Political Quotes

“this morning, newspapers across America reported that the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies have destroyed evidence, videotaped evidence of the interrogation of prisoners. It is a startling disclosure. The United States of America, a nation where the rule of law is venerated, has now been in the business of destroying evidence, evidence of a very sensitive nature, evidence which clearly should have been protected for legal and historic purposes. The late historian Arthur Schlesinger said this about this administration's legal defense of torture: No position taken has done more damage to the American reputation in the world--ever. We have been tested since 9/11 as a nation, tested in our resolve to protect America, but also tested in our commitment to the values we hold dear. A time of war and a time of insecurity is a time of the greatest testing.…”