Effort Quote by Barack Obama

I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture and I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel an…

— Barack Obama

I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live…

— Wesley Clark

I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from…

— Barack Obama

Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security, so we're…

— Wesley Clark

Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea that you…

— John McCain

It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so to around 60 now.

— Barack Obama

[Barack Obama] pledged to end torture, but he has continued the CIA renditions where you kidnap people and send them to another country to…

— Nat Hentoff

I think we need to understand what we mean when we talk about closure, we don't mean transfer or prosecute which is what many…

— Jennifer Daskal

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also…

— Dianne Feinstein

Guantanamo is still open, but it's unlikely that serious torture is going on at Guantanamo. There is just too much inspection.

— Noam Chomsky

How great the lie right to the top: We don't torture people in America and people who say we do simply know nothing about…

— George W. Bush

I believe that we need to set conditions to close the detention facility at Guantanamo. This includes retaining the option to transfer detainees from…

— Pete Visclosky