"CIA experts drew up a list of interrogation techniques. ... At my
direction, Department of Justice and CIA lawyers conducted a careful
legal review. The enhanced interrogation program complied with the
Constitution and all applicable laws, including those that ban torture.
"Had I not authorized waterboarding on senior al Qaeda leaders, I would
have had to accept a greater risk that the country would be attacked. In
the wake of 9/11, that was a risk I was unwilling to take."
"I thought about my meeting with Danny Pearl's widow, who was
pregnant with his son when he was murdered. I thought about the 2,971
people stolen from their families by al Qaeda on 9/11. And I thought
about my duty to protect my country from another act of terror.
'Damn right,' I said."
-President George W. Bush
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