"This is a fundamental question of credibility."
"Are you willing to take a look at that downside?"
"President Obama has said that waterboarding is torture."
"Torture is illegal, immoral, dangerous and counterproductive."
"It's not just to the committee, but it's also to the public."
"I know of nobody better prepared by experience, by character, the integrity that you have, by your demeanor to take on this responsibility."
"We do know he gave us false information, saying that first hand information that the Iraqis had trained al-Qa'ida in the use of poison gases."
"In order to help this committee and the public to understand exactly what happened and why..."
"Will you take a look at that downside?"
"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..."