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'Hannity' Primary: Rick Santorum, Part 2

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    Former Pennsylvania senator on bid for Oval Office, conservative values

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As we look into this recently you had talked at length that you said Senator McCain was wrong.

Or doesn't understand enhanced interrogation techniques.

And as a backlash.

Because obviously been prisoner -- war for five and a half years he himself and I believe have been tortured her and and.

Which of course I knew instantly what I was talking about was the enhanced interrogation program that he is opposed.

Four -- -- -- most viewers and I and I have supported it and and so we there's a policy difference between Senator McCain and I and he got up and and and and wrote an article.

Which I just think was wrong.

And I did and I and the and so that's why said that he he obviously doesn't understand that this program actually worked to.

Produce leads the lettuce to salute -- -- -- -- -- -- well as other things.

And so was not a obviously.

Not gonna comment on John McCain's heroism and has been as is.

Withstanding torture and all the things that John did -- serve our country -- think he's just wrong on this public policy matter night and and I and I said so on.

-- -- continue to say so I think that are enhanced interrogation program was vital.

It is not torture I don't believe it's torture and -- may have a different opinion but I don't believe it's torture.

It's a gradual process -- -- up that it intends to get people to to break folks that so they will cooperate with us.

And these are not people who dressed in uniforms -- these are terrorists these are people who want out we use all means necessary to -- I -- Americans and and our allies and we should have tactics that are available to us to get that information.

When we have gotten bin Laden but for enhanced interrogations gitmo.

Rendition black sites where we've gotten -- I -- I don't believe we -- and I think even if you read the letter that Leon Panetta sent it to to John McCain that is the basis for his.

For his article -- I don't think a fair reading of that says that we wouldn't have gotten without -- said there is multiple sources.

But from what I again that I've read many articles on this.

From what I've seen and -- and what I've read I don't think we would have gotten a lot seems like the name of the courier.

-- at least a nickname first came from -- Sam.

In gitmo -- he was Warner board reported.

It seems like corroboration or suspicion was was up because of some of them rendition sites right I mean there was cooperation interest enough for people telling us the truth after they've and then lying about and then and then also people lied about it when we knew they were lying about it so.

So sometimes.

You -- people telling the truth and want situation someone's telling the truth they seem broken.

And then they tell on obvious lie and you think wait a minute what this is -- this thing he had this might be telling us something really important so.

The idea that well you know you've some sometimes these people why after the the broken well yeah and that sometimes is actually the most important piece of information.

That led to the nickname which led to tracking down the real name which led to eaves dropping in on.

-- -- thing that drives me crazy is that the administration they want all the credit for getting Milan but they oppose the very policies that got us to the door.

Absolutely not only that worse yet worse yet Sean they are continuing the investigation.

Into our CIA agents who have.

Should be treated as heroes not be today they were doing what was legal in the United States they were doing things that -- Making us more secure they are doing things now that we find out -- at least helped lead to leak to the to the killing of Osama bin Laden.

And -- -- -- states still has Eric Holder.

Going after these people and potentially prosecuting.

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