CIA Director Says He Would Not Obey a Waterboarding Order

CIA Director John Brennan.

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Washington (AP) -- The director of the CIA says his spy agency will not engage in waterboarding or other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques even if ordered to by a future president.

CIA chief John Brennan tells NBC News that he will not agree to carry out such techniques because "this institution needs to endure."