Ex-CIA officer defends interrogation tactics

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 The man who helped lead the so-called enhanced interrogation programme in US prisons overseas has defended the policies.

 

Jose Rodriguez, former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, writes in a new book that techniques such as sleep deprivation and waterboarding are justified.

 

Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC.

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