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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
I would say the Senator is absolutely right. I appreciate that the Senator from South Carolina has cosponsored this amendment, as has Senator Lieberman, and I appreciate Senator Lieberman's leadership. I would like to say while we are in this colloquy that Senator Lieberman has also been a mentor to me in the Senate, and I appreciate that as well as his leadership on these issues. Really, it comes down to this: We should not be telegraphing, we should not be advertising to our enemies what techniques our professional interrogators will use. This amendment is limited to the group of professionals who will focus on these issues and who will be gathering intelligence from terrorists. We have to protect our country. Why would we do this? It just doesn't make sense.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

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