American citizen Quote by Michele Bachmann

We got valuable information from debriefing of Al Qaeda detainees, and I don't think it's knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that.

— Gina Haspel

I was an American citizen, and I had as many rights as anyone else.

— Fred Korematsu

Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging the detainee…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

— Harry Belafonte

Enhanced interrogation gleaned information that saved American lives and - I was informed - prevented incoming terrorist attacks on this country from being successful.

— Mike Pence

During war we imprison the rights of man.

— Jean Giraudoux

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

— Jacob G. Hornberger

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of…

— Matt Taibbi

I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.

— Fred Korematsu

Nothing whatever but the constitutional law, the political structure, of these United States protects any American from arbitrary seizure of his property and his…

— Rose Wilder Lane

The CIA has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what…

— John O. Brennan