When I visited our troops in Afghanistan, I spoke to one of our senior intelligence officers who told me that treating detainees harshly is an impediment, it's actually a road block--to use that officer's words--to getting useful intelligence from them.
Levin emphasizes that harsh treatment of detainees hinders intelligence gathering.
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