The Director of the CIA has conceded the agency made mistakes in its interrogation of Al Qaeda suspects after the 9/11 attacks.
But John Brennan told reporters he "fundamentally disagrees" with the conclusions of a US Senate report about the agency's use of torture.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The CIA Director was asked whether he agreed that some of the techniques used against detainees could accurately be described as "torture".
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