEST TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY.
01:50:28 Levin, Carl THANK YOU, SENATOR SESSIONINGS. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AT LEAST HOW IT RELATES TO HOW THE TECHNIQUES GOT TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. THE FOCUS OF OUR INVESTIGATION, OF COURSE, IS NOT THAT. IT'S WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. NOT WHERE THEY ENDED UP. BUT IN TERMS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, FOR THE RECORD, GENERAL FAY STATED IN HIS REPORT THAT A JANUARY 24, '03 MEMO, CALLED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES MEMO, NINE DAYS AFTER THE RESCISSION -- BY SECRETARY RUMSFELD, THAT MEMO ACCORDING TO AN UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT RECOMMENDED REMOVAL OF CLOTHING, A TECHNIQUE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE SECRETARY -- THE SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 2 OBSERVATION IN GENERAL FAYE'S WORDS AND TO DISCUSS, QUOTE, EXPLOITING THE FEAR OF DOGS, CLOSE QUOTE. ANOTHER TECHNIQUE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY AND THE SECOND I POINT OUT. NOW, FROM AFGHANISTAN, HOW DO THEY GET TO IRAQ? THIS IS ANOTHER REPORT AND STATED THAT THIS TRAIL OF THESE TECHNIQUES FROM GUANTANAMO TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED. THEY HAVE BEEN. HERE'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEMO SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE IRAQ WAR, THEY USED A STANDARD '0 3 PROCEDURE DROPPED FOR AFGHANISTAN. HERE'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAID ABOUT THE AFGHANISTAN STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. THAT THAT HAD BEEN, QUOTE, INFLUENCED BY THE COUNTERRESISTANCE MEMORANDUM THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE APPROVED ON DECEMBER 2, 2002 AND INCORPORATED TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR DETAINEES IDENTIFIED AS UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS, STANDARD PROCEDURES INCLUDING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS YELLING, LOUD MUSIC, ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION. 20-HOUR INTERROGATIONS, AND CONTROLLED FEAR. MUZZLED DOGS. AND IN GENERAL, FAYE AGAIN IN HIS REPORT SAID THAT THE REMOVAL OF CLOTHING WAS IMPORTED TO GRAB GRAB AND COULD BE TRACED THROUGH AFGHANISTAN AND GITMO AND IN ABU GHRAIB THAT WAS DEPRAVITY AND DEGRADATION RATHER THAN HUMANE TREATMENT TO DETAINEES, CLOSE QUOTE. AGAIN, I MENTION IN MY OPENING REMARKS THAT I ASKED GENERAL FAYE IN THE HEARING WHETHER A POLICY APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ON DECEMBER 2, 2002 CONTRIBUTED TO THE USE OF AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AT ABU GHRAIB, HE RESPONDED SIMPLY YES. THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS IN 2003 AND 2004, BUT WHAT THIS FOCUSES ON TODAY, NUMBER ONE, THAT SHOWS THE CONNECTIONS OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED AT GUANTANAMO, BETWEEN THE DECEMBER 2, 2002 DECISION OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR LATER IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. NOW, MY QUESTION -- A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS AND I'LL THE BUN. DID YOU DISCUSS THE SERE TECHNIQUES WITH MAJOR DUNLEAVY?
01:54:31 Haynes, William I DON'T RECALL, I MAY HAVE, I DON'T RECALL.
01:54:32 Levin, Carl OKAY. NOW, THERE'S A MEMO FROM MR. BYBY FROM THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL STATING AUGUST 1, 2002 THAT PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON INTERROGATIONINGS PRIOR TO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY, THAT WAS THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL MEMO. DID YOU READ IT?
01:54:59 Haynes, William I HAVE READ IT.
01:55:01 Levin, Carl AT THE TIME. DID YOU READ IT AT THE TIME YOU MADE YOUR MEK MEN DAGS?
01:55:07 Haynes, William I DON'T KNOW WHEN I READ THAT.
01:55:10 Levin, Carl DID YOU RELY ON THAT MEMO IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY.
01:55:13 Haynes, William SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I READ THAT. I TOLD YOU WHAT I RELIED ON.
01:55:17 Levin, Carl WAS THAT INCLUDE IN WHAT YOU
01:55:18 Haynes, William I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WHAT I TOLD YOU IS WHERE I -- THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT I REMEMBER EMPLOYING IN DETERMINING THAT THE REQUEST THAT I -- THE SUB SETH OF THE REQUEST THAT I RECOMMENDED BE APPROVED WAS LEGAL.
01:55:38 Levin, Carl DID YOU TELL OUR STAFF IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU DID READ IT BEFORE NOVEMBER 27?
01:55:44 Haynes, William I MAY HAVE. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST READ IT.
01:55:48 Levin, Carl THIS IS AN OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL MEMO, LEGAL MEMO BINDING ON THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT.
01:55:59 Haynes, William WOULD BE AAUTHORITATIVE --
01:56:01 Levin, Carl FOR YOU, AS GENENALOUNSEL AT THEHED.O.D.?
01:56:04 Haynes, William SURE Y, SIR. IFIF IT EXPRESESSE ANPIPION ON E L LAW FOR THEXEXECUTIVE BRANCH, TT WOUOULD B AAUTHORITATIVE IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
01:56:19 Levin, Carl SO WHY WOULD Y HAVE NOT READ THAT BEFORE RECOMMENDING A DECISION TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE?
01:56:25 Haynes, William WELL, FOR ONE THING, THAT IS ADDRESSED TO SOMEONE ELSE.
01:56:28 Levin, Carl SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT?
01:56:30 Haynes, William I DON'T REMEMBER, SENATOR, WHEN I READ IT. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER. I MAY HAVE, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER. IT'S SIX YEARS AGO. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, CHAIRMAN.
01:56:49 Levin, Carl IF YOU MAY NOT HAVE READ IT, WERE YOU AWARE OF THE CONTENTS OF IT WHEN YOU MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO SIGN THE DECEMBER 2, 2002 ORDER?
01:56:58 Haynes, William CHAIRMAN, I TOLD YOU, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
01:57:13 Levin, Carl ALL SET?
01:57:17 Sessions, Jeff ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY AND HIS CONFIRMATION ABOUT THE ABIDING MEMO WHICH APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO SET FORTH THE FULL POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH DURING THE TIME OF WAR IN DEALING WITH PRISONERS AND AS HE SAID, NOT ONLY WAS IT A MISTAKE, IT WAS WORSE BECAUSE IT WAS UNNECESSARY. IT'S UNWISE FOR US TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE AND SET THE MEMO TO ANTICIPATE ALL KINDS OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND THEN TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THEM. YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF GOING CASE-BY-CASE CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE FACT-BASED CIRCUMSTANCE AND WHILE I THINK IT DID SET IT FOR THAT TIME AS LONG AS IT STAYED IN EFFECT, SOME CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS, I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT ITS WISDOM AND I GUESS IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AS A MATTER OF POLICY, DID NOT FEEL WITH REGARD TO THESE INTERROGATIONS THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO USE EVERY PIECE OF POWER YOU MAY HAVE. EVERYTHING YOU HAD WERE POLICY DECISIONS AS WELL AS LEGAL DECISIONS, WERE THEY NOT?
01:58:41 Haynes, William YES, BUT LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE LAWYERS DON'T DECIDE WHAT GETS USED. WE GIVE AT VICE. THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
01:58:48 Sessions, Jeff YOUR ADVICE WAS WHAT?
01:58:53 Haynes, William MY ADVICE WAS -- WELL, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE QUESTION WAS. BUT IN THE CASE OF -- OF THE -- I GUESS IT WAS THE DECEMBER 2 DECISION BY THE SECRETARY BASED ON MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS -- THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS, THE DEPUTY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE UNDERSECRETARY OF POLICY WAS THAT ONLY A SUB SETH OF THOSE TECHNIQUES REQUESTED BY GUANTANAMO BE APPROVED AND IMPLICITLY AND I'M SURE I SAID SO, EXPLICITLY, THAT THOSE THAT WE RECOMMENDED, THAT I RECOMMENDED WERE LEGAL. AS DID COLONEL BEAVER AND AS DID ADMIRAL DALTON, THAT THEY WERE LEGAL. NOW THE NEXT GO AROUND WHICH WAS A RESULT NOT ONLY OF THE WORKING GROUP, THIS IS WHERE I JUST WISH THAT EXERCISE HAD A -- HAD A BETTER APPRECIATION BY CHAIRMAN LEVIN AND SOME OTHERS BECAUSE IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- THAT SECOND ROUND THAT RESULTED IN SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S DECISION IN APRIL OF 2003 ABOUT WHAT TECHNIQUES SHOULD EMPLOY -- SHOULD BE EMPLOYED IS ALSO --
02:00:13 Sessions, Jeff WHERE HE RESTRICTED SOME HE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
02:00:17 Haynes, William HE RESTRICTED OR OUTRIGHT DID NOT AUTHORIZE THEM AT ALL, A DIFFERENT SET OF, I BELIEVE, 24 TECHNIQUES WITH EXTRAORDINARY SAFEGUARDS AND APPROVAL LEVELS. FAR SHORT OF WHAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THE LAW WOULD ALLOW.
02:00:37 Sessions, Jeff THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:00:38 Levin, Carl TO GO BEYOND THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE
02:00:41 Haynes, William YES, SIR.
02:00:45 Haynes, William THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT THE DOCUMENTS SAY ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
02:00:52 Sessions, Jeff ONE MORE QUESTION. WITH REGARD TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD ON EITHER OF THOSECATIONS THAT HE IMPOSE A PERSONAL ACTION TO APPROVE A TECHNIQUE THAT YOU DIDN'T RECOMMEND TO YOUR RECOLLECTION?
02:01:16 Haynes, William I'M NOT SURE I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING. BUT I THINK I'M RESTRICT IN WHAT DELIBERATIVE AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS I'VE HAD. I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT THERE'S NOT A SINISTER ANSWER.
02:01:38 Levin, Carl WHICH MEANS WE THANK YOU WHAT TODAY'S HEARING IS FOCUSED ON IS SERE TECHNIQUES WHICH WERE INCORPORATED IN TO INTERROGATION DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO INTERROGATION RULES. NO PROCEDURES WERE PROPERLY DESIGNED TO HELP OUR MEN AND WOMEN SURVIVE SHOULD THEY BE EXPOSED TO THE ACTS THAT VIOLATED GENEVA OF OUR ENEMIES. THEY WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE TAUGHT TO INTERROGATORS, USED BY INTERROGATORS AGAINST OUR ENEMIES. THAT TESTIMONY WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR IN THE PANELS THAT WE HAD TODAY. AND, YET, WE FOUND THOSE TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING STRIPPING DETAINEES, INCLUDING THE USE OF DOGS TO INDUCE STRESS. WE FOUND THOSE TECHNIQUES NOT ONLY WERE THEY ADOPTED AT GUANTANAMO AND USED IN SPECIAL INSTANCES, BUT THEN THEY MOVED OVER TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ IN WAYS THAT THE VARIOUS INVESTIGATIONS HAVE DISCLOSED. WE PAID A HUGE PRICE AS A COUNTRY FOR WHAT WAS UNLEASHED FOR THE DECEMBER 2, 2002 ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WAS SIGNED. WHEN IT WAS RESENDED SIX WEEKS LATER, THEN A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT WAS PUT IN THE PLACE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THAT. BY THEN, WHAT HAD SPREAD TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAS WHAT WE, I'M AFRAID, SAW IN THE TRANLIC PICTURES AT ABU GHRAIB. BECAUSE WHILE THEY WERE NOT INTERROGATORS, THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED, THEY WERE THE GUARDS. AND THOSE GUARDS, ACCORDING TO OUR OWN -- THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THIS COUNTRY WERE INFLUENCED BY THE TECHNIQUES, THE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES WHICH HAD BEEN SHIPPED OVER TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. WE PAID A LARGE PRICE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. WE'LL CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION BY ASKING PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN NAME IN THIS INVESTIGATION, HAS BEEN PRESENT AT MEETINGS WHERE THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE PRESENT AT THOSE MEETINGS IN GUANTANAMO AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. AND CONTINUING THE EFFORTS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SERVICES DOCUMENTS, THOSE SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE SERVICES RED FLAGS THAT WERE SHARED WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL. THEY MAY NOT BE ADDRESS THERE HAD. BUT THE TESTIMONY INDICATED THAT AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY WERE SHARED WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL -- EXCUSE ME, OR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. THAT'S WHAT THE TESTIMONY WAS TODAY. THE FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL SAYS HE SAW THEM. HE HEARD ABOUT CONCERNS, DOES NOT REMEMBER WHETHER HE SAW THE DOCUMENTS OR ASKED FOR THE DOCUMENTS. THAT IS TO PUT IT MILDLY A VERY DISAPPOINTING KIND OF A RESPONSE TO WHAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUS QUESTION. WHICH IS HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH DETAINEES AND LEGAL RESPONSE HERE WAS INADEQUATE AND TO PUT IT -- TO UNDERSTATE IT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET INTO THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS THAT I'VE JUST INDICATED IN OTHERS AND IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, I KNOW, FOR OUR WITNESSES. WE THANK ALL OF OUR WITNESSES. WE THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES, FOR BEING HERE VOLUNTARILY. AND WE THANK OUR COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATEING IN THIS AND WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED.