Carl Levin actually said...

"When you mistreat or torture people, that they will say anything to end the torture, particularly with waterboarding as an example."

"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 offic..."

"Will you take a look at that testimony and those statements of those commanders as part of your review?"

"The Attorney General has said the same thing publicly, that waterboarding constitutes torture."