Defend Quote by Bret Stephens

It is not an opinion that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that…

— Andrew Sullivan

To me the fact that a Vice President can go to Capitol Hill and lobby for torture is just unbelievable. Just unbelievable! The fact…

— John Dean

That Dick Cheney is pro-torture surprises no one; he freely admits it.

— Nick Flynn

Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.

— Jane Mayer

President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation of terrorists, saying 'We do not torture.' He added, 'We freedom electrocute.'

— Amy Poehler

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

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

— Jerrold Nadler

It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.

— John Yoo

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

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

— Chris Hayes

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu…

— Marty Meehan

This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.

— John Yoo