NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said Friday Americans are likely to be “very forgiving” about a new congressional report that says the CIA has in the past used extreme interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists.
The report also alleges that CIA officials misled the public on the gruesome nature of the techniques.
“In the moment, it’s one thing,” Todd said, referring to initial public support for aggressive anti-terror methods. “Ten years later you look back and, ‘Hmm, should we have thought about that better? Should we have thought about that differently?’ And I think that’s the fairest, sort of defense in all of this is … you’ve got to remember the way things felt in the moment.”
Todd added that, “Americans are very forgiving on this front. The thing that this report is damaging is relationships overseas.”
The United Nations has condemned the U.S. for the report’s findings.
