“We don't torture people. Let me say that again to you. We don't torture people, OK.”
George Tenet (1953) Director of the CIA
on Larry King Live, CNN (April 30, 2007)
“I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?”
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