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Eric Holder: I do not think enhanced interrogation techniques, as those have been defined, should ever be used against anybody for…

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
I do not think enhanced interrogation techniques, as those have been defined, should ever be used against anybody for any purpose. They are ineffective. They are inconsistent with how we think of ourselves as a Nation, and some of them are outright torture.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder argues against the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, labeling them ineffective and torturous.

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