"The idea is that if we can put……" — Jane Mayer
"The idea is that if we can put our own people through something almost as bad as what they might have to go through if they were taken captive, they will inoculate themselves."
—
Jane Mayer
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
19 Quotes by Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer has 19 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually…
-
I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid…
-
Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular,…
-
Ethically, I think pretty much every code of ethics for doctors suggests that they should not be in an interrogation…
-
And to me, it was interesting, some of the people I had interviewed who knew the insides to this program…
-
Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the…
-
Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and…
-
What these memos do is they make legal acts that were criminal prior to these memos.
-
I mean, the people who run Guantanamo, the military, pretty much dismiss complaints by the detainees because they say that…
-
It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So, what was…
-
Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.
-
And, in fact, there is a connection, the people who designed this here program and who implement it are the…
See all 19 quotes by Jane Mayer »
More Bad Quotes
This quote is filed under Bad Quotes,
one of 14,431 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing.
— Dario Argento
-
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
— Aristophanes
-
Bad men are full of repentance.
— Aristotle
-
It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's…
— Julian Assange
-
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen…
— Richard Bach
-
I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles -…
— Richard Armitage
-
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,…
— Karen Armstrong
-
If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
— Frank Abagnale
-
People that go through what I went through and people going through divorce, it's really a difficulty process; it's heartbreaking…
— David Arquette
-
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
— Arthur Ashe
-
From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any…
— Isaac Asimov
-
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
— Chinua Achebe
See all 14,431 Bad Quotes »