"I like to think I would not have……" — Dennis C. Blair
"I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given."
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The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther…
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All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns…
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High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al…
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The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the…
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The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our…
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My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.
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I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical.
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As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see…
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The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended…
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I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic…
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Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant…
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In addition to anti-American terrorists with global reach, our adversaries include organizations - some nation states, some private and some…
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