Torture

If they think these methods work, they're woefully misinformed. Torture is counterproductive on all fronts. It produces bad intelligence. It ruins the subject, makes them useless for further interrogation. And it damages our credibility around the world.

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harry E. Soyster, a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, suggested that those who support harsh methods simply lack experience and do not know what they are talking about.

We get so much dependable information from just sitting down and having a conversation and treating them like human beings in a businesslike manner.

Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander of the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe. [It] would take away one of the most valuable tools on the war on terror.

President Bush in his veto of legislation meant to ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics.


John McCain, although on the record as opposing coercive interrogation, backs Bush’s decision to veto the legislation.