Interrogation Quotes

• I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.

  Mike Pence

  Thinking, Saved

  "The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence". "60 minutes", www.cbsnews.com. July 17, 2016.

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• Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.

  Aldrich Ames

  Mean, Anxiety, Consistency

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• - This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.

  David Mitchell

  Matter, Truth Is, Trails

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• The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

  Heath Ledger

  Dark, Way To Live, World

  "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution.

  Michele Bachmann

  Rights, People, Underwear

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• I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Interrogation Techniques, Support, Shining

  "Tim Pawlenty Reacts to First 2012 Republican Presidential Debate". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. May 05, 2011.

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• I mean the fact is that some of this information that we have found out that led to Usama bin Laden actually came from these enhanced interrogation techniques.

  Rick Santorum

  Mean, Interrogation Techniques, Information

  "GOP Rivals Hit Obama on Foreign Policy Despite Bin Laden Killing, Hit Harder on Economy". www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2011.

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• In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.

  Gary Bauer

  Essentials, Morality, Debate

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• Love is a continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love.

  Milan Kundera

  Love Is, Definitions, Definition Of Love

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• Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.

  John Yoo

  Pain, Law, Definitions

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• Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.

  John Yoo

  Use, Permit, Conventions

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• Ethically, I think pretty much every code of ethics for doctors suggests that they should not be in an interrogation room, particularly if there's anything coercive or abusive going on.

  Jane Mayer

  Beauty, Thinking, Doctors

  "Psychological Warfare? A Debate on the Role of Mental Health Professionals in Military Interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and Beyond". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. August 11, 2005.

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• Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.

  William Kristol

  Country, Safe, Surveillance

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• If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information.

  John Yoo

  Judging, Use, Information

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• Criminal justice, as it pertains to the Goldmans and Morgan Stanleys of the world, is not adversarial combat, with cops and crooks duking it out in interrogation rooms and courthouses. Instead, it's a cocktail party between friends and colleagues who from month to month and year to year are constantly switching sides and trading hats.

  Matt Taibbi

  Party, Years, Justice

  "Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?". www.rollingstone.com. February 16, 2011.

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• Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

  Nicholas Sparks

  People, Stories, Sticks

  Nicholas Sparks (2010). “The Lucky One”, p.48, Hachette UK

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• Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker

  Christopher Nolan

  Dark, Curves, Knights

  "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.

  Heath Ledger

  Dark, Curves, Knights

  "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", 2008.

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

  Jerrold Nadler

  Needs, Instruments, Torture

  "No More Clever Wordplay on Torture" by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2007.

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• Photography is only intuition, a perpetual interrogation - everything except a stage set.

  Henri Cartier-Bresson

  Photography, Intuition, Stage

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• The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Answers, Tricks, Offers

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “The Impossible Knife of Memory”, p.26, Penguin

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• A place has almost the shyness of a person, with strangers; and its secret is not to be surprised by a too direct interrogation.

  Arthur Symons

  Travel, Secret, Stranger

  "Cities of Italy".

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• I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do not arise to the level of torture, may be necessary to get actionable intelligence from high-ranking al Qaeda leaders.

  John Yoo

  Thinking, Leader, Torture

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Before Bin Laden did everything but advertise. Yet he had to blow up the Twin Towers just to get the attention of anyone outside the intelligence community. So what did we do? We invaded the wrong country, killed the wrong madman, and too often used the wrong interrogation techniques on the wrong people-all because our leaders lost contact with the truth.

  Richard North Patterson

  Country, Blow, Interrogation Techniques

  Richard North Patterson (2012). “The Devil's Light: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• It was reported today that U.S. military bases will not show 'Brokeback Mountain.' However, during interrogations, U.S. troops will continue to show 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Military, Brokeback Mountain, Troops

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