Political Quotes

“don't you think this great country of ours-- the moral authority of the world--can continue our work, our interrogation of prisoners, both military and civilian, by not beating them, sexually humiliating them, bringing dogs and having dogs chomp at them, like at Abu Ghraib? Do we need to deprive them of food and water, provide mock executions, shock them with electricity, as was done during the first gulf war to American prisoners who were captured by the Iraqis, one of whom was from Nevada? We don't need to do that. We don't need to burn them. We don't need to cause them other types of pain that are listed in field manuals. Mr. President, we have 43 leading military experts who have told us that. We have had the two people who led the 9/11 Commission who have told us that you don't need that, along with former Secretaries of State and national security advisers to various Presidents, Democrats and Republicans. America is better than this. We don't need to do this. The CIA can get along without having to do all these terrible things. We are told by General Petraeus that these techniques don't work anyway and that any of the information you get is unreliable. Listen to General Petraeus. Let's do the right thing on this issue when it comes up, Mr. President.”