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CIA officer who oversaw interrogation program: We protected the homeland

By WTOP Staff

The Day after the Senate Intelligence Committee released a damning report, accusing the CIA of torturing al-Qaida detainees after 9/11, the pushback is strong. In this edition of The Hunt, Jose Rodriguez, the man who ran the CIA’s interrogation program, tells WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green that the committee got it wrong.

US military responds to Russian blame for death of one of its generals in Syria

By J.J. Green
WASHINGTON — The Russian military is accusing the U.S. of giving location information to ISIS, which lead to the death of one of its generals in Syria. Gen. Valery Azapov was killed last week by mortars launched by ISIS. But in this week's edition of The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Col. Ryan Dillon, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, said that simply did not happen.
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