Dick Durbin: “The comparison related to interrogation techniques. It is clear, and I will state it for the record, that the horrors…”

“The comparison related to interrogation techniques. It is clear, and I will state it for the record, that the horrors visited on humanity by those regimes were far greater than these interrogation techniques. But the point I was trying to make was, what do we visualize when we hear of this kind of interrogation technique? I say to the Senator from Kentucky, I visualize regimes like those described. Did they do more? Did they do worse? Of course they did. The point I was trying to make is, this is not what America should expect. This is not what we should believe reflects our values. Mr. McCONNELL. So the Senator thinks this is a fair comparison?”