our enemies act without conscience. we must not. oh, my god, uncle johnny? is that you? i ve missed you so much! did the straight talk express just pull into truth town? in the end, torture s failure to serve its intended purpose isn t the main reason to oppose its use. it s about us. it s about who we were, who we are and who we aspire to be. it s about how we represent ourselves to the world. [ laughter ] i didn t think i d ever see you again. like laser discs or myspace, but you re back. don t ever leave me again. oh, my gosh. that was spooky and really funny.
need reliable intelligence. torture produces more misleading information than actionable intelligence. now, what the advocates of harsh and cruel interrogation have never established is that we couldn t have gathered as more or reliable intelligence by using human methods. the most important lead we got in the search for bin laden came from using conventional interrogation methods. i think it s an insult to say we can t win the war without these such methods. yes we can and we will. but in the end, torture s failure to serve its intended purpose isn t the main reason to oppose its use. i have often said and will always maintain that this question isn t about our enemies.