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CIA Director John Brennan defends his agency against charges that it misled lawmakers and the public about the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques adopted after 9/11.
The Senate report identifies other countries that helped carry out its interrogation program. Charlie D'Agata reports on the reaction from America's friends and enemies around the world.
The ex-CIA head told 60 Minutes that the CIA was "within legal bounds" in using waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation" techniques.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke to CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes about the committee's release of an investigation on interrogation techniques used by the CIA. Feinstein said that such methods did not provide the U.S. with any intelligence that was used to stop an attack.
Officials involved in the program insist it produced information that saved American lives. Former director of CIA Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the enhanced interrogation program.
CBS News senior security contributor Mike Morell was a deputy director of the CIA from 2010 until 2013. He helped prepared the agency's response to the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA's interrogation techniques. Morell joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the report.
A damning report published by Senate Democrats claims CIA leadership misled both Congress and the White House about the effectiveness and severity of so-called enhanced interrogation tactics. The reaction to the report has been intense, with Democrats saying it's a story that needs to be told and many Republicans saying telling it will endanger Americans. According to the report, a lot of the dirty work was actually outsourced to a pair of contractors who essentially came up with the program. Nancy Cordes reports.
Former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell tells Jeff Glor the Senate Intellengence Committee report, released Tuesday, is "the worst analysis" he's ever seen. Morell defends the CIA's harsh interrogation methods and criticizes the report as missing key factors, including the threats the U.S. faced after 9/11.
CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley questions former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell about the agency’s interrogation techniques.
The CIA is admitting some fault in the handling of its interrogation program. The agency points to a lack of trained interrogators -- but maintains it never misled the government about its effectiveness. Bob Orr reports.
In a 2007 interview with “60 Minutes,” former CIA director George Tenet defended the use of enhanced interrogation techniques and refuted claims that they amounted to torture.
The report found that the CIA misled Congress, the White House, and the public about the true nature of their interrogation program post 9/11. Nancy Cordes reports on the findings of a six-year investigation.
"Enhanced interrogation" - the subject of today's Senate report and part of this 60 Minutes interview with a former CIA director George Tenet.
The vice president defended a bombshell report claiming the CIA's enhanced interrogation methods were not only ineffective, but that the agency consistently misled Congress and the public about the program to keep it going.
The CIA program was far more brutal than the CIA represented to policymakers and the American public, report claims. Feinstein said she hopes this report will prevent future CIA aggression towards detainees.
In a 2007 interview with 60 Minutes, former CIA director George Tenet addresses the enhanced interrogation techniques used in wake of the 9/11 attacks and denies that the agency engaged in torture.
Bob Orr takes a closer look at the potential fallout from the CIA interrogation techniques report that will be released by the Senate on Tuesday.
The CIA is bracing itself for a controversial Senate report focusing on so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on terror suspects after 9/11. Nancy Cordes reports.
It’s a race against time for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has been working to release her report on CIA torture tactics before Republicans take control of the Senate. While some argue it could put Americans in danger, Feinstein argues it will insure the CIA never resorts to torture again. Nancy Cordes reports.
On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence committee led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein will release a report on CIA torture tactics. Sources familiar with the report say it will find that the CIA misled the government about the extent of torture for intelligence gathering. The report focuses on the months and years following 9/11 when the CIA was holding and interrogating al Qaeda detainees at secret prisons. Bob Orr reports.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the Senate Intelligence committee will release its controversial report on the CIA's use of torture as planned on Tuesday.
Jeanne Cummings, David Ignatius, Charles Blow, and Gerald Seib discuss the potential presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush and the upcoming report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA's use of torture after 9/11.
CBS News' Bob Orr and former CIA Director Michael Hayden discuss the controversy surrounding the forthcoming report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA's use of torture after 9/11.
The latest on the protests against police killings and the fight against terrorism, with New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden, and others.
The CIA has a new mission. The spy agency is lifting its veil of secrecy, one Tweet at a time. But don't expect to see any classified information. Julianna Goldman visited the CIA headquarters to find the source of a new social media campaign.
The new details on Renee Good's death come after a week of protests in Minnesota that prompted President Trump to threaten to use the Insurrection Act.
Puerto Rico's former governor Wanda Vázquez was previously indicted in a federal corruption case.
Denmark, Greenland and other NATO allies remain staunchly opposed to President Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland.
U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled the Justice Dept.'s demand for voter roll data would trample on Californians' privacy rights
WCCO has obtained Minneapolis police and Fire Department reports from the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
Tyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in Kirk's Sept.10 shooting on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem.
A 21-year-old who demonstrated in Santa Ana, California, against the shooting death of Renee Good says exercising his right to free speech nearly cost him his life.
Puerto Rico's former governor Wanda Vázquez was previously indicted in a federal corruption case.
U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled the Justice Dept.'s demand for voter roll data would trample on Californians' privacy rights
The ads will appear at the bottom of the chat window on the free and low-subscription versions of ChatGPT, OpenAI said Friday in a blog post.
Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
As obesity rates among Americans drop and weight loss drugs lead to a slimmer society, airlines could save on fuel costs, according to a recent analysis.
The ads will appear at the bottom of the chat window on the free and low-subscription versions of ChatGPT, OpenAI said Friday in a blog post.
As obesity rates among Americans drop and weight loss drugs lead to a slimmer society, airlines could save on fuel costs, according to a recent analysis.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said China has become a more predictable partner to deal with than the U.S., the country's neighbor and longtime ally.
Curtis International is recalling an additional 330,000 Frigidaire-brand minifridges to an existing recall after reports of the product catching fire.
Analysts from the U.K.-based group the Internet Watch Foundation detected 3,440 AI videos of child sexual abuse last year, a 26,362% increase from 2024.
Puerto Rico's former governor Wanda Vázquez was previously indicted in a federal corruption case.
U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled the Justice Dept.'s demand for voter roll data would trample on Californians' privacy rights
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to placate President Trump and build a strong relationship between the U.S. and Mexico.
Denmark, Greenland and other NATO allies remain staunchly opposed to President Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
Some Americans are dropping their Affordable Care Act health plans after tax subsidies lapsed and their premiums spiked.
The Trump administration reversed cuts to grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that a CBS News source said were valued at around $1.9 billion.
In 2023, life expectancy in the Loop was 87.3 years, while in West Garfield Park, life expectancy was just 66.6 years, according to the city's Health Department.
Illnesses linked to the New York-based Live it Up Super Greens brand powder were reported in 21 states from Aug. 22 to Dec. 30, 2025.
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing MAHA initiatives.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to placate President Trump and build a strong relationship between the U.S. and Mexico.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said China has become a more predictable partner to deal with than the U.S., the country's neighbor and longtime ally.
CIA director John Ratcliffe delivered a message that the U.S. "looks forward to an improved working relationship" with Venezuela, a U.S. official told CBS News.
A bipartisan congressional delegation met with Danish and Greenlandic officials Friday to show support for Greenland's territorial integrity despite President Trump's push to acquire the island.
Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar.
In an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings," Alicia Keys reflects on "Hell's Kitchen's" Broadway run ending after nearly two years of sold-out performances. The musical is inspired by Keys' own experiences and will continue its national tour. She speaks about the decision for it to leave Broadway and how she has found a healthy relationship with success.
Oscar's Place, a donkey sanctuary in California, now has 210 donkeys and it has successfully resettled 189 others. Ron King, the co-founder and CEO of the sanctuary, helped to create the new docuseries "Donkey King," which follows the work he and volunteers do to rescue, rehabilitate and resettle the animals to protect them. He speaks to "CBS Mornings" about his mission and why he says donkeys are misunderstood.
Another allegation against Busfield was reported to law enforcement the same day he turned himself in, according to a court filing.
"Sinners" stars Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and Wunmi Mosaku talk to "CBS Mornings" about the movie's recent success at the Golden Globes, the atmosphere on set and what they learned through the process.
Actor Ali Larter plays Angela Harris, the ex-wife of an oilman played by Billy Bob Thornton in the Paramount+ series "Landman." She talks to "CBS Mornings" about the series, working with Thornton and how she landed her role.
The ads will appear at the bottom of the chat window on the free and low-subscription versions of ChatGPT, OpenAI said Friday in a blog post.
Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from Ashley St. Clair, with whom he shares a child, over deepfakes of her undressed made by his AI chatbot Grok. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins with analysis.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Verizon says it's giving a $20 credit to customers affected an outage that disrupted service across the U.S.
YouTube is introducing new parental controls on youth accounts that it says could limit how long kinds spend scrolling. The latest parental controls will focus on YouTube Shorts, which utilizes a continuous scrolling video feed featuring videos three minutes and shorter. Parents of kid and teen account users are now able to enact time restrictions that will limit how long their children can scroll.
The Dinosaur National Monument, which is located on the border between Colorado and Utah, was last excavated in 1924.
Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.
If you rang in the new year with a kiss, you took part in a tradition millions of years in the making. Scientists now say the origins of kissing go back much farther than most think. CBS News' Tina Kraus has more.
2025 was the third hottest year on record and pushed Earth past a critical climate change mark, scientists say.
The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding about 73,000 people facing deportation, a new record high, according to data. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
A Minneapolis Fire Department report obtained by CBS News details Renee Good's apparent injuries and other details about the shooting. CBS News' Ian Lee reports.
A federal indictment alleges some college basketball players were bribed to play poorly in a point-shaving scheme. Citadel professor Sean Patrick Griffin joins CBS News with more details.
A Pennsylvania man says a freak accident led to the fatal shooting of his wife in 2013. Years later, investigators found surveillance footage of her final moments that challenged his account. Anne-Marie Green reports for "48 Hours."
Bruno Rocuba claimed he shot his wife Melissa Rocuba accidentally, but then he started getting rid of all her belongings. "It's like he wanted her erased," said one of their daughters.
Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
NASA says it could be just weeks away from launching astronauts on a flight around the moon for the first time in more than half a century. Final preparations are underway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Artemis II moon rocket is expected to roll out to the launch pad on Saturday.
A NASA crew splashed down off the coast of California on Thursday weeks earlier than scheduled due to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station dealing with a medical issue. Mark Strassmann reports on the unprecedented mission home.
Four space station Crew 11 fliers splashed down off the Southern California coast at 3:41 a.m. ET, closing out a 167-day stay in space cut short by a medical issue.
The members of SpaceX Crew-11 undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, beginning their journey back to Earth. The crew is leaving a month early after NASA announced that an unnamed team member experienced an undisclosed "medical concern." Clayton Anderson, a former NASA astronaut who spent time on the ISS, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Does the evidence show a cover-up, or was Todd Kendhammer wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife?
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
A federal appeals court has reversed a decision that led to Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil's release from immigration jail. Bobby Hodgson, a member of Khalil's legal team, joins CBS News with his reaction.
Democratic lawmakers traveled to the Twin Cities to hear from local officials about the expanded Trump administration raids in the state of Minnesota. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports.
Questions linger about who would take power if Iran's regime were to fall. Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins CBS News with his take.
Luana Lopes Lara is the youngest self-made female billionaire, according to Forbes Magazine. She co-founded her startup, Kalshi, with an MIT classmate in 2018. Kalshi is the first federally regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events. She speaks to "CBS Mornings" about her business, concerns of insider trading, and why she doesn't consider the startup a gambling platform.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding about 73,000 people facing deportation, a new record high, according to data. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.