Are you willing to take a look at that downside?
In order to help this committee and the public to understand exactly what happened and why...
Will you take a look at that downside?
Will you take a look at that testimony and those statements of those commanders as part of your review?
When I visited our troops in Afghanistan, I spoke to one of our senior intelligence officers who told me that treating detainees harshly is ...
We do know he gave us false information, saying that first hand information that the Iraqis had trained al-Qa'ida in the use of poison gases...
When you mistreat or torture people, that they will say anything to end the torture, particularly with waterboarding as an example.
I believe that any contract with a contractor to do interrogation should be severed.
This is a fundamental question of credibility.
Torture is illegal, immoral, dangerous and counterproductive.
It's not just to the committee, but it's also to the public.
I know of nobody better prepared by experience, by character, the integrity that you have, by your demeanor to take on this responsibility.
I believe you yesterday said that in any event, whatever this review produces, that you will not condone or authorize illegal conduct by CIA...
The military does their own interrogation. The FBI does their own interrogation.
I feel very strongly about not using contractors for interrogation.
Nobody's above the law and that he will follow the law wherever it takes him.
President Obama has said that waterboarding is torture.
The Attorney General has said the same thing publicly, that waterboarding constitutes torture.
