Capitol Hill Update: CIA Videotapes, War Spending, Energy Legislation, Farm Bill

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Published December 11, 2007 at 10:18 AM PST

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The director of the CIA testifies behind closed doors today about destroyed videotapes; Democrats and the White House spar over war spending; legislators debate a major energy bill; and why do farmers

Tom Fudge: Americans woke up this morning to news that a former CIA official said waterboarding got one of Al Qaeda's top operatives to talk. John Kiriakou commented last night on ABC News . He says use of the technique, that many people consider to be torture, allowed U.S. officials to disrupt dozens of planned attacks.

This news comes as CIA Director Michael Haydon prepared to be questioned by congressional panels about the agency's destruction of the tapes of interrogations. This is one of the subjects we'll be talking about in our Capital Hill update.

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Eric Niiler , assignment editor for Capitol News Connection , which provides Capitol Hill coverage to KPBS and other public radio stations.